Fire and losses strike Northeastern Pennsylvania towns
Special to the Scranton Tribune reports two fires near Pittston and Duryea causing multiple dwelling losses. A kerosene lamp explosion in Pittston dormitories killed 42 year old Italian inmate Itallange Serra. seven buildings destroyed including homes owned by Butler Mine Company and local residents. In Duryea, a back-road fire burned four structures including Mrs Bauman and Thomas Bates properties, with Bates later noting prior hotel loss and insured values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Tribune
Pittston
Cot
Boston
Itallange
John Serra
Pittston Hospital
Old Country
Butler Mine Company
Pine Street
Huilding
Thomas Hohan
William Wall
James Givnn
Hancock
Thomas Bohan
Pike County Institute Opens as Teachers Gather
Milford Oct 22 Pike County Institute opened today with 68 of 74 teachers present. Rev Henry Lille led devotional exercises. President George Sawyer welcomed attendees and outlined institute aims. Prof Hockenberry spoke on the dignity of the profession and Prof Dick on what teachers should know.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Milford
Pike County Institute
Henry Lille
Matamoros
Georges Sawyer
Wilson
D. H. Hornbek
Malony
Sawyer
WH. J. Hockenberry
Public Schools of
Carbondale
West Chester
First deer killed sights season opens in Pike County
Special to the Scranton Tribune from Milford Oct 1 The first deer of the season was killed by Philadelphia Sportsmen A party including George Hayden and Harry Blaze both of Philadelphia and three York men hunted at Rock Hill pond twelve miles from Milford The deer weighed 225 pounds and was four pronged Twenty birds were also killed The Pike County season looks promising with many city burials expected later ons
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Philadelphia
George Hayden
Harry Blaze
York
Rock Hill Pond
Pike County
Wayne County Teachers Institute Meeting Set
Homedale Oct 23 The thirty second annual session of the Wayne county teachers institute will be held on November 6. The gathering aims to discuss local education needs and advance teaching standards across Wayne county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne County
Scranton Tribune
Wayne County Teachers’ Institute
Woman Burned to Death in Lanseboro Barn Fire
Mrs. Edna Van Horn aged widow of Lanseboro near Susquehanna died after her clothing caught fire when a lamp toppled in a barn blaze that also destroyed a cow, hay, and farming tools. A neighbor smothered the flames with a wet blanket. She was mother of Charles E. Van Horn and funeral was planned for the day.
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Susquehanna
Oct
Edna van Horn
Belmont Turnpike
Lanveboro
van Horn
Charles E. van Horn
Lanesboro
Musical Festival Delights Honesdale Audience
In Honesdale on October 22 a large audience attended a Baptist church musical festival featuring Mrs. William Clark Isabel C Harroun Mrs H J Whalen Mr and Mrs A K Harrison Me F C Gill Mrs Jessie M Dolmetsch Mrs A C Tolley Mrs T A Crossiey Misa Eleanor S Kimble Dr B E W Burns Mr A M Leine Miss Carrie Kallach Miss Grace Whitney and Sawyer's band of seventeen. Little Isabel Harroun impressed with A Simple Little String. Receipts totaled about eighty dollars and a quart supper followed at the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honesdale
Baptist
Misa Eleanor
Kimble
BE. W. Burns
A. M. Lelne
Carrie Kallach
Grace Whitney
Sawyer
Isabel Harroun
Towanda Notes On Theater Shipments and Local News
Joseph Arthur presents The Cherry Pickers at Kirby’s Opera House this Tuesday with Towanda orchestra music. The play features a cannon scene and references to India’s mixed descendants called half casts. L M Spencer sold eleven tons of apples this season and Rhode Island greens came from a tall tree. Over 600 teachers will attend Towanda’s annual institute next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towanda
Joseph Arthur
Kirby
Opera House
India
L. M. Spencer
Canton
Rhode Island
F. L. Kinner
Weller
Athens
George P. Barton
Chicago
Henry Harding
Handrick
Tunkhannock
Marietta Meredith
Sadie Protheroe
Edith Thompson
West Chester Normals
Dool
Smith
C. J. Smith
Columbus
Ohio
Pittston Local Notes Highlight Turnover and Projects
William McFarlin resigns as out able foreman at Babylon colliery Duryea effective Oct 1 Herbert Matthew Eun to succeed. Mt Lookout breaker rebuild contract awarded Lamersan Smith Forty Fort work to start and structure ready by April. Eagle hotel tonight hosts Eun drill squad in full uniform. Ewen shafting break halted operations for a few days Good Samaritan lodge eyed to form a glee society to compete for a prize in Philadelphia later.
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Pittston
William McFarlin
Babylon
Duryea
Herbert Matthew- Eun
Mt. Lookout
Wyoming
Svnre
Lamersan & Smith
Forty Fort
Eagle Hotel
Ewen
Good Samaritan Lodge
American Protestant Association
Philadelphia
Cold split apples and frost hit Honesdale area
Honesdale reports unusually cold weather on Saturday night freezing remaining apples on trees. Shovels and workmen mobilized Sunday to clear streets while residents like Rev. and Mrs. William H. Swift attended reunions in Unionville New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beranton Tribune
Honesdale
Delaware
Paudson
William H. Swift
Familly Reunies
Unionville
Orange County
N.Y
Loulwa M
Dorland
Miners Burned After Gas Explosion at Nottingham Colliery
Wilkes Barre Pa October 23 A heavy gas explosion at the Nottingham colliery of the Lehigh and Wilkes Barre Coal company in Plymouth injures five men and a boy. The boy and three men may die from their injuries. Victims include William Hope Peter Loleod Civorge Romanus Adam Jones Thomas D Davia and Michael Dandish. A rescue party pulled the injured to the surface where doctors waited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Nottingham
Lehigh and Wilkes- Barre Coal Company
Plymouth
William Hope
Peter Loleod
Civorge Romanus
Adam Jones
Thomas D. Davia
Michael Dandish
Editors Meet as Northeastern Press Association Plans Laceyville Meet
Northeastern Pennsylvania Press association will meet at Laceyville next Saturday afternoon to discuss handling of subscription lists. Editors plan presentations on canvassing pay and extending credit when collections are not in advance, including talks by Parsons of the Argus Newell of the Dushore Review and Day of the Tunkhannock Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towanda
Northeastern Pennsylvania Press Association
Laceyville
A. Parsons
The
Argus
Fred Newell
Dushore Review
Ty Alvin Day
Tunkhannock Democrat
Entertainments At High School Courthouse In Tunkhannock
The Library association of the Tunkhannock high school presents a program at the courthouse featuring the C. M. Parker Concert company of Buffalo with vocal, instrumental music and readings. A separate note announces a San Francisco Musical troupe at Platts opera house and details about a canning factory project meeting and plans.
Susquehanna County Briefs Highlight Illnesses Events
Susquehanna notices report Thomas Hesketh improving at Maple avenue home while Colonel William Telford gains condition. Washington camp plans annual meeting November 1. Local business shifts include John P. Shanahan selling his Main Street shop to John J. Ryan. Forty hours devotions begin at St. John's and Rev. J J Griffin preaches. Dr W W Fletcher and Mrs Lathrop visit town. Mrs Birdsall returns from Philadelphia. Keck Band Concert set for Hogan Opera House under Baptist auspices. Funeral of Edna Von Horn held at Bethel Methodist with interment at Thompson cemetery.
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Susquehanna
Thomas Hesketh
Maple Avenue
Washington Camp
Patriotic Sons of America
Jefferson Branch
John P. Shanahan
Main Street
John J. Rya
Samuel Birdsall
Philadelphia
International Commercial College
Syracuse
Methodist
W. H. Starr
Delaware
Erie
Chicago and Alton Railway
Kansas City
W. W. Fletcher
Carbondale
D Lathrop
Carbondale Leader
Mra
New York
Mre
Edna von Horn
Lanesboro
Bethel Methodist Church
D.C. Barnes
Lancabore Methodist Church
Offtciating
Thompson Cemetery
Keck Band
Hogan Opera House
The
Baptist Church
St. John's Catholic Church
J. J. Oritin
Local Notes Highlight Church Events and Community News
The article lists multiple local happenings. Rev. P. F. Brodrick will assist with devotions, while Mrs. Hoynton plans to buy books in New York. The Susquehanna graded school prepares a new illustrated catalogue. Epworth league schedules entertainment at Hogan Opera house. Arthur W. Cooke relocates his job printing to Deposit. Red Men meeting of the Past Sachem association met in Hallstead. Mrs. William H. Strachen attended the Daughters of Pocahontas council in Easton. A Ithaca visit by John Shanahan and an Australian lecturer spoke at the Baptist church with an upcoming illustrated lecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. F. Brodrick
Diaenese
Hoynton
Young Men's Lbrary
New York
Susquehanna Graded School
Epworth League
the Methodist Church
Hogan Opera House
Arthur W. Cooke
Deposit Journal
Sachem
Improved Order of Red Men
Hallstead
William H. Strachen
Easton
State Grand Council of Daughters of Pocahontas
Rebecca Council
John Shanahan
Ithaca
Melbourne
Australia
Baptist Church
Twenty Fifth Anniversary and Local News From Avoca Area
The notice recalls the twenty fifth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs John Hastie at the North End with about a hundred guests and gifts. It mentions Janet Browns marriage to John Hastie decades ago, and lists obituaries for James Morris of Avoca with services to be held by Rev Pascoe, plus community updates from Avoca Hose Company fair opening and local visits. Markets section notes a bull run in New York stocks with varied sector performance and heavy Breen Bay income bond trading.
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John Hastie
North End
Harfer
Pittaton
Janet
Brown
John Hastle
T. J. Stewart
Langcliffe Church
James Morris
J. H. Christian
Main Street
Avoca
Harry
James Browning
Scranton
Nathan Morris
Hurghestown
R. M. Pascoe
Marcy Cemetery
William Bennett
Philadelphia
Avoca Sons of Temperance
T. F. O'Brien
Jermyn
Ovent
Terrence McAndrew
T. J. Hendricks
Benjamin McGlynn
Michael O'Malley
John Snyder
Trucksville
Kingston
Avoca Hose Company
Masonic Hose Company
New York
Wall Street
Louisville
Norfolk
Ghrangers
Northwestern
Pacific
Southern Pacific
Chicago
St. Louis
New York Central
Waa
Pullman
Anaconda
United States
York
He Tribune
J. A
Stock Exchange
Wonswell- Hell
Scranten
Tal
Vibaceo
Pde
S. Fe
Beth Thu
Balto
Ohlo
Bay
Brooklyn HK
Boone
Ohla
West
St. Py
BR. T
Steel
General Electric
Manhattan
Traction Ives
Missa
Central
S&s
Union Pacific
Steel Company Expands to Boost Chicago Output
American Steel announces directors authorized purchasing a one fifth interest in the Mahoning ore properties, the largest in the Mess a region. The firm rebuilds three blast furnaces to double capacity to 100,000 tons daily and just completed a new 10 inch mill at Johnstown. August tonnage totaled 73,000 tons with 65,000 finished and 20,000 pig iron. September output fell to 70,000 tons with one fewer working day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Guthrie
American Steel Company
Messa
Johnstown
Steamships in Collision Off Cardiff
The British steamships Volage under Captain Johnson and Devona under Captain Tait collided while at sea. Both vessels returned to Cardiff for repairs after sustaining severe damage. The Volage was bound for Vera Cruz and the Devona for Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Volage
Johnson
Cardiff
Vera Crus
Devona
Tait
Montreal
Typhoid Fever Breaks Out in Klondike Camp
Advices from Cape Nome Alaska brought by the steamship Lakme report typhoid fever in severe form in a Klondike camp. Over 250 patients are in the hospital and five deaths have occurred. The Lakme departed Cape Nome October 6.
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Seattle
Cape Nome
Alaska
Steamskip
Lakme
Forest Fire Near Bushkill Ravages Ten Miles
A fierce forest fire has burned for four days in Itke County near Bushkill, starting at Silver Lake and spreading about ten miles. Timber loss is reported as the flames were checked four miles from Bushkill and then redirected toward Digmana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Tribune
Stroadsburg
Bushkill
Itke County
Silver Lake
Digmana
East Liberty Cattle Market Prices Report
Kiant Liberty Owl Catilo Steady prices show prime cattle at $4.65 and best workers at 40 cents. Hog weights heavy with $4.90 quoted. Sheep steady with choice workers and lambs around $5.20 to $5.40, veal calves noted at 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiant Liberty
Owl
Hilo
Scranton Wholesale Market Dairy Prices Note
Corrected pricing list from Scranton wholesale market includes butter creamery goods and dairy items. Notes mention multiple food products with unit prices per bushel and per box, including beans and onions, with miscellaneous prices and descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
G. Daly
Lackawanna Avenue
Grain Prices and Market Terms in Philadelphia Listing
A garbled report from Philadelphia shows grain market notes with mixed wheat and flour terms, contract grades, and various No. 2 classifications. It references oct and coat terms, with unclear spellings for mixed and white wheat products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Fragmentary Wheat and Poultry Markets Reported in Dense OCR
The readable portions show prices and terms for flour, rye flour, and wheat, with notes on butter, sugar, and poultry demand. Mentions include terms like patent, fair to good quality, western winter clear, and various unspecified bargains, with several unclear figures and unit counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western
Suis
Zauthe
Ala
Soltliwaalory
Lange
New York Grain and Produce Market Report Summary
The New York grain market shows firmer tones as wheat leads gains on strong demand and weather expectations. Prices for No 2 red winter and other futures edge higher amid futures options activity with some declines in nearby months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oct. S
Mali
Northern
Duluth
Jini
Marah
Uae
Sata
Butte
Weeters Creamery
Wmathe
June
Natuge
Vale
State Dairy
Madic
Masi
Chicago Grain and Produce Sums Mixed Market Movements
Chicago markets showed varied activity with December wheat futures advancing while other grains showed declines. Cash quotations listed prices for flour stout rye oats barley and various seeds with pork and whiskey prices noted amid general buying interest in wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Corm
Frye
Northwest
Tere Lund
Dee Sylt
Whiakey
Livestock Market Notes From Prime July Trade
Reading shows varied cattle and sheep activity with prime offerings quoted. Prices among calves bulls and yearlings mix with lighter demand, early trades active at premium prices and overall softer market as week closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teedora
Market Report Echoes Quiet Trading and Mixed Prices
NY market news notes uneven activity with cattle and sheep quoted at varying bids. Prices around $40 for some goods appear, while others show higher and lower moves amid a subdued trading day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amie
Helle
Toute
FTSS
Canada
Sie
Chiy Get Zot Vilit Balanons 1ey Oortifromtien
In a garbled OCR fragment a set of names and terms appears with no clear events. The readable bits include references to PLA and MSS and a mention of coverage. No coherent person or action can be established from the fragment.
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Chiy
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Elusive
David L. Hower
Henry BR
Sanford
A. M
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A.J. Kinnman
George P. Bible
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Seeney
Coe
Pierce
Honesdale Baptist Church
Bradford County
Northeastern Pennsylvania Association
Bersnton Tribune
Asa & Keller, Esq
Simon Stone
Meshoppen
Susquehanna County
Ne Saiey
Die
Wall Street Review
Klondike
East Liberty Cattle Market
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
First National Henk Panes Scranton Savings
Seranton Packing Co
Third National Bank
Tighe, H
Cao
Nike Seranten Ne
Seranton
Lacka
Firnt & Sale
Scranton Maint
Clark & Snover Co
Clark & Snover
Tron Fence & Mfg. Co
Seranton Axle
Don Lucka, Dairy Co
Auhigyenee Co
Savings
Nk & Trust Co
Scranton Pann
Tailie Way Sey Veeres
Ann Mortgane
People's Street Mortgage
Railwar
People’s Street Railwa
Eral Mortgnge
Duc Yen Yvekwon Manufacturing
A. Na Wok
Ownehip Beho
Elec
Admiral Dewey
New York Citizen's Committee
Dewey Watch
B. W. Blauvelt CO
New York City
the Scranton Bedding Co
Morris
East Mountain
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Joseph Ross
West Lackawanna Avenue
Scranton, Pa
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