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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1895
Page
6
The narrator recalls crossing the plains twice with wagon trains, rescuing a wounded Indian after a skirmish, and fostering uneasy respect for Native Americans. A later confrontation with rival Tige Black during a siege leads to a deathly challenge as the fort aid is hours away.
News of our industries summarizes railroad gains and coal mine restarts. The Susquehanna and Western line in Aviguez posts a $49000 gain while Gowen mines plan to resume after prior closures.
John Donarden alias T. J. Franklin, formerly a clerk at Adams Express in Terre Haute Indiana, was arrested in Baltimore on charges of stealing 121000 from his employers. He confessed to taking the package and implicated J R Barnett a Verdalia railroad ticket agent at Terre Haute. Pinkerton detective agents pursued him and he was captured after the robbery occurred a few weeks ago. The men split the loot and fled in opposite directions. Barnett remains at large.
Wall Street posted early losses as money rates rose and a Colorado freight war spurred selling. Bears attempted to cover later, pushing some industrials and coalers higher as overall activity reached 293,309 shares with notable dealings in Chicago Gas Tobacco St. Paul Reading Burlington and Sugar while grain and livestock markets in Toledo and Philadelphia showed mixed trends.
The ad extols Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a superior laxative solution over harsh compounds like calomel. It claims quick, gentle cleansing of the stomach and bowels, toning the liver to prevent headaches, indigestion, biliousness, pimples, and other disorders, offering a free sample by mail.
An advertisement claims a medicine removes freckles tan sunburn liver spots pimples and sallow skin. It pledges a perfectly clear complexion for $1 per bottle and offers mail orders, with retail from 320 Lackawanna Avenue and parlors in the area.
A partial OCR fragment lists items and notes including city market references and assorted goods such as cakes grease and milk. The text is garbled with unclear dates and vendor names, making precise details and context difficult to determine.
Oil trade updates show the old market closing at TM in Pittsburg. In Oil City quotations list Ol City with opening at 125 and closing at 14, while Standard price of ol stands at 125 with National Trans shipments at 1,072 and Buckeye shipments at 91.40.
An old time column parodies dialect and politics by contrasting Kentucky manners with Spain and Cuba. The piece preserves period tone with brief jabs at manners and foreign phrases, ending with a character exclamation about railing against danger and puns.
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