Jonas Longs Sons Great Mid Summer Muslin Sale
Tomorrow Wednesday the store announces a Great Mid-Summer Sale of muslin underwear citing excellent stock and unusually low prices. Details to follow in the morning.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1900
Page
2
Tomorrow Wednesday the store announces a Great Mid-Summer Sale of muslin underwear citing excellent stock and unusually low prices. Details to follow in the morning.
Black Satin Duchess display of luxurious lustre promotes affordable fabric lengths from 18 to 24 inches with strong markdowns. Prices shown compare current sale rates to previous totals, highlighting substantial savings across all sizes.
Morris Powers of Jermyn Pa was killed instantly at Everett's stone quarry when a chain failed and a heavy rock toppled over him. The body was taken to Jermyn for burial by Moves B Shields of Nicholson. The article notes ensuing local church events and community notices from New Milford and surrounding towns.
Pittston police believe they have located the thieves in the Mrs Flanigan Valley house robbery at Pittston Junction last week. Edward Wells confessed to Chief Loftus with Barrett implicated. Wells is jailed, Barrett re-arrested and jailed, and police seek the third man.
The regular May term of the Court of Common Pleas convened with President Judge Dunham and Associates Winghy and Bardweth. The equity case Burch Word vs Byron Carpenter set for June 4 at 3 p.m. and the DeWitt estate partition for Friday at 2 to proceed. The court ordered modern file cases and shelves for prothonotary and Orphans' Court records and re indexing sheriff's deed books at county expense. Local visitors noted, and Wyo ming seminary field events featured, with IW-yard dash times cited and Park University links.
In Bradford county last week Judge Fanning granted Clara L. Paats an absolute divorce from Frank Paats of Faate Brothers Lestershire New York for cruel and barbarous treatment. The settlement was amicable. Susquehanna clergy changes and local events follow including a boxing purse to be hosted by Elmira club and a funeral car purchase by Col William H. Telford. School events noted with Grand Army of the Republic visiting.
Mrs. Herbert Polly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Kellom, died last Wednesday in Scranton. Funeral services were held Friday at Union church with Rev. Hughes and Rev. Van Hoesun officiating. Interred in Hamilton cemetery with pallbearers Giles Collins Oscar Bigart John Bligart Jr Sidney Polly Richard Jones Eugene Sampson Miss Daley Kellam of Scranton Business College attended. Nearby notes mention visits, a school library schedule, and local athletic prizes.
Mrs T Dolan of Madrid Nebraska and Mrs Carrie Donner of Dayton Wisconsin commend Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Compound Extract of Art Weed as leading remedies. Mrs Bohall of Franklin Iowa cites long illness cured after nine months use and credits renewed health and life to Dr Pierce.
In Susquehanna County a Starraccan woman keeps housebound after marital money dispute. Hon James T Du Bois named US Consul General to Switzerland and Hallstead chair factory plans proceed. Ukase on domestic matters and local mischief, forest fires, and school notes color the week with memorial day plans and church events.
The annual commencement exercises of the Oakland graded school will be held this evening in Hogan Opera House Susquehanna. President Kiyron King of King's College of Oratory Pittsburgh will deliver a lecture on Eyes that See Not and Ears that Hear Not. Whitney.
Mrs. W. E. Manchester is seriously ill at her South Main street home. A calendar supper at the Methodist church under the Ladies Aid Society offers entertainment for twenty five cents. Frank Cornell shows signs of recovery from last Saturday’s ball game injury and may return home soon. Dairymen gathered at the creamery to grade the street approach as machinery readiness for work next Monday. A prize speaking contest by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union set for tonight in the Baptist church, admission ten cents. S. L. Lilly and W. C. Ross proceed to Harrisburg for the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows session.
Forest City on May 144 reports Mr and Mrs FE W Swingle of Peckville spent Sunday with Mrs Elizabeth Higgins on Delaware Street. Funeral for John McDermott, shot last Wednesday by Michael Walsh, held at Thomas Madden’s home with interment in Forest City cemetery. Mission news notes Meth Episcopal church Ald Society meets tonight at the parsonage, Epworth League hosts Rev Clark and wife reception. D Stanley Evans of Peckville visited Forest City friends.
A period piece notes that Hall's Catarrh Cure is presented as the only guaranteed remedy for catarrh and constitutional disorders. It claims internal action, success across stages, and highlights testimonials and the efficacy of the remedy and family pills.
New York May 1. Market movement was uncertain all day with most stock prices higher than Saturday but unable to sustain gains. Burlington advanced over 2 points on bond rumors, Missouri Pacific and Pacifics showed mixed activity, and steel and coal fell as trading ended weak. Bond market activity remained irregular with total sales around 1,280,000 shares.
Fragmentary OCR shows bond notices involving Beranton Peseetiney Railway and Scranton Traction. Mentions first mortgage property and 5 percent school tax at Scranton Street, with implied changes in rates and placements. Names and places are garbled. core items reference railway bonds and local tax implications.
Corrected entry lists dairy items and produce with assorted prices. Items include creamery products, cheese pull cream, choice marrow, seed potatoes per bushel, Bermuda onions, flowr beet patent shows 34.55, and general regional pricing notes.
Wheat and corn futures show little change with steady values for May contracts. Potatoes and flour hold firm with modest shifts in nearby shipments. poultry demand remains solid for dressed fowl and assorted live birds as livestock items move through the day.
Western dairy prices show steady butter with nominal activity in eggs and varied cheese quotes. Units and regional outlets report fluctuating values for white and colored cheddars while Western creamery notes steady demand and in advance wheat and soy market spillover effects.
May 26 market rundown reports Reeves-Steers steady to die lower cows and bulls mixed with strong old stock. Calves active and firm with good demand. sheep and lambs show firm prices. Various prices listed for cows at 84.29, bulls at 94.60, and other figures for calves and stock.
Chicago reports quiet grain and vision markets with wheat firm on dry weather and weakened visible supplies. July contracts hold steady while July call shows modest improvement. provisions edge up slightly as cash quotations stay near unchanged levels.
Fragments show cattle entries with prices for heavy and light lots, including figures like 6405.00 and 5003.00. Mentions include terms such as prime, heaviest, corn feed and brand references, with uncertain names and locations.
Fragmentary OCR text with scattered proper nouns and numbers including City May Mo Ceadie and 86 576. Content unclear and lacks coherent event or clear entities to summarize into a factual news item.
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