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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1900
Page
2
Special to the Scranton Tribune Hallstead reports indicate public schools closed for a teachers Institute in Montrose. Evangelistic meetings begin at the Presbyterian church with daily sessions. local notables attend marriages, obituaries, and civic updates. a 5000 dollar graded school is planned at Herrick Centre.
Erie freight traffic continues heavy as engineer Slocum of Port Jarvis suffers injuries in Susquehanna last Friday evening with recovery deemed unlikely. Also notes sermons at St. John's Catholic. Buckley building a residence on Washington Baroel. hunting season opened. fire on West Main street minor loss. priests attended St. John's devotions. funeral of D. W. Hine. Loretta Connell to Huntington for winter. Governor Roosevelt to visit Heaquehanna on October 7.
Daniel Vanvalkenberg has moved into rooms behind Frank Gelatt's store from Duane Pond. J Mulvey of Port Jervis left for home after a two day visit with Miss Jane Mulvey and family. Mrs Rosetta Pease of West Jackson visits sisters in Thompson. Sub-district League convention to be held at the Methodist Episcopal church next Friday with speakers Revs Clark and Van Hoeen. Rev P R Tower to speak at North Jackson on Prohibition. Funeral of Dayton R Hine of the township aged 69 held at the Methodist Episcopal church with large attendance. interment in Thompson cemetery. Odd Fellows conducted burial. Ellen Potter of Binghamton visiting Mrs Giles Lewis. Local representatives Brown Wrighter Nitter in Binghamton for Thompson Creamery matters. Mrs William Partridge from White Mills attended Hine funeral and visited Mrs Lewis before returning home.
Regular meeting of Lehigh Valley railroad trainmasters held in Sayre with W W Cook W D Bird R R Cross and others in attendance. Also semi annual Churches of Christ meeting closed in Sayre. Remains of Mrs A Kileher to be buried at Towanda. Red Men parade and meeting planned with Grand Sachem Aversa.
Hopbottom notes Mr Pred Stone from New York visiting his parents Mr and Mrs A Stone as they host a pleasant surprise arrival Saturday. An addition is planned for the new creamery to improve milk handling, with contractors sharing for an ice house and expansion. Also noted are visits by Tom Law of Binghamton and the arrival of a new physician Dr Siekler from Buttermilk Falls to set up in Mrs Ida Tiffany’s home. D J Carpenter of Huntington joins family visiting locals.
Mrs Candace Newton has come back to her parents home from Brooklyn New York where she cared for her son’s wife for several months. Work may start soon on Main Street on Ida Tiffany property. Hunters enjoy themselves as squirrels migrate due to dry weather. Edwin Oakley estate farm sold at executor sale last week and baid off by A M Tiffany.
Mrs Ray Beardsley of Binghamton has left after a week in Factoryville. Red Jacket lodge 524 installed new officers with Deputy Grand Master Sturdevant in attendance. Paulowna Rebekah lodge 68 held regular meeting and transacted routine business. I St Amand, noted veteran fisherman, reports fine pickerel in October. Reuben Gardner, injured at State College, is improving and expected to fully recover. Mrs Wilson Stark and two others depart for Uniontown as Wyoming County WCTU delegates for a week. Erving Biddleman and Miles Bills reported a hunt yielding twenty three grey squirrels seven pheasants and one American eagle.
The October term at Tunkhannock opened with twenty two cases but ended early as many were settled. Sheriff Gray recovered a prisoner who escaped Sunday evening after leaving the outer door unfastened. The case Keeler vs Little and Frear ended in settlement. Hills vs Lemon verdict favored the defendant after the plaintiff failed to appear. One juror was discharged and the rest adjourned for a later session. Local visitors include Mrs. J. Turn and F. Wheaton visiting for ongoing Neeler Little salt trial.
Members of Nicholson lodge No. 47 O I O F held their meeting on October 15 with District Deputy Grand Master BK. WK. Sturdevant in attendance and officers installed. Visiting relatives included Mrs. H W Kling and Mrs A A Knapp. Mrs G B Van Wert and three children from Brooklyn visited town. Revival services continued at the Methodist church with Rev W M Hiller from Factoryville set to preach again.
An advertisement touts Taxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets as a cure for a cold in one day. It states no cure means you pay nothing and lists a price of five cents.
James Hilbert of Broadstreet died at 1 a m from injuries after being crushed while crossing a railroad track at Old Forge. He crawled under a car, grabbed its axle as the train started, and was dragged about 200 feet. He was 66, survived by a wife and five children. He belonged to Odd Fellows branches. Funeral set for Thursday at 2:30 p m. A Mine Workers mass meeting and a Republican rally are announced in Duryea areas with local leaders to speak.
The piece traces early electrical power use from 19th century beginnings to major plants. It notes General Electric's growth from under $120,000 annual output to over $4,000,000 contracts, Coffin's rise to head of a 14,000-employee company, and initial experiments at Battle Mills Rhode Island. It highlights Niagara Falls and New York streetcar capacity, cross-border Canadian plans, and the cost dynamics of transmitting power, with examples from Fresno, Provo, Kalamazoo, Tacoma, and Santa Rosalia. It also mentions mining and global use in South Africa, Australia, and Mexico, plus early coal operations in Carnetton, Pennsylvania.
Official notice lists remaining letters at the Boranton postoffice Lackawanna county with many names from Italian Polish Hungarian communities. Recipients are asked to claim by presenting advertised date and list number. The notice includes multiple names, plural foreign language groups, and a boxed entry for W. D. Zachman. West Scranton Station appears as the likely posting location.
Wall Street today saw declines early then a rally led by Union Pacific with large block trades. Norfolk and Western and other rails followed. overall volumes fell, profits were taken, and the market closed heavy with many declines though some steel andPepper products fortified gains amid municipal price controls chatter. Total sales 692,400 shares. bonds up on demand with United States issues advancing.
Fragmented OCR list shows dairy product pricing and items with inconsistent spellings. Specifics include creamery references, cheese, onions, flour and various prices such as $2.40 and $2.20 per unit, plus a $4.00 item.
A weathered Philadelphia market listing shows wheat and corn values for October with mixed quality grades, dairy products and live poultry notes. It records receipts of nearly 20 thousand barrels of oil and over two million pounds of sacks, plus thousands of bushels of wheat and corn among shipment totals for the period.
In New York on October 10 the market shows mixed activity across dairy and grain lines. Wheat and corn futures display firmness on certain grades while others remain dull, with readings highlighting No 2 red and western white options and noting steady to higher closes.
The Chicago market report shows wheat and oats closing higher with mixed quotes for various grain types and prices for pork, land, shoulders, whiskey, sugar, and granulated products. A fragmented OCR record lists items including No 2 red, No 2 corn, No 2 oats, and several price figures such as 4iMo for oats and 1.87 for whiskey.
Chicago market notes show 3 500 head including 1 200 western and Texans with 5 carloads at 45 for best on sale. Slower dealers and steady to strong bids for cattle, calves up 26 cents from a week ago, cows and heifers trading around 2 05 to 1 70. Texans receipts light, daily totals incomplete and unsettled prices.
Fragmentary market notes indicate steer and lamb values across Texas markets. Mentions include steers under clear price references, mixed quality sheep and lambs, and variable demand from buyers. Trade appears uneven with some lots described as steady and others slower or lower in value.
Market bulletin shows cattle steady with prime and common grades at various bids. Hog values described as slow after mixed tones, with light and heavy categories noted and veal calves mentioned with limited details.
Fragmented OCR item mentions cattle shipments and livestock like calves pigs and sheep with inconsistent figures and place labels. Details are unreadable and scattered across lines, hindering precise summary of quantities, dates, or destinations.
Fragmentary OCR data lists various livestock headings and prices, including calves sheep lambs hogs and mixed lots, with illegible numbers and stray words. The entry quality is poor and many terms are garbled, hindering reliable extraction of entities or a coherent sale summary.
The fragment references OW City options and credit balances with digits 11 and 101,074 barrels with 12,670 Durrels. It mentions no Vids shipments and unclear terms such as duurrels and certificateon, leaving reader with incomplete financial and shipping data.
Mild social notices list visits moves and gatherings in Bhickshinny Wilkes Barre and Bear Creek. Diphtheria claims Frances Danaher of Connellton. family illness continues. Local clubs meet at Hotel Tonnetti and Primitive Methodist church stages revival nightly this week.
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