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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1901
Page
7
Pittston and surrounding town reports detail the Pittston Cornet band’s financial trouble to reclaim items after a default, a Republican league meeting to elect delegates, church pulpit plans, a mutual benefit association forming among milk dealers, a local wedding and a fatal mining accident, mill strike tensions with picketing, and social visits and club activities.
Special to the Branton Tribune notes Mr. and Mrs. Charles Avery of New York visiting Mr. and Mrs. Avery’s parents in Tunkhannock. Mrs. A Bo Woodward and granddaughter Miss Futalie Carey visit Carheondale. residents visit Dalton and Germanil. The annual Grangers picnic is set for Carey today Thursday with Montrose rail special trains.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills as a cure for nervous exhaustion and fatigue caused by industrial work. It cites improved vigor and recovery from nervous headaches with testimonials from local residents and mentions availability at Matthews Bros. drugstore in Scranton and Lackawanna Avenue.
Marie McCracken and Mrs A M Simons enjoy time at Clifton Villar cottage. H C Crandpil of Pittsburg visits Clifton hotel while Ike Lone returns home after six weeks at the Clifton hotel. Willie Krug from Peckville and Miss Vira Decker with Miss Mae La France from Boranton spend Sunday at the Clifton. John Graham of New York City is a guest at the Clifton. Charles Moore leads the Clifton orchestra who heads to Mt Gretna for state shooting matches as Sam Oppenheim's orchestra is engaged to play Saturday evening. Oppenheim’s Wilkes Barre orchestra will supply music for the Clifton social on Saturday night Aug 24. The event is expected to be very enjoyable with the Clifton hops noted as popular. The orchestra is directed by Mr Simon Oppenheim.
Gibson reports from Beranton Tribone notes Herrick will preach his farewell as pastor of the Universalist Church on Sunday August 23. The Epworth League hosted a junior ice cream social. Many locals enjoyed outings at Stearns' Lake and Elk Mountain last week with fishing and picnics planned for Stearns' Lake on the 24th.
Sarah J Price will host an entertainment at the Welsh Congregational church to raise funds for the church. Receipts will be shared with the church. Invincible Commandery No 20 Knights of Malta hosts a smoker at Heese's hall with visiting commanderies expected. A Lake Lodore Labor Day musical competition draws town singers, with Anthracite active club entering and performing Martyrs of the Arena conducted by Hayden Evang in Scranton.
Mrs. Joseph Fletcher visiting her parents in Winton while the Knights of Malta smoker features an extensive talent lineup. Chairman J. E. Watkins presides with selections by Prof. D F E Jones and a sequence of recitations, solos, duets, and Mozart quartet performances led by Prof. B E Jones.
Shults, a 16 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Shultz of Franklin Street Dunmore, left home Sunday and has not been seen since. She had been employed at the Wambin silk mill and earlier stayed with the Frost family on Drinkertree. Parents, who had hoped she went to Moscow to relatives, report no word. The town's rummage sale notices follow in the same column. The Dunmore Prohibition league held a meeting and planned a charter drive and choir for the August 26 rehearsal at Miss Ida Stone's home.
York August market shows decreased dealing in flocks and mixed strength among leading issues. Baltimore and Ohio leads gains, Amalgamated Copper rises while United States Steel remains firm on light volume. Bond market quiet but steady as London selling and Franco Turkish tensions weigh on bourses. Total sales amount to 21,955,000 par value.
Fragmentary OCR lists beans butter cream dairy and grain prices with multiple misspellings and stray numbers. Readable items include beans per bushel and flour patent per barrel with prices. many terms are garbled and non-specific.
New York and Duluth markets show mixed signals with butter and creamery products steady and some items easing. Prices for milk and related goods drift as traders assess demand, with several varieties described as quiet or mildly active and some regional futures patterns noted.
Philadelphia Grain and Produce notes a firm wheat market with small gains and unsettled corn. Butter and eggs show firm demand with higher prices. No. 2 white flour and related products are mixed or clipped amid a dull general tone.
A jumble of rental ads, sales listings, loans, job seeks, and goods for sale appears. Notices include floor space for light manufacturing in the Tribune building, several house for rent offers, farm equipment and presses for sale, and help wanted and personal notices across Scranton area.
In Boston Cleveland beat Boston 9 to 1 with Beaton, Ratteree Moore and Conners delivering runs. Baltimore defeated Chicago 18 to 8 as Patterson and Sullivan led the offense. Philadelphia topped Washington 4 to 1 with Millee and Shaw combining for the win. Milwaukee beat Washington 4 to 0 behind Wusting and Maloney. Boston won again, beating Philadelphia 4 to 1 with Orth and Jacklite on offense. Brooklyn routed New York 6 to 4 as Hickman Smith Newton and Farrell starred. Cincinnati edged Chicago 4 to 0 with Batterije Fanon and Kahoe. St Louis shutout Pittsburgh 7 to 0 with Phillips Zimmer Harper and Ryan.
Chicago markets showed higher prices for wheat on export improvement but weaker September oats and corn. Quotations listed include No 2 spring wheat around 69 1/2 to 70, No 2 yellow corn near 56 1/2, rye and oats lower, and provisions slipping 5 to 10 cents. Prices for seeds and lard and salted meats also noted with various bids.
Receipts show 17 000 sheep and 19 009 cattle mixed trading activity. Cattle market steady to slow with good to prime steers under pressure though bulk sales remain. feeders and stockers steady. Lambs and western sheep prices firm with fair to choice offerings. Prices and figures show wide ranges across categories.
Market notes show cattle prices steady to firm with mixed grades from fair to good export steers ranging around 5 310, receipts listed with calves veals and other cattle. sheep and lambs also described with varying quality and prices including wethers lambs and mixed sheep.
Providence defeated Buffalo 4 0 in a game halted by darkness after eleven innings. Rochester won 7 4 against Worcester in the second game. Hartford and Toronto tied 2 2 after eleven innings, called due to darkness. Breckton beat Montreal 5 0 after twelve innings, called at darkness.
A scrambled OCR fragment lists prices and items including porkers veal calves yearlings and various goods. The text mentions markets, ships, and trades with numbers like 4.9000 and 85.8004, but it lacks clear context or coherent events. No identifiable people or organizations are discernible.
The Southern Stock company begins a week of repertoire at the Academy of Music on Monday August 26 with the comedy drama Little Coquette. Special vaudeville interludes accompany each play and matinees run daily from Tuesday. The company, led by Miss Mabel Paige, promises strong performances and full houses with tickets at 10 20 and 30 cents, matinee 40 and 20.
New York markets report mixed prices with calves steady, wools steady, and sheep lighter but in better demand. Cattle show slight declines, hogs steady near 4.20 per hundredweight amid uncertain demand and fluctuating prices.
Fragmentary OCR lists figures including 194,728 and 4,008 with unclear labels. No coherent event or identities emerge. The readable data resemble financial or population metrics but lack context or named entities to form a full summary.
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