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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1894
Page
2
Rain and wet grounds limited baseball to three State League games. Harrisburg defeated Scranton twice, increasing its lead in the championship race while Altoona beat Hazleton to displace Reading from fourth. The standings table shows win loss records and percentages for the clubs.
Harriburg took two gates from Scranton today batting Doran and Hodson hard. The features of the afternoon's play were the batting of Hogan and the fielding of Trogan Wright Eagan and Sales. Scranton hit Meany hard in the frat game but could do little with Spregel in the second, score first game. At Altoona, Altoona 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0, Haghiton 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 2 3. Batteries Behoille and Cote Ely and Moors Umpire Kettrick. Reading-Allentown game postponed due to wet grounds. Pottsville vs Easton no midrain.
An OCR fragment touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure all claiming to cleanse the liver and improve blood health. The text is garbled with broken phrases and repeated terms, reflecting a disordered historical advertisement misread by OCR.
National League results show Boston 0 2 8 loss to New York 2 2 - Chicago 7 , St Louis 6 4 with various hits and errors. Eastern League Erie Providence Buffalo Springfield games note multiple scorelines and batters, with Er ie and Providence key in wins.
Pottsville signs Frank Foulkrod and the Neversweats challenge Taylor’s Electrica for a ball game. Jick Sharratt retires from pitching, while West End clubs vie for schedule games. Rockaways scout Wood’s Business College, Moran and Hill join Easton roster, and local associations plan games at Hogan Park. Multiple school clubs announce leagues and trades, with Johnson denying releases and aiming for a strong Allentown run by July 4.
Tallow markets showed dull activity at farm rates. Prices listed include country prime tallow per barrel at 44 cents, dark tallow at 18 cents, and grease at 4 cents, reflecting a quiet trading day in private markets.
An April dispatch from Loxpoy reports Dr J Milner Fothergill calling pre-ingested starch food a revolutionary flesh-forming, life-giving product. The firm touts Pas kola as superior to liver oil and beef teas, with tests showing benefits for indigestion and low energy. A free pamphlet offer from The Pre-Digested Food Co. in New York follows.
A flood of brief notices advertise positions from a young clerk to a general sales force and a wheelwright, plus farm and real estate offers. Listings include a plan with life and fire insurance, a bookkeeper, a housemaid, a dairy cow for sale, and a seven-acre timbered tract near Lake Ariel, with various business and concrete local details.
The market lists mixed notes for May and June with prices for onion, beef, and pork products, including No 2 Tod store and elevator quoted around 79 to 86 cents and other regional items showing varying movements. Notices include warnings from Hood's Sarsaparilla ads, a warning about a missing Mary Be Hohner, and upcoming directory and stockholders meetings with dates in May and June.
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