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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1901
Page
7
In Susquehanna a quirky slice of local life unfolds with tales of Uncle Sammy, a gunpowder joke, Bishop Talbot’s visit, and weather quips. The piece mentions rail travelers, Valentine exchanges, and civic notes as Great Bend, Hallstead, and Erie shop workers appear in a collage of 19th century Northern Pennsylvania anecdotes.
The advertisement extols Dr Chase's Ointment as a food for the skin that quickly cures redness roughness pimples and various skin diseases. It claims absorption full cures of eczema salt rheum and itching and promotes burns scalds chafing and irritations being relieved in short time. It notes availability at dealers and from Dr W. Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY.
Anthony Devers a sixty year old miner was killed about 11 o clock yesterday in the No 8 mine of the Pennsylvania Coal Company when a rock fall buried him. The body was taken to the home of his sister Mrs John Redding in Cork Lane. Funeral details and other local items follow.
In Montrose the annual fire department meeting elected Chief engineer Charles W Fredhead First assistant engineer George H Watroux and second assistant Gordon D Ayres with Captain H F Beardsley as department recorder All officers were chosen without opposition Resolutions praised retiring chief Thomas D Payne The council showed support for a hose tower to aid drying new hose Several social notices follow including visits by Mrs Gordon and Miss Smith Funeral services were held for Robert Cooper and Charles Brodhead with community attendance Local clergy prepared for Lenten services at St Pauls and St Marys churches Miss Birney prepared for a Portsmouth trip with Ash Wednesday services at St Marys noted
The Pyramid Pile Cure is presented as a non surgical, night time suppository that contracts blood vessels and relieves pain quickly. It is claimed to be safe with no mineral poisons and sold in US drug stores for up to 50 cents per full package, with testimonials of dramatic relief and cures after years of suffering.
Factoryville reports an illustrated lecture by Wo Bleelor Put nam at Keystone Academy tomorrow evening with admission set at ten cents. C T Pies, a merchant from Thompson, plans to move to Hallstead this spring to start a general mercantile business. A fire last Thursday night destroyed a Bardwell single frame dwelling owned by Esquire William Stark. Perry Decker was occupying it at the time.
A patent remedy claims to cure colds in 44 hours without hindering daily duties. Sold by Matthews Brow at a price of 2c. The advertisement urges dismissing excuses about having no time to treat a cold.
The article reviews the stage production The Greatest Thing in the World at the Lyceum with Mrs Le Mayonet and Virginia Beyant in key roles. It praises the company led by Mr Winwwls, mentions other performers, and highlights the prologue set in a circus dwelling room with scenes from New Caledonia and Devonshire.
New York markets show broad volatility led by a strong tilt against many issues. Steel stocks rally briefly amid selective advances in Toledo, St Louis, Western, and related miners while copper and gas concerns ebb, and the overall decline deepens in certain rails and industrials as traders weigh ongoing exchange pressures and speculative activity.
Fragmentary OCR reads list of names and phrases with scattered terms like Daley, Nike, Yates, Vietnam, patent, and government mentions. Content is unreadable as a coherent news item. no identifiable event or outcome emerges.
Fragmented OCR fragment lists various odd terms and garbled phrases. Readable items reference people places and objects in a jumbled stream, with scattered proper nouns and unlikely combinations. The passage resembles a lexically tangled museum catalog rather than a coherent article.
Fragmentary OCR text references markets, wheat elimination, and various crops with coded listings and unclear numbers. The disjointed lines mention oats rye white and other grain terms, suggesting a historical commodity or price table without coherent context or full names.
The readable fragments mention teams or people but lack coherent events or outcomes. No verifiable names, dates, or places form a complete news item.
An old notice touts a patent remedy by G. J. CluleneY and partners claiming a cure for catarrh and blood issues. It mentions doses and testimonials, with notary public Gleason witnessing in Toledo Ohio. The ad lists UALS CATARI and urges readers to write for more information.
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