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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1900
Page
3
Montrose report notes the annual parade and review of the Montrose Fire Department delayed from Bayt 6 to September 12 due to unavoidable circumstances. The piece lists local events and residents visiting Montrose, with notices of reunions, church activities, and school plans for the fall.
Special to the Scranton Tribane reports Factoryville happenings with residents like Erving Biddleman on vacation and Elieeta Capwell's wedding in Tunkhannock. It covers visits, travels, church plans, a crickety lawn service, a rifle expert, and various town enterprises and injuries, highlighting community life and regional mobility.
Special to the Scranton Tribute reports Mrs. Kate Wright and son visiting Rey and Mrs. Cole in Carbondale. F. W. Lewis and wife were in Binghamton on Wimenday business. Rev. A. D. David attends Salem camp meeting. Rev. I. Cole to supply pulpit next Sabbath. Thayer gathering at Stearns lake and family reunions noted.
Special to the Roranton Tribune reports activities in Hallstead and area. Presbyterian Sunday school picnic occurred at Du Hole grove with idle recreation and routing for children. A Louma ts grove family reunion took place Thursday afternoon. Jessie Bernstein and Franklin Bernstein with visitors from New York spent Thursday at Rows park in Binghamton. Local water pump rumors proved false as the pump has not run this summer since connection to the electric plant. Mr and Mrs Dubois of Washington DC arrived for the summer at Miss Katherine McCreary’s Susquehanna Avenue home. Dr A F P Merrell bought a new carriage for road use and Warren W Preston won a painting contract for the chair factory’s second coat. Frank Rogers, a fireman, resided ...
A Susquehanna County social hop at Hogan opera house featured Doran's orchestra. Local veterans plan to attend the national G A R encampment in Chicago. The Susquehanna baseball club presented a ring to Manager Frank Curran. Mrs. Mahala Van Ingen died at the Oakland poor asylum at eighty. A dog died from a rattlesnake bite on Prospect street. Campers from several towns gathered at Page's pond. The Cook family reunion drew large attendance at Starrucca. Forest City to get a new borough bulldog. The Erie line ships grain eastbound from Chicago. An editorial error in the Susquehanna County independent Republican convention may require an extra convention.
In Broome County New York the funeral of Adeline M Walsh formerly of Binghamton will be held at St Lawrence Catholic church in Great Bend with high mass. The note mentions other local items including a court case about Halletead Bap ist church and Roosa family a stroke of paralysis for Mrs Alvin Barrett and a trip of Mabelle Whitney to Atlanta. It also cites Susquehanna river fishing and an engineer catching twelve fish weighing twenty one pounds.
Special to the Scranton Tribune Forest City Aug 10 reports the death of Captain Linus H. Clark father of Rev R L Clark of Forest City. Born October 17 1837 in Russell NY he served in the Fourth Oneida Regiment and was wounded at Darbytown Road later rising to captain. He was a county clerk in 1870, worked in coal business since 1885, and is survived by his wife and three sons as family were at his bedside. The item also lists local social notes including a straw ride party from Jermyn, visitors from Scranton, camp meeting attendance, a Baptist officer election, and a Jermyn Citizens Band open air concert with a long program.
Sidney W. Hayes moves up from last to tied for eighth with John P. Smith, narrowing the field in Tribune’s Educational Contest. Heat dampens canvassing as out‑of‑town entrants loom for weekly updates. cooler weather may boost subscriptions.
A garbled local item details several residents visiting relatives in Scranton this week and talks of social visits, afterward noting various people traveling to nearby towns. The fragment references Grace Merrill, Mire Merrill and family, and others in Scranton communities with a mix of names and unclear actions.
Special to the Seeunton Tribwne reports Keen Grove guests Mr and Mrs Elijah Carpenter entertaining visiting parties. Elizabeth Carpenter of Carbondale returned home by telegram Wednesday. Carrie Dromwon of Eastman attended church events and the Ladies Aid Society bid the sexton farewell. Attorney John BR Jones of Serato traveled with friends, and show manager Dad Mace appeared Thursday. Family visits include Trumell Carpenter and grandson from Carbondale and Rev O DD Jenkins preaching in Pleasant Mount last Sunday.
New York trading opened with heat easing after gains earlier, as Birenath and Chewue and Notley western displayed modest advances while Brooklyn Vapid Trameit failed to push higher. Total sales volume reached 1,000,000 shares with scattered gains and declines across major issues.
Corrected catalog page lists dairy items and produce with prices including full cream butter at 1e per unit, Lee jone full cream, farm butter, and one other brands. Potatoes 46c per bushel and Bermuda onions 75. Flour patent priced at 4.28.
The text presents garbled OCR with partial names and numbers, listing stamps of wheat and corn quantities such as 1,900,000 pounds, 18,000 bushels, and 12,100 bushels alongside scattered place names and terms. The record lacks coherent narrative or clear event.
The New York market shows slow steady movement with slight 15 cent gaps between bids and asks. Spot and futures indicate mixed tones in grains with No 2 red oats and No 2 white offerings, while creamery and dairy terms describe steady to stronger trends amid regional price signals.
Traders focus on crop prospects as heat affects supply and prices. Wheat prices struggle after a Liverpool decline while quotes for No 2 and No 3 spring wheat appear volatile.
Native steers and heifers sold unevenly with weak bid activity. Calves and lambs showed varied demand. Texan and western stock noted as mixed quality with prices around several dollars per hundredweight and some better lots achieving stable returns.
Fragmented text shows a list of items and prices including references to pelme, best mostioma, eliteyorkers, pias 41.70, and various odd terms. The readable content is largely garbled with few clear entities or actionable details.
Fragmentary notes describe cattle and market concerns, with garbled references to Buffalo and Hape-irveigulary. Mentions include figures like 7h and 90, and phrases about stealing or theft, shuttered by unclear context. The legible bits hint at economic news or local commerce irregularities without concrete events.
Ambiguous text shows dairy items and cattle market notes with unclear figures and stray prices. No coherent names or dates emerge to anchor a clear summary.
Bucknell University announces a college comprising four courses, an Academy for young men and boys, a Ladies' Institute, a refined boarding school, and a School of Music with graduating courses. West College will have a new dormitory for men ready for occupancy September 20, 1900. For catalogue address, Wm. C. Gretzinger, Lewisburg, Pa., Registrar.
Keystone Academy offers a one year commercial course and a three year business course. The school trains college educated specialists and graduates pupils for leading U S colleges, universities, and technical schools. An exceptional twenty acre campus with mountain spring water throughout the building is noted. For full particulars send for catalogues.
Trade remains steady as buyers seek sheep, lambs, and cattle with quality stock. Prices cited include cattle at 7.50 and lambs around $1.25 per unit. yearlings and workers noted with various bids. Industry buyers anticipate stronger demand for good, chalve stock despite market fluctuations.
Fragmentary notes report Dewey outwitting Germans at Manila and other terse items. Mentions credits balances and certificates, a shipmate in the US, and a mix of figures including 105 78 and 30.0. The text reads like a late era wire update with scattered names and places.
An advertisement offers a Cattarct Cure with a 13 year endorsement by J Cheney Co and partners in Toledo Ohio. It promotes Cheney trustworthiness and a promise of perfect operability in business deals, claiming a Besenses Wet & Triax and wholesale drops, with a free sample and family pills as the best option.
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