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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1897
Page
4
Trade listing notes items including fancy pillows odd chairs and fancy tables from Cariolinas. India seats are mentioned among furnishings offered. The brief advert highlights decorative home goods and seating for interior styling.
A drunkard delivers a stark sermon after a street gloom scene in New Orleans. A young passerby challenges him, and the tramp recounts a life wrecked by drink, ending with a broken, desolate image as the saloon crowd moves on.
Two one legged prisoners in a Kentucky jail plotted a daring escape after obtaining a knife and sawing a bar. Woodenleg stole Corklegs money, delaying the plan as they argued over liberty versus punishment. Both remained confined as they ponder the fate of freedom.
Christmas events fill Honesdale as the Hencedale band plans a front-porch performance at the Armory while a Christmas service is slated in Central Theatre. Died Mrs. Matthew Killer, and several residents return home for the holidays. Local firms close for annual inventories and weddings are booked in Hayewinle.
Wall Street notes a mixed session with prices rising early then retreating, activity centered on shipments from the West and notable movement in rail and shipping sectors. Brokers William Lenn, AL Len & Co. report quotes, while commodities and futures show volatility in wheat, corn, and related markets.
An exiled orator recounts a torn recollection of a performer who taunts rivals after each success. The text notes a shift from ceremonial chairs to a new piece drawing standing ovations, as the subject confronts the winner with bold defiance.
Fragmented OCR lists items from a market report including dairy creamery firms, pigments of corn and wheat, and references to spring wheats and stockers. The text mentions firms, assortments, and prices in a dense, unreadable ledger style with many garbled names and dates.
Fragmentary entry lists various vendors and prices in a jumbled New York Live Stock section. Names like Dee Bi-Peever Active and S&S appear with unclear values, making the exact items and amounts uncertain.
Entry lists various local area mentions such as Yorkers and BLAWG with references to activity levels. It notes quotes like fairly active and mentions terms resembling workers and prices. The fragmentary text lists names and phrases without clear cohesive events.
Fragmentary OCR lists cattle sheep hogs horses and stock terms with inconsistent spellings and numbers. Names Chicago Dee M C appear, but readable events or actions are absent. The text resembles a miscellaneous livestock ledger with prices and weights but lacks coherent narrative.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate credit sales and certificates offered with shipments and priced barrels and runs. No clear names, dates, or locations are readable.
A garbled review argues that local newspapers in every county would publish similar pension poll data and ground the disclosures on fraud investigations. It claims such documents could deter fraudulent schemes and prove valuable to the public, asserting cost benefits from securing them.
Five year old boy suffered with scrofula on face hands and arms. Symptoms included red pimples that festered break out and oozed. After four bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla the humors were driven from his blood and never returned. Winnast Bantz South Willams Street South Bend Indiana recommends Hood's Sarsaparilla sold by all druggists.
New York weather and market brief notes lower prices for winter wheat and other grains. Mentions private Liverpool cables and stock shifts with a reported price around $1 104 for January delivery and several location references.
A fragmented OCR snippet mentions taking methods and dosages with unclear context. It lists possibly product or instruction fragments and a reference to a pill labeled V5. The text is incomplete and lacks identifiable people or organizations.
A Scranton wareroom advertises aggressive pricing on musical instruments and urges readers to visit to compare deals. The notice touts low prices and encourages direct call and inspection.
Fragmented OCR summary notes Lehigh Valley Railroad coal routes and services. Mentions trains leaving Solan TN and connections to New York, Wilkes Barre, Buffalo, Chicago, and other points. Indicates intermediate stations and express connections with limited legible details.
A cluttered 1897 timetable lists trains to New York and points west with assorted departure times. It mentions connections at Buffalo for the West Northwest and Southwest routes and notes services from Binghamton Elmira and other intermediate stations with several oblique misprints.
Fragmented OCR lists Atlantic state rail routes with July 6 departures from Delaware and Hudson. Mentions Pablo Polbowss ane and Albany connections, Montreal and New York via Lehigh Valley, Western points, and Toll rates. Indicates interline tickets and intercity trains with several station names and times, but text is garbled.
The readable fragments show references to Carbondale and Beranton with partial dates and train lines. Names like M. OL WOK and B. Th Mffoe appear, but the legible content is severely garbled and offers little clear event detail or structured context.
Polished record notes a Sept 19 1897 train run from Scranton toward New York with intermediate halts to Hawley and local points. Timing shows 2 25m from Scranton, Arrive Scranton from above points at 3 05 p.m with 122 car 15 gpd 038 advisory data.
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