Susquehanna County News Briefs and Local Notes
Reports from the region include about 100000 pike fry released in a river near Windsor. Obituary notes: Calvin Sterling, 77, a prominent Meshopeen figure, has died. Whittington Brothers of Buffalo plan a Susquehanna steel die stamping plant if they receive financial encouragement. Pickpockets relieved Colonel W. Harvey of Wilkes-Barre of $20 on a crowded street car. J. B. Barr lost $12. The Susquehanna Trotting Association forms with James Payne president and J. Driscoll secretary. grounds laid for trotting stock development. A new Susquehanna County Medical Pension Examining Board is created. Negotiations with New York capitalists for a water well near Carpenter Hollow, Wyoming county, aim to supply 1100 barrels daily. price per gallon agreed, contract for Atlantic steamers. If finalized, water will be piped to the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad for seaboard delivery at Great Bend next Thursday to begin the season. The team plans to be stronger than last season. Miss Emma Harding visited Electric City Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Calvin Sterling
Meshoppen
Whittington Brothers
Buffalo
Susquehanna
W. 7. Harvey
Wilkes-Barre
J. B. Barr
Susquehanna Trotting Association
James Payne
J. Driscoll
New
Susquehanna County Medical Pension Examining Board
Charles Newton
Montrose
D. C. Alney
New Milford
M. L. Miller
Lanesboro
New York
Carpenter Hollow
Wyoming County
Atlantic
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Seaboard
Death by Asphyxiation Charles R. Higgs Found Dead in Bed
Charles R B Higgs, a Wilkes-Barre moulder, was found dead in bed at 6 am after gas from a jet flooded the room. He had returned home around midnight. the door was locked and no one awoke him. Doctors declared life extinct for hours. His relatives described him as industrious and sober.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Higgs
Charles
Higgs
Dr. Smith
Matlack
Harvey Creek Hotel Burns in West Nanticoke Fire
The Harvey Creek hotel owned by Col W J Harvey and H H Harvey burned this morning. The proprietor R H Brout and family escaped via a second story window. Losses totaled about 1900 for the building and its contents and 2900 for Brout’s property, with 2000 insured through Post Brothers of Shickshinny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Harvey Creek
West Nanticoke
W. J. Harvey
H. H. Harvey
R. H. Brout
Womelsdorf
Df Brout
Miss Moyer
Stout
Post Brothers Agency
Shickshinny
Body of drowned boy found near Plymouth
The body of Richard Morgan, an 11 year old boy who was drowned in the river near Plymouth last Tuesday, was recovered this morning by Thomas E. Pryce while fishing near the steam boat landing behind the planing mill. Parts of the face and fingers had been eaten away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Richard Morgan
Plymouth
Thomas E. Pryce
Nicholson Hears Ladies Guild Bake Sale Notice
Nicholson residents are invited Wednesday evening to a 10 cent cupper in the church lecture room hosted by the Ladies Guild. Frank Pratt of Scranton spent the Sabbath with his parents in Nicholson. Ezra and George Pratt visited their brother F D Pratt, with Mrs. Pratt. Fred Stephens of Wilkes-Barre visited Mr and Mrs Holoway Stephens last Burday. The Nicholson baseball team will go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Guild
The
Presbyterian Church
Frank Pratt
Scranton
Nicholson
F. D. Pratt
Ezra Pratt
George Pratt
New Milford
Fred Stephens
Secret deadly draught marketed as Antilag promises covert intoxication
An illicit ad offers a dangerous drug named Antilag claimed to intoxicate without awareness. It promises a secret, undetectable delivery in tea soup or other foods and directs readers to send one dollar to Renova Chemical Co. for mailed instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renova Chemical Co
Broadway
New York
Pentecost Recovering After Arm Injury In Runaway
Thomas J. Pentecost, who suffered a severe arm injury in a runaway, was taken to Emergency Hospital in Carbondale. Veins ruptured and swelling was intense but an operation brought relief and he should soon resume work. A strawberry and ice cream festival is planned by the Epworth league at Parsonage Hall tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Pentecost
Carbondale
Busiene
Epworth League
Parsonage Hall
Thomas Kilrow
Great Bend
Tom
Freedman
J. Monroe
J.C. Brown
Menhennett
Lake Como
Wayne County
W. D. B. Ainey
J. M. Kelly
Montrose
W. J. Davis
Scranton
Little Ray Allen
Presbyterian Church
Prompton
Davis’ Opera House
Esther
Davis’ Drug Store
Alaska lecture by Colonel French at Nelson Memorial hall
Colonel French delivered an instructional lecture on Alaska with stereopticon views showing occupation religion and scenery. Other notes include campus visitors, a 15 to 6 baseball win for Wyoming over Bloomsburg, and various faculty activities at nearby colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Colonel French
Nelson Memorial Hall
Gliott
Halley
Reed
Scranton
W. S. Andrews
Binghamton
N. Y
Thurston
Bloomsburg
Wyoming
Koons
Freeland
Commercial College
Hard
Richard Gendall
Jermyn
Rice
Wesleyan University
Methodist Church
Sprague
Drew Theological Seminary
Madison
N. J
Robert Spencer
Bebes
Tunkhannock
Stevens
Young Men's Christian Association
Ice Wagon Bought by Bam Day from T. C. Miller
Bam Day purchased a new ice wagon from T. C. Miller while Robert Bardwell reports a herd of cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bam Day
T. C. Miller
Robert Bardwell
CLOTH AND MATTING SALE AT CUT-RATE PRICES
Bargain event offers 500 yards floor oil cloths priced 15 to 33 cents per square yard and 200 yards assorted matting from 8 to 25 cents. Items advertised as half their value reflect a deep discount sale.
Mansfield State Normal baseball team loses at Sayre 8 to 2
A report notes the Mansfield State Normal School baseball team played Sayre on Saturday and were defeated 8 to 2. Local residents visited families and spent Sunday with relatives. Cave-in work on the sewer continued through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tle
KE. Meade
Mansfield State Normal School
Sayre
Roys
Bloomsbury
George White
Charles Herge Little
Scranton
Teebe
Wyoming Seminary
James W. Pratt
Tracy Roberts
West Pittston
RANDOM REMARKS ON HEALTH AND HYGIENE
A column on future health fears and science mixes warnings about germs with jokes on dental decay. It cites Edison patent food, incubators, and travel to Mars while offering home remedies for burns and advice on alcohol cravings. It discusses bicycle risks, air quality, and bedroom warmth for the elderly, urging gentler breathable atmosphere.
Burial safe from infection debunks graveyard fears
A study by Dr Losener finds burial generally sanitary and not a contagion risk. Pathogenic microbes vary in survival with anthrax persisting longest while most germs fade within months. Cremation debates aside, cemeteries are not typical infection centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Losener
Wall Street Rally Follows Supreme Court Decision
The May 24 market gains stem from the Supreme Court ruling in the interstate commerce case, after a week of upward rumors and morning doubt. Early trading showed strong professional activity with total stock sales of 160,816 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
William Linn
AL Len & CO
Mears
Sale on Hand-Mmade Hats and Colorful Straws Offer
The notice advertises sale pricing on 150 dozen finest hand made Gimp and Braid Hats in white black and all colors with newest shapes. Regular prices range from 75c to 2.00 with sale prices featured. Also lists Scranton Board of Trade Exchange quotations and local municipal and company securities and mortgages due in 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
Kerr, Son & Co
New York Produce Market Report May 2
Flour dull and about steady with prices for Winter patents and straights. Rye flour steady. corn meal dull. wheat spot dull and weak with No 2 hard futures easing. Butter firm. cheese weak. eggs steady. tallow quiet. Market notes options opened firmer then drifted, some futures closing mixed. Overall tone shows cautious trading across grains and dairy products in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Minnesota
Buffalo
Duluth
Tiaikke
Ibaléadle
Wlye
Pirm
Weeterm Creamery
Malic
Tia
Elgina
Pigaitec
Etate Dairy
Walle
Pennsylvania
Wie
Philadelphia Provision Market May Mix Grain and Butter Prices
Market notes show quiet but steady demand across May wheat with contract grades and multiple futures months, corn and oats mostly nominal or unchanged, flour steady, rye flour firm, dairy and poultry prices mixed with steady to firm conditions for creamery and refined sugars, and shipments of wheat, corn, and oats reported in barrels and bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Hutter
Weetern
Waldge
Better Inquiry, Cotton—llc
Chicago Grain Market Leads May Futures Charge
In Chicago, May grain futures show a rally as traders lock in gains and assess weather signals. Prices move higher on crop outlook optimism and demand expectations, with traders watching staples and export pace.
Market Prices and Quotations Report
The report lists futures for Wheat May July September with varying prices, Corn May July September, Oats May July September, Mesa pork May July September, Lard May July September, Short ribs May July September, plus cash flour and grain quotes. Receipts include flour wheat corn oats rye barley. shipments detail grains and pork and whiskey movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Board OF Trade
Tony Veesaswees
Mesa
Market Report From Buffalo Stock Yards
Cattle receipts and prices mixed across categories with steers and heifers showing varying gains. Stockers and feeders hold steady to firm while hogs and sheep see weakness and softer demand amid broad price adjustments.
Prices on steady gains for various cattle and sheep
New York market notes show Reeves Active slightly firmer with native steers at 4005.15 and stage and oxen at 3.65. Calves and dairy cattle mixed with active dairy calves and firm figures, sheep and lambs fairly active with yearlings around 40 and lambs near 46.75, with prices in the 404.25 range for hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hoge
Cattle and Sheep Prices Reported in Chicago May Auction
Prices for cattle hogs and sheep varied with markers showing per head and totals. Market notes include figures like 4.9905 and 2,005.75 along with regional references to Texas Colorado and 31,000 head in totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Carver
Texas
Colorado
Oil City ledger notes barrel shipments and balances
In Oil City Pennsylvania on May 24 balances show 80 cents per unit. Certificates cash oil shipments total 116 09 barrels with runs at 4 397 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Meg
Third National Bank of Scranton Ad Announces Services
WM. CONNELL president and WILLIAM H. PECK cashier advertise liberal accommodations and personal accounts at the Third National Bank of Scranton. They offer 3 percent interest on interest deposits with surplus and undivided profits noted.
Merchant Tailoring Adds Grace With Proper Fit
A merchant tailor argues clothes that fit well transform a man from plain to dignified, emphasizing that proper tailoring elevates appearance and presence.
Lowest prices touted as customer advantages
The notice highlights very low prices as the main benefit offered to customers, emphasizing value and savings as key selling points. It presents price-led appeal without additional context or specifics.
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Royal
Royal Baking Powder CO
Northeastern
Charles RR. Higgs
Ite
Forest City
Honesdale
Roundout
Kirk Rose
James P. Ware
St Paul's Church
Grace Episcopal Church
David Doney
Upper Park Street
Edgar
South Orange
B. R. Hall
H.T. Dolmetsch
St. John’s
Hev. W. H. Swift
Grand Army
Ingram
J. Scott Inglis
Lacka. Ave
Earth
Marr
Tdison
A. T. Worden
Snellison
Bilsiik
Sethma
Saya
New York Tribune
Oan
Wall Street Review
Weeseene Lo
By & Q
Cc & At L
MIL & Su P
Tf. & Pac
Hay
Oe Hudson
Leé
C. F
Onai
Gen. Electric .S
Lous
Nash
J. Central
Nor. Pac
Omaha
Pac, Mall. Phil
Read
Southern R. Bh
Southern R. R. Pr
Aly Tenn, C. & Iron
Union Pacific Ccca
Western Union
Leather Pr
Hood
Gerisons
Lackawanna Avenue
Milan
Seniot
Bernina
Batavia
Julius Traugote
Bld
Scranton Pass
Cee Ee People's Street Railway
Scranton & Pittston Trac. Co
People's Street Railway
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Lacka, Township School
City of Scranton St
Mt. Vernon Coal Co
Scranton Axle Works
Scranton & Pittston Trac
National Boring & Drill’g Co
Eae
First National Bank
Bee Elmhurst Boulevard Co
Scranton Savings Bank
Scranton Packing Co
Lacka
Ron & Steel Co
Third National Hank
Ee Wee Scranton Axle Works
Weston Mill Co
Alexander
Ees Lacka, Trust & Safe
Chicago Grain Market
May
Wyoming House
S. G. Kerr
Lackawanna Ave
Maloney Oil and Manufacturing CO
Meridian ST
M. W. Collins
Aiio
Canada
OU Market
WM. Connell
Third National Bank
Capital
William H. Peck
Wyoming Avenue
Arcade Building
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