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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1897
Page
8
A collage of brief notices reports a mixture of accidents crimes and local events across Bradford County Luzerne and nearby towns. Highlights include a boy killed at East Towanda station a steam pipe burst injuring a Henry Clay coal company engineer and a sawmill explosion in Arnot with few injuries.
Mrs F H Cowles and others visited Henry Box in Forest City reflecting social links in Wayne county. John T Ball, once a leading Sunday school worker, renewed friendships in town. Winfield Underwood of Binghamton was a business visitor. sidewalk extensions along Main Street were discussed involving Delaware and Hudson and Hillesde companies. A wagon collision near Vand ing left Mr and Mrs Pentecost shaken but uninjured. Mrs Pentecost was injured.
reports on library building progress and earlier garden projects. W OH Danner in Wilkes Barre for eye treatment. Miss Anna McCarty from Muncy visiting in Towanda. Burton Gaylord of Wyalusing juror. Judge Lyneh assists Judge Peck. Frost’s factory shut briefly for repairs. John Yout of Standing Stone mutilated after attempting to jump a freight train. died fifteen minutes later. Miles opera house to host a return program with Corlett Fitzsimmons rounds and McKinley inauguration scenes. Edison moving pictures featured. A M Lockwood in charge. Towanda society audience invited.
Announcement cards reveal the marriage of Miss Littie Dickson to William Decker set for Tuesday evening at 7 o clock at the home of Mr and Mrs David G Black. The article also notes local travel to Tunkhannock and a business sale by Charlee Robinson to Jerome Cornell. The Wyoming County Womans Christian Temperance Union midyear convention meets Friday at the Presbyterian church with Volney P. Cushing of Bangor to speak in the evening. The stone industry is cited as brisk with demand for skilled cutters, seen as a boost to the region's main industry.
Dr Biddleman and wife move to housekeeping in the Dana block Warren street. Meshoppen to hire a weekly newspaper. Mrs George Phillipson of Weatherly visits friends here. Rev Frank Vangarder preaches every Sunday afternoon at Brookside. Mrs E G Mille visits daughter in Baltimore. W W Kittridge elected president of the Wyoming County Sunday School convention for the coming year. Miss Mary Connell travels to Newark NJ to visit Mrs Miner Renshaw.
Earl W. Mishop, deputy factory inspector, visits the silk mill and praises management. John W. Chichester kills a seven foot black snake near Wolf Hollow. Nellie Nichols resumes studies at Riley's Business College in Binghamton. Hallstead Fire Company to parade mid September. Minnetonka connecls and Hontas plan to perform The Danger Signal in New Milford and Jackson. Hallstead Cornet Band invited to Montrose July 4 and to Binghamton May 7 for Odd Fellows temple dedication. Susquehanna County Medical Society elects officers for the year. A baseball club organized in Hallstead. first game upcoming.
Sale offers 500 yards oil cloth marked 15 20 25 and 33 cents per square yard with value from 20 to 50 cents. Also 200 yards matting assorted, prices 81 cent to 25 with many items half price.
Saturday afternoon game with the Great Bend club on the Keystone Fair grounds. Borough council set a meeting for next Monday evening. County Prohibition convention to be held in Montrose May 24 at 1 m. Rev Quincy Lee Morrow of Maryland will speak. Odd Fellows plan attendance at Great Bend Methodist Church next Sunday evening for a sermon by Dr Crompton. F H Johnston secures contract to build the Welles Public Library at Towanda. Railroad Y M C A men’s meeting Sunday afternoon features secretary F P Browne.
Various brief items record John Nolan traveling to Hazleton for a few weeks, Mies Lisale Hohland of Scranton visiting home, and Margaret Jenkins visiting Wilkes-Barre. The Hickory baseball club invites Lackawanna under 14 teams to play at Old Forge ground. Richard Willis leaves for Carbondale for a new position. Yaniel Jenkins visits Providence home. Richard Taylor and John Rohland fished three days in the Susquehanna. Mrs Owen Thomas visits friends in Olyphant. William Williams of Providence visits Morgan Evang’s home.
In Wilkes Flarre May 7 report attorney Lenahan argues legal points about Rockafellow and the dissolved firm. He contends that if Rockafellow acted with partners' representatives and their permission deposits could be treated as partnership funds to satisfy firm debts. He says legatees who remained capital in the bank may be liable for debts, and that knowledge of insolvency is required for conviction.
May 7 Forest City report states George Brain killed a dog believed rabid on South Main Street after it lunged toward a young girl. The animal had bitten several dogs. authorities plan to dispose of the remaining dog today.
A harsh opinion piece argues that Africans change territories rapidly over 300 years and questions Civilizational progress. The author defends stable behavior of well treated Negroes in the West Indies and Americas, comparing them to Africans from the Zambesi to the Cape. The piece asserts differences in breeding among Negroes and notes slave pricing varied by status.
Fragment discusses hypothetical group of Africans dressed as American negroes and attention in American cities versus Africa. No concrete event or source details are present to anchor a fuller summary.
A New York Sun analysis notes dairy farms invest billions and employ hundreds of thousands, earning only about seven percent. It reports New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Massachusetts and Connecticut milk producers forming the Five States Milk Producers association to control supply and raise prices, prompting questions about Lexow.
The New York Weekly reports a suspect plan to harass Mr. Newcomer over life insurance. An assistant describes the man being too busy to discuss policies and sketches a violent course of action to intimidate him, including standing behind a fence and firing shots through his windows before courting him at the office.
May 7 New York market activity showed unusually quiet trading with limited movement. Only 141 716 shares changed hands as a small group of stocks accounted for most dealings.
New York May wheat futures opened weaker on harvest concerns and ample supplies, with nearby No. 2 red and No. 1 northern Duluth listed. Prices turned firmer late session as spot activity steadied and contracts closed mixed and higher on some months, while others closed lower or steady.
An alarm on weak blood and nerve weariness. The ad urges Hood's Sarsaparilla as the pure blood tonic and nerve food to strengthen tired men and women, claiming unmatched curative merit and blood purification.
Testimonials from users in Hubbards ton Maus Bryscula Pa Towanda Pa Hollyville Del detail relief from tiredness weakness loss of appetite and worn out feeling after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills.
Fragmentary OCR lists numerous creamery related terms, places and entities including state dairy and western creamery. The text hints at production terms and package details with scattered city and state names, but lacks a coherent narrative or complete facts.
Wheat and corn prices mostly steady with May June August contracts nominal. Cotton firm with city prime heads and country do unchanged. Poultry demand fair with firmer dressed market and steady live poultry prices. Shipments show 11 000 wheat and 12 000 bushels corn in transit.
May wheat and corn futures show uneven gains and declines with quotes across wheat May July September oats and rye. Cash grain values list firm flour and varied prices for corn oats barley and rye with modest deliveries and sizable shipments for flour wheat corn and barley.
New York market notes sales of native steers at four dollars per hundredweight plus. tugs and oxen at a dollar. dulles and fry cows priced. calves quiet with vealy activity. sheep and lambs show strength with clipped lambs and clipper lambs trading. hogs steady near four thousand dollars.
Market notes show cattle and beef steers from common to choice with prices around 7004 per head for cows and heifers and top bulls near 2d. Texan supply strong, stockers and feeders active. Sheep and lamb markets mixed with prices around 8.25 to 9.50 per head. total around 22 000 head cattle and sheep traded.
In ON City on May 7, the certificate market showed low bids with 1 000 barrels of bales and 7 408 barrels in barrel shipments. Credit balances fluctuated as buyers and sellers adjusted to the sparse activity.
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