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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1897
Page
8
Miners narrowly escape death in runaway car collision
James Morrison Abraham Fox and Alex Tisco three Clifton colliery workers rode an empty car down the plane after quitting work. A loaded runaway car from a chamber struck them causing Morrison severe hip injuries Fox three fingers smashed and Meeo back injuries. None believed fatally hurt. they had violated company rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
Fox
Meeo
Iistant
Inkerman Shoemaker Contends He Might Be Colorado Man
Daniel Burke, a shoemaker from Inkerman near Pittston, may be the sought Colorado man who left Canada ten years ago. A Denver letter claims he and a partner bought a now valuable Colorado claim later valued at 125000 dollars, with a syndicate offering that amount to the owners. Burke plans to travel to Colorado to verify the tale, after Mayor Maloney received the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittston
Daniel Burke
Inkerman
Colorado
Maloney
M. Ph. Hard
Canada
Burke
Boy Seriously Injured As Chimney Falls On Him
Edward Loughlin, 11? years old, son of the late Edward Loughlin of Edwardsville, was seriously injured while apple picking when a terra cotta chimney collapsed from a one story kitchen roof in Mrs Clarke’s yard. He fell to the ground and remains in a precarious condition with possible skull fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Edward Loughlin
Edwardsville
Loughlin
Clarke
Boy Burned to Death in Kitchen Fire
Wilkes Barre July 12 John Hanford four year old son of John Hanford of Ashley died from burns sustained when embers on a stove flared and a sheet of flame enveloped him. His mother tried to smother the fire by rolling him in a carpet but he died shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
John Hanford
Ashley
Death Before Arrest: Remains Believed Miller Stock Dealer
Avondale Pa July 12 thought the remains of Samuel Mill a stock dealer near this place who has been absent from home several weeks have been found in a wooded area near his residence authorities said end of paragraph fragment leaves question whether death or foul play occurred the case attracts local attention and investigators continue to probe the disappearance and death of a known market figure in the region
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avondale, Pa
Samuel Mill
Want Ad Promise for Quick Household Help Corners Tribune
Readers are urged to place a Want ad in the Tribune offering one cent a word for household help. The notice promotes fast responses and emphasizes the value of small postings for hiring needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Mystery cattle fraud suspect sought after mill vanishes
A man near Williamsport bought cattle from Mill near New London claiming shipment. Money changed hands but cattle never arrived. Mill admitted they were not shipped and said they were in New Jersey. Pursued to Broad Street Station Philadelphia, Mill fled and has not been seen since amid a decomposed body found nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Hill
Mill
New London
Williamsport
New Jersey
Broad Street Station
Philadelphia
Mil
Mystery of Wilkes-Barre Burglary Solved After Year
In Wilkes-Barre on Market Street L Eppstein shop thefts totaling 3000 dollars occurred in March 1896 and again in September with 2500 dollars in goods taken. Police uncovered the loot hidden above the store and shipped to nearby towns. Fr Vanluhen, 18, named leader, was arrested in Athens Pa and jailed in Wilkes-Barre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes- Barre
Wilkes-Barre
L. Eppetein
Market Street
Eppstein
FR. Vanluhen
Athens
Decamping Husband Nabbed in Hazlet With Stolen Wealth
John Naprona was captured in Hazlet with $1300 on his person as he prepared to flee the country. He had recently married Mrs. Mike Yomrorey whose late husband had left her and their child $900 each after his death in the Audenried mines. Naprona reportedly withdrew the widow’s bank funds in days leading to the attempted flight, drawing rivals who stopped him.
Explosion at Laurel Run powder mill causes extensive fire
A mixer at General Oliver's powder mill in Laurel Run exploded at 9 30 this afternoon. The soda and charcoal houses caught fire and cannot be saved. No one was injured and all employees fought the blaze. The blast caused great excitement in Wilkes Barre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Leisenring's Governor Candidacy Position Revealed
Wilkes Barre July 12 The Times reports that Hon John Leisenring will make a personal announcement within weeks to define his gubernatorial position. Friends have begun a careful statewide canvass and express encouraging prospects for his candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
John Leisenring
the Times
Lessenring
Two Young Men Killed Near Shenandoah After Night Out
Charles Johnson and John Metcalf of St Nicholas were returning from a party when a Reading railroad train struck them near Gilberton. Johnson was killed instantly as the engine and cars passed over him. Metcalf was thrown ten feet, with a fractured skull and a broken arm, and is dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Charles Johnson
John Metcalf
St. Nicholas
Gilberton
Reading Railroad
Johnson
Metcalf
Dog maims a tot in Shamokin incident
In Mount Carmel the four year old Annie Tryon was mauled by a dog that nearly tore away her lower face and destroyed one eye. A bystander shot the animal to prevent a fatal attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamokin
Annie Tryon
Mount Carmel
Missing Wilkes-Barre youth William Wright sought by mother
Wilkes-Barre July 12 William Wright 15 left his Avondale Hill home about three weeks ago and has not been heard from since He is of light complexion and has a limp due to a broken left leg Any information should be sent to his mother Mrs Mark Wright Chauncey Luzerne County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
William Wright
Avondale Hill
Mark Wright
Chauncey
Luzerne County
Advisory Board Appointed in Stroudsburg on July 12
Stroudsburg reports the appointment of an advisory board on July 12. The notice names the locality and marks a formal step in local governance. Further details on members and duties are expected to follow in subsequent notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stroudsburg
Ten Cent Wall Paper Prices Echo through Local Store
A brief ad notes wallpaper prices at ten cents per roll versus twenty five cents, with promotions including fifty cent items and other sale figures, reflecting a bustling local shopping scene and consumer bargain emphasis.
The Normal Chautauqua Officials Named
The Normal Chautauqua lists Hon J B Storm president board of trustees of the State Normal School and the following school superintendents Professor James M Coughlin Wilkes Barre Professor Owen R Wilt South Bethlehem Professor J C Taylor Lackawanna County Professor I B Harrison Luzerne Professor W F Hoch Northampton Professor A S Hiessel Carbon Professor J H Serfuss Monroe Professor D L Hower Wayne and Professor G W Sawyer Pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Normal Chautauqua
J. B. Storm
The
State Normal School
James M. Coughlin
Wilkes- Barre
Owen R. Wilt
South Bethlehem
J. C. Taylor
Lackawanna County
Luzerne
W. F. Hoch
Northampton
A. 8
Hiessel
Carbon
J. H. Serfuss
Monroe
D. L. Hower
Wayne
G. W. Sawyer
Pike
Ladies Missionary Lawn Festival At Evans Home Tomorrow
The Ladies' Missionary society of the Presbyterian church plans a lawn festival at the home of M. D. Evans tomorrow evening, July 14. In other items, Robert B. Alexander tours New York City seeking buyers for a new patent car replacer noted as advanced and superior. Thomas Watkins Jr. suffers scalp wounds after a wagon accident near Stillwater. Thomas Maxey visits Carbondale relatives. John Jones the cornetist visits Forest City. Mrs. Sarah Menhennett returns from Lake Como after summer visits.
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Ladies’ Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
M. D. Evans
Robert BE
Alexander
New York City
Thomas Watkins, Jr
Stillwater
Thomas Maxey
Carbondale
John Jones
Clifford
Forest City
Sarah Menhennett
Lake Como
Local Social Notes And Visits Across Towns
James A. Decker of Lathrop keeps a 15 month old heifer with calf. Mrs. Kate Du Bole visits her sister Mrs. James Aud in New York. Mrs. P. G. Harris returning from Chicago stays with her brother E. L. Bacon. Mrs. C. BR. Newton of Montrose visited Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Newton. Mrs. O. H. Williams and sister Mrs. Sarah Lamkin visit friends in Ithaca. Claude Walker of Scranton visits grandmother Mrs. Laura Walker. A Nesbit of Newark entertained by Andrew Walker. Ralph D. Williams now spends nights at home rather than remaining in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Decker
Lathrop
Susquehanna County
Kate du Bole
New York
James Aud
P. G. Harris
Chicago
Waaliker
E. L. Bacon
C. BR. Newton
Montrose
R. D. Newton
Newton
O. H. Williams
Sarah Lamkin
Ithaca
N. Y
Claude Walker
Scranton
Laura Walker
A. Nesbit
Newark
N. J
Andrew Walker
Ralph D. Willams
Local Notes From Wilkes-Barre Area News
Mrs James Scouten of Wilkes Barre visits her mother Mrs Rebecca Brungess Miss Mamie Little visiting Halstead with grandfather Mr Lodercik Miss Nora Remington back from Florida trip Tunkhannock forms baseball team led by manager Dean Lampoon they beat Mehoopany in first game Mrs Edwin Stone buys a Columbia bicycle from Albert Miller Rev Aspinwall Hodge of Oxford Pa preaches at Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Scouten
Wilkes- Barre
Rebecca Brungess
Mamie Little
Halstead
Lodercik
Nora Remington
Florida
Tunkhannock
Dean Lampoon
Mehoopany
Edwin Stone
Columbia
Albert Miller
Aspinwall Hodge
Oxford
Presbyterian Church
Familiar Phrases List From New York Evening World
A compendium of worn reporting phrases and cliches collected by the New York Evening World. It catalogs tired lines such as a dull thud seas of upturned faces and a shudder of horror, plus stilted descriptors and foreign phrases no longer in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening World
Orpheus
Curious epitaphs found on suburban Paria tombstone
The Westminster Gazelle reports a cemetery grave marker in a Paria suburb with a husband’s inscription dated July 00, 1827 saying I am anxiously awaiting for you and, upon the widow’s death forty years later, her line reads Here I am September 6 1867 reflecting a curious lapidary exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Gazelle
Paria
Market Buoyancy Driven by Bug er Stock on July 12
Bugar stock dominated a volatile session with heavy covering and a stampede at the close. The stock rose to a record high of 145 amid total trading of 115 038 shares as the market showed dullness outside the sugar issue and wider declines for Grangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leligh Valley
Philadelphia
William Linn
Allen &O
Meara
Flour and grain markets in New York July report
New York traders report moderate activity on flour with city mill patents and winter patents showing mixed bids. The market notes for corn meal rye oats and wheat show steady to firm prices with fluctuations from supply shifts and export activity, including changes in futures terms and visible stock movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
City Mill
Minnesota
Western
Isc
Smnele
Buffalo
Thawley
Duluth
I.c
Tiattec
TiaTlsc
Tiige
Tvsatsc
Yeo
T4aSttec
Whyte
City Extra India Mess
Hilal
Western Creamery
Mali'ge
Talige
Elicina
Mgallige
State Dairy
Walde
Italie
Cherse
Thatio
State
Pennsylvania
Chicago market quotes for futures and cash grains
The Chicago board lists July wheat and corn futures mixed with new contracts and prime cash prices. Lard and short ribs move with September and October figures, while oats, rye, flaxseed, and timothy seed show varied quotes. whisky and sugar also noted with minor changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Untitled Market Totals Record of Grain and Provisions
Fragmentary OCR lists quantities of flour and meats including wheat corn rye oats barley and barrels and bushels. Contains numerous typos but indicates trade or stock tallies with figures such as 6 000 barrels of flour and tens of thousands of bushels for various grains.
Philadelphia Market Summary with Grain and Livestock Notes
Wideat-Firm and Yoke listed mixed contract terms for July and August with flour steady and various corn and rye futures noted. Cattle and hog markets showed firm to lower tendencies across Chicago and East Buffalo regions with limited demand and mixed outcomes for beef, pork, and lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
East Buffalo
N. Y
East Liberty
Industrial news on coal strike effects and new works
The report covers coal output in strike affected states with no trouble east of the Alleghenies. It notes delays in awarding the Jeanesville strip mining contract and possible shift to No 4 slope coal. Philadelphia capitalists visit Stockton to discuss glass and coal brick works, potential employment for hundreds, and the American Anthracite Company assigns assets to creditors in Schuylkill avenue.
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Alleghany Mountains
Philadelphia
Stockton
American Anthracite Company
Willam W. Gibbs
Edwin F. Glenn
Schuylkill Avenue
Christian Street
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Inkerman Shoemaker
MR. Leisenriing
Dee
Avondale
J, Scott Inglis
Lacka. Ave
Royal
Wall Street Review
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
Scranton Pass
People's Street Railway
C.eeeees
Scranton & Pittston Trac. Co
Duc
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Lacka
City of Scranton St. Imp
Mt. Vernon Coal Co
Scranton Axle Worka
Scranton Traction Co
Aesta
Am, Tobacco Co
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Chio
N.W
C. C
Mil. & St. Ps
RL & Po
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Cook
Lovie, & Nash
Manhattan
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West
Seeeweneweres
Prelfic Mall
Phil
Read
Aay
Southern BR
Southern KR
Oath Tenn
Iron
Wabash
Union
U. &. Leather
Boone Tug
Lehigh Valley
National Boring & Drill'g Co
Flrst National Bank
Elmhurst Boulevant Co
Scranton Savings Bank
Scranton Packing Co
Lacka, Iron & Steel Co
Third National Bank
Ceeee
Throop Novelty
M's
Scranton Traction Oc
Scranton Axle Woorkks
Ose
Weston Mill Co
Alexander Car Replacer Co
Scranton Bedding Co
Lacka. Trial & Safe
Chicago Grain Market
LE Brun
Wm. G. Clark
Peon Ave
Scranton, Pa
City Mills
Pennsylania Printa
East Liberty Cattle
OW City
Industrial News
Indiana
West Virginia
G L Hood
Cents & Co
Lowell, Masa
A. E. Rogers
Lackawanna Avenue
Rogers
Portas D
Corr
Rolepa
Boston
Peter Erutricons
Sos
Mercereau & Connell’s
Regina Music Boxes
Wyoming Ave
Barbour
Home Credit House
Lacka Ave
E. Robinson
George W. Coleman
General Avent
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Eclipeo
Burr
Bendeomas
Dominion
Old Point Comfort
Virginia Beach
Richmond
OLD Dominion Steamship CO
Pier
North River
W.L. Guillaudeu
Trafile
Dresden
Cerson
Julius Traugont
Lack. Ave
W. J. Davis
WM. Connell
Capital
Henry Belin, Jr
William H. Peck
AL Pierge
Penn Ave
Moloney Oil and Manuldeluing Co
Meridian ST
M. W. Collins
Madea
D.seane
Uly Tree
Sr St
Chicaso
MA Qe
Rage Gist Deraaien
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