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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1897
Page
2
A long, garbled account from Northeastern Pennsylvania recounts a wedding in Lake Carey area with a humorous twist about a betrothal vows and a promise of two onion crops. The piece then shifts to community notes about lodge activities, public schools, and planned gatherings across Tunkhannock, Factoryville, and nearby towns.
Fragmentary text mentions health, home life, children, and possible references to education and meals. Names, dates, places, and cohesive facts are not discernible. no clear event or outcome emerges from the unreadable source.
Miss Harriet Stanton returns home from New Jersey as W O C Thott leaves for Brooklyn to work for Electric Manufacturing. Christmas plans include Sunday school exer cises, a Presbyterian church solo by Miss Margaret Keeler, and parsonage completion. Remodeling at Mrs Mall’s corner, carpenters finish interior woodwork, tenement partial demolition, and a new rear addition planned. Two otter vines, six feet, spotted at New York Clothing Store after animals captured near Hoadley’s in Middle Valley.
Friday evening a Methodist church hosts a Christmas program with students performing carols such as "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "Ring the Toll," scripture readings, and recitations. Local families, including Mr and Mrs Ellsworth Ames and daughter Hylan, attended relatives in Wagmart.
New York markets opened with erratic activity as stocks fluctuated and some gains were pared. Trading showed mixed signals with certain sectors advancing while others retreated, and overall turnover remained modest for the day.
Fragmented OCR summary of a Philadelphia provision market with mentions of wheat futures contracts, mixed December January rates, and stable or firm notes on potatoes and other commodities. Names and clear dates are scarce. some terms resemble prices and months but lack coherence.
Fragmented OCR style report merges poultry mentions with grain prices and futures data. It cites Western creamery firms, Chicago grain quotes for Wheat and Corn, cash quotes for flour, oats, rye, barley, and timothy seed, plus shipment figures and bushel counts amid scattered names and numbers.
Market listing shows native steers at 4.2 to 5.00 dollars, bulls at 278.20, dry cows and lambs noted. Several breed terms appear including Ghai westerns and Sag lambs with Zeb named sellers. Prices are terse and fragmented, reflecting a rough OCR of a livestock prices column.
Fragmentary OCR text references cattle goats veal calves and prices with many garbled terms. Mentions potential vendors and quantities but lacks coherent events or identifiable names.
Fragmentary OCR text from Chicago area notes includes scattered names numbers and items. It references dollars amounts like 2506 28 and 804 05 and mentions items such as food and chocolate. The readable content is insufficient for a clear event or person.
A fragmented record notes a December sale in O City including certificates and relics. It references cash bids, lots of barrels and shipments, and a priced total around sixty seven thousand, with bidders and regular cash shipments implied.
Mr J W W Sickles visits Newark friends during vacation. William Dixon returns from Ft Bonaventure College to spend Christmas with parents. Duryea stations plan church near Lackawanna. Hillside Pond skating popular yesterday. Mr and Mrs William Hongood of Tittston visit Mopkins family. Moran residency hosts Joseph Eehoend and Michael C Heary of Giiardville. F Sutherland of Wilkes Barre visits town. Peckville residents visit Crown residence. A J O Malley from West Side lonely. Nettle McCline of Scranton hosts Mr and Mrs Michael Thomas on Grove street. Mrs Janis Culflacy and mother to Philadelphia for a few days. Mrs J Le Harris visits sister in Green Ridge. Robert Patterson of Moule attacked returning from Avora. robbed and left near railroad track, found hours later. West Avora football beats Peckville 6 to 2 in Friday game. Joseph Ogftrien and sisters return after town visit. Worth comedians to perform at Sarefield Gnera house Friday and Saturday with Count de Millions Recention, family prices 10, 29 and 30 cents. Mrs James Harbert of Scranton visits parents.
Train routes listed from Del Lacka and Western lines include connections to New York Philadelphia and Washington with times around early morning and evening. Services cover Trenton Harrisburg Philadelphia Washington Hoboken Buffalo and Northumberland with intermediate stops through Wilkes Barre Pittston and Kingston and alignment with evening departures to regional towns.
A historical notice outlines Lehigh Valley Railroad and Lackawanna connections with trains to Wilkes-Barre New York Philadelphia and other points. It lists times for Diamond Express routes and intermediate stops such as Bethlehem Easton Reading Harrisburg Geneva Rochester Buffalo and Towanda. Officials named include Rollin H. Wilbur and W Nonnemacher with Philadelphia offices and Lackawanna Avenue address.
Partial OCR notes show a December 1 timetable listing trains from Beranton to Carbondale with connections to main lines north and south. The fragment mentions Beranton departures at early morning and connections at Carbondale and a probable station code or agency name unclear.
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