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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1894
Page
2
Harrisburg maintains a slim lead in the State league pennant chase, with Allentown close behind after wins and a Reading loss. Hazleton and Pottsville match postponed due to rain while Scranton, Easton and others see varied results. The standings table lists win loss records and percentages for each club.
Incoherent sports scoreboard fragments show teams like Allentown Scranton Harrisburg Reading and Altoona with scattered scores and notes of rain and postponed games. Names such as Hardwitt Kelly Flannagan Hogie Goodbart and Hawa appear, but many details are unreadable.
Fragmented box score style record shows Brooklyn and Pittsburgh games delayed by darkness with multiple teams and batteries listed. Umpires Swart Wood Lynch and others officiated across matches in New York Baltimore Washington Cincinnati St. Louis Boston Philadelphia Cleveland and other venues.
City scores and team moves include Syracuse 7 Buffalo 5 Springfield 5 Binghamton 14. Marv Phillips of Troy discusses Buffalo. YMCA Team defeats Actives 11 to 7. Pitcher Brown Leaves Baltimore for higher pay. Jim Devlin signs a contract with Alseggon. Little Potatoes beat Little Tycoons 7 to 6 on Penn Avenue. Umpire disputes in Providence. Hunt injured by foul. Union Baseball Club challenges rivals for 11 years old, ten-game series. University of Pennsylvania baseball committee plans Princeton game in Philadelphia June 12. Perry Werden of St Louis now with Minnesota may leave Western League. Dwyer of Hazleton injured. Moore sprains knee in same game. St Thomas College vs High School game postponed to today. William Zechor to manage Lancaster club and form semi pro team with local backers. Lancaster to seek State league franchise. Allentown Chronicle notes Scranton pursuit of late State league expansion.
On Tuesday the race raised mayor Antons' profile while a following day noted that "our Pete" sit one point from the State league tail. Manager Parka of the resurrected Easton club expects to learn today which players he can obtain from the League, then wire for others. He will lack pitchers as Pottville signed Hughes and Wilson and won’t release them. Pottville’s Dunn warned Easton may be denied re admission. Welkart Weill and Moran remain available. Parks seeks a battery as his main need and plans to open Saturday at Easton with Seranten.
The Metropolitan and New Jersey cycling clubs plan a banner race plus regular prizes for the Pennsylvanian club run to Aebury Park on June 2. Lancaster Wheelmen seek August or September for a state championship and county race open to all amateur riders. The Kings County wheelmen hold their thirteenth annual meet at Jones 8, isk on the Parkway track with events led by George Houle vard. In Binghamton, wheelmen sign on to form a large club to unite riders and improve conditions, with a meeting at Bennett hall Friday at 7 o'clock to discuss plans and solicit signatures.
The item lists private bets between George La Blanche and Billy McMillan at $25 a side in a Chicago area alley, a $5 side handicap between John Jennings and John Parks at O Malley’s alley, plus Yale and Cornell-Pennsylvania crew contest talk, Atlantic City boxing training plans, and Schuylkill Navy regatta prep. It notes Monowal the horse’s death and Yale football practice at Travers Island with a long roster, plus a pool-table attachment by RW. Byett. It closes with Corbett and Jackson boxing fights talk, disputes on where fights may occur, and a push for England or the National Sporting Club purse.
A fragment recalls remarks about a pretty girl and a masked complainant. It mentions blood eruptions and a remedy via a “boss blood corrector” and Dr Thomas Electric Oil for croup and colds, with a Buffalo reader offering the tip.
The investigative panel proposes a standard advertising rate schedule and grants equal access to all newspaper correspondents, aiming for uniform pricing and fair treatment across outlets. The move seeks transparency and equitable opportunities for press coverage.
Mrs Phoebe Thomas of Junction City Illinois trusted a doctor’s claim of hopeless consumption but two bottles of King’s New Discovery cured her and saved her life. Mr Thea Rggers of 18 Florids St Gay Francisco recovered from an owl cold approaching consumption after one bottle. two weeks later he was cured. The ads cite Drs Drugs Drug 50e and $1 as the source of these dramatic results.
The piece summarizes Dr. Cyrus Edson of the New York Board of Health warning that fast living in New York City harms mind and body. It cites indigestion as a root cause and promotes Paskola as a digestive aid, describing its digestion boosting and appetite restoring effects. The article urges readers to seek relief from dyspepsia and fatigue by improving digestion and health.
Classified notice seeking reliable WAN S250 agents with $260 capital to join exclusive agency for a new home article claimed to have 180000 sales yearly. Pays 800 yearly plus incentive. Requires applicants to have AI reference with capital. Apply at Boranton House.
Fragmentary text references a private office and a bunch of keys. Mentions van and a lock address, with unclear context and names.
Advertisements list employment in Scranton and Philadelphia with a range of positions. Mentions collectors, solicitors, and a life and fire insurance focus. Includes ticket sale notices and a probate rule about the executrix Witt for a will.
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