Wagon Load of Eric-a-Brac Destroyed at Water Gap
Special to the Scranton Tribune. Stroudsburg May 21 Crown Clarke actor loses wagon load of goods and furniture valued in the thousands after a whiffle-tree breaks causing a 60 foot plunge beside the Water Gap railroad. Driver F G Murat rescued. horses hurt. Parade plans for Tuesday proceed with Leek Cornet Band from Pittston. Local notables B K Little W N Heynolde Jr M V Townsend visit. Arbitration in Reynolds versus Squier case named Asa Keeler W D Sampson John F Sickler.
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Eric-a-Brac
Water Gap
Scranton Tribune
Stroudsburg
Creston Clarke
Actor Clarke
F. G. Murat
Fairview Hotel
Hurat
New York
Susquehanna
Western
Floret
Farview
Clarke
Whithea
Fourview House
Seth B. Squier
Nicholson
Asa & Keeler
W. DD. Sampson
John F. Sickler
Henry Harding
James W. Pratt, Ésq
RinmWerd County reunion set for Towanda Aug 14 16 17
Special to the Shanton Triland Towands May 21 RinmWerd County Soldiers and Ballers encampment votes to hold the next reunion on the Rast Towanda falye rounds August 14 16 and 17 with admission cut from twenty five to ten cents Generals Sickles Long Bhaw and Colonel A Baxter expected as speakers Officers named include Quartermaster GC T Hall Athens adjutant A Keefe Athens sergeant major O D Gand Towanda quartermaster serjeant A Jd Fisher Towanda
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Shanton Triland
Towands
RinmWerd County
Ballers
Towanda
GC. T. Hall
Athene
A. Keefe
Athens
O. D. Gandenough
A. Jd. Fisher
Family moves as Ball heads lumber job in New Milford
Especial to tie Biranton Tribune reports Mr. B S Ball moved his family to New Milford Inet week to supervise a lumber job. James B Reynolds of Philadelphia Dental College visits family in Masters as John Walter and Sherry Taylor depart for a pleasure trip to Buffalo Niagara Falls and Cleveland. Walter will guide the boys on train No 1 Tuesday afternoon with Conductor Charles Nichols. they will reach Buffalo and tour Niagara Falls and possibly Cleveland. Funeral services for Mrs Joseph Rodney held Sunday at Arthur Reynolds home with interment near Arch schoolhouse. Mr J K Zalowicz left for Stull to deliver stereopticon views after taking orders earlier this month.
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Biranton Tribune
Factoryville
B.S. Ball
New Milford
Ball
James B. Reynolds
Philadelphia Dental College
Charles Reynolds
Masters
John Walter
Sherry Taylor
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Cleveland
Walter
Charles Nichols
Lick
Joseph Rodney
Arthur Reynolds
Arch
J. K. Zalowizi
Stull
Tax on Wheels Levied by Wyoming County Officials
Wyoming county sidepath commissioners have imposed the maximum tax under the 1899 act, charging one dollar per wheel. Assessors in Factoryville borough and Clinton township have submitted returns showing twenty six and ten wheels respectively. Most wheels are in Tunkhannock with funds to be distributed across the county. Proceeds are expected between 1500 and 2000 dollars. Catherine Townsend returned home after winter visits to Bermanton, Pitts ton and Factoryville. The state Knights Templar conclave at Wilkes-Barre is drawing many locals this week, with several named attendees listed.
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Tunkhannock
Wyoming County
Factoryville Borough
Clinton Township
Catherine Townsend
Bermanton
Pittston
Factoryville
Knights ‘Templar
Wilkes-Barre
Hundrick
Knapp
Fooa
Platt
Bea .Com
Thompson notices recall church services and local events
Thompson notes from Semnton Tribune recount Methodist services for Buster and next week's speaker Hon. W T Bundick of Virginia. Reports on Rev French, doxen candidates, memorial sermons, nurse Nellie Cloxham visiting, dairy prices, potatoes 30 cents, butter 16 cents, eggs 9 cents, and local illnesses and farm news.
Towanda High School to Hold Commencement at Hale's Opera House
Bradford County brief notes the Towanda high school commencement set for Hale's opera house on Friday evening June 1. The item covers milk price protests, shipping strikes in Wysox Athens and nearby towns, new railway coaches on the Black Diamond express, Sayre shop rules, a Roaring Branch tannery project, a Syracuse traveler’s misadventure, a counterfeit case in court, and changes in Athens bridge works. It also mentions Evie railroad dining cars praised by travelers, Bradford County miners’ and soldiers’ monument plans, and Charles Vaught’s Comedy Company booking at Hale’s opera house for the week.
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Towanda
Hale's Opera House
Wysox
Athens
Keat
Standing Stone
Etmerfield
Milan
Union ‘Tanning Company
Roaring Branch
J. W. Ie
Syracuse
Towapaa
Philadelphia
McCaney Brothers
Tf Ie
GU. Green
Dunedee
Stanley ¥. Powers
United States
Mix
Athens Bridge Company
American Ridge Company
Athens Bridge Works
American Bridge Company
Evie
Reading
Bradford County
Bol Miers’ and
Lillian Tucker
Hale
Opera House
Milk strike in Hopbottom demands fixed seasonal price
Special to the Scranton Tribone reports milk producers in Hopbottom and the Five States Protective Association withholding milk in a strike. About 100 cans normally delivered daily, only fourteen bottles reached the station on Saturday from nonmembers. Union seeks a fixed seasonal price versus the New York exchange fluctuating rates. Other local items include real estate purchase by Dr. A J Taylor, church plans, and social notices from Hopbottom.
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Hopbottom
Ths
Five States Protective Association
General Association
New York Exchange
New York
A. J. Taylor
Emanuel Carpenter
Methodiat Ladies’ Aid
J. Y. Saunders
A. W. Kent
Eldridee
W. L. Sterling
Maud
Gertrude Waldie
Brooklyn
Almira Brown
Lydia Smith
Angella Bisbee
Scranton
Lathrope
Rufus Russell
Wilkes-Barre
N. M. Finn
Paul Beardsley
William Alney
Hallstead
Lathrone
FE. M. Tiffany
Binghamton
Dr. Roe
McGaris
Forest City Notes and Local Events May 22
Forest City reports visiting relatives from Deposit New York Mrs James Ferguson stayed with Mrs Daniel Melvin on Main Street Raymond Caryl son of Mr and Mrs Caryl ill with diphtheria Nurse Sophia Mahoney from Carbondale attends him Lingle Meehan from Carbondale visited her parents Also Mrs Joseph Ackerman back from Pleasant Mount following two weeks stay Doctors Niles Fletcher and C R Taylor operated on Hoa Knapp daughter of Dr and Mrs C R Knapp now recover good operation Doctors deemed it successful Dec 25 school at Decoration Day afternoon students march to cemeteries W T Bundlek lectures on Inquest tonight at Methodist Church and tomorrow night at Baptist Church on The Feast of Belshazzar Lectures support total abstinence No admission charge but a collection Last year Susquehanna county public school appropriation 49602 this year 44895.
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Forest City
Thomas Cunningham
Deposit
N. Y
James Ferguson
Daniel Melvin
Main Street
Raymond
N. Caryl
Sophia Mahoney
Carbondale
Lingle Meehan
W. T. Bundlek
Belshazgur
Publc
Susquehanna County
Honesdale News Highlights May Plans and Rail Timetables
HONESDALE May 21 Special to the Scranton Tribone Miss Mary Mea der will spend the coming weeks in Fasten and Bethlehem. Company E will host a hop at the armory on Wednesday evening May 20. Patrotic Order Bong of America No 405 Waymart plans flag raising on Memorial Day with Maple City band Honesdale engaged for vacation. Philharmonic Orchestra and Musical History club push Stabat Mater entertainment. Opera house rich program Thursday evening. The Philadelphia Inquirer will reach Honesdale by the new train starting next Sunday. Since Lackawanna secured the New York Sunday paper train from the Erie, the New York Sunday papers have reached Honesdale by wagon from Narrowsburgh.
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Scranton
Honesdale
Mary Meader
Fasten
Bethlehem
Company E
Armory
Patriotic Order
Bong of America
Waymart
Maple City Band
Philharmonic Orchestra
Musical History Club
Opera House
Philadelphia Inquirer
Delaware and Hudson
Lackawanna Proud
New York
Erie
Narrowsburgh
Tim Hurley to fight Jack McDonough in Elmira May 4
Special to the Beranten reports Tim Hurley of Busquehanna and Jack McDonough of St. Paul Minn will clash in Elmira on the evening of May 4. Also notes Erie railroad crews taken off Delaware division, local civic events, and various community notices including a memorial sermon, a youth commencement, and temperance activities.
Nicholson notes in New Milford visit and church events
Nicholson reports visits by John Oliver senior and N V Walker, social calls by Mrs F L Crane and Mrs W W Warner, and plans for an ice cream social to aid famine relief in India. Rev Beardsley attends Mrs Utley funeral, with sermons by Revs Sanford and Wilkes. A J T Watkins concert is announced with listed artists.
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Scranton Tribune
Nicholson
John Oliver
Shields
New Milford
F. Ll. Crane
George
Harding
Emily
Louis Jones
Olyphant
W. C. Froude
Jeremiah Stephens
O. RK. Beardsley
Universalist Church
Scranton
8. L. Utley
N. V. Walker
Clark's Summit
Opera House
Episcopal
Universalist
J. T Watkins
Martha Matthews
Allee Burke
David Stevens
J. T. Watkins
Harriet Ward
Beatrice Morris
C. R. Newton
W. W. Warner
Factoryville
William Fisk
Herbert T. Wilkins
Green Ridge
Clara Tiffany
One Fare to Washington D C via Lehigh Valley Rail
Announcement from the Lehigh Valley Railroad for Imperial Council Order of Mystic Shrine travel May 22 to 24 1900. Tickets on sale May 19 at all stations from Phillipsburg to Buffalo, inclusive, with return pass by May 28. Includes branch lines and all trains except the Black Diamond Express. Consult railroad agents for details.
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Washington, D. C
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Imperial Council
Order of Mystic Shrine
Phillipsburg
Buffalo
Lehigh Bailey Railroad
Reduced Fares to Washington on Mystic Shrine Convention
Reduced round trip fares to Washington D C via Central Railroad of New Jersey for Imperial Council Mystic Shrine and Young People's Union of America conventions. Tickets sold from Lackawanna lines Cincinnati to Cincinnati with July 10 to June 17 return, extendable to August 15 for a small fee. May 19–28 return window for general public from all stations.
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Young People's Union of America
Cincinnati
Washington, D. C
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Imperial Council
Order of Mystic Shrine
Lehigh Valley Rail Sale to Niagara Falls May 23 1900
Round trip excursion from Philadelphia to Niagara Falls and return via Lehigh Valley Railroad for five dollars. Tickets on sale from Philadelphia and other stations to Tunkhannock, inclusive with branches. Limited for return to May 25 1900 and honored on any train except the Black Diamond Express. consult railroad agents for details.
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Niagara Falls
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Phillipsburg
Tunkhannock
Prohibition Convention Tickets Sold For Chicago Trip
National Prohibition Convention will be held in Chicago on June 27 and 28. Lackawanna railroad offers one fare round trip excursion tickets on sale June 23 and 24, valid for return by June 26, with a 25 cent joint agent fee collected at Chicago when tickets are validated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna Railroad
Cincinnati
Ohio
Chicago
Knights Templar Conclave Travel Deals to Wilkes-Barre
Knights Templar of Pennsylvania plan their forty seventh annual conclave at Wilkes-Barre May 21 to 23. Delaware and Hudson Railroad offers special tickets from all Pennsylvania points to Wilkes-Barre and return at one way fare for the round trip. Tickets good for May 21 and 22 and return on or before May 23.
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Knights Templar of
Pennsylvania
Wilkes- Barre
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Wilkes-Barre
National Democratic Convention Special Fare Set
The Lackawanna railroad names a single round trip fare for the National Democratic Convention in Kansas City Missouri. Tickets are valid for departure July 1 2 and 3 with return trips allowed to Kansas City through July 1.
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Kansas City
Lackawanna Railroad
Beauties of Autumn Travel by Lake Shore Route
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway offers the best view of midland America in fall. The route through western New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana provides a beautiful panorama from Buffalo to Chicago and beyond. Travel is enjoyable with tickets via the Lake Shore line.
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Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railway
Midland of America
Lake Shore
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Buffalo
Chicago
Lake Shore Railway
Markets End Lower As London Sentiment Dampens Wall Street
New York traders faced a soft session with limited demand and steady losses across markets. Third Avenue rose late, yet only briefly, while prominent rails and sugar stocks slipped one to two points. Foreign markets echoed disappointment over peace talks and risky expectations, with bonds holding firmer than equities amid modest fund inflows and a $2,000,000 United States refunding issue noted in bids.
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New York
Third Avenue
Ram
Metropolitan
Brooklyn
London
Mafeking
Lomlen
International Ehoe Wallsteart
Storks
United States
Market Prices From Local Dairy and Produce Ad
Corrected dairy and produce list includes Butter Creamery ice cream items, Eges Select western, Full cream, marrow products, and various prices. Items named include Bermuda onions, potatoes, flour Best patent, and Spolatore product with listed per unit costs.
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HL. G. Dale
Lackawanna
Bermuda
Philadelphia Market Summary May 21 Wheat and Grain Decline
Wheat and corn futures and spot prices slipped dull. No. 2 white and mixed corn ranged lower. potatoes and butter steadied. Sugar refined firm. various grades quoted. Live poultry quiet. dressed poultry firm on demand. Receipts include 2,000 barrels flour and 9,000 bushels wheat with shipments of 4,000 wheat and 6,000 oats.
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Philadelphia
New York
Uplands
Hogsheads
New York Grain and Produce Market Report May
May data shows active steady demand mainly from buyers for well known brands. Wheat spot soft, using No 2 red and futures near term. corn spot weak, oats dull and easy with several varieties quoted. butter steady with creamery and dairy brands. cheese and eggs firm to mixed. storage offerings and packing losses noted in western markets.
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New York
Duluth
Mali
Atlas
State
Pennsylvania
Wigals c
Chicago Grain and Market Summary May 21 -------------
Chicago markets show dryness in the northwest wheat curbing gains after hours of firmness. July futures under pressure as corn and wheat slip and oats steady. Trade quotes list No 2 red wheat No 2 corn and No 3 rye with mixed grain prices and slight shifts in pork lard and whiskey. sugars unchanged.
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Chicago
Sakec
Saalge
Vibe
Sishai
Chicago cattle and sheep market report dated May 1
Cattle receipts 24,000 with varied bids and prices across classes. Texas fed cattle listed at 40.00 to 40.75 per hundredweight, hog receipts 45,000 with top at 4.95 and notes of lower prices. Sheep receipts 17,000 with lambs strong, wethers and ewes trading between 4.60 and 5.80 per hundredweight, Western lambs at 4.50 to 5.50.
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Chicago
Texas Fed Stove
Texas
New York Market Report May 21 Prices for Cattle and Sheep
Market notes show steady to firm tone for steers with common to prime quality and calves seeing demand. Veals near 2400. Prices listed include steers around 5009.70 for hulls, sheep steady with light cull and lamb figures, wool trends unsure, overall market softer on some lines.
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New York
Conmon
East Liberty Cattle Market Prices
Market report lists cattle and sheep prices with Liberty area notes. Includes prices for heifers and steers, lambs and veal calves, with ranges from 1.4 to 5.0 dollars and per hundredweight figures. Some entries are unclear or garbled but reflect livestock trading quotes and commodity terms.
Oil City May 21 Credit and Production Report
Oil City reports a credit balance of 81.97 with certificates noted and shipments reaching 129,201 barrels. Average output stands at 69,070 barrels with 85,570 parsins runs and total barrels 129,008.
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Oil City
Mackerel Season Tops Records in 1864 Narratives
Provincetown reports a strong mackerel season with May as a peak period. The fleet, including HAN vessel crews, has landed over 100 trips of mixed free mackerel at New York and Delaware Breakwater, marking a highly productive period since 1864.
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Provincetown
Mase
New York
Delaware
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promotion Note
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh and constitutional issues by internal action. The proprietors offer one hundred dollars if it fails, with testimonials and Toledo, Ohio as the origin. Sold by druggists.
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Hall
Specials From Jonas Longs Sons Groceries Priced
The store reports a booming grocery sale with new records daily. Prices mark extraordinary value on diverse items from tea and pickles to flour and canned goods, highlighting quality and savings in a wide range of everyday groceries.
New Sheet Music Sale Announced in Scranton Today
A weather man’s remarks disrupted last Saturday’s sale but the store repeats the promotion today offering new vocal and instrumental sheet music at 35 and 50 cents. An all right selection is available for one day only.
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Scranton
Vintage song titles parade in a crowded theater program
A list of musical numbers and stage titles appears, including Vocal pieces and instrumental selections. The compilation features titles like All Coons Look Alike to Ma, Atlantic City by the Bea, Princes of Mulberry Bend, Governor Roosevelt's Rough Riders, The Ghon Girl, and Aunt Jemima's Birthday Party.
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Atlantic City
Bea
Ata Coontown
Auewer
Cote
Lucy Little Tana
Ora Dave
Latta
Nellie Poawen
Sue
Mellin
Manny Lae
Prine Sue
Princes of Mulberry Bend
Solairy
Helene Barbara
Jemima
Erie
Chinatown
Georgia
Finoky
Bonner
Whletling Haft
Yule
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Simphes
Mere
Bae i
Callozakiia
Columtam
Thompson
Semnton Tribune
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Daniel Wrichter
Lucinda Witter
A. C. Foster
Free Baptist Church
French
Frank Halpost
Nellie Cloxham
Bayonne Hospital
E. H. Bloxham
Jackson Street
Witter
FP. RR
Tower
Sanitania Springs
Tra Latham
Spreial
James
Scranton Tribone
Busbquehanna
Tim Hurley
Busquehanna
Jack” McDonough
St. Paul
Carmalt Lake
Montrose
Susquehanna Anti-Saloon League
Lanesboro High School
Lanesboro Methodist Church
William Trine
Moodyport
Grand Army of the Republic
Patrick Hall
Laurel Hill
F. J. Perkins
Charles Henry Newing
Moody Post
Moody
Front
Keystone Lodge
Ladies’ Society
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Progressive Lodge
Moxley
Great Bend
A. F. Mitchell
Paris
Colwell
Mattel
Katie Stryker
Oakland High School
Lestershire
Amos
Ibeecham
Order of the Mystic Shrine
Central Railroad
Washington
Ill
Knights Templar
Wall Street Review
Tribune
B. M
Jo Mearing
Rooma
Brooklyn Traction
Beltane & Fhidion
Pacific
Pacifico
Central
Aubhum
Pacific Ooneeen Bi Id Vrien Pacitio
Chicago Board OF Trade
Clark & Snover Cal
O & Snover Co
Coneawse County
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Hank
Standard Deilling Co
New Mexico
Cont Co
Beranton
People's Ities
People's Street
Towanufacturing Co
Fanewee
Ranten
Philadelphia Grain and Produce
New York Grain and Produce
Chicago Grain and Produce
East Liberty Cattle
Oli Market
Jonas Long
Japan
Blackwell
van Camp
Viseneces BC
Eureka
Armour
Andorain
Croxa
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