Plan for Condensery Prompts Farmers and Business Push
Montrose March 14 special to the Scranton Tribune reports a large meeting of farmers and businessmen to hear A J Stone of Scranton outline plans for a condensery. A committee including R B Searle J P B Munger O A Gilbert and M L Allen will investigate and report later with Stone attending. Also notes small local social visits and a woods fire above Walnut Park last night.
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Seranton Tribune
Montrose
A. J. Stone
Scranton
O. A. Gilbert
M. L. Allen
Mr. Stone
Local Social Roundup Bridges March Events in Factoryville
Amazi Han nan returns from Connecticut. G B Sprague shows improvement. WCTU social planned for Tuesday. Deltha Carr visiting Philadelphia. D L Howell and Spencer D Reed visitors. Walter Manchester to perform Easter Monday for hymn books. A W Gardner cleared to go out. Ladies Aid served ten cent supper. Methodist reunion and roll call slated with supper 25 cents and entertainment. Aberdeen club hosted a social at Councillor Lindley home with games music and badges. The kissing bug returns. hosts D J Lindley and Mrs Stanton noted. Viba L Hinds from Pottsville at the event. shifts to Pottsville coal job.
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Scranton Tribune
Factoryville
Amazi Hannan
Connecticut
G. B. Sprague
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Deltha Carr
Philadelphia
Messrs
D. L. Howell
LaGrange
Spencer D. Reed
Tunkhannock
Walter Manchester
Baptist Church
A. W. Gardner
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Aberdeen Club
R. P. Lindley
D. J. Lindley
George W. Stanton
Viba L. Hinds
Pottsville
Hinds
Philadelphia and Leading Coal and Iron Company
Reading at Clarke's Summit convention draws crowd
Nicholson report notes Misa Cora Kling read a top paper at Clarke's Summit on Saturday. The Clarke's Summit area public school enrolls 216 pupils. Mary Lowe of Auburn visits Mrs. Jerome Connell. Epworthians enjoy a literary evening at the M E parsonage featuring a group discussion and creative endings to the tale Home Day.
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Scranton Tribune
Nicholson
Clarke’s Summit
Misa Cora Kling
Mary Lowe
Auburn
Jerome Connell
Epworthians
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Night disturbed by smiling mask and nervous weariness
A fragment describes a scene where a smiling mask drops to reveal tired linen, with women facing altered bedtimes and nervous strain. The passage notes Ty. Pierce's medicines as best for nervous woes, mentioning Tesla briefly and indicating a personal endorsement.
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Tesla
Ty. Pierce
Pittston Transient Obituaries and Local Notices
William Wilson senior dies at 74 after chair burn incident at his Pittston home. Funeral Friday at 2. Mary A. Keating dies leaving husband and child. funeral Friday morning. Caroline Davenport dies after cancer battle. two children survive. Curfew ordinance petition in West Pittston. Odd Fellows district convention to meet in Avoca with lodge second degree.
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Scranton Tribune
Pittston
William Wilson, Sr
Wilson
South Main Street
George Symington
West Pittston
Jacob M. Halter
Haston
R. P.taylor
Wilkes- Barre
William Wilson, Jr
Mary A. Early
Thomas Keating
John Hart
James Keating
Scranton
Caroline A. Davenport
Oscar M. Davenport
Upper Pittston
Tunkhannock
Bhela
G. B. Perry
Frank Davenport
G. E. Carpenter
Edward Randall
Ridgway Randall
Odd Fellows
Avoca
Nay Aug Lodge
Edwardsville
Forest City Church Supper and March 17 Concert News
The Presbyterian church in Forest City will host a supper on Friday night March 16 in the church basement. Mixa Anna Parkyn is new at Forest City post office. Citizens band plans a March 17 concert at Davis' opera house with a full program of band numbers solos and recitations. Local merchants approve a credit denial pact for unpaid bills. J J Melvin is new police chief with a roster of special officers and Jacob Kretchick named high constable for the year.
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Forest City
Ethel
Joule Alexander
Phoenix Quartette
E. Price
Mrs. Malkranz
John Supon
Stella Davis
J.J. Melvin
Frank Murray
William Fox
Edward Rimroy
Frank McCloskey
Jacob Kretchick
Edward Stratford
Patrick Hy. Malla
Louis Zavers
James Johnson
Towanda Briefs: Bankruptcy Petition and Local Notes
Towanda reports James Robinson of Orwell declared sane while Bush clothing store sale failed to materialize. Rochester firm creditors seek referee in bankruptcy for Mrs. Bush with return date March 22 in Pittsburgh. Waverly to raise 200 yearly for Sayre hospital bed. payday next Monday on Lehigh Valley line. Black Diamond lodge of the National Protective Legion formed with 95 charter members. Mrs. KE W Gaylord visited Sayre. Bradford County lawyers attend Philadelphia Supreme court. George N Wohnhart of Sayre dies at Packer hospital after typhoid fever. forty-two, former railroad worker. Edward Van Dyne, Troy leader, dies yesterday.
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Scranton Tribune
Towanda
James Robinson
Orwell
Bush
Rochester
Fe.be. Bush
Pittsburg
Waverly
Sayre Hospital
Lehigh Valley
National Protective Legion
KE. W. Gaylord
Sayre
William Maxwell, Db
DeWlhit
W. J. Young
R. A. Mercur
Bradford County
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
George N. Wohnhart
Packer Hospital
Towan
Edward van Dyne
Troy
Veater
Obituary notes and transit timetable update
The article mentions a 73 year old tanning businessman and Maron member of the Grand Army of the Republic with a wife two sons and a daughter surviving him. It notes a Lehigh Valley timetable update effective about May 10. It reports William Kennedy dying in San Francisco and his body being shipped to Athens. Kennedy was a private in Company G Ninth United States Infantry.
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Day
Grand Army of the Republic
Lehigh Valley
William Kennedy
San Francisco
Athens
Ninth United States Infantry
Susquehanna County News Briefs March Update
Special to the Feranton Tribune reports Montrose agrees on a canning factory site. Local church events include Oakland’s Willing Workers entertainment and Binghamton soloist D J Fowler. Notes on residents: Miss Elisa Fragier visiting, Frank McKernan insured, Major House hallstead purchase, New Milford tannery resumes, and census enumerators to be announced. Also: Missouri? Noted incidents include thefts in Binghamton and robberies tied to Susquehanna and Middleton, N Y. Funeral, illness, and church events populate the period’s civic scene.
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Feranton Tribune
Susquehanna
St. Patrick's
Montrose
Avenue Methodist Church
Oakland
Elisa M. Fragier
Erie
Frank McKernan
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
D. J. Fowler
Basso
Binghamton
Christ Episcopal Church
Frank Grattan
Lackawanna
Hallstead
New Milford
Middleton
N. Y
Forest Bryant
Deposit
Jackson Dramatic Society
Patriotic Order
Sona of America
Thomson Orchestra
Susquehanna County
Wyoming
Charles Anderson
Jeffords
Johnson
Buffalo
Tim Hurley
A. W. Corbin
Carbondale
Gertie Starkweather
William B. Phinney
Eagle
W. L. Thatcher
Susquehanna County Historical Society
Methodist Church
John Turner & Company
T. J. O'Leary
Death of Mrs G M Snyder at Avoca Home
Mrs G M Snyder died at the family residence on Grove street after a brief pneumonia illness. She was about 55, a Presbyterian member valued for counsel and management. Her daughter Carrie is ill with pneumonia. Survived by husband, two daughters Gertrude Butterly and Carrie, and son Frank of Moosic, funeral plans not set. Also notes Avoca Lodge officers installed and members welcomed. A high mass is planned for St Mary’s on St Patrick’s Day. Policemen with badges must return them to the burgess by Saturday. James Allen resigns as Newton Coal foreman to join Allegheny.
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G. M. Snyder
Grove Street
Presbyterian Church
Miss Carrie
Gertrude Butterly
Frank
Charles Reiley
Spring Street
Louis
Charles Doran
St. Mary's Church
St. Patrick's
James Allen
Newton Coal Company
Allegheny
John B. Law
Montrose Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Montrose reports James N. Pratt, a notable Tunkhannock attorney, was in town on business. St Paul's Bow ing society hosted by Mrs Courtright on Tuesday afternoon. Matinee club entertained by Mrs Titsworth and Miss Anna Hand hosted a gathering Wednesday afternoon.
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Beranton Tribune
Montrose
James N. Pratt
Tunkhannock
St. Paul's Church
Boy, 16, Shot Self While Chipmunk Hunting Near Towanda
Towanda reports Ben Beeman a 16 year old boy from Silvara in this county accidentally shot himself Saturday morning during a chipmunk hunt with another boy. His body was found after a diligent search.
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Towanda
Ben Beeman
Silvara
Porter J White Stars Faust in Major Theatrical Run
Porter J White, a renowned star in theatre, recounts decades of success while presenting an elaborate Faust production valued at over $20,000. The show, headlining the Academy for the final three nights of the week with matinees, promises unmatched scale and performance.
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Porter J. White
Mr. White
Morrison
Faust
Mephisto
Academy
Indian maidens to grace Gaiety shows in March
Rank B. Carr presents thirty five performers as the attraction at the Gaiety on March 15 16 and 11 with two burlesques Povshantas and Parisian Follies plus new novelties in a lively program featuring Indian maidens and a chorus of dancers.
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Rank B. Carr
Gaiety
Authorized Jeffries Sharkey fight pictures at Lyceum
Manager Long announces authorized motion pictures of the Jeffries versus Sharkey glove fight at Coney Island Athletic club to be shown Friday and Saturday at the Lyceum. The films, shot by Brady and O Rourke, claim use of new artificial light for motion pictures and mark a first in this city.
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James J. Jeffries
Thomas Sharkey
Coney Island Athletic Club
Long
Lyceum
Frresan
St In
William A. Brady
William A. Brady, Acting As Minneger For Jeffries, and Thomas O'Rourke
Bharkey
Rogers Grilley to Perform at Lyceum Closing Brockway Series
The Rogers Grilley duo will appear at the Lyceum next Monday evening as the tenth and final Brockway course entertainment. The Pittsburg Leader lauds the act noting Grilley’s inimitable entertaining, Van Venchten Rogers’ harp work, and the duo’s growing artistic reputation with Seid and Melba.
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Rogers-Grilley
Lyceum
Brockway
Pittsburg
Rogers-Grrilley
New Carnegie Hall
Grilley
van Venchten Rogers
Seid
Melba
Maude Hillman Opens Week at the Academy With Shaft No 2
Maude Hillman returns with the same company to open a week at the Academy next Monday The bills feature Shaft No 2 the previous hit and Bhatt No 2 an electrical melodrama Speciality artists join the program and the concert orchestra continues to delight large audiences The show is expected to pack the Academy
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Maude Hillman
Academy
Mike Hillman
Bhatt
City Solicitor Rules Out Certifying City Contract
City Solicitor A A Vosburg states that Scranton cannot certify the Scranton Electric Light and Heat contract until an appropriation ordinance is passed. He upholds Controller Howell’s view and says certification is not legal without funding, though he does not rule on ten year terms. The opinion, dated March 14 1900, details three objections and cites prevailing case law.
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Howell
Vorburg
Scranton Electric Light and Heat Company
Vosvurg
Mr. Vosburg
Scranton
Esdras Howell
Kay
City of
Scranton Electric Light On Heat Company
Select Council
Company
Wagner
McCullen
Mora
Paving Co
Phila
Dechert
Commonwealth
Justice Clark
Dong So
A. A
Vosburg
City
Bsoltettor
What to Do Until the Doctor Arrives
An Albany dairyman hurried for a doctor to treat his child suffering from croup but the child improved before arrival. He purchased Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at the drug store and later the family recommended it to neighbors. Matthews Bros. wholesale and retail agents.
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Albany
Otto Bschols
Chamberlain
Matthews Bros
Dedication to Remove Nickel Slots in Dunmore
Burgess Burchell orders police to notify owners to remove nickel in the slot gambling machines at once. The move is praised by citizens who see the machines as an unnecessary evil. Scranton sparked the crusade, Dunmore became a dumping ground for the devices now found in many hotels and saloons.
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Burgess Burchell
Scranton
Court Pride lodge to stage second annual Foresters ball
Court Pride lodge No 62 Foresters of America prepares for the second annual ball at the Independent Order of Old Fellows building tomorrow night. The committee has refined arrangements and engaged a body of first class musicians to provide music for the evening.
Missionary society meeting at Mrs Comstock home
The Women's Nome Missionary society of the Presbyterian church will hold their usual monthly meeting at the home of Mrs Comstock on Hurry Street this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Junior Leagues of the Methodist Episcopal church plan a social and entertainment at the church on Thursday evening, March 29. An interesting programme will be given. Mrs D Winters and daughter Jessie of Jermyn visit Mr and Mrs Frank Sanders of North Blake Street. Arthur Howell of Brook Street is visiting at his home.
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Nome Missionary Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Persevere and Prosper with Hood’s Garsaparilia Ad
Advertising copy touts Hood’s Garsaparilia as a cure for scrofula salt rheum boils pimples and blood humors with claims of curing dyspepsia rheumatism catarrh and fatigue. Hood’s Pills are said to relieve headache. Price 5 cents.
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Hood
Alec
Markets Brief shifts as professionals cash in stocks
The New York market on March 14 moved mainly in professional hands with light demand. Traders sought to discount the currency law by selling holdings, while some standard railroad shares slipped. Bond buying remained strong with total sales at 3 036 000 par value and U S new 4s and 1s easing in bid prices.
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New York
Railronda
Boston
Brooklyn Transit
State Railroad Commission
United States
New 4
Local Dairy and Produce Price List Update
Corrected by H. Dale at 27 Lackawanna Avenue butter cream 24c dairy tubs eggs near western markets 1 ½y c. cheese full cream 1tyc. beans per bushel marrow 2.45 medium 2.30 pea 2.50seed potatoes per bushel 1.25 listing prices for produce and dairy items with defects in OCR clarified.
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Dale
Lackawanna Avenue
Tate
Market Report Philadelphia Grain and Produce Prices
Philadelphia market notes firm to higher across wheat corn and cotton with steady prices in other staples. Highlights include March wheat and corn gains, cheese quiet but firm, eggs steady, potatoes varied, livestock and poultry mixed, with receipts listed for flour wheat corn oats and several shipments in bushels and barrels.
New York Market Report March 14 Prices and Openings
Flour moderately active firm held not higher. Wheat spot strong with No 2 red futures mixed. oats spot firm with mixed track, options quiet then firm on river. Butter firm for western creamery and cheese strong for fancy white and colored. Barley steady in state and western markets. corn and other grains show varied activity.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Western
Dow
Ile
Duluth
Tale
White
White, Inc
Madige
Daly
Slatery
Annie
Mark
Chicago Grain Market Summary March Report
In Chicago trading today the grain market closed stronger than yesterday with May corn and oats modestly higher and wheat showing gains. Provision prices edged up slightly as buyers reflected improved demand and market tone.
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Chicago
Sriae
Cattle and Sheep Receipts Report From Chicago Markets
Chicago stockyard summaries show cattle receipts across categories with mixed price signals. Steers and feeders move lower. cows and calves peak near several dollar ranges while Texas entries and western stock influence totals. Sheep and lambs show weakness in lambs but firming in some mixed lots, with price spreads across quality grades.
Buffalo Live Stock Market Report
Buffalo March 14 cattle sale outlook unfavorable with veals dull and lower. Prices range around 6a7 for good cattle, other bids mixed. Receipts two cars, dull and unchanged. best heavy steers around 5.15. Sheep and lambs very dull with western decline. top lambs near 7.50, cull to good. Mixed grades steady to firm, but overall weak market for clip stock.
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Chicago
Texas
B.i
H.ma
N. Sale
Matilda
Reeves Dull sale report with mixed livestock prices
New York market report from March 14 notes steers and cows steady, bulls and hogs listed with varying prices. Calves and veals show slow movement, sheep and lambs steady to higher with prime to choice bids, spring lambs and culls mentioned.
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New York
East Liberty Cattle Market Report March 14
East Liberty market notes show cattle steady with mixed prices for prime and common stock. Prices listed include heavy and Yorker steers around 40 dollars per hundredweight, sheep at six dollars, and calves near eight dollars a head, reflecting typical market activity.
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East Liberty
Credit balances and shipments details from March report
Credit balances sum to 1.05 dollars with certificates showing no bid or offer. Shipments cover 13 144 barrels at an average of 4 202 rela runs. Data indicates 1.5 barrels per average and a barrels value.
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Or Chy
March M
Deafness from Catarrh Reversed in One Day
Capt. Ben Connor of Toronto suffered years of deafness due to protracted catarrh. After failed treatments, Awneans Catarrhal Powder provided relief in one day and cured the deafness quickly. The ad claims efficacy for eczema, tetter, skin eruptions, piles, burns and other conditions, priced at 5 cents, sold by Matthews Bros and W. T. Clark.
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Ben, Connor
Toronto
Canada
Awnew
Matthews Bros
W. T. Clark
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