Farmers gain over a billion in crop and livestock value
The report shows farmers' crops adding 647,034,029 and livestock value rising to 995,955,914 this year, with corn and hay leading gains from 1899 to 1900. The era remains prosperous as voters decide how to sustain employment and consumer vitality. Obituary and local notices follow, including Mercy hospital death and Daughters of the American Revolution officers elected.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Catia
MMR
Bear on Tracks Ends Sailor Engineer's Ride Near Glen Eyre
Veteran engineer Benjamin Gardner, honored recently, faced a rare encounter as a monster black bear blocked his train near Glen Eyre. The bear derailed no cars. Gardner escaped uninjured, though the animal was killed. Two bears had been seen in the area prior.
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Honesdale
Benjamin Gardner
Allen House
Lackin- Waxen
Glen Eyre
Braln
Mr. Gardner
West Pittston and Tunkhannock Battle Ends 11-5
In Tunkhannock on Saturday West Pittston and Tunkhannock football clashed with the locals edging ahead 11 to 5. Pittston scored once in the first half, but both Tunkhannock scores came in the second half, the final tally just before time. The crowd saw a tight, evenly matched contest. Prohibition candidate E. J. Sumner visited town promoting his candidacy, amid local political chatter about the ballot.
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Tunkhannock
West Pittston
Pittston
E. J. Sumner
Prohibition
New Milford
Bradford County
Edmiston
Misa Anna Sterling
Meshoppen
G. N. Doyle
Nicholton
Tle
Catharine Townsend
Wyoming Avenue
B. Littl
Scranton
John W. Gray
Philadelphia
James Terry
Martin Clifford
Wilkes
Orre
Pratt’s
Opera House
Wyoming County
Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold
Ad for Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets promises quick relief from cold symptoms. Claims to stop coughing and cure cold in one day with no cure, price 25 cents.
Illness Strikes Susquehanna Avenue Resident Misa McMillan
Misa Agnes McMillan of Susquehanna avenue West Willetton is critically ill with typhoid meningitis. Mrs Henry Martin, 70, died Saturday at her daughter Mrs Alexander Allens home in Oregon Heights after long illness with paralysis. A husband and seven children survive. Funeral set for Monday at 2 30 pm. Mrs Thomas Brown of Cork Lane.
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Scranton Tribune
Pliteton
Misa Agnes McMilan
Susquehanna Avenue
Henry Martin
Alexander Allen
Oregon Heights
Thomas Brown
Cork Lane
Palm Balm Heals Clergyman’s Bruised Leg After Ice Injury
Mr James Reed of Clay Court House West Virginia bruised his leg by striking ice. After swelling and severe pain he could not walk and tried multiple ointments and whisky baths. A week of Chamberlains Palm Balm brought almost complete recovery, preventing possible amputation. Reed is a leading merchant. Pain Balm is advertised for sprains bruise and rheumatism.
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James Reed
Chamberlain
Reed
Clay Court House
W. Va
Matthew Bros
Ladies Auxiliary Meeting at St Aluylus Society
Miss Belinda Dougherty returns from Mercy hospital after weeks with typhoid fever. Mr and Mrs Frank Howard move into their finished Bailey property home on Main Street. Thomas Davis, son of Mbenexer Davis, discharged from Pittston hospital after weeks with a fractured skull from being struck by a companion.
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Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Annette Gorman
J. Severson
David Moane
Cork Lane
West Scranton
Thomas Evans
Hyde Park
Thomas Davis
Bwheneger Davis
Avoca
Hepbottom
Sarah Edwards
Almira Brown
Rhoda Case
Dora Belcher
Carbondale
Deborah Davis
Alessis
Batley
Kellum
Tarbel Pond
Chicago
Scranton Dairy Company
Japan
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Methodist Episcopal Aid Society
Alonzo Bell
James Merrill
Andrew Merrill
Universalist Aid Society
W. B. Brown
Frank Benjamin
Nicholson
W. L. Sterling
8. R. Eldridge
A. Sterling
A. W. Kent
A. G. Waldle
Gertrude Waldle
Brooklyn
St. Aluyalus Society
Belinda Dougherty
Frank Howard
Bailey
Main Street
Mbenexer Davis
Pittston Hospital
Beluge
Protracted Election Proclamations and Patent Cure Claim
An overflowing page shows a mix of an advertisement for Catarrh Cure promising a hundred dollar reward for cures and a dense sheriff proclamation listing candidates for offices in Lackawanna county with Democratic and other party lines. The text names many individuals in varied offices including Representatives at Large and various assembly seats.
Prohibition and Electors Names in Local Proclamation
A sheriff proclamations lists presidential electors across districts and parties including Socialist Labor and Socialist groups. The document names numerous individuals across districts and parties with roles such as district attorney and representatives in the General Assembly.
Local Election Precincts Listed Across Lackawanna County
Long list of polling places in Archbald, Benton, Blakely, Carbondale, Olyphant and other towns. The notice names district locations for wards, townships, boroughs, and cities in Lackawanna County with specific buildings and streets assigned as polling stations for the general election.
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Lackawanna
Polling places listed for several wards in Scranton districts
The proclamation names polling locations across Twelfth to Twenty-first wards and Taylor Borough, Throop Borough, Waverly, and West Abington districts with specific buildings and street corners for each first and second districts. It also outlines eligibility limits for election officers and urging adherence to constitutional provisions and polling hours from 7 AM to 7 PM. The notice is signed by Sheriff C. Pryor at Scranton on October 26, 1900.
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Benton Township
D. L. Potter
Said Township
Blakely Borough
8. W. Arnold
Said
Second
Atore
Lackawanna Coal Company
Providence and
Carbondale Turn-Pike
Third
Borough Council
Blakely Street
Said Ward
Carbondale Township
Dickson City Borough
Odd Fellows
Veincoln
Halstead
Storrs
J. A. Barron
Jackson Street
Third Ward
Michael Matelavits
Jermyn
Stocker Hose Company
Waverly Borough
Waverly Band Building
Church Street
West Abington
H. EB
Capwell
Winton Borough
Thomas Reddington
T Corner Church Street
Clarkson Avenue
Safe
Justices of the Peace
United States
Legislative
Congress
Keranton
Commonwealth
Pryor
Scranton
Sheriff Proclaims General Election in Lackawanna County
Clarence E. Pryor, High Sheriff, declares Lackawanna County will hold the general election on Tuesday November 6 1900 to choose thirty two Presidential Electors. The notice cites acts of the General Assembly and constitutional amendments guiding election duties and polling locations.
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Eleventh
Fourth Assembly District
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Lackawanna
General Assembly
Itme
Commonwealth
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Lackawanna County
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