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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1897
Page
2
Neighboring counties note the opening of the summer school at Wyoming seminary. Many residents plan moves from Jeanesville while Tunkhannock tannery resumes full time. Postmaster appointed at Mountain Top, and several local incidents including deaths, injuries, openings, and public meetings are reported.
Mrs Nelson Ericcson of North Wilkes-Barre took Paris green yesterday afternoon in a personal crisis and died at eight that evening. The Swede family, resident at Bowman and Pearl, includes husband a miner and six children. The eldest daughter had returned from Mountain Park picnic before the death, noting something amiss.
An dubious patent medicine ad promises a miraculous anti drink cure named Anti-sag. It claims to erase taste for alcohol and asks readers to mail a dollar to Renova Chemical Co. for full directions and discreet delivery in plain wrap.
Forest City reports the murder of Henry Deary found in an outhouse vault at 6 am near the Davis House. He was last seen at 6 pm the previous night in the Davis House barroom. Deary, 50, leaves five children John Nathan Patrick Mary Magee, with Magee living in Forest City. The crime has caused great excitement and speculation of forthcoming disclosures.
Schulta, under trial for possession of dangerous articles, remains without nourishment and weakened. local authorities expect the fast to end soon as conditions in Milford grow tense.
During a heavy thunder shower on June 1 at Nanticoke a lightning bolt struck a group of men unloading a lumber car from the Pennsylvania Railroad. John Kreshan ski was killed instantly and several others were stunned by the strike.
Luzerne County Veterans Association convened in the Howe ton Opera House for the third annual reunion. J C Turner presided, with Burgess Donlan and Rev W J Day delivering welcomes and tributes to Civil War veterans. Major Ive McCauley and Capt DeLacy spoke, the hall displayed national colors, and a camp fire program followed as veterans from Luzerne Dallas Plains and Scranton gathered. Names of attendees listed to 2 20 PM, officers named as Turner president Engle vice president Vanarsdale secretary.
The St. Aloysius society will meet tomorrow evening. The Moosic Accident Fund will picnic at Lackawanna Park this afternoon. The Sons of Temperance picnic at Jackson's Park on Saturday June 18. Hannah Atwell, eight, bitten by a neighbor's dog on the West Side, is cauterised with hopes for no serious harm. James Turner, ex-superintendent of Susquehanna Coal, visited Lincoln Hall relatives in town. Mrs. Williams and family journeyed to Rich Hill Missouri after weeks with her parents. Mrs. Charles Law visits son Thomas in Archbald. Several locals listed as mine foreman exam candidates in Pittston. Mary Jennings returns to Glen Lyon after stay in town. The Moogle Populars baseball team will picnic at Lackawanna Park Saturday, with a championship game against the Lackawannas of Scranton.
In Wilkes Barre on June 16 a 6 year old girl Annie Gill delivering her father lunch at No 5 slope Nanticoke was crushed when a hoist wire rope broke. The rope caught her around the waist and she cannot recover. The father witnessed the tragedy, nearly driven to distraction.
The Pike County sheriff orders a night watch over condemned wife murderer Paul Herman Schultz to prevent suicide and ensure the county’s first hanging is carried out. Almer is assigned to the duty.
A local retailer announces an urgent wall paper closeout as it exits the business. The sale lists twenty five thousand rolls at deeply reduced prices with several price points such as 10 cents and 25 cents, aiming to clear inventory quickly for space to repurpose the shop.
Edwin Stone Tunkuannock has gone to Lake Owasco with his wife for a couple of weeks. A number from this place will attend the Lake Winola dance Friday evening. George Lull and wife of Sayre have been visiting relatives in town. Capt Graham and wife have been visiting in Wilkes-Barre this week. Building fever continues in Tunkhannock as John B Jennings builds two houses and John Lyman buys a lot on Putnam street extension to build. Register and Recorder Shaw plan a new building. About twenty five houses erected in the past year. Miss Evelyn Townsend clerks in the post office. Spring Grove House at Lake Carey will open on June 6. Mansfield normal school students return Friday. Mrs Louis Hilkowich is ill at home. Rev BE Bergen Browe of Waverly formerly pastor here visited Wednesday. Rev George Hines, pastor of the Tunkhannock Baptist church for four years, has received a call to the Third Baptist church of Camden New Jersey. He preaches his farewell sermon next Sunday.
Mr and Mrs John BE Richmond recover from malaria and ride behind Richmonds span of blacks. W J Beelittle Coyne House proprietor dies after stomach illness. Prof T March reappointed principal of Honesdale graded schools. H Wilson visiting relatives in Factoryville. Quarterly meeting services planned at Honesdale Methodist church next Sunday. Two brass bands to accompany Red Men's excursion to Shohola Glen on July 20. German Lutheran Sunday school excursion to Farview.
Wall Street closed with many leading stocks under yesterday's prices but the drop was modest, aided by resilience amid large selling. Sugar rose on sugar schedule votes then fell on Hawaii annexation treaty news. Chicago trading surged on inside buying but gains faded as selling intensified. Total stock volume reached 233,522 shares as bears attacked rapidly with notable moves in Jersey Central, Delaware and Hudson, and Reading.
Wheat prices eased to 4 cents with June and July contracts noted. Corn and oats showed nominal shifts with mixed No 2 and No 3 white futures. Butter and cheese held steady with refined sugar firm, cotton up modestly, and poultry aspected. Receipts and shipments listed: wheat 1,000 bushels, corn 66,700, oats 15,100.
Chicago June 16 futures show wheat and corn prices mixed with July and September maturities. Cash grain quotes list flour steady and various grades of wheat corn oats rye barley at faded levels. Meats imply July lard and short rib futures with mixed percentages and cash equivalents. Receipts and shipments totals are given for flour wheat corn barley and other staples.
East Buffalo New York June 14 cattle receipts all through except one load, market slow. Hogs receipts many cars, market fairly active with Yorkers from fair to choice around 1.70 to 1.76. Sheep and lambs receipts six cars, market very slow with lambs choice to prime 4.0 to 4.50, culls to common 2.25 to 3.25.
East Liberty Pa June 16 hog market shows prime hogs and Yorkers steady to active with prices around 9 70 to 9 75 for best mediums. Yorkers and common hogs quoted 1 60 to 2 00. Sheep market dull with choice 4 10 to 4 55 and veal calves around 6 25.
Chicago market report lists cattle hogs and sheep prices with ranges for various grades and weights. Receipts show 1500 cattle head 47000 hogs and 16000 sheep, with several classes including calves stockers and feeders and lambs priced across multiple categories.
Credit balances and 87 certificates with no bids. Shipments reach 74 624 barrels and runs total 42 878 barrels. Market activity noted with no competitive bids in this period.
A clergyman preached on the parable of the Prodigal Son and sought to heighten the moment by a humorous Elona about killing not just any calf but the calf, the old familiar one kept by the family for years. The anecdote circulated among various sources and was later attributed to multiple editors and readers.
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal depicts a grim scene with a man named Bill facing a firing or hanging setup, while onlookers note past differences and the act proceeds amid lethal coercion and public punishment.
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