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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1900
Page
2
The Scranton Tribune opens its Educational Contest with Dr. B Rogers first applicant. Early entrants gain lead as requests for books and blanks rise across city and country. Contest offers ten grand rewards and emphasizes individual effort, concentration, and a sideline for earnings.
The notice outlines special rewards including multiple scholarships in Wyoming Seminary Keystone Academy Scranton Burling, and prizes such as a lady's solid gold watch or silver watch. Each contestant who fails to win any reward receives ten percent of all money earned.
The Scranton Tribune announces a contest awarding points for new subscribers. Prizes include one month to one year subscriptions with varying values, top point earners choose from rewards, others receive ten percent of earnings. renewals due, payments made at The Tribune office by the specified deadline.
Lake Winola July 1 Among the Scranton Kuesta who spent the Fourth at the Hotel Clifton were Robert J. Matthews J Arch Mears Farnham Mears Robert D. Savage and Miss Emma.
Rev. A. D. David of the Methodist church and his family escaped injury when a large cannon exploded near the parsonage in Thompson. A 27.75 pound fragment tore into the study wall, stopping within six feet of Dorothy as she ate peanuts. No one blamed, yet residents question the accident. The event drew the Como band, with Olver and Moyes in attendance, and a creamery is slated to open by mid October as milk prices rise for local farmers.
Miss Ethel Stark hosts a lively evening with games fireworks and solo performances by Nellie Shields Nellie Mack and Ethel Stark among many neighbors and visitors. Attendees include Carrie Snyder Florence Wilkins Harold Shields Cecil Shields and numerous family groups, with regional guests visiting lakeside and town cottages. A Fourth of July celebration in Honesdale featured a parade and promised fireworks though organizers failed to appear and the factory project updates were provided along with local visits and upcoming development plans.
The notice reports the death of Mrs. William Utley after a weeks long illness. Initial diagnosis was black diphtheria then a recovery followed by seven absences. Funeral is Saturday at 11 at home with interment at Nicholson Cemetery. Excursion train disappointment noted for travelers heading north as none stopped at the station.
Thunderstorms near Factoryville burn Emerson Sweet's barn to the ground. At Keystone Academy a July 4 cannon blast injures Frank Warren, flesh torn near the knee, Dr. Fitch treating the wound. Town council meeting delayed to July 11 due to Independence Day holiday.
Holiday passed quietly with few local events while residents sought activity elsewhere. Community notes report office repairs moving books to the prothonotary’s office, Lake Winola gatherings, club games in Susquehanna and Montrose, deaths and obituaries, church plans, and local civic notes on crops, rail excursions, and industry projects.
Miss Elizabeth Murray of Hazleton is the vicet of Miss Margaret Healey of Vine Street. Mrs KE T Larrabee and family of Susquehanna return home after visiting sister Mrs B C Kellum. On Wednesday evening Mrs Julia Noonan, formerly of Dupont, died at her daughter Mrs James Horan’s home on South Main Street after paralysis. She was sixty three.
The obituary lists a survivor John and three daughters Mrs James Horan Mrs Patrick Swift and Mrs Michael McHale with funeral Saturday at 2 pm at Market Street Cemetery. The Young Men’s Institute meets tonight in regular session. A West Side family reports a hospitalized fractured arm. Various visits and appointments follow including Mary Dougher reappointed teacher and Rev. T P Carmody visiting Superior Springs Michigan. The St Aloysius society plans sewing sessions twice monthly.
From Sylvan Valley News Brevard an editor’s right to recommend medicines is debated but the paper urges Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a long trusted preventive. The editors claim twenty years of use and urge keeping a bottle on hand for early attacks. Matthews Bros. wholesale and retail agents sell it.
New York July 6 stock market traded erratically with late gains driven by perceived manipulation led by a prominent figure. Jersey Central rose aiding push while readings in Reading Great and other issues drifted. Metal shares advanced despite opening declines, with overall activity mixed and bond volumes steady.
Corrected by WL G Dale local listing notes prices and items for dairy products. Mentions Hotier Creamery and Teans Martin with prices like 2.45 for medium and 4.95 for Flour Dext patent. Includes references to cheese and miscellaneous goods in a damaged OCR snippet.
The market shows rising activity at first for wheat and corn with strong options in early trading, then eases and closes weak. Dairy prices for creamery and state lines vary, with creamery products holding value while some items slip as agents report limited demand.
Market notes show wheat grades steady to higher with refined sugar and cotton firmer. Livestock quotes include fair demand for poultry with mixed egg and meat prices, and grain shipments listing corn around 24,000 bushels and oats at 2,000 bushels.
July 8 cattle market reports mixed results with varying grades. Prices ranged from good to prime at the top to canners and rough heavies lower, with cows and calves showing general steadiness and some higher sale figures noted for select lots.
New York markets report mixed receipts with steady prices for cattle hogs and sheep. Slaughter hogs bring around 6.75 per hundredweight while other livestock show little movement and several cuts remain unsold.
Market notes indicate cattle bids remained steady with varied lots including prime, heavy, medium and light Yorkers and stockers. Distinct price markers cited show bids around $5.50 for prime steers and smaller consignments at $4.04 to $4.40, reflecting mixed demand across categories.
Market notes show cattle steady with uneven demand and slow activity. Prices quoted include 5.00 dollars per head and 206.25 in related figures, while overall totals reach 5,400 dollars and 4,004 dollars in listed sums.
Market notes show OCredit rules restricting certificates and no bid responses. Shipment delays span two days with totals around 1 009 barrels and averages near 400s units. Trade figures list 197 000 barrels and an average of 71 120 barrels.
Mercury containing catarrh remedies are warned against as dangerous and destructive to health. Hall's Catarrh Cure from Fr J Cheney Co Toledo claims no mercury and acts internally on blood and mucous surfaces. Genuine product available from physicians and druggists with testimonials and price per bottle.
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