Freeland firms expand as coal and water projects rise
Articles report Lehigh Valley Coal starting a large colliery at Pottsville after a prior pause, Spring Brook Water Supply posting fishing bans at Huntsville reservoir, and the Freeland Electric Light Company boosting capital to 920,000 with planned improvements.
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Thomas Williams
Magleton
Freeland Electric Light Company
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Pottsville
Spring Brook Water Supply Company
Huntsville Reservoir
Thomas Longwer
Joseph Valetta
Hazle- Brook
John Deegan
Lehigh Valley
Tunkhannock
Laceyville
Mnoch Williame
Nanticoke
Prospect Street
Williams
Delaware, Lackawannea and Western Company
Leligh Vatley Car Shop
Sayre
Mere
Tfinolco
Lehigh
James J. Teenatan
Winifred Cunningham
Hackman
Sait
Wilkes-Barre
Cunningham
Goveror
Andrew Wileeo
Edward Wahn
Delaware and Hudson
Plymouth Township
Luzerne
Delaware and Hideo Company
Black Diamond
No. 4
Maymouth
Ble Dentin
Fire at Hallstead destroys Knowler building and lockup
A fire early Saturday morning consumed the Knowler building on Church Street used as a carpenter shop and borough lockup. Insurance valued at 250 and tools valued at 100 were lost. authorities suspect incendiary origin.
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Hallstead
Church Street
William Knowler
Knowler
Carp Fisherman Wounded in Hallstead Misfire
Special to the Beranton Tribone Hallstead May 16 George Barker was accidentally shot in the leg by Arthur Sprague Saturday afternoon at about 4 o clock. They were at the Ox Bow with several others trying to shoot a large carp seen in the water. Sprague had a rifle while others carried shotguns. Barker stood on the bank to the right as the group faced the water from the opposite side.
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Hallstenad
Beranton Tribone
Hallstead
George Barker
Arthur Blague
Sprague
Barber
Pvoven
Early spring wording touts Scott's Emulsion for nerve strength
The piece urges use of Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil with Hypophosphites to feed and fortify weak nerves during spring storms. It claims preventive benefits for weakness and nerve exhaustion, citing the saying early prevention is better than cure and naming Scott & Downe, chemists, New York.
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Scott
Rifle Misfire Hurts Barber in Sprague Shootout
A bullet from Sprague's rifle glanced off and struck Barber in the left leg below the knee. He is not seriously injured.
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Sprague
Barber
An Eloquent Defense of the Stage Remains Relevant
The piece extols the drama as a moral and spiritual force shaping humanity through art. It surveys stage history from Booth to Forrest, Wallack, Siddons, Cushman, and others, praising theater as mirror of noble conduct, imagination, and social progress.
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Dr. South
The Stage Will Rise Again to Its Golden Days
A writer laments current public taste and morality but proclaims the stage, though degraded, will recover. He lists great actors and eras from Keach to Booth and Daly, praising Ellen Terry and Ada Rehan and insisting the stage remains a beacon of intellect and beauty destined to regain its former splendor.
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Wienell and Dunlop
Keach and Barry
Ellen Turry
Ada Rehan
Minister’s Graceful Reply Sparks Laird’s Daughter Rally
A Scotch minister, skipping the usual bow to the laird’s pew, faced a playful rebuke from Miss Miller, later Countess of Mar, who teased him for not bowing from the pul pit. He replied that the worship of angels is not allowed by the Scottish church.
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Dean Ramsay
Mies Miller
Mar
Witty Dinner Retort Between Scientist and Boor
A learned scientist offers a courteous, sharp rebuke to a rude guest at dinner. When a Racquet member mocked philosophy as foolery, the professor bowing politely replies that the distance is often only the width of a table.
Strange patient seeks help from distant country doctor
A weary country doctor recalls a late night call from a farm house. A wounded youth admits fleeing a sheriff after stealing to survive, pleading the doctor keep silent to avoid capture and perhaps help him stay hidden. The lad asks for mercy on condition the doctor believes his remorse.
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Detroit Free Press
Hell
Olive Box Promise Recalls Longstanding Gift Tradition
A physician recalls a sender in California who repeatedly sent Christmas boxes over the years. The boxes arrived with little beyond a note stating I have kept the promise I made you, doctor. The yearly gifts continued for many years, creating a lasting memory of the promise kept.
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Callifornia
Olive T
World Deepest Well Near Pittsburg Promises Scientific Gains
A well over one mile deep near Pittsburg aims to reach two miles to probe Earth’s interior for scientific and potential economic insights. Professor William Hallock of Columbia College leads temperature studies as the bore deepens, with gas and steam speculation and early power from near-surface gas now fueling the drills.
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Pittsburg
William Hallock
Columbia College
Grant and the runaway horse at Flat Rock
An 1881 reminiscence recalls a young Ulysses S. Grant in Bourbon County Kentucky. Colonel Peyton describes meeting Grant aged 14 when he drove a horse to Flat Rock to Georgetown, the horse bolting and stopping only after Grant blindfolded it with a handkerchief and guided it home.
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Public Ledger
Peyton
Grant
Flat Rock
Bourbon County
Ulysses
Georgetown
Plit Rock
Boy Slays Large Wolf That Bound After Pups
A youth from Galesburg Ontario township hunted a large wolf trapped in a hollow log. He killed the mother with a self made stake barrier then fired with a revolver. He killed seven wolves and collected a bounty in Galesburg.
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James Virter
Galesburg
Ontario Township
Markets Show Mixed Activity on May 15 Turbulent Trading
Wall Street saw total stock sales of 77 810 shares with Chicago Gas and Bu ar absorbing over one third of turnover. Sugar weakened on pending prosecutions against company members, while anthracite coal prices held firm due to reserve coal. Wheat fears and Cuban questions weighed on sentiment as trading resumed after the weekend, with further notes on mortgage obligations and various local securities in Scranton and nearby markets.
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New York
Chicago Gas
Stock Exchange
Senate
William Linn
Allen & CO
Meara
Fragmentary OCR: unclear place names and terms
The text contains scattered fragments and nonstandard spellings such as cremmery I4alde Choene-Quiet and Yale Hieee-Steady. It references western, southern, and eastern regions with stray terms like Malto Wynn'ge and Oadisc Tallow-tQuiet, plus city and country package mentions.
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Akin
Yale
State
Chicago May grain and meat prices drift in mixed trade
Wheat and corn futures showed mixed action with May and July contracts quoted at varying levels. Cash markets reflected steady flour values, mixed wheat and corn receipts and shipments, while New York livestock quotes indicated sluggish beef and live cattle demand with softer lamb values.
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Chicago
Wye
Onte
Reptember
Lord
Prime Timothy Ser
East Buffalo Market Receipts Mixed Across Classes
May 15 reports show coattlhe receipts 180 cars steady through. house receipts 4 000 head steady. Yorkers good to choice. FLSHALST rough to good. SL Boino common to fall. Bhoop and lambe receipts 30 cars weak to lambe choice to prime at 1.05. sheep from choice to selected totals, culls and common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Buffalo
N.Y
Chicago Market Totals Mixed as Hogs Steady and Sheep Firm
Chicago market notes show hogs scarce with prices dropping two cents per 100 pounds while sheep sold at firm to strong prices. Texans and westerns led, with lambs around 4.0 to 4.5 per hundredweight, and oil market in Oklahoma City reports no bids on certificates with steady credit balances and notable runs and shipments.
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Chicago
Vlmies
Hogg
Watso
Conrae
Westerls
Padi
OU City
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Scranton Tribune
William Winter
Lotus Club of
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Booth
Pesvara
Heston
Edwin Forrest
Eddy
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Beott
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Kirby
Marshall
Edwin Adams
Lawrence Barrett
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Finn
Wallack
Warren
Gilbert
Durton
Blake
Hackett
Fisher
Placido
Owens
John Brougham
Forrest
Eewin Booth
Lester Wallack
Wilke
Lewis
el Histon
Charles Kembie
House of Mathews
Murdock
Vandenhoff
BE. L. Davenport
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John Kemble
Cooper
Macready
Young
Sarah Siddons
Charlotte Cushman
Reynolds
Hood
Ingram
J, Scott Inglis
Lacka. Ave
Mitchell & Miller
Ilustrious
Joseph Jefferson
The
Washington Sur
St. Louis
Wall Street Review
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
Scranton Pass
Raway
People's Street Railway
Seranton & Pittston Trac. Co
People’s Street Railway
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Lacks
Township School
City of Scranton St. Imp
Mt. Vernon
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Scranton Axle Works
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H.maisy
Oha
Brandywine
Jim
Buffalo
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Malie
Bready
Sadie
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Cralverten
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Wwe
Hemlock
America
Atate
Am. Tobacco Co
Cy & Bt
Mil. & St. PL
Eh Loule, & Nash
M. WK
Tex
M. Saetteoae
N. J. Central
Omaha
Seesesaue
Eile Phil
Reading
Southern
H.R. Yu
Oaky
Aly Tenn. C. & Tron
Union Packie
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Western Union
Laather
U.S
Ley
Chicago Board OF Trade
Scranton & Pittaton Trac
Oon National Boring & Drill'g Co
Firet National Bank Neem Evenee
Elinvhurat Boulevard Co
Scranton Livings Bank
Scranton Packing Co
Lackatron & Steel Co
Third National Bank
Throop Novelty M's Co
Chicago Grain Market
Nalic
Wigalde
LE Brun
Wm. G. Clark
Pean Ave
Scranton, Pa
W. J. Davis
Wyoming Avenue
Arcade Building
Prn
Will & Connell, Protheroe & Co
A. E. Strong
C. S. Hood & Co
Lowell
Lackawanna Avenue
Bernina
China
Milan
Gerson
ILUS
Weston Mill Co
Seranton, Olyphant, Gorbondale
Delaware
Pierge
Penn Ave Market
Mellet’s Market
Academy of Music
Kerr, Son & Co
S. G. Kerr
Lackawanna Ave
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