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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1901
Page
7
Jamestown endures a protracted labor dispute as unions pressure mills, streetcar workers, and plumbers. Strikes halt production trigger layoffs, depots pressure merchants, and a conciliation panel offers settlement terms but fails. Broadhead mills face boycotts while drivers and conductors shift jobs amid unrest.
A playful verse describes a boy entering a barn and hiding on hay while an owl flies about and the boy runs off. The clue asks to find the boy's father and mother, with a note about Saturday Aug 10 and a puzzle line mentioning the father and both sons in the window.
A blaze at 1 p.m. yesterday in Honesdale wiped out the Wolfrom residence and the Texas No. 4 school, across the Lackawanna River. A 10-year-old girl, who started the fire, was badly burned. neighbors and fire brigades fought flames from both sides of the river, but the two structures burned to the ground. Wolfrom, a bank janitor, was uninsured and lost part of his belongings.
Union services were held at the Methodist church with Rev. W Hellenshed of the Presbyterian church preaching. Several residents made visits to Pan-American and Montrose while Rev. Hollenshed and Miss Hollenshed planned travel to Buffalo and Canada. Local departures included Alfred Davis visiting Pan-American and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Eltien returning to England for health reasons. Joseph Kilroy and family visited F W Wheatgate, David Healey vacated a borough building, Mrs. Healey vacationed at Lake Como, and Joe Buccndie announced a new grocery in the Knapp building.
The notice lists available space on the Tribune building fourth floor for light manufacturing with utilities. It also includes various rental and sale opportunities such as a nite room in Green Ridge, multiple house and lot listings, farm and horse sales, a steel press for sale, factory positions, and real estate bargains. Many entries reference Wilkes-Barre and New Brighton areas with dates and contact details.
Quick Irene or Building and Loan offers loans at four to six percent interest. Call N W Walker at 314315 Connell Building for details.
The report shows mixed demand with scarce calves and thin cows. Veal calves held steady while fat sows are light in supply. Prices varied by region with notable activity in GabSe and O TM Qeitge areas.
Fragmented list references teams and players such as Chicago Milwaukee Detroit and Cleveland with scattered surnames Callahan Sugden Boeken Wood Reidy Hawley Maloney Shaw and Sheridan. Attendance figures appear as numbers like 100 and 4 but no coherent game or date is given.
Fragmentary score note listing batteries and umpires for a game at St Lagia with attendance figures and team pairings, but obscured names and details hinder full reconstruction.
Readable OCR shows teams Providenrr Worcester Buffalo Montreal Hockton with scores listed 1 15 7 4. The fragment hints at a multi-team scoring table or game results from a local athletic meet.
The Dimock camp meeting opens Wednesday August 21 with a special Sunday train on the Montrose road to serve attendees. Train times from Tunkhannock are 7:00 AM and 10:00 PM, with additional service to Dimock and Montrose. return trips arranged for evening services. Also noted are visits by John M. Gareman esq of Nanticoke and Mrs. Joseph Lor of Washington DC, and a marriage license granted to William Stubbs of Plains and Emma Norman of Newton.
Fragmented OCR excerpt lists items like bushel prices for crops and commodities with numerous garbled words. Mentions Lackawanna Avenue and various product names but lacks coherent events or entities to establish a clear news item.
Philadelphia market notes August 11 show cattle with imbalanced supply and strong demand for top grade stockmen and feeders. Prices listed for best, choice, and medium ranges, with lambs oversupplied and prices easing for common categories.
Public notice dated December 1816 in Pike County Pennsylvania states an item described as copper ware seized for violation of internal revenue and rev statutes. Claimants must appear before Collector of Internal Revenue in Scranton by September 9 to claim or contest, or property will be sold at public auction.
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