Wildcat Attack Leaves Man Injured in Susquehanna County
Sam Felton of Cascade narrowly survives a wildcat assault near Gulf Summit after the animal leaps from a tree and the pair fall into a 20 foot well. Felton crushes the cat with a stone and is rescued, badly torn and clothing torn. Also notes local events including tannery workers seeking work in Binghamton, a Roosevelt meeting in Susquehanna, and community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Tribune
Susquehanna
Sam Felton
Cascade
Gulf Summit
Gilbert
Felton
Sam
Great Bend
Binghamton
Carbondale
Roosevelt
Jefferson
Eve Hose Company
Hogan Opera House
William A. Skinner
McKinsey and Roosevelt
Montrose
Daughters of the Revolution Attend Wilkes-Barre State Convention
A Tunkhannock delegation led by Mrs. James W. Platt and other members attends the state convention of the Daughters of the Revolution in Wilkes-Barre. The local chapter, organized only months ago, now lists about fifty members and hosts visitors from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunkhannock
Daughters of the Revolution
Wilkes-Barre
James W. Platt
H. M. Bunnell
W. N. Reynolds
L. F. Camp
EB. J. Jorden
J. 8. Stark
Henry Harding
Louis Piolette
Baltimore
W. N. Reynolds, Jr
F. Nf. Littte
William H. McCartney
Tt. T. Phillips
Luzerne
Lake Carey
Dauphin County
Wdmiston
Bradford County
Z. Wells Renolds
Norfolk
Frank Herrick
J. S. Turn
Catherine Townsend
Buffalo
Pittston Deaths and Local Incidents
Al Gowan aged twenty son of William Gowan dies after a two week illness of peritonitis. Catherine Lalty three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs James Lalty dies. Wirt Hewitt of Trenton NJ returns to Pittston to join United States Express. Edward Neff son of John Neff arrested for robbing Hygiene Milk cash register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittston
al. Gowan
William Gowan
Gowan
Catherine
James Lalty
Pedrick Road
Wirt Hewitt
Trenton
N. J
United States Express Company
Edward Neff
John Neff
Hygiene Milk Company
Miner injury rattles Inkerman shaft operations
Six weeks earlier Fre posted bail of 300 dollars after a hearing before Alderman Loftus. A Marcy vein squeeze at the 6 shaft of the Pennsylvania Coal Co in Inkerman prompted removal of mine mules as a precaution and a slight surface disturbance. Nora Lindsay of Reese Lane’s Scranton office visited the area Sunday. A Polander reported robbed of 7.60 near the D and H depot Cork Lane. locals directed the stranger away and the depot agent David Padfield aided him overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Street
Alderman Loftus
Marcy
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Inkerman
Nora Lindsay
Reese & Lane
Scranton
Delaware and Hudson
Cork Lane
Old Country
Duryea
Jane Ruflans
David Padfield
Edmunds and a foreign visitor recall impossible American feats
A Saturday Evening Post account recalls George F. Edmunds in Philadelphia at Rit tenhouse Square with a foreign guest. The former senator jokes that nothing is impossible in America and quips about marching a brass band while Negroes march the other way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Edmunds
United States
Vermont
Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Washington
Capitol
Senate
Congressional Library
America
Mr. Edmunds
Pennsylvania Avenue
Electrical gun described by Newcastle engineer
The London Times reports James Jude of Newcastle has invented a patent centrifugal quick firing machine gun. It stands five feet high and weighs about five hundredweight with electricity driving a high speed disk. Bullets enter at the axle and are projected at about 2000 feet per second, capable of continuous fire with one shot per fourth revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Blyth Dry Docks
Leval
Newcastle-on-Tyne
James Jude
Newcastle
Judge Yerkes Defends Grand Jury Power in Bucks Court
Judge Yerkes criticizes efforts to abolish grand juries and warns that removing juries would leave citizens exposed to unjust judges and prosecutors. He praises the grand jury as a shield for rights and urges vigilance against attacks on the jury system. The speech underscores ongoing reform and the need for independent, secret sessions to address abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yerkes
Bucks County Court
Grand Jury
To a Good Soldier
Remarkable tribute to Private Weslie A Brass by Richard Harding Davis from the Saturday Evening Post. Davis, a war correspondent with the army bound for Cuba, shows how to win soldiers goodwill through a poignant incident following Brass’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Harding Davis
Cuba
Massachusetts
Weslie A. Brass
Davis
Tribute of Flowers For Young Soldier’s Burial
A townsman, Mr. Davis, sought flowers for a fallen young soldier. He traveled sixteen miles to Lakeland for blooms and returned to place a cross of labs on the casket. Lacking a flag, he improvised with red white and blue ribbon and left a fading tribute at the home town service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeland
Mr. Davis
Ife
Tle
Davis
Cgood Belfirer
Stingy Wife Proves Economy At Market
A St Paul official’s wife, famed for thrift, dragged her husband through stalls to prove cheap eggs exist. At 16 cents a dozen she balked, finding a dealer offering eggs at 15 cents. She paid 8 cents for six eggs, claiming others were robbers, while her husband and friends laughed at the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Street
Ife
Reverend Donahoe Endorses Cough Remedy
On December 10 1897 Rev A Donahoe pastor of the M E church South Pt Pleasant WV contracted a severe cold with violent coughing. He tried various domestic specifics and then bought Chamberlains Cough Remedy which he says acted like a charm and he recommends it to the public. Matthew Bros wholesale and retail agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Donahoe
M. E. Church
South
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Matthew Bros
Doctor warns of trailing skirts danger in Rome talk
Dr Casagrandi told a medical association in Rome that long skirts pose a hazard as he reported using several women in skirts to walk the streets for an hour to study safety and dress practices.
Minx Betty Mayne Returns to Lindenthorpe Scandal
Betty Mayne, back in Lindenthorpe after years away, shocks villagers with daring dress and bold behavior at church. She flirts with church warden Silas Attenborough, who carries her across rocks to the shore and up to the shingle, prompting gossip and playful backlash from Miss Griggs and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Mayne
Lindenthorpe
Miss Mayne
Gea
Seaboard
London
Silas Attenborough
Attenborough
Rose
Lindenthorne
Miss Griggs
Opin
Ion
Mr. Attenborough
Wade
Doctors condemn long skirts after bacteriologic scare
Dr Casagrandi tests skirts after a promenade and finds colonies of influenza, tuberculosis, typhoid, tetanus, and other bacilli on each skirt. He argues mothers should stop wearing long skirts and a congress resolves to ban them for street wear, noting fashion influences limit reform. Encouragement comes from vogue of bicycle and golf skirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elty
Casagrandi
Congress
I Will Not Marry You Until City Rebates Come
A Chicago Record tale shows a young woman refusing marriage to Mr Spoonamore until she receives long overdue rebates from the city on her building lots near Linklyn Park. She explains she cannot afford a bridal trousseau and awaits the tax rebates before agreeing to wed. The rejected suitor departs in despair as the scene ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elrl
Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Ad
Laxative Bromo Quinine table promises to cure a cold in one day. Ad copy touts relief from coughs and colds with a pay if not cured offer. Price listed as 25 cents.
Local Produce Prices Listing Nearby Market
Catalogue lists dairy and produce items with prices including cream moll and potatoes. Descriptions are partially unreadable but indicate weights and unit prices such as cream at two dollars and ten cents and flour patent at a similar rate.
East Buffalo Ledger Scrape Yields Odd Phrase Fragments
Fragmentary OCR text from East Buffalo notes includes scattered names and numbers. The legible bits reference individuals, hog counts, and unclear terms, forming an incomprehensible snippet with no coherent event or outcome to report.
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Pennsylvania
Whitney
Farmer
Ladies' Home Journal
Susquehanna County
J. Colclough
Upsonville
Sheldon
Hallstead Presbyterian Church
C. N. van Ness
Hallstead
Great Bend County
William Baldwin
Sachem
Fred Wright
Congreso Las Winter
Teomargarine
Elmira
Balvell
The
Edmunds
London Times
Judge Yerkes
Chamberlain
Springfield Republican
Jon
Long's Sons
Vjo
Long
Bauer's Orchestra
R. J. Bauer
Donas Long
Chicago Record
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
Tribune
M. Jordan
Oyracing Mears
American Tobacco
Nash
Manhattan
Traction
Missouri Pacific Sone
Fray
Lt Central
Cvee
Sutlern Pacific
Norfolk & Western
Bay
North
Pacific
N.Y. Central
Wear
Lily Faeifle
C. & Fron
U. S
All Union Pacille
Lnion Pacille
Western Union
New York
Flent National Bank
Scranton Savingw Co
Seranton Pachin Ank
Eeene
Wee Keenonw Light
Trosthaf Deposit Co
Seranton
Clark & Snover Co
Feneg Espanaee
Scranton Iron Foner & Mig. Co
Lackawanna Dal x Coe
County Savings Bank & Trust Co
Sou First Nathona Bank
Warbondale
Mre Standard Drilling Co
Padsetaaeeseae Traders
National Walssevreeneerees
Scranton Bolt and Nut CO
Soreeree
People’s Street Railway
Aeapees
Heople
Bereeee
City of Scranton
St. Imp
Peneene
G. Dale
Lackawanna Ave
Buffalo Livestock Market
East Buffalo
Det
Rome
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