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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1900
Page
2
The Tribune announces its Educational Contest entering its third week with growing interest across the state. It promises hundreds of dollars in benefits and special rewards for young participants, urging sustained effort over the nine remaining weeks of competition.
A list details multiple scholarship offers in Wyoming Seminary Keystone Academy Scranton Music College and other institutions with accompanying exhibits at local businesses. Rewards include solid gold watches and silver watches for prize winners. Each contestant failing to secure a reward receives ten percent of all money paid toward tuition.
A call urges young men and women to seize a career path that offers a living chance at success. It stresses enthusiasm and full effort, warns against indifference, and invites enrollment in a state competition to become leaders, highlighting rewards and personal advancement.
Contest rewards go to the top point scorers who recruit new subscribers. Points convert to subscription time, with one month one year and other terms. The highest scorer gets the top reward, second best chooses among remaining rewards, and so on. Subscriptions must be prepaid and new members only. Renewals by current subscribers are not counted. Transfers are not allowed after credit. All deals and cash must be submitted at The Tribune office during the week of close. Blank forms available at The Tribune office or by mail. The contest ends at a stated closing time.
The notice urges young men and women in Northeast Pennsylvania to seize a rare opportunity to grow their knowledge and intellect to the capacity needed to join history makers. It emphasizes self belief and hope for the future in the world and encourages embracing the moment.
Towanda hosts a week of moral and entertaining shows led by G Phillipa’s company with The Tinnte Tom's Cabin production and a parade featuring Sayre and Towanda items. The report notes a new Episcopal rectory, a county volunteer firemen event, a dog show clampdown, and railroad office setup in Towanda under J L Wickes. Residents plan reunions, road and railway updates, and local incidents including a carriage and water well dig project.
Special to the Scranton Tribone reports funeral services for Thames Davis in Franklin and a flurry of local social activity. Visitors and residents, including Henry Crane of Allendale, Mr and Mrs Shenwoet, and the Ghee family, appear across town. A July 4 marriage of Carteshater and Mason Dow is noted, along with births, visits, and entertainments at homes of Mrs Williams and Mrs Clement, reflecting small town rhythms.
A stream of visitors and residents share town scenes from the past week. Prannndaughter Mim Mante Hage Den of New Yeek visits. Laura Rudger hosts. Rob ert Frink and family enjoy Middle Lake. Mrs D M Roe of Fairdale in town. C T L Cooley moves to South Gideon for work. HW Morse builds a barn for Colonel Pratt. Ernest W Davenport from New York visits his town parents. Mrs Jennie Dougherty returns to New Milford. May Howie assists Edwin Adame with homework. East Lake outing includes Fred Clark family and friends. John Roberts and Kirkwood party spend a week Cherm.
Special to the Scranton Tribune reports the Church and Walcott boys camping upriver this week as the camp belt shows the first signs of the bfe rift. Many residents visit relatives, attend library openings, and note local transfers and incidents including a drink-related arrest and a cow herd scare.
Special to Scranton reports a crowded Witela hall in Lake Winola for a Sunday dance. Notable attendees from Scranton and nearby towns include Stone, Gillines, Swarts, Van Blanco, Van Moreom, Clara Van Har, Myers, Winfield, Ryan, Moran, Ashton, Parker, Doty, and many others. Guests traveled from Tunkhannock, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, and beyond to attend the social gathering.
Residents and visitors list movements and plans including Nicholon residents visiting town, Tiffany and Clinton Doyle catching forty hares at Cand pond, Cantiel Stone calling in Mophottom, Harry Moredock taking a post in Sivquehaptia, Rilny traveling to Newville for weeks with Telatises and Mrs Witton, W. H. Quick, Lyman Pratt and Spencer Suwet at Take Matataka today, Eugene Fowler’s death, Cant pond preparations by Deer Remnode Fred Crock Glen Lord Walter Tought and Bert Wilkes, Daniel Capwell family occupying Lord cottage at Lake Niche MEena, venomous snakes killed on Mr. Curtin’s farm, F. Felice receiving fruit tree offers, Nororesimts W. Stuart & Co of Newark, Mrs Wheaton Thoraxsie visiting New Milford with daughter Mrs. Chee ler Stark.
In Forest City on July 9 Eva Dumault and Laughter visit the Woodmanse home. Richard O'Brien welcomes a daughter. John O’Neil and a friend visit after Sunday with relatives. In White’s Valley Thomas Brown Jr and Philip Evans enlist in the Fifth Regiment in Scranton. Mrs Moyles wed Merbert Sherman at Elizabeth Moyles’s home. Frank Witveshi sustains head injuries at No miner mine. Kearns injured after striking a live wire and rock fall.
Pennsylvania Railroad offers one fare round trip to Pittsburg with tickets good August 6 7 and return by August 6 for minimum 25 cents. Central Railroad of New Jersey sells Scranton to Mauch Chunk and Glen Onoko round trip tickets July 29 at 1 00 for adults 60 cents for children for specific trains. Lehigh Valley Railroad advertises low rates to Chautauqua New York with July 27 tickets on most trains returning by August 26. fare up to one and third dollars not to exceed 10.00.
Montrose notes visitors and arrivals from Cranes and Philadelphia and describes community events. It reports on court matters in the area including a preliminary action about city representation and a violent incident leading to amputation of a local man’s foot. It also mentions social gatherings and church activities as well as petty legal troubles.
In Philadelphia Cincinnati defeated Philadelphia in a slugfest while Boston and New York hosted games. Umpires Torry Murst and others oversaw action as teams battled across the league schedule with varied innings and lineups.
Fragmentary notes show scattered scores and cities including Worcester Montreal Rochester Syracuse Detroit Minneapolis and Toronto. The text mentions rain and various team initials but provides no coherent game context or outcomes.
The Royal Stars challenge the Miiole Junior to a ball game on the Orchard gridiron in July. Manager G Fawat notes the event. The Red Stars suffered an 11 to 0 defeat to Neptune Hoya in an earlier game.
Day began with cautious gains as select stocks showed strength while others lagged. By afternoon, a broad pullback emerged amid uncertainty, leaving the overall market direction unclear and traders weighing prospects for the week ahead.
Corrected entry notes dairy items with prices and weights. Includes Butter-Creakery products such as Cheese Full Cream, Sea and Bermuda varieties, and patent flour priced per unit. Mentions medium grade quality and per unit costs around $2.50 for cream items and $1.25 for flour.
The readable text is garbled with mixed fragments of names, places, numbers, and potential titles. It references various terms like wheat, quantities, and several proper nouns but lacks coherent events or context to form a clear summary.
The readable text lists names, places, dates, and events in a garbled post OCR form. It mentions elevators, factories, dates around September, and contrasts white and colored groups with scattered references to tracks, meets, and regional designations. The passage is fragmented with many illegible terms and appears to sketch a historical scene without coherent narrative.
Readable portions mention a July event, political moves, and some voter counts. The text is garbled with names, dates, and figures unclear, including references to a FOLLUT AG and various color or demographic codes, making concrete facts difficult to extract.
The Chicago market shows generally steady activity with mixed cattle and hogs as buyers move through a light carload volume. Prices hold near prior levels as traders await clearer demand signals.
Fragmentary text references Texans, Calves, and multiple names with scattered numbers and terms. Remaining readable items mention a few locations and possible sports or team references without coherent events or outcomes.
Fragmentary text mentions names and places in a disjointed list with no clear event. No coherent events, dates, or outcomes are readable to form a factual summary. Further readable details are needed to identify entities or stakes.
Fractured OCR text mentions a sale and references names and places in a scattered historical listing. Names appear with odd spellings and unclear roles, while distances and dates are indiscernible.
Fragmentary text references a July event with percentages and names. Details are unreadable. no clear persons organizations places or outcomes emerge from the legible fragments.
Fragmentary OCR details show city and telegraphic balance figures with a value around 1.97 dollars, plus references to credits, inventories, and a noted 87,000 barrels. The readable items imply a brief municipal financial or stock report with uncertain context.
A reader reports a machine accident at the Batuviley mill where an employee named Milne from Shidelinney injured a finger and another worker named Hundley from this place hurt the end of the finger while handling gear at the Magers workbench.
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