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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1895

Page

2

Industrial Pittston and the White Cap nuisance report

Special to the Scranton Tribune from Pittston March 17 notes Industrial Pittston’s position in the Wyoming Valley with coal, railroads, and 25 000 residents. It highlights banker and secretary role, board of trade efforts, tramps at the Junction, and a YMCA basketball draw between Pittston and Kingston plus local notices and obituaries.

Pittston Scranton Tribune Wyoming Valley Scranton Wilkes-Barre Board of Trade Banker Youn Men's Christian Association State Normal School Bloomsburg Bloomeburg Knights of the Road WY. M.C. A Young Men's Christian Association Whikes-Biarre Kingston Dymond & Lewis' Hall Nanticoke Glen Lyon Pennsylvania Railroad Susquehanna West Nan- Yeoke Susquehanna River Wyoming Seluyskill Lohiga Amboy

Local Notes From Hallstead Scranton and Nearby

May was in Scranton on Saturday John A Mears of Scranton was in town yesterday Mrs Albert Sloat visited Binghamton yesterday Dr F D Lamb now located in town and serving as agent for Tron City Dish Washer The doctors Wed wards and Hines report improved condition of Dr Lamb after serious lung hemorrhage Burdock Blood Bitters advertised as remedy for digestive troubles notes daily upset and burning in stomach

Ae May Scranton John A.mears Albert Sloat Binghamton A.B. Longshore Fred D. Lamb Tron City F. D. Lamb Wedwards Hines Great Bend

Fortunes While You Wait From Heir Lottery Tales

Mt Carmel reports a 51 million dollar Holland fortune tied to 200 heirs including the Metzinger brothers. A renegade relative sent to France and Holland claimed wealth. the Holland estate passed to the state after the brother died intestate. Minneapolis notes a separate 1 million inheritance for Mrs. Kennedy as a niece of William McKay, whose England estate totals 15 million.

Mt. Carmel Holland Metzinger Moetzinger France Song Mt. Caymel Locust Gap Germany Theaternal Itheir Ithin Minneapolis Harry Stewart Kennedy Ninth Avenue South Jnet

Buffalo Lumber Dealers Praise Lehigh Valley Officials

Tonawanda and Buffalo lumber dealers express appreciation for Lehigh Valley railroad officials who hosted their trip for the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association meeting in Philadelphia. The journey via the Lehigh Valley route pleased attendees with excellent train and dining car service, arranged by Peter Doyle and Charles Jarvis.

Buffalo Lehigh Valley Philadelphia Lee Lehigh Valley Railroad Tonawanda Lehleh Valley Railroad National Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Association Eld Peter Doyle Charles Bb. Jarvis Carlton M. Smith Tonawanda Lumber Exchange C. Walter Botts Buffalo Lumber Exchange

Find a New Market with Low priced English Cloths

Washington reports United States Consul Meeker of Bradford filed a supplementary memo to the State Department detailing transactions on American cloths sold abroad. He cites a Bradford firm shipping twist melange flannel samples to itinerant salesmen with samples sent to India South America and France alleging prices from 28 to 30 cents a yard.

Washington England United States Meeker Bradford Department of State Bradford House India South America France New York

Copper in American Peas Raises Copper Color Issue

A New York firm reports Britain may ban importing American canned peas after Dru, Dupre and Luff analysts found copper stain in green peas. They say copper compounds used to preserve color were detected at seven tenths of a grain per pound, prompting export concerns.

Britain New York Great Britain Dru, Dupre and Luff Home Office

Woman Jumped From Fifth Floor Window in Melancholy Tragedy

Mrs. Amelia Schwab of 862 First Avenue leaped from a rear fifth floor window in a temporary fit of melancholy and died after striking the ground. She crushed the skull and suffered multiple fractures. she and her husband planned to sail for Germany on Tuesday.

New York Amelia Schwab First Avenue Germany

Wreckage From Chicora Drifts Ashore Near St. Joseph

Wreckage from the steamer Chicora, missing with twenty four aboard weeks ago, begins to reach the Chicora port at St. Joseph. Debris from the engine room and the chair used by Maginesr McClure have been recovered, fueling theories she perished nearby as the sea breaks up and lifts sunken remains.

St. Joseph Mich Chicora Maginesr McClure

Antiharrity Plan Aims at Pennsylvania State Chair

Ex congressman W. P. Wolverton is the candidate named by anti Harrity supporters to lead Pennsylvania as state chairman. C Wright backs Harrity aligned faction. Administration sources say the president has broken with Harrity and supports the overthrow movement.

Wolverton Washington P. Wolverton Pennsylvania C. Wright Harrity Presiment

Electric Gun Promises Endless Shots With No Noise

Springfield reports A. H. Krots, an electrician for the direct railway company, invents a five foot long electric gun nineteen inches thick? No, two and a half inches. It weighs twenty pounds. The bullet is powered by electric current, requiring no cartridge or gunpowder and producing no noise. The shot count is only limited by the feed supply.

Springfeld Krots Airect Railway Company

Marriage a flat failure after a frontier wedding tale

A Sioux warrior Medicine Body and Martha wed in a barber shop ceremony near Port Merre then clash over household duties. He becomes morose and ends in self hardship seeking a “happy hunting ground.” The piece mixes rustic humor with a tragicomic divorce from domestic life and ends with regional coal industry notes and a doctor endorsement.

Chamberlain D. D Willow Creek Csuttry Paul Medeine Avielde Port Merre eUlpa Paul Murthy Bad River Mort Phere Dakota Johnson Jeffries Mr. Jeffries Martha

Minooka Notes on Local Events and Obituary

Misses Higgins Driscoll and Horn attended a Green Ridge gathering in Carbondale today. Funeral announced for Peter Connolly a pioneer settler in Minooka, aged about 68, with burial in Minooka Catholic Cemetery. John Lowry builds a new residence on Main Street as town residents welcome visiting groups and discuss local events.

T. Higgins Julia Driscoll Ellen Horn Green Ridge John Lowry Main Street Peter Connolly Five Points Minooka Catholic Cemetery J. W. Gallagher M. J. Ale- Crea A. J. O'Hara Dunmore Friends

Delaware and Susquehanna rail plan by lease to Wilkes-Barre route

A report says the Delaware Susquehanna and Lehighkill railroad may lease trackage from Hazleton to Wilkes Barre to reach the Lehigh Valley and form a through line to Buffalo. Hon John J Shenk of Plymouth joins a Wyoming region Philadelphia syndicate buying timber coal and iron lands in Virginia and West Virginia. The holdings span Baliem and Kanawha counties with timber for pulp and future coal and iron production.

Delaware, Sucquehannon and Lehighkill Railroad Hazleton Wilkes-Darre Pennsylvania Railroad Lehigh Valley Puffalo Wilkes-Harre John J. Shenk Plymouth Wyoming Coal Region Philadelphia Virginia West

Stocks and Bonds Move Firm in Mixed Session

New York trading closed with gains for railways and high priced issues, while Sugar and Distillers lagged after early strength. Coal stocks gained on allotment talks and overall speculation stayed firm with total volume about 83,500 shares.

New York Jersey Central New York Central New York Stock Market Tribune G. d. J. Dimmick William Linn Allen & Co Spruce Street Scranton

York New Produce Market Report March 16

Market notes show flour steady, wheat dull to firm, corn dull to firm at various elevator and store quotes. Red and ungraded grains mixed, oats and rye listed, futures options for March to July referenced with limited readable prices.

York New New York Duill Ste Chicago Chalee Lambe

Widely Varied Rental Listings and Sales Notices in Scranton

Local ads list rental spaces from a photo gallery to a brick house with nine rooms and a four story building on Franklin Avenue, plus a brick warehouse with elevator. Also in the listings are farm dairy notices, horse sales, cattle market reports from Buffalo and Chicago, and a city auction of Walter Printing Company plant. Public notices include Board of Appeals hearings and a public sale announcement.

CL. Gritin Kunsakesplak Ming Avenue HAS Fror Et Franklin Avenue Carson & Davies Scranton Lo & W. Switch West Lackawanna Avenues Board OF Appeals Isis Munichal Building Will Bell Walter Printing Company Drm Joan TH. Hall

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