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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1900
Page
2
In Browntown police with a warrant arrested a man at his home for creating a disturbance in a Pittston saloon. He refused to dress, was taken to the lockup in his underwear over a mile away. The report notes community concerns and ongoing local council debates.
Contemplated time change on the Valley road may push Tunkhannock morning train onward. A through Black Diamond Express train around 10 AM may pass here using current cars, with an early Montrose link to New York and Philadelphia. Montrose layover could move workers away and alter local schedules, while other items note a charity concert, chess matches, liquor license sessions, and funeral arrangements.
Factoryville March 20 Independent Order of Odd Fellows encampment No 21c, at their regular meeting last Wednesday elected and installed officers for the term. VP CC P George W Stanich installed P H N Capwell IL 1 Samuel Halsey W Joseph A Britton J W Bert J Chaman scribe E 8 Hinds trustee G W Stanton. Mrs Henry Jones visited with friends in town. The trustees managed personal property of R Bliss that was advertised to be sold yesterday.
Mrs Cox visiting Pittston friends. Mr and Mrs M S Kintner of Mehoop yunk visiting daughter. Presbyterian church social Friday March 9 with mush and milk. Harry Steel Morrison to speak at Brown Opera House April 5 for library support. Stephen Sturdevant from Meshoppen in town Wednesday. Hattie Thomas hosts Fortnightly club Friday March 30. Eugene Mann moves to J A Bosworth house on Taylor Ave. Ingham Register and Recorder and family to Towanda Monday. Charles Niedeck family to Ithaca NY. Rev Amatrout and wife afflicted by grip. Grace Jones visits Athens NY. Nan Elliott visiting Terrytown relatives. Burrows of Gibson PA visits sons this week.
Miss Cora Green attended a students recital at Keystone academy Factoryville last night. Miss Julia Darrow visits her parents Mr and Mrs Truman Darrow. Mr John Reynolds visits Mr W W Warrens. Rev and Mrs Merrick invited to spend Wednesday evening at Mr Leroy Bacons with friends presenting a chafing dish. Mrs George Walker family expect to move soon to Raymond Hill. Mr E R McKinney to move to Binghamton to take a position with S Mills Ely & Company.
A MAttle Bedford county PA family reports saving many doctor bills since using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at first signs of cold. They keep a bottle open and say the remedy never fails to cure and is a medicine of great merit. Matthews Bros. acts as wholesale and retail agents with general merchants supporting sales.
Special to the Berenton Tribune from Hopbottom Pa March 29 a new business firm will operate an undertaking business and furniture store. Paul Beardsley of Nicholson and his brother in law from Oswego N Y are the proprietors. They will occupy E M Tiffanys store building. Maple sugar producers report slow progress. March has not produced much saw weather. Miss Florence Fuller Scranton called on friends Wednesday evening. James Merrill travels to Scranton to care for his ill brother Andrew. E C Tingley visited Montrose on Wednesday. Miss Marie Titus visits her sister Mia Amos Sterninie. Mr Russell bought a lot near the creamery and will build a new house. Work on the new post office building is progressing rapidly. Mr Parke moved to his former Springville home. Mrs Eugene Wright is able to go out after two months illness.
Drug advertisement promises a cure for colds in a day with laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. Money-back guarantee offered by druggists if it fails. Includes E. W. Grove signature on each box.
Mr B Easton returned from Bradford while Monroe Howell of North Jersey and Pocono Mountain Ice in New York city visited Tobyhanna for a few hours. Scranton and Stroudsburg Telephone lines serve many nearby towns. John Lynch returned from West Virginia after timber estimating. Harvesting for the season finished with storage of about 40 000 to 50 000 car?
The board’s finance committee meets tonight to review the proposed expenses for the next fiscal year sent by other committees. Doubts rise over President Jayne’s pledge to cut the tax levy as all estimates exceed last year’s appropriation. The building committee reports extensive repairs needed citywide, more than in years, though no new buildings will be erected.
Lackawanna bar members adopted resolutions praising Hon. W. H. Stanton noting his honesty faithfulness and kindness to the young and working class. Funeral set for this morning from 698 Clay avenue with requiem mass at St Peter's Cathedral and burial in Cathedral Cemetery.
Following reorganizing of councils an amendment to curb railroad street blocking will be proposed in common council. It sets the time limit to five minutes instead of eight and pairs with a police enforcement resolution. West Scranton officials push both measures to ease chronic blockages on West Lackawanna Avenue and Scranton street crossings.
Rudolph Becker appeared before Alderman Howe on larceny charges brought by Belle Hamilton of Greenfield township. Bail set at a nominal amount. Prosecution says Becker left March 13 with $12, a double harness valued at twenty dollars, a horse blanket, about four dollars in produce, and other small items, claiming wages due.
Republican primaries will be held April 21 under Crawford county rules to nominate a candidate for the state legislature in the Fourth district. The convention will assemble April 23 at Burke's hall in Carbondale to elect delegates and nominate the legislative candidate.
The New York market observers report a mixed week with a firmer tone in stocks and pockets of weakness in others. U S bonds held steady while total sales by value reached about 650 percent, with quotations provided by M S Jordan & Co from the Tribune office.
Corrected listing shows Butter-Creamery dairy items including tubs and cheese with prices such as 176 for Exes-Select western and 92.45 for Beans per bi. and 1.25 for Potatoes per bushel. Also mentions 240 and 176 codes and a 2.90 per unit price for medium items.
New York reports a late wheat price drop causing buyers to withdraw and a steady close at prior levels. Wheat spot prices, elevators, and futures show mixed moves with some bull activity fading to ease. corn and oats follow steady to unchanged patterns amid dull spot trading.
Prices for May wheat and May pork showed volatility as futures slipped and recovered in a fluctuating Chicago session. May corn and oats moved modestly, while other grain quotes remained mostly steady. miscellaneous commodities including lard and whiskey also quoted with varied levels.
Market report from East Buffalo shows cattle steady with 3420.00, hogs active up 51 cents, lambs stronger, fed lambs at 707.35, wethers 406.50, sheep tops 5.78. An odd medical pitch promotes Dr. Von Stan Pineapple Tablets with a Victorian ad tone. Also a note on Austria Hungary interpreters in parliaments.
A garbled ad copy touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as mothers' aid for children. It promotes pain relief and diarrhea treatment claims and urges buyers to ask for the product by name. The text reflects exaggerated familiarity and a longstanding sales pitch.
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