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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1900

Page

3

Auto plunges into creek at Missi injures couple

R J Pettebone and wife narrowly escape with a ducking when their car reverses gear and slides down hill toward a creek near Missi while a storm rages. Residents rescue them, tow the auto out with a tackling block, and the pair spend the night at the Ellenberger house before resuming travel toward Wilkes-Barre the next day.

Scranton Stroudsburg R. J. Pettebone Wilken Pearre Missi Gentelman Doylestown Fred W. Ellenberger Pettebone Eilenfercer House Petteboyer Henge Wilkes-Barre Wis

Musical events and social notes from Scranton region

Special to the Scranton Tyilyne May 1 lists entertainments at St John s and homes of local residents. Mrs James Hanley of Philadelphia hosts a visit while families host relatives and attend the Episcopal diocesan convention in Scranton. Musical History club supports a Philhar­mony Society concert featuring four soloists at the Opera House on May 24, with W E Thayer canvassing freight interests for a through New York to Honesdale car, reflecting growing Delaware and Hudson traffic.

Scranton Miksos Mantes James Hanley Philadelphia St. John's True OT Mosuvelorice W. B. Holmes W. B. Mids Freedom Todee Old Petlowe Prand Iodee Hmuarrisburg Ilev Ware W. HH Dimock Russell G. L. Meyer Dn. Welch Episcopal Church Sestion Stabat Mater Kathryn Tiele W. A. Wood Secund Eprans Richard Willams J. C. Wathkine Offerte Musical History Club Philharmoniy Society Opere House W. E. Thayer Borwnton New Jersey Central Honesdale New York Central Delaware and Hudson Delaware

Endowment gifts boost Keystone academy support in Factoryville

Special report from Factoryville Pennsylvania notes Rev James Putnam and Rev El Kungh Hulley spoke at Penn Avenue Baptist Church raising funds for Keystone Academy. Total church contributions exceed $2,000 toward the endowment with additional fundraising by Mr A Wallace of Dorainin New York. Community events included a calendar supper at the M church and a card party hosted by Mr and Mrs C A Sisk on Grove Street. Pioulan Rebekah Lodge No 58 met Tuesday evening and elected officers.

Factoryville Miy James Putnam D. DD el- Kungh Hulley Keystone Academy Turtle Pleas Penn Avenue Baptist Church Keystont Academy Penn Avenue Hupptist Church A. Wallace Dorailinn N. Y Wyoming County C. A. Sisk Grove Street Piulownn Rebekah Lodge

Mrs Mollie Jacobs Sees Recovery After Golden Medical Discovery

Felton Delaware resident Mrs Mollie Jacobs details extreme illness including coughing blood and lung weakness. She credits Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets for renewed strength after extensive use. The testimony urges others with similar symptoms to seek the remedy.

Dr. Pierce

Free medical opinion from Dr. Pierce in Buffalo N Y

Sick persons are invited to consult Dr. Pierce by letter absolutely without fee or charge. All office is strictly private, write and get a specialist's opinion on your case, free. Address Dr. R V Pierce Buffalo N Y.

Dr. Pierce R. V. Pierce Buffalo N. Y

Susquehanna News Summary From May Day Scraps and Obits

Obituaries note Harry Holzheimer, formerly of Susquehanna, died in a Philadelphia sanitarium aged 42. Memorials mention Mia Mewis and M H Misman as relatives. Funeral details set in Amsterdam New York and Sher man Wayne County. Montrose resident John R Howell dies after brief illness in Montrose. Local church sermons, school events, and band activities highlight May gatherings in Susquehanna and surrounding towns. Memorial day plans and milk producer negotiations also appear amid civic notices.

Spiddal Scranton Tribune Susquehanna Harry Holzheimer Philadelphia Mewis & Brother M. H. Misman Amsterdam N. Y North Jackson Mia EO Prentice Sherman Wayne County Frank Larrabes Hale's Eddy New York George Nellie Curtis Bridgewater St. Lawrence Catholic Church C Great Read Manley James Barry Great Bend Tok Plive St. Lawrenceatholic Theister J B Fagan Cathoaite John R. Howell Montrose Dictim Monts Thomas Graham Merargres Bros. Scranton Susquehanna Band Hogan Opera House Suasavehanna W. H. Beck Deposit N.Y Oakland Linaberry Avenue Methodist Church Mount Vision Lahor Miireh C. Sherman Colorado Montrose Odd Fellows Montrose Baptist Church Thomas Benediet Moody Relief Corps Grand Army of the Republic Knights of Pythias Hall Post Tremaine Latiesboro Five States New Milford Five States’ Milk Producers’ Association

Milk Prices Spark Producer Stand Against New York Syndicate

Farmers in the area resist selling milk to the New York syndicate as milk prices rise. They argue producers deserve higher payments than the recent rate of sixty five cents for forty quarts, claiming entitlement to more than the present terms.

New York New York City

Local notes and society events from Hopbottom May 11

Special to the Keranton Tribine reports Alfred Jeffers near Hopbottom is seriously ill. The Ladies Aid Society of the Universalist church plans Friday meeting. Mrs Almira Brown hosts. Sell sold personal property at auction May 16. Cemetery committee elected officers. Mrs M Tiffany seeks medical care in Binghamton. B C U convention in Brooklyn featured a literary program and sermons by Dr Sage and Alfred Donnelly. Mollie Gray visited neighbors Wednesday. The Miller family plans to move to New York for work. Fruit trees bloom despite cold. residents request more rain. Mrs George Corey convalesces from grippe and rheumatism. Mrs Lizzie Tewksbury and Miss Permelin Tewksbury visit Charles Brewster. Mrs Archila Stanton returns from Scranton after a week nearby. Bertholf improves property with a new walk. other street improvements noted.

Keranton Tribine Hopbottom Alfred Jeffers Ladies’ Aid Society Universalist Church Almira Brown Fonnie Sell Avuation M. Tiffany Binghamton New York Miller George Corey N. M. Finn Pmlize Tewksbury Permelin Tewksbury Charles Brewster's Areliila Stanton Scranton Bertholf Hee Teo

School Examiners Appointed for Permanent Certificates

The superintendent of schools names Prof. Mark James of Meshoppen Prof. L Bodle of Eaton and Miss Inez Fassett of Forkston to conduct examinations for permanent certificates in three counties. Examinations occur May 26 in the Tunkhannock High School. Church events and local visits are noted including a chicken supper at the Presbyterian church and minister exchanges with Meshoppen.

Scranton Tribune Tunkhannock Jarvis Mark €. James Meshoppen T. Bodle Eaton Inez Fassett Forkston The Presbyterian Church G. 8

Social Notes From Kingsley and Nearby Towns May 16

Special to the Seranton Tribune Kingsley May 16 Frank Tiffany of Tiffany at home over Sunday Harry Adams visited the Greaves in Binghamton Kate Alexander visits her sister Mrs Reynolds Factoryville Nina and Jennie Moore stayed with their brother F E B Moore Dorothy Capwell and Mrs D A Capwell of Scranton visited W W Adams W C Finn and family of Montrose hosted Wilmarths Relatives from Binghamton visited Mrs A J Adams Mrs Lisle Tiffany hosts the Ladies Auxiliary May 31 Mrs F P Tingley and H A Barnard guests Hartleburg Tingley delegates to LO OFA grand lodge Mr and Mrs U B Stout Miss...

Seranton Tribune Kingsley Frank Tiffany Tiffany Harry Adams William Greaves Binghamton Scranton Kate Alexander 8. Reynolds Factory Ville Nina Jennie Moore F. E B. Moore D. A. Capwell Dorothy W. W. Adams W. C. Finn and Montrose P M. Wilmarth A. J. Adams Va. G. Larabee Susquehanna Lisale Tiffany

Market bears wear down stock gains on mixed New York session

Stocks of railroad firms led a broad dip as market fundamentals softened while traders weighed unfavorable factors. Weakness in steel and industrial shares spurred selling though earlier gains in western railroads offered some relief. Bond activity lagged with dull trading as gold export shipments and refiners influenced sentiment.

New York Titocradin Boear People's Gas Romers France

Tea guidance for CEY LON and INDIA blends

The note promotes machine-made CEY LON and INDIA TEA as free from artificial coloring and harmful fillers like sticks or dust. It advises choosing greens or blacks with less tea and infusing for three to five minutes using boiling water.

Ceylon India

Christian Science Lecture Attended by Local Residents

Blanche Sloat Wesley Sloat Elbert Seamens Mrs Maynard and Mrs 8 H Oakley attended the Christian Science lecture in Scranton Wednesday evening.

Blanche Sloat Wesley Sloat Elbert Seamens Maynard H. Oakley Scranton

Local Notes From Forest City May 14

Mrs Edward Pentecost of Prompton visited her parents Mr and Mrs William Jennings Tuesday. The Delaware and Hudson company paid its employees at Wandling Tuesday. The W C T O meets at 3 PM with Mrs Jane Reynolds on Delaware Street. No Baptist services Sunday as Rev J L Williams visits Brooklyn. Hillside Coal and Iron company paid employees Tuesday. Infant child of Mr and Mrs David Griffiths died Monday from convulsions. funeral held yesterday at 2 PM, Forest City cemetery. Libble Anthony to wed Rupert Wella Tuesday May 28. wedding announced by Mr and Mrs David Anthony Welsh Hill.

Forest City Edward Pentecost Prompton Willam Jennings Delaware and Hudson Company Wandling Jane Reynolds Delaware Street Baptist Church J. L. Williame Brooklyn N. Y Anthony

Grocery Advertising Best Prices Include Fresh Dairy and Produce

A compact list shows dairy tubs and full cream options, fresh beans and marrow, green peas, seed potatoes, Bermuda onions and Best patent flour with prices like 2.20 for peas and 4.25 for flour. Located at 7 Lackawanna Ave with a reference to H. G. Dale.

H. G. Dale Lackawanna Ave

Missionary Address by Mrs Powell at M E Church

Mrs G K Powell of Wilkes Barre will give an address on missionary work at the M E church next Sunday afternoon at 9 o'clock. The funeral of Mrs Thomas Cummings will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock with interment in St Marys cemetery. Mrs John Guerney of Wilkes Barre visited the home of her brother Edward Walsh yesterday.

G. K. Powell Wilkes-Barre M. E James Sives Lincoln Hill Elizabeth Wiley Carbondale Mary McCrindle Thomas Cummings St. Mary's Cemetery John Guerney Edward Walsh

Philadelphia Market Report May 1 Wheat and Butter Prices

Wheat firm and higher futures for May contracts. Potatoes, eggs, cheese steady to unchanged. Cotton lower. live poultry steady. flour shipments 4,000 barrels and 700,000 pounds of wheat stored. Shipments include 6,000 bushels wheat, 10,000 bushels corn, 123,000 bushels oats.

Philadelphia Weber New York Sale Dirk Broiler Shtse

Cough Remedy Credited With Cure For Whooping Cough

Last winter during a whooping cough epidemic my children contracted the disease and suffered severe coughing spells. We used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for croup and found it relieved the cough and caused a complete cure. John FE Clifford Norwood House Norwood NY endorses the remedy, available at all druggists and Matthews Brothers.

Chamberlain John FE. Clifford Norwood House Norwood N. Y Matthews Brothers

Odd Fellows Session Attended by S A Boam at Harrisburg

Mr S A Boam attends the seventy seventh annual Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows session in Harrisburg this week. Mrs Boam and children stay with her parents at Lake Arrow. Nearby residents visit Rev Judson N Bailey. Miss Verne Dix returns home. Miss Etta Mosteller visits relatives. Charles Ace of Lehigh visits family in town. local officials survey streets for grade changes amid ongoing works. scarlet fever claims the second child of John Ashton of Spring Brook, following a daughter earlier in the week and a son Willie Tuesday evening.

S. A. Boam Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows Harrisburg Mia Joseph Schoonover Charles Ace Lehigh Mary Jennie Ace Rev Co. F. Ace Duryea A. B. Dunning Hts John Ashton Spring Brook Willie

Market Report Shows Mixed Corn and Wheat Prices

New York trading notes moderate gains in flour and spot oats amid stable wheat futures. Prices for corn stay firm with several futures near steady levels and widespread activity in elevator bids. Dairy and butter markets show varied quotes with creamery cream and cheese prices listed, while storage and packing values in western markets reflect mixed demand.

New York Vance Ake Advance Byiyaihie Tate Autier West Creamery Atud Verna Vadge

Chicago Wheat and Cattle Prices Rally on Bullish Support

May 14 report shows renewed buying by bulls and short-covering boosting the Chicago Board of Trade. Despite weather-laden concerns, corn leads gains with improved pork outlook, and a range of grain quotes and futures prices fill the day’s session notes.

Chicago Cor Board of Trade Marie Harley Ohya

Cattle market mixed as bids hold on steady to strong

Report shows cattle receipts and bids fluctuating with steady to strong demand. Notable figures include dressy calves around 4.65 and 4.05 for certain cows, with totals near 4285 dollars in a midwestern market. Texan receipts appear steady with ongoing activity and some leftover stock awaiting tomorrow’s bidding.

May J.m. Atecis Aliong Strom Texas Roth Heavy Akan

Live stock market report from New York auction

May 11 cattle and sheep prices and trends at New York markets. Cattle steady to firm with steer and cow values mixed. Hogs and lambs showing thinner demand with some declines noted. prices cited for multiple weight ranges and breeds.

New York 2Hawe Rte Frevita Weelerday Eholne Ip Ss. Cole

Fragmented Market Notes Spark Cattle Price Watch

A fragmented May market brief shows cattle prices fluctuating with buyers cautious. Mentions steady bids, minor adjustments, and general activity across livestock trades.

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