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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1900
Page
2
Bushnell, a hard headed man of business, faces ruin after a failed scheme. He returns to Lexington to seek solace and finds support from family and a fiancée as the dream collapses. The scene shifts from urban pressure to rural renewal as he confronts his losses.
The article notes vast water flow at Sault Ste. Marie powering canals and turbines that generate about 20 000 horsepower for the world’s largest wood pulp mill. It outlines plans to expand into chemical pulp, with annual output valued around 1 100 000 dollars, leveraging spruce forests for supply.
The Chicago Times-Herald reports Professor E S Riggs unearthed a giant dinosaur skeleton in Colorado. The thigh bone measures six feet ten inches, with a backbone and ribs totalling a 65 to 75 foot animal. The find rivals Yale’s Behemoth, with herbivore remains and potential carnivorous relatives.
Dr. Thomas A. Hoyt pastor of Chambers-Wylie Memorial church in Philadelphia entertained President Patton of Princeton General John B. Gordon and other eminent men at dinner. Patton asked Hoyt's son what he thought of the sermon and the boy replied that it was very good but there were three mighty fine places where he could have stopped.
Mr James Reed, a leading Clay Court House merchant in West Virginia, bruised his leg badly against a cake of coal and faced severe swelling and pain. After ineffective treatments and whisky soaks, Chamberlains Pain Balm cured him in a week, avoiding possible amputation. Pain Balm advertised as unequaled for sprains and bruises.
October term of county court in Tunkhannock concluded with cases disposed including Commonwealth v Cobb and v Rosengrant. Defendants were held to keep the peace for one year with costs, and Ella Harding received a lenient sentence of $1 fine and costs plus commitment until payment.
James Hilbert of Broad Street Scranton narrowly escaped death after a coal yard train began moving while he crawled under a car to cross. He grabbed a truck axle and was dragged about 200 feet before the train stopped and workers rescued him. He suffered mainly bruises to the body and himba.
Pittston reports with Richard Watkins aiding the West Pittston church choir and soloist duties, Marine William Morris stationed on the Alabama at League Island. Luzerne County Fair plans matinee races at 1.30, with detailed entries and track records. Black Diamond of Pittston faces Stars at North Scranton, 8.50 p.m. fire at Exeter Machine Works caused minor damage, Helen Mosler returns from Buskill, NY.
The city’s recognized musical group performs at a prominently placed pagoda so all can hear. Demonstrators distribute samples to visitors and plan to continue through the exhibition period, as Jonas Long's Sons promotes the event.
Broad Street Methodist Episcopal Sunday school hosts a large attendance for Rally Day. R D Lacoe and family return to West Pittston from Harvey's Lake. A Harvey's Lake Cool cottage fire alarmed residents, no injuries reported. John Ormsby dies at Mercy Hospital after hospitalization. Very Rev Eugene Garvey assists in Freeland church dedication. St Aloysius Society adds 32 new members. 182 joined in one week with temperance push from Father Garvey. A thief steals $33 from Daniel Miller's West Pittston home during Sunday absence.
The Chicago Institute unveils a French crafted exhibit on the development of the chicken in eggs and related dissections of rat, crayfish, snake, and lizard. The collection highlights mimicry and insect protection, gelatin enlargements of plants and diseases, and human and animal skulls to illustrate chewing and digestion.
During the Spanish war at Fort Slocum New York Harbor an officer complains of indigestion. A colonel reveals his only remedy is Ripani tablets. A fellow officer offers a 5 cent carton and the doctor learns what Ripans are and praises them as a good thing.
A display features a brain development series from insects to humans and another on digestive and circulatory systems across animals. A large mushrooms exhibit forms part of a color study in minerals, with a Berlin machine in the basement projecting exact on-screen representations of specimens and living beings.
The Pittsburg Time notes corporations often condemned for wrongdoing aided Galveston after the disaster. Railroads donated free freight, telegraph firms handled relief messages, and losses were incurred by the carriers. Outlawed Banchard company sent 16,000 dollars, Carnegie Steel gave 10,000, and Chicago Clearing House sent 10,000 to support relief efforts.
An orchestral appeal note urges readers to support the Eugene Field Memorial Souvenir Fund for a benefactor project honoring the poet. It explains a fundraising split between the Field family and a fund and asks contributors to include postage of 10 cents with their donation.
The New York stock exchange contributes five thousand dollars and Jones and Laughlin donate one thousand as corporations nationwide open purses. Despite criticism, big capital shows generosity while corporations act to balance public welfare against scrutiny and preserve operation.
An advertising claim promotes Laxative Brome Quinine as a cure for a cold in one day. It states no cure, pay and lists a price of 26 cents. The brief notice presents product wording common to period medical patent remedies with minimal detail.
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