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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1900
Page
2
In Factoryville on May 29 the Tunkhannock High School team is set to battle Keystone academy for top honors in a decisive baseball game. Keystone will be weakened by several players on vacation, while local events and Memorial observances fill the town.
May 24 brief items report William Kelly critically ill at his daughter’s home, funeral for Mrs. Bates at Presbyterian church with interment in Wayne County, T M T to hold a social in Davis Opera House, annual outing planned near Lake Ladore in August, mine props fire near South Main Street caused smoke and alarm, Mrs. John Sullivan died after a brief illness, council considers placing a Nehert area in front of the new school trolling, WCTU to meet at Mrs. Payette Westgate’s on Susquehanna Street Friday afternoon.
Special to the Scranton Tribne New Milford May 29 Mrs Herbert Brown returned Burclay from Nichol son visiting her son Charles Mrs Harry Payne Kingston visiting her mother here returned home Monday Mrs FG Inderlied called on Binghamton friends Sunday Monday Misa Nettle Millard Heart Jake pleasant caller in town Monday Howard Hayden Binghamton spent Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs James Mayden F E Benjamin Binghamton spent Sunday with New Milford friends Mr and Mrs Gert Squires visited friends Nicholson recently Mr Eugene Osman spent Sunday with his parents Harford toon J D Mallory will give his frustrated lecture on A Trip at Sight Seeing Through the United States In the Baptihal church tonight Fr Inderi ed was in Binghamton Monday on business
Special to the Scranton Tribune reports at Tunkhannock on May 24 that county road work and rail projects are under way under the sidepath law. Details mention plans for wheels and bridges, local residents engaged in supervision, and a postponed Factory game with Keystone Academy.
George Lampman a Civil War veteran and pioneer resident of Pittston died Monday evening at his York avenue home after a long illness. He was 67, born in Wilkes-Barre area, survived by three sons Charles George and William, a daughter Ellenbeth, four brothers and three sisters. Funeral is tomorrow at 2 pm with burial in Marcy Cemetery. Community notices mention Erie and Wyoming yards survey, a preparatory sermon, a postponed Children’s Day, and a charity ice cream sale in Harris building.
Decoration day will be observed in Halleteat with G A R and Spanish-American War Veterans marching together. A big gathering is expected for Friday and Saturday as the town prepares for a chair factory workers’ drive. A theft occurred in Susquehanna with a bicycle and carriage line passing through borough. A reception honored J Madison diath any, Reuten HM Barnes, Edith Tro bridge and Josephine Millard. A large fire wall partition is planned in Wes Vielsing friends in Binghamton Tuesday.
The pamphlet promotes the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo New York where Dr R V Pierce and a team of specialists treat chronic diseases by correspondence. It cites a ninety eight percent cure rate and urges readers to write for free confidential advice, citing testimonials from Sarah E Taylor and Noel W Orvin about liver gall bladder and lung issues improving with Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets.
Markets closed with mixed gains as sugar and steel led advances while late trading faintly trimmed profits. Reports of refinery sugar price dips and a possible Can Eplication deal cooled some nerves as railroad earnings remained solid. Total sales reached 250,000 shares with uneven activity across sectors.
Corrected listing shows varied dairy and food items with prices including cream, beans, potato Bermuda unions and flour. Entries mention Be dairy tube and Feus Select weastern with approximate costs such as 2.46 for marrow and 9.20 for peas, 81.78 for Bermuda unions, and 4.33 for flour.
In Philadelphia on May 7 conditions are quiet with mixed quotes across grains and produce. Corn futures show variable bids while wheat and oats move modestly. Poultry and dairy items list pricing ranges for fresh and nearby supplies, with butter and cheese noted. overall trade appears steady with standard regional demand.
New York May 20 Wheat and corn futures show quiet trading at unchanged or near unchanged levels with spot markets acting nominal. Dairy prices remain steady with Western creamery products and state dairy notes mentioning imitation creamery and other dairy items though details are fragmented in the text.
A fragmented OCR segment shows a collection of dairy product brand names and descriptions such as WhatOkjo Cheese and various Fancy White and Colored varieties. It suggests a catalog-like listing of cheeses and related dairy items with unclear origins and partial spellings.
Chicago market notes show mixed grain trends amid rain, with July corn and oats edging up. Cash quotes list flour steady, wheat and corn prices varied, along with pork, lard, whiskey and sugar prices and related commodities.
May sales report from Chicago shows natives top on the best lots with bids around 1.05 per pound for prime steer near 526.70 dollars, while other cattle range from poor to median quality. Market steadier to weaker for butchers stock with varied prices across calves and lambs amid high volumes and fluctuating demand.
Market slow with lower prices for cattle and sheep. Prices shown include veals and fresh cows per head and prime entries, with lambs and mutton listed as fall to spring values and limited demand for heavier lots.
New York May 2 market notes show steady to uneven movement across cattle and sheep. Beeree-Feeling manly and Calvee-Veeling steady. yearlings steady to slow. sheep steady. oats and barley listed with prices. Pennsylvania hogs at a price around 4.55.
East Liberty livestock trade appears steady with prime and common cattle listed. Prices shown include prime and choice grades, with figures read from a damaged ledger fragment.
Fragmented OCR text references numbers, names like Weavies Yorkers and Link Yorkers, a PO and Bidet, price hints such as 8 kip 004.75, and assorted phrases including weather and scan. The readable portion lacks coherent events or clear context to summarize as a normal news item.
Credit balances at 1.91 with certificates listed as no bid. Shipments reach 60 723 barrels with an average of 5 000 barrels per run. Total runs total 115 200 barrels averaging 1 755 barrels per run.
Special to the Scranton Tribone from Harford on May 20 details visiting relatives in Stewartetown and Scranton figures such as Prof Bauer and Miss Lott. The LO. O PF plans a June 18 decoration day address by Roy Sage with invitations extended. A death of Professor B Thichardson shocks Franklin and a serious accident at Soldier's Orphans school injures a child when a runaway wagon crushes it.
Frank J. Yuen swears as senior partner in a Toledo business affidavit asserting a one hundred dollar guarantee for each cane incident. the document references a seal and nearby residents, with unclear context and garbled names.
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