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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1897
Page
2
A local exhibit features Fancy Pillows along with Odd Chairs, Fancy Tables, and India Seats. Curated by a regional design group, the display highlights eclectic furniture styles and reimagined seating pieces. The event invites collectors and visitors to explore creative craftsmanship.
The column reports moved shops and residences in the area including Ishy moving his shoe and machine show, Gardner relocating rooms, and Wilbur delivering a speech at the Asbury Methodist Church. It notes funerals for Mrs. George N. Van Fleet, plus assorted local happenings, visits, and social events in Fleetville and Friendsville with brief notes on residents and ongoing concerns.
Abram Wrigley's Sunday school class organized a cool old housewarming for Mr and Mrs Reynolda in Highland Park attended by twenty guests. After greetings and socializing, the party featured pleasant refreshments and lively conversations. Attendees included KO Bard Amel Harman Fred Wrigley Lew Wrighey Ervin Biddleman Samuel Gilmore D M Palmer John Walter Alfred Rossiter Mr and Mrs Charles Hunt Miss Leona Warren Jeaxsie Kemmerer Minnie Helle Wheaton Lisale Wilbur Alma Bessie Wilson and Aboulah Travis. Mr Zila Hinds returned from Pottsville after a week with friends.
Lewis Major and No Major return from visit with family in Binghamton while Warren Simret visits his sister. Miss Aldrich of New Milford returns from Washington area. Ethel Corwin hosts a twenty five guest gathering. Leroy of New Milford attends on business. A court jury member, J Judd Brown, is drawn for the week. Other locals and visitors include Mrs Shnen Stein, J B McCreary with her daughter, and Mrs Hose Dayton visiting Stroudsburg. A reception by the Presbyterian Young People is planned at Miss Grave Knapp’s Pine street home Friday night.
George Hodgson, Tremont Hotel owner, and Haynes House proprietor Alexander Cook, arrested in Springfield and Boston respectively, face arson with attempt to endanger life charges after alleged plot to set fire at Christmas morning event. Bond set at $8,000 each. cases continued to Monday.
A garbled OCR passage discusses lighting quality from a Porixiin source. It mentions incandescent electric light as a form of toast to arts, then references a Keron lamp and candles. The text contrasts good lighting with ordinary GIS light as a negative.
Wall Street opened with a narrow, irregular session as highly speculative securities absorbed most activity. Trading showed large realizations in local corporations tied to rising interest groups, with declines triggering renewed buying to restore earlier levels.
Chicago futures mixed with December and January positions shown for grain and commodities. Prices listed include Whient December and Madtibe January with May and July contracts noted, reflecting a volatile session across corn and related markets.
Enat Liberty Pa December 2 market notes show cattle hogs sheep and lamb values. Cattle fairly steady with prime and good calf entries. hogs steady with high values for select lots. sheep and lambs mostly steady with choice to extra lambs and cull ranges noted.
Readable fragments show livestock movement at Chicago stalls with mentions of 700 head cattle h sows and 25 000 head sheep. Observers note prices and demand fluctuating as buyers and sellers negotiate.
Derivative notes show beef values stagnant with no trading activity. Calves steady while sheep quotations edge lower, with prices around 0.75 to 1.00 per head and woolly stock weaker in the market.
Fragmentary OCR text reports limited figures including balances and shipments but lacks clear events, entities, dates, or outcomes to form a factual summary.
A humorous poem fragment about card misreadings and mistaken hands. The speakers debate trump and knave as winter arrives, with playful mis pronunciations and a veiled courtly cadence. The piece appears as a colonial era verse from Columbia Verse.
The text appears as a garbled OCR fragment mentioning various bottle and champagne terms, including quantities and brand-like phrases. No coherent event or person is identifiable to summarize into a fuller news item.
The text hints at a reflective piece discussing moderation in drinking and social norms. It references a man in moderate circumstances and a shift from manufactured salt to a more controlled lifestyle, but the passage is highly garbled and lacks clear, concrete details.
Lot 1 ladies Dongola leather walkenphase shoes all sizes valued at 2.50 priced at 1.29. Lot 2 ladies Dongola button needle toe shoes all sizes valued at 2.25 priced at 1.29. Lot 1 1500 misses Dongola button patent tip shoes all sizes valued at 1.00.
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