Susquehanna and Oakland School Boards Elect Officers
New Susquehanna County and Oakland school boards appoint presidents secretaries and treasurers. The Susquehanna Teachers Association schedules its first meeting September 17 18 in Hallstead with a deputy state superintendent to speak. Community notices cover various local events resignations awards and social activities across Susquehanna County including church groups and youth committees.
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New Susquehanna School Board
John Dooley
John J. Callahan
Thomas Millane
New Oakland School Board
F. E. Brush
J. A. Smith
L. Johnson
Susquehanna County Teachers’ Association
Hallstead
Woman's Relief Corps
Johnstown
Fannie Bayden
Susquehanna
Pittsboro
Wyoming Valley
Mt. Carmel
Dante Camp
Charles Logan
Hecht
William J. Best
Joseph Best
Laurel Street
Beni
Minnie Miller
Oakland
Deposit
Olean
N. Y
Richards and Grown Wed in the Area
William Richards and Miss Sarah Grown were united in marriage on Wednesday. Mrs. David Jenkins and her daughter visited friends at Pittston this week. Floral Sunday is planned at the Congregational church next Sunday. William Williams of Providence visits Morgan Evans for a few days. Taille Jenkins visited friends in Wilkes-Barre yesterday. Thomas Lewis returned from Freeland where he had been visiting friends.
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Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church
Barranger
Alice Box
H. M. Kennedy
William P. Jones
Patrick Cleary
John D. Jones
P. J. Murray
F. J. Pentecost
H. M
Kennedy
The
Young Men's Christian Association
Peterson
Spiritual
Jonathan Davies
Rev. G. B. Btone
O. F. Peasnall
H. W. Brown
John Mitchell
W. L. Peterson
Nathaniel Lang
Fred Reynolds
F. J. Osgood
W. T. Davies
Financial
R. EK. Alexander
R. BE. Randall
Benjamin Maxey
Thos. Brown
Ira N. Dunn
M. D. Evans
James Jennings
D. B. Harris
J.C. Watres
F. J. Degood
Athletic
Fred Neynolds
L. Decker
A. L. Morgan
Geo, Genther
P. B. Kennedy
J. C. Waters
A. M. Westgate
Patriotic Order Sons of America
Order of United American Mechanics
Wayne County
Ida Carter
Carbondale
Teesle Clark
Pleasant Mount
James R. Fleming
Arthur May
Dickinson College
Carlisle
W. Albert Blakeslee
Medical Department
University of Pennsylvania
W. R. Blakeslee
Forest City
Louisville
George Maxey
Delaware Street
Enterprise Hose Company
Manafield Normal School
Edith Brown
Myrtle Alexander
J. C. Hogan
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Lackawanna
William Richards
Sarah Grown
Old Forge
David Jenkins
Pittston
Congregational Church
William Williams
Providence
Morgan Evans
Taille Jenkins
Wilkes-Barre
Thomas Lewis
Freeland
Death Dealer Sells Horse Parts for Profit
A grim note from the New York Tribune describes a person who buys horses at one dollar, kills them, feeds the flesh to hogs, and sells hides and bones. He releases horses for two dollars only when profitable. otherwise the animals are hog-fed.
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New York Tribune
Great Wall Wallpaper Sale Closes Stock Fast
Out of the wallpaper business the seller auctions twenty five thousand rolls at quick closing prices. Ten cent wallpaper and twenty six to thirty five cent wallpaper offered as stock clears to make room for other goods.
Danger In Soda As Medicine Warned By Doctor
A medical warning against using common soda for heartburn. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are recommended as a safe cure for sour stomach and indigestion, with claims of improved digestion, appetite, and vitality. Sold by druggists at 60 cents, free booklet available by mail from the Stuart Co. in Marshall, Michigan.
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Harlandson
Stuart
Wuerth
Stuart Co
Marehall, Mich
Wheat, corn and cotton figures in Philadelphia markets
Wheat edges higher on July contracts while June slips. Corn holds firm with No. 2 mixed around 24 to 29 cents, oats firm, white No 2 around 26 cents. Butter steady to firm. cheese and refined sugars strong, cotton unchanged. Receipts show sizable wheat and corn shipments. market tone mixes dull and steady across commodities.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lée
Mayaal
Weetern
Balle
Tate
Badic
Teady
Lalde
Tyaloye
Initiation Creamery
Wealdign
Tate Dairy
Wadtye
Steidy
Kansas Pride Turns Into Roaring Backlash Commentary
Ex state senator Tom McNeal defends Kansas amid jokes about the Sunflower State. He touts Kansas as the world’s geographic center and claims the state will outpace others in growth, wheat, corn, hogs, natural gas, and climate diversity, urging perseverance and progress.
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Tom McNeal
Kansas
The
Star
Union
Orient
Occident
Greenland
India
Iceland
Pole
Pond
Hol
Holland
Savage
Borneo
Christendom
Lake Superior
United States Navy
Oil on Troubled Waters
A South Bend teacher who opposed corporal punishment administered castor oil in large doses to nine unruly pupils. The incident drew attention in Indianapolis News, highlighting a clash between disciplinary methods and modern teaching ethics.
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South Bend, IL
Indianapoli Newa
Desperate Waist Reduction Talk With Corset Order
Grace-Dora describes a drastic diet effort to slim her waist. Carmelita notes the plan, and Grace reveals she ordered a new pair of corsets made of bou constructor skin.
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Grace
Dora
Carmelita
New York
No, the war is won by shells say Detroit News
The Detroit News argues the decisive factor in war remains artillery shelling rather than tactics or morale, framing shelling as the key to victory.
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Detroit News
Artillery Company Lineage and War-Time Slogan
A historical fragment notes a member of the A. and H. Artillery Co. of Boston. It records a mentor asking a boy what to do if the enemy appears and the boy answers that he would both follow and rant. Copyright 1917 Mitchell & Miller.
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A. and H. Artillery Co
Boston
Mitchell & Miller
New York Produce Market Summary June Update
New York produce market reports activity levels for flour rye corn meal and wheat. Spot wheat and corn show firmness while options rise on speculation and crop news amid dockside and northwest frost concerns.
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New York
Western
Buffalo
Duluth
Northwest
Co. Net
Market Notes From Chicago Futures and Cash Quotations
Chicago June 16. Prices for wheat corn oats and pork fluctuate in futures pits with July September and December positions. Cash markets show varied values for flour, various wheats, corn, oats, rye and flax, alongside receipts and shipments for grains and livestock. Cattle hogs sheep and lambs posted mixed prices with notable ranges for beef cattle and prime cuts. Receipts: flour 6,000 barrels, wheat 7,000, corn 666,000, oats 8,000, rye 660, barley 40,000. cattle 4,500 hogs 23,000 sheep 10,000.
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Chicago
Tolgaiéc
Ryo
Piora
Buffalo Cattle and Sheep Prices Mixed on Slow Market
East Buffalo June 10 cattle receipts small with slow market. hogs steady with two cars and York pigs trading $3.06 to $3.70, top lint. Sheep and lambs receipts two cars with fair to choice lambs at $4.70 to $4.85 and sheep $4.25 to $4.35, cull and common $2.60 to $2.65.
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East Buffalo
Reeves No trading calves active firm veals and lambs gains
New York live stock market report shows calves active with veals at 46.26 while termilk calves sell lower. Sheep and lamb sections show weakness with prices for sheep 3.60 to 4.35, yearlings 4.00 to 5.00, and lambs quoted 4.25 to 6.25.
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New York
Oil Market Report From City Pa June 10
Oil trade figures list certificates no bids credit balances for 87 shipments and 265 barrels with runs totaling 104 729 barrels in City Pa markets.
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City
The Steam Whistle and the Egg Trade Origin
The tale explains the invention of the locomotive whistle after a wagon of eggs was crushed by a train. A farmer failed to hear the horn, spurring Ashtey Baxter and George Stephenson to devise a steam whistle. The device attached to engines produced a shrill warning sound, becoming standard practice.
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Straightwagon
Ashtey Baxter
Alton Grange
George Stephenson
Stephenson
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Wayne
W. HH
Leek
Uniondale
Ward Dewell
Forest City Car Manufacturing Company
John F. Gallagher
Richmondale
Wii
Grove
John White
Wandling
William D. Bryden
Wandling Congregational
Organ Fund
Watkins
Milton
Sanaa
FP. Reese
Thomas Johns
Henry Vinzard
Charles Burns Soo
Miss Reynolds
J. Phillips
Lulu Purdy Bone
Ee Willam Watkins
Lottle Reynolds
Second District Institute
Susquehanna County
Dundaff
Clifford, Herrick and
Ararat
Ararat Presbyterian Church
Ararat Summit
W. 0. Stevens
J. L. Richards
F. H. Watkins
Sevice
J. T. Vaughn
W. W. Watkins
Diecagelon
H. G. Harned
Flo Shapley
J. Porter
Manley Borden
Nellie Clancey
William Wilbur
Jefferson
T. J. Vaughn
Alfred Bowell
G. B. Stone
Laura Sumner
H. J. Crane
John Sumner
Mra
Lawrenceville
Kentucky
Danger
Wall Street Review
Stock Exchange
New Jersey Central
Delaware and Hudson
Sug. Reg Co
Onio Vooe
B. Chia & Nane
Chic
Mil
Bt. P
Delaware & Hud
D. L
I & Nash
M. K
Tqx
Manhattan
Pacific
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B&wi
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Nor. Pacific
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Pacific Mail
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Southern R. R
Ats Tenn
C. & Say
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
Sly
U. & Leather
Chicago Board OF Trade
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
Scranton & Pittston Trac, Co
National Boring & Drill'g Co
First National Bank
Elmhurst Boulevard
Scranton Savings Bank
Seen - Seranton Packing Co
Scranton Traction of
Scranton
Axle Works
Steeenee Ord Weston Mill Co
Seneseen
Alexander
Scranton Bedding Co
Feenee - Creee
People's Street Railway
Trac. Co
People’s Street Railway
Ace Dickson Manufacturing Co
Lacka
City of Scranton St. Imp
Mt. Vernon Coal Co
Veenee
Scranton Axle Works
the Sunflower State
Washington Star
Spain
Hood
Chicago Grain Market
Jane W
Texas
Colorado
Wolf & Wenzel
Adams Ave
Richardson, Boynton's
C. West
Regan
Waketal
Neler Ee
Bonanlee
Aid Gerore
Third National Bank
Capital
WM. Connell
Henry Belin, Jr
William II. Peck
Cashier
Lackawanna Ave
Flowers A Than Manufacturers
Cerson
Julius Traugott
Lack. Ave
Ne Paci
Hill & Connell, Protheroe & Co
A. E. Strong
W. J. Davis
Wyoming Avenue
Smyrna Rug and Carpet Sale
Smyrna
S. G. Kerr
Wyoming
Maloney Oil and Manufacturing CO
Meridian ST
M. W. Collins
Bhoee
Myer Davidow
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