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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1900
Page
2
The Tribune reports twenty contestants now in its Educational Contest with two new entrants, all working with no appreciable lead. Delays cost time as closeness of scores intensifies, and entrants are urged to begin before August 1 to maximize rewards.
A list of special rewards and exhibits includes scholarships in Wyoming Seminary Keystone Academy and Scranton Business College as well as watches. Exhibitions at J W Guernsey Conrad Brothers Eugene Bebimpi and other venues feature multiple items. Each contestant failing to win one reward receives ten percent of all money turned in.
The notice urges bright young people to enter a contest before August 1. Early entrants gain advantage if equally energetic. Names and addresses of those registered are listed, with points to be published later after a secure lead forms.
Rules outline a points system for new subscribers with rewards. Points are awarded for one month, three months, six months, and one year subscriptions, with primacy for the highest totals. Prizes chosen by rank, 10 percent commission for nonwinners, advance payment required, renewals excluded, and submissions due by the week of securing.
Special to the Scranton Tribune from Thompson on July 17 details E A Mead injuring his thumb while repairing a bicycle, Jasper Hobbs injured by a horse, and a new Starrucca creamery foundation progressing with sills in place. Also covered are Maud Stewart speaking for Epworth League, Ladies Aid tea, Rev. Tower’s return from Deposit, crop damage from hail, Mrs. A C Foster’s retreat, a land sale for the creamery, contract award, and recent storms with wind and shrubbery damage.
Miss Katie Tully of Pleasant Mount has returned home from Forest City where she was a guest at Frank Hood’s. The Vandling band picnic occurred at Wandling grove today. The infant of Matthew Brady was buried in St Agnes cemetery yesterday. Mrs. Edward Flynn and son Joseph are visiting the family of Joseph Hoetling at Clinton Wayne county. Grace Bartholomew of Clinton, former Forest City resident, died in Liberty New York of typhoid fever Friday. body moved to Clinton for funeral Monday. Mrs Hugh Pohren and children visited Scranton and returned home. Jessie Paynes of Binghamton NY is guest of Mrs T C Mauzer. Sherrie Maxey was in town on official business. Alphonsus McCabe and wife depart Thursday for two weeks with relatives at Owego NY. Mr J Colling and children of Dover, visiting here, have returned home.
Special to the Scranton Tribune from New Milford reports Mia Indersled returning from a four week visit with her sister at Callicoon. William Ransom, sick with pneumonia, is slowly recovering at home. Alec Gills of Carbondale visits the Boyle and Shay households in Beaver Meadow. Mrs M. L. Beebe and daughter Helen visit Scranton trends. Mrs Garrett entertains Mrs Mary Jay of Elmira. G C Hogtell tours Montrose. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Charles Tucker hosting kin from Binghamton. Ten Darrow entertains Mina Watrous of Lidoklyn. William T. Moxley and daughter visit from Binghamton. Rev. F M Davenport of Kingston spends vacation with his parents. Ernest Moas had a few weeks with her mother.
The notice chronicles residents visiting and returning home in Meridian and Scranton. Edgar Grinnell of Scranton is spending his summer with his parents Theron and Mrs. Grinnell. Mrs. W. L. Brundage hosted Mrs. W. W. Adams and Mrs. Bh. Brundage of Kingsley for a day. Funeral services for Mrs. L. O. Farrar, who died at Heart Lake on July 4, were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Tiffany with Rev. R. N. Ives officiating. Farrar leaves a husband two children three sisters and four brothers. Mrs. Nina Moore and brother Bert visited Hartford friends. Mrs. F. N. Boyle and son Leo of Nicholson were in town last week. Mrs. L. W. Moore bought a house and lot at Kingsley.
F F Avatin and family from New Milford spent Sunday in Brooklyn. KF and Eldrige begin picking raspberries today. Mrs W I Quick and children visit her parents the Eldridges. The G A R post marks its 25th anniversary with a program and band. A barn burned after a Sunday lightning strike on the Gow place. McMillan of Nicholon visits. Several residents, including the Sterlings, travel to Scranton. Tiffany finishes reservoir repairs. A local baseball team possibility emerges. Mrs Brown and Edith Kent visit kin. Mrs Van Auken and sons visit from Carbondale.
July 17 report from Nichol son details camping at Oxbow pond by Mr C M Thomas and family and Dr C Rh Newton and family. Auert A Knapp takes a position at Great Bend with Lackawanna Railroad. Several local appointments and forthcoming events listed, including Epworth league Unity with Y M C A at Montrose for an excursion, and schoolhouse teaching posts. A hot day ends with the loss of a saddled horse.
Factoryville notes a lawn social on the parsonage lawn July 24 under Epworth league auspices and a gospel open-air meeting at the parsonage next Sunday. The week sees hot weather with readings near 100 degrees, while George N. Carr recovers from illness after a Lake Carey trip. Constable Robert H. Platt visited with legal papers from Tunkhannock.
A Susquehanna Gazette item reports Charles Z Wheeler of Greene receiving a giant brasshopper from Florida, possibly the largest of its kind, and plans to exhibit it at the county fair. The column notes local cricket and ball games, a new chunk factory at Hallstead, and a floating island phenomenon near Honesdale.
Harford on July 17 reports Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jeffers of New York visiting their parents. Miss Nina Moore of New Milford visits cousin May Sweet. A. Lee Tiffany, formerly of Harford now in Connecticut, visits his father J Madison Gathany, Moody's student, and preaches there.
A Civil War veteran group plans a reunion at Comrade Cyrus Marey’s home with Comrades urged to attend. Mrs. W. C. Smith suffers a wrist injury in a runaway carriage accident. I. D. Whomnas grows weaker as Montrose scrubs beat Springville 21 to 0 in a local baseball game. Local business notes report Strickland Culver building plans and mail delivery concerns. The Tribune publishes six hours ahead of major cities.
Special to the Scranton Tribune from Hopbottom July 17 describes a 104 degree day prompting mountain escape. The new creamery building progresses with a building committee meeting and material on the ground. Community notes include visits, church repaint plans, and a Metholod Ladies Aid ice cream social.
The New York stock market shows a bullish tilt with gains in many issues as short interests cover. Upward moves occur in United Pacific Brooklyn Transit and railroad stocks while general levels end modestly higher amid uneven activity and dull tones.
July report from New York shows flour markets inactive and weaker while wheat holds firm on No 4 red and No 2 red. Elevator and Duluth oats steady with price movement mixed as futures and spot markets close mostly unchanged after late rally.
Fragmentary corrected OCR lists dairy and produce items with prices including full cream, marrow, onions and patent notes and a total amount. errors obscure complete context and supplier names.
Disjointed catalog of dairy and poultry items. Butter and creamery products labeled Western and New York sources. Lists include cakes, live fowl, roosters, freshened chicks, and seasonal demand notes with scattered, unclear phrases.
Chicago reports mixed grain activity with a brief liquidation in corn and early wheat recovering on northwest demand and short-covering. Sept futures show firmer tone aided by recent rain while cash quotes list varied grain and livestock prices including wheat corn rye and pork products.
Cattle steady to lower with feeders and calves mixed as buyers move through the yard. Texas steers and western lambs show volatility with prices around 4.45 to 4.80 per unit. sheep steady to slow with lambs quoted near 40 to 50 dollars.
A fragmented July market note lists beef and veal prices with mixed demand. Calves, lamb, and pork show declines or stability, while Kentucky cattle and beef items appear at nominal or weak levels.
Market notes from East Liberty show varied cattle entries with prime and common grades, including Bas and Hoge-Steady, plus veal calves and sheep noting price ranges from 4.00 to 7.00 per cwt. Records reference July 17 and include common and light stock as well as other farm livestock factors.
July report shows credit balances around 19 percent with no bid on shipments. Average figures list 77,060 and 100,707 with a remaining average of 5,083 in the latest totals.
An article warns against catarrh remedies containing mercury and endorses safe products. It contrasts Hall’s Catarrh Medicine with tainted alternatives and cites Toledo based F. J. Cheney & Co. as a firm selling mercury free formulas.
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