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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1901
Page
8
Congressman Wright appears poised for victory per discussions with Susquehanna County leaders. Prohibitionist organizer Arthur Santmier plans Montrose setup next Wednesday at the Baptist church. Local social notes mention visitors, a gypsy band head, a surprise 76th birthday, and upcoming fire company parades and events.
George J. Clark of the Corner store handles business in Scranton and Peckville. Elijah Tuttle and wife visit their son Charles at Lyon Street Herrick. F M Lewis travels by D and H train to Binghamton. Coxton Lake season opens briskly with campers and mosquitos noted. Ruth Leonard to return home from Poyntell. Rev J M Correll health delays return. Rev Larrabee to supply sabbath. Nina Harrison visits Starracea relatives. Ice cream social planned at Baptist parsonage lawn. Mrs M Q Meaker of Carbondale speaks to Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society. William Scott of Lanesboro visits. Seven Sisters Please to be held at Comforts Pond. Various Thompson residents and visitors listed amid local events. Charles Jones from Beranton visits Coxton Lake for an outing.
Robert Alexander, longtime Forest City resident and member of the Methodist church board, has moved his family to New York City. Alexander is seeking new opportunities for his family and details follow in the report.
Waymart natives James Doyle and sister Anna visit Rocklake with Mrs. James Graham of New York. Mrs. Sarah Headley visits her brother James Miner, while Mrs. Henry France returns from a ten day stay with Mrs. Orrin Matthews in New York. Joseph Dunque was a visitor from Honesdale. Woboneckett and family of Hancock, NS, stay with the heads of the local circle.
At a local picnic committees make arrangements for an ice cream social in the basement of the Congregational Church on Monday night. The Wandling Hose Company will hold their channel picnic and bake on August 6 at the Wandling grounds. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered Sunday morning in the Methodist church, preceded by a love feast. John Alexander was in the metropolis this week on business. The funeral of Antont Pertehumne took place this morning with large attendance. St. Joseph's Society attended. Services were held in St. Agnes church and interment at St. Agnes cemetery. Remarkable family notices follow about relatives of the late Edwin Schoonover and others visiting. Dr. F. F. Price leaves for a pleasure trip to California. Various locals, including Mrs. W. Clare of Green Ridge and Mrs. Carr, host guests and relatives from Middletown, N. Y. The steamer Helen, recently placed on Lake Larcore, is in charge of John Lang. Henry Pearce of Denver is visiting his sister-in-law Mrs. Mary Pears. others from Oneonta, N. Y. have returned home.
The July Honesdale report covers Freeman's orchestra resuming at Lake Lodere, Wayne County Herald ownership change under Nelson J. Spencer, and the paper’s move from Eighth Street to Martin Galvin’s building. It notes David J. Hower's July plan, the marriage of Winans Hall to Nora Terril, Hull’s murder case behind bars, and a recap of New York fresh air children visiting a farm and their caretaker Milas Knowles.
The first headache capsules were released and their immediate success spurred many imitators using dangerous substances like antipurine chloral morphine and other injurious drugs. Avoid imitations and choose Krause's which claim to cure severe headaches with no after effects, price not specified, sold by all druggists.
Hopbottom updates report M J Hartley illness recovery, John Tiffany visiting wife in Montrose, wife ill back home with sister at Montrose. Mrs Tiffany resting, Nancy Kilburn visiting sister Mrs Saunders, Mrs Grave McKeever visiting friends, G W Strapler at county seat, Mr and Mrs Smith of Binghamton.
Susquehanna reports visiting dignitaries including Hon. Amos J. Cummings and Dr. Bland with son returning to Washington after a stay at Forest Home park. Dr. Hill and wife travel by auto en route to Albany and New York. first auto to appear in Susquehanna. Erie officers curb train fare dodgers as Miss Lulu Treilly returns from Curlondale. Erie buys new locomotives. headquarters move to Susquehanna. $275,000 in machinery to be installed. town foresees prosperity.
Welsh Hill reports summer arrivals from Scranton Mr and Mrs J Owens visit the area for the season. Lake Idlewilde remains a popular retreat with numerous summer boarders enjoying vacations. Mrs W Watking visited Carbondale Tuesday and Mrs Catherine Eynon of Beranton has died in Bangor Wis. surviving brother John Watkins. Mrs Thomas Thomas of Scranton visits friends here. Mr William Maxey of South Gibbae attended church locally.
New York markets closed lower as oversold selling left major stocks in retreat. Advancing issues were scarce with declines led by rail and industrials, total volume about 1.1 million shares. The weak tone spread across the list as traders anticipated further pressure.
Fragmentary OCR lists dairy and produce items with mixed spellings and numbers. Items include cheese cream butter milk beans peas flour potatoes and kidneys with per bushel or per barrel pricing. Several entries are garbled, hindering precise interpretation of vendors or dates.
The report notes firm wheat values with higher prices for winter and spring grades. It lists contract movements in barley, patent flour, and corn along with steady or dull notes for rye and butter products. Grain stocks show thousands of bushels for wheat, corn, and oats with regional demand patterns highlighted.
Market notes show wheat, corn, and oats prices steady to higher with options active. Dairy items including butter and cheese show firmness while egg markets remain irregular amid crop condition signals.
A pasted OCR mix lists floor space for light manufacturing on the 4th floor of the Tribune building including heat light and power with contact at The Tribune office. It also catalogs several classified ads for rentals job wants and notices including rooms for rent stray notices wanted help wanted and situation wanted plus a book offer from Erie Medical Co.
Fragmentary text appears to list varied items and codes across locations and organizations, with scattered names and numbers. The readable elements do not form a coherent event or notice. content remains garbled and hard to interpret.
Fragmentary OCR text references prices, rates, and names but contains numerous typos. It mentions quantities like 245, 500, and 187 and includes partial names and terms lacking clear context. No coherent event or identifiable entities to confirm a concrete summary.
Readable fragments show a rural market column with lamb prices and cattle notes. Mentions buyers and sellers, including names like Scully and Buie, with several price figures and lots. The text is garbled but conveys ongoing sale activity and item listings.
Fragmentary text references sheep and cattle shipments, prices and locations unclear. Mentions cattle, calves, lambs, hogs, and a possible inland market. Readable entities include places and animal types, but key details are obscured by errors.
Fragmented OCR text shows scattered references to cattle, workers, and terms like prime, medium, and weertod. Unclear details prevent a full summary of events or values.
Fragmentary note lists shipments, averages, and certificates with scattered terms like MSG and S20. Reads as an OCR derived snippet lacking clear events or names.
Unclear OCR text shows multiple city venues Pittsburg Philadelphia Chicago Cincinnati St Louis and players Hatteries Nichols Kittridge Taylor Baber Kling Newton Bergen Mawh Umpires Day Nawh and more The fragment seems to reference games across several cities with innings counts and scores but lacks coherent final results or dates
A garbled passage lists lineups and umpires for several games. Names include Horton McPhernen Bernhard Powers Schreckengodt Connolly Sheridan Mane Taiton Clark Howe Mobinen R. H. OK Scott Wood McPhernen Buo Umpire Tawell and Antillon Hawley Hastings Connor Sullivan and Pate termon.
Hartford edges Rochester 5 to 4 in a tight contest while Hartford also defeats Rochester 6 to 4. Worcester beats Montreal 14 to 6 as Providence faces Toronto and Syracuse 4 to 7. Buffalo loses 2 to Syracuse.
An application will be made to the governor of Pennsylvania on the 14th by Edward B Devin Andrew Kennedy G Robert Campbell Henry W Beane and Edward James Jr under an act to incorporate a new corporation The Cilwagella Coal And Coke Company to mine coal manufacture and sell coal and coke and to conduct all necessary business. ALMER L WILLIAMS Solicitor.
Complete descriptive circular of these and other securities furnished upon application. The notice invites investors to request detailed information about the securities offered, including terms, risks, and pricing, and outlines how to obtain the full circular from the issuer.
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