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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1900
Page
8
The Engineering and Mining Journal notes a dull coal season with little activity on the lakes and eastern seaboard. Demand is stagnant through July, with prices held firm by independent operators and major firms, while output is trimmed to market needs.
US coal exports in April reached 537 082 short tons with 474 140 tons bituminous and 64 012 tons anthracite. The total rose 149 242 tons from last year, led by shipments to Canada up 1535 046 tons and to Mexico up modestly, with small increases to the West Indies and Brazil. For ten months ending April exports totaled 800 700 tons, a 42.6 percent rise over the prior year driven mainly by Canada and Mexico.
The Reading railway plans a $1.2 million project to replace cramped repair and machine shops with modern facilities in Reading. Three auctions will construct a complete plant capable of building most locomotives and freight cars, employing about 3600 workers and aiming for full system equipment from the center.
Clock Tobacco Company with capital stock of 1000000 has been chartered and began manufacturing tobacco in Scranton on Saturday. It bought Clock Manufacturing of Binghamton New York and Leonard Tobacco of Ely. the Wyoming avenue factory of Leonard Tobacco is used. Officers include President Hon. M E B McDonald Vice President A F Duffy Secretary Treasurer Cooper Wentz Directors H J Wentz Hon M E B McDonald A F Duffy Dr George L Wentz William Hy Hope Lyman Clock originator of the...
A citizen from Scranton recounts stiffness in knees, ankle bloating, and loins pain from kidney trouble. She used Dean's Kidney Pills after seeing an ad, bought from Matthews Bros., and says lameness and swelling disappeared after several boxes. Sold nationwide by Buster Milburn Co., 50 cents per box.
The statement notes that Clock brands of tobacco is appointed as the general manager of the newly formed company.
Daily timetable for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western board with names such as Hallote Ennla and Hopieine plus times from 4 a m to 7 p m. The notice lists maintenance and engine crews, station agents, and a public notice by A C Salisbury Superintendent for Monday June 8.
The Cardenas Cuba line orders three Mogul engines and one switching engine from Hogers Locomotive of Paterson. Baldwin Locomotive Works ships ten locomotives to Paris and Orleans railway, with twenty more under construction. April iron ore imports to the US fall to 21 724 tons from 42 482 last year. ten months total 759 160 tons vs 187 127 in 1899 and 240 429 in 1898. The Jeanesville Iron Works contracts to supply a 3000 gallon per minute compound condensing pump with Corllna valves. the Iron market remains waiting with lower price ranges, and Amalgamated association rates for next year are under discussion.
A Philadelphia analysis shows natives outnumbering foreigners in the elite, while New York and Chicago compete for the highest foreign contingent. The table lists city by city counts of natives and foreigners, with Philadelphia and its peers displayed for comparison.
A vintage advertisement extols Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a trusted teething aid used by millions of mothers for over fifty years. It claims to soothe the child, soften gums, ease pain, cure wind colic, and even diarrhea, asserting and stretching the product’s worldwide acclaim.
The estate of the late Elia M. Amerman faces a likely contest over a supposed later will naming Col. Watres as executor and Rev. Joseph Kowith Tiiaon as estate trustee. A Boston filing and probate action are planned to challenge the instrument, while the original will probated in Scranton awards major gifts to heirs and funds for the Amerman Memorial Tabernacle.
Pennsylvania Railroad advertises round trip fares to Philadelphia for the Republican National Convention with tickets valid June 16 to 19 and return by June 24. Lackawanna line runs special excursions to Gettysburg June 2 to 9 with return by June 11. Marquette summer resort promotion notes health benefits and requests postage stamps for a pamphlet. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern appoints H J Rhein as eastern agent with GL F Voshurch listed as city passenger agent in Chicago.
A severe rainstorm Saturday evening around 7 20 PM flooded central city streets as sewers failed to handle the downpour. Linden street resembled a lake while lightning struck near the Delaware and Hudson depot at Green Ridge causing a roof fire that was extinguished by rain before firefighters arrived.
Mile Loutee Morelli, a bold animal trainer, was badly harmed by a jaguar at the Bika fair in Newark last week. Professor Matthew Johnson, the elephant trainer, intervened to pull the animal off and drive it back into its cage. Morelli will be out of training for several weeks.
A nostalgic advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a leading blood purifier. It cites a dyspepsia case and a skin eruption case as proof, naming individuals Fos in Genoa Nebraska and W R Hudson in Natrona, Pennsylvania, and claims cures and improved health.
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