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Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1897

Page

2

Local social notes and church events in Wayne County

Misses Etta Knapp and Maude Ferris of Lake Como Wayne county visit Miss Lillian Gilchrist as they head to the Wayne County Teachers Institute in Honesdale. The Junior Christian Endeavor social is planned at the Presbyterian church lecture room on Friday. Mrs B Hudson Hudsondale and Mrs S H Bickler Scranton visit their brother E A Dunnier in Delaware street. Mrs Sabra Monroe Preston visits sister Mrs F W Westgate. Wayne county resident Thomas F Johns Pleasant Mount among yesterday's borough visitors. Mrs W M Bell hosts Peckville guests. Mrs Helen Dunnlers Scranton visits her parents. Rev J L Williams preaches at Jackson Baptist church Sunday. Rev William Wixla Jackson to guest Forest City Haptlet church. Ladies Aid society Methdist church stages Business Men's Carnival at the opera house this evening and Friday evening with music recitations and a dress parade. Miss Saxe and Mrs Crown Pittston in charge with a cast of vocal talent.

Etta Knapp Maude Ferris Lake Come Wayne County Lillian Gilchrist Wayne County Teachers’ Institute Igan Honesvale Junior Christian Endeavor Society Presbyterian Church B. Hudson Hudsondale Curlon County 8. H. Bickler Scranton E. &. Dunnier Delaware Street Sabra Monroe Preston F. W. Westgate Thomas F. Johns Pleasant Mount W. M. Bell Peckville Helen Dunnlers J. L. Williams Jackson Baptist Church William Witla Jackson Forest City Ladies’ Ali Society The Methodist Church Opera House Saxe Crown Pittston

Funeral for Mrs Tyron Tanner at Presbyterian Church

Funeral services for the late Mrs Tyron Tanner were held Tuesday at the Presbyterian church with a large crowd in attendance. Rev L W Church preached on Her sun is gone down while it is yet day, assisted by Rev A F Harding of Great Bend. Interment was in Rose Hill cemetery. She is survived by her husband, two sons, her parents Rev N Ive and wife, a sister Mrs L G Fimmons, and three brothers. A Delaware Lackawanna and Western pay car will compensate employees today and again Thursday. Also noting William E Hines recently in Parlor City and Ray Caden planning to enter Girard College in Philadelphia. A junior debating society is to be formed by the Ratt ro and Young Men's Christian Association for boys 10 to 16.

Tyron Tanner Presbyterian Church L. W. Church A. F. Harding Ward Scott Lewis Ives Delaware, Lackawanna ,and Wevrtern William E. Hines Ray Caden Philadelphia Girard College Rattro and Young Men's Christian Association

Local Smiley dog tale and Erie rail news crop up

A Smiley resident recalls a famed dog that killed sheep and was swapped for a new life only to return as a treed raccoon. Erie railroad freight and a Japan bound Brooks locomotive show through the Susquehanna region with schedules and new engines.

Scranton Tribune Susquehanna Smiley

Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Digestive Aid

The ad promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a non secret remedy containing natural digestive ferments and herbs. It claims they cure indigestion by digesting food promptly, not by laxative action, and cautions against cathartics. Packaged sold by druggists at 60 cents. Stuart Co. in Marshall, Michigan offers further information.

Stuart Stuart Co Marshall, Mich

Stocks Drift With Light Activity and Gas Pressure

Wall Street today showed unusually dull trading with minor moves driven by manipulation. Consolidated Gas fluctuated but closed near its earlier levels while Sugar led activity. total sales reached 193,000 shares amid wider commodity quotes and market notes from New York and Chicago.

New York Stock Exchange Consolidated Gas William Vni Ale Len & CQ Meara Foots

Philadelphia Provision Market Report

Philadelphia market notes show mixed grain futures with November contracts for wheat and corn trading lower. Butter and cheese prices hold firm while cotton and tallow show modest gains or steady levels. live poultry demand remains subdued and supplies steady.

Philadelphia Philadelpha Wasely Wiasage Lower Devtember Aya Siie Janary Ztgawe Patatons Finm Wilte City

Chicago Grain Market Futures Amid Slips and Spreads

In Chicago with the grain market opening under pressure futures showed mixed moves for wheat and nearby contracts. Prices for November and December wheat edged lower amid cautious trading and thin buying interest.

Chicago Wye Hyate

East Buffalo Market Report Mixed Cattle Sheep and Hogs

East Buffalo New York market notes reflect mixed cattle and hog trade with slower activity. Cattle prices mostly steady to slow with terms from common to choice and some higher figures among select lots. Sheep and lamb bids show modest firmness and varied quotes across grades.

East Buffalo N. Y

Market Report New York Livestock Prices Nov 1

New York market notes quiet trading across calves veal and beef with steady prices. Sheep and lambs move slowly with prices around four thousand to five thousand dollars for the total offerings and general ranges noted for the day.

New York

Oil Market Update From OU City Pa

Credit balances in November stand at 03 with certificates closed 87. Shipments reach 138 barrels, while rons total 112.37 barrels.

OU City

Beauty in Maturity The Best At Every Age

The Chicago Chronicle argues that female beauty matures with age not youth. It cites Helen of Troy Cleopatra and Catherine the Great to claim the richest years span from thirty six to forty, urging graceful aging and harmony with nature's laws.

Helen of Troy Aspasia Pericles Cleopatra Antony Diane de Poictiars Henry I Anne of Austria Europe de Maintenon Louis Catharine Russia Mile Mar Mme Recamler

Bear Killer Ends Lent Fast With Frightful News

Mrs ChamMe and her son Johnnie read in the paper about a traveling showman’s tame bear killing his master. The bear reportedly devoured the legs and trunk while the man’s intellectual development was left for the next day.

Alex Bwy Sunday World

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