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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1901
Page
9
The store reports a brisk pre Christmas demand with shoppers flocking to its holiday gift lines. Managers note popular selections and urge an early visit to avoid the imminent rush expected as Christmas approaches.
The store showcases dolls toys games books and bric a brac alongside jewelry clocks leather goods art needlework perfumery handkerchiefs umbrellas silk waists furs cloaks draperies blankets table linens neckwear gloves and men furnishings. The complete assortments fill the town shop shelves.
A promotional line invites readers to call or write for a catalogue of good books. Prices are described as a revelation to lovers of reading, directing attention to a bookstore located in the rear of the cloak department.
Readable fragments name committee members and officers for a school board election. The list includes Silperine Lehvelerwie, Dwain Ober, Deeniel Bhatt, Miss Stethi Mauns, Miss Nierartie Pilbess, CARINE Pheth Riviere and others. Date or location details are unclear due to OCR gaps.
A fragmented report describes chaotic scenes at a tennis event and city disturbances. It mentions officials, venues, and a sequence of arrests or interventions, with several proper names and locations obscured by OCR errors. The piece reads like a late edition street summary of disruption around a sports event and civic tension.
The readable content appears garbled and fragmented with no coherent events or identifiable entities to summarize into a newspaper style card. No clear person, organization, place, date, or outcome is discernible from the OCR.
Residents gathered in Mine Mel Hevin for Pride afternoon games and a street theater. In the evening West Side church services featured baptisms and a sermon while a separate incident on North Main involved a fight and property damage at a nearby trashy location.
Fragmented OCR text mentions people such as Morgan, Thomas Dkevis, and Mise Peesie Shea along with places like Laecist street. It references a pending matter at Spring Mircele and hints at a connection to New York, with some dates and actions unclear.
North Scranton notes report a lecture by Rev. F. Ballentine and mention of Andrew Kittis held in bail. The fragmentary item covers Sunday night services, local lectures, and a court action with details about a larceny case and bail status. It references community events, performances, and individuals at venues in Scranton.
Severe flooding and washouts disrupted the Ontario and Western railway line. Men worked through the day and night to brace the track, rebuild the bridge, and divert floodwaters while winds and rain caused widespread damage and detours in the surrounding area.
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