Tri County Fire Convention Opens With Arrivals
Firemen from Pittston and surrounding towns began the Northeastern Pennsylvania convention in Scranton Pithfully hosting the first day. Delegates from Pittston Towanda Wellsboro and Mahanoy City joined events at the court house and depot. An injury report noted John Reshick of Mahanoy City injured by a lamp incident at a colliery.
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Tri-county
Eagles of
Pittston
Tunkhannock
Aug. M
Fogles
Bauer
Scranton
Bache Tow Company
Wellsboro
Delewates
Linta
Towanda
Ireight
Wit
Trijons
Plitston
Fagles
Association
Therate
M. 2. Lawrences
Westfield
M. Weller
Athens
Wood Platt
J. E. Gitaeham
Towands
Court House
Beuers
Targess
W. Dawn Sampson
Heagun
James W. Platt
Atturney
Wyoming
Tarvetenes
Girard estate releases coal leases and outlines new terms
Trustees announce major collieries under new leases expiring December with operators including William Penncattery Susquehanna Coal company and Lehiah Valley Coal company. Royalties set at 18 to 48 cents per ton by coal size, landmark payments for breakers and advance to Obroam estate. Last year total mined 1,416,501 tons with net income of 451,779.26.
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Pottaville
Bani O
Lehiah Valley Coal Company
Girard Estate
Iwhigh Valley Coal Company
Continental
North Ashland
Centrailin
No. & Stae
Tivard
Nnanchal
Obroam
Girard
William Penn
Cycle of Mishaps at Mahanoy City Claims Several Injuries
A string of incidents in Mahanoy City on Tuesday left Frank Botch ten, killed after falling from a chestnut tree while gathering nuts. Andrew Kiunick died from blast injuries at the Mollye woollery mine. John Kroll suffered concussion after being thrown from a wagon on Mant Centre street. Thomas Tolan of New Benton crushed finger while inspecting a bicycle wheel as a bystander moved it.
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Mahanoy City
Frank Botch
Yesteorchy
Andrew Kiunick
Mahaney City
Flo
John Kroll
Centre Street
Thomas Tolan
New Benton
Tolan
Sewers for Honesdale Plan Discussed by Citizens Council
A public sewer for Honesdale is debated with many private discharges to the Dyberry and Lackawaxen rivers. A proposed sewer pipe in the Lackawaxen river bed is seen as practical. A committee including Mead, Terry, Dimmmick, Katz, Menner and McNalley will estimate costs and work with the town council on action.
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Honesdale
Dyberry
Lagkawaxen
Malin Street
Meewis
F. Terry
William H. Dimmick
Jacob Katz
Horace T. Menner
Patrick McNalley
Audh
Womans Christian Temperance Union Holds Bradford County Convention
The fourteenth annual WCTU convention for Bradford County met in Athens with representation from nearly all eleven unions. Mrs N L Bird of Mast Smithfield presided, officers were re elected, and the group planned to meet in New Albany next year. John G Woolley delivered the keynote temperance address.
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Towanda
Womans Christian Temperance Union
Bradford County
Athens
Mra
John G. Wooley
N. N. Bird
Smithfield
Mere J. T. Adams
Fast Smithfield
Roarding
L. BE. Porter
Canton
Mre
Josephine Tacon
Lares
Alice
New Albany
Mise Mattle Berry
Perrytown
Three Runaway Cars on Jefferson Branch
Special to the Scranton Tribune reports three loaded Erle coal cars ran away from Ararat Summit on the Jefferson branch last night. The cars struck a pair of pusher locomotives near Starrucca causing a wreck and injuring engineer Gaffney and fireman Rantett of Susquehanna. Locomotive 1365 and three cars were damaged. Susquehanna crews were required to clear the tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Tribune
Susquehanna
Ararat Summit
Jefferson Branch
Starrucca
Gaffney
Rantett
Susquehanna Checkers
Council of Baptists Called in Towanda
An ex parte council is convened at the Patriotic Order Lone of America hall in Towanda on September 1 to investigate charges against Reverend M. G. Smith, pastor of the Towanda Baptist church. Twenty-nine churches, including members from Bradford, Wyoming, and Bridgewater associations, will be represented.
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Towanda
Patriotic Order Lone of America
Lev. M. G. Smith
Toewana Baptist Church
Cornell
Thadford Association
Towands
Tee Fron
Chemune
Wyoming
Thridgewater
Bradford Taptist
East &Mithfield
Dewey Honor Plan Brings Ninth Regiment to Parades
A community drive aims to send a Pennsylvania brigade to New York for Admiral Dewey's October arrival parade. The Ninth Regiment is a leading candidate due to its status as the first post Spanish-American War reorganization and its thorough equipment.
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Wilkes-Barre
Ave
New York City
Admiral Dewey
Metropolis
Wayne County Christian Endeavor session at Seeleyville
The Wayne County Christian Endeavor union held its eighth annual session at Seeleyville on Wednesday with morning afternoon and evening meetings. A record attendance heard speakers including Rev. C. E. Eberman Rev. Dr. Place Rev. H. J. Whalen and Rev. J. J. Lansing. The next convention will be at Sherman in August 1900.
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Scranton Tribune
Honesdale
Wayne County Christian Endeavor Union
Seeleyville
Union
C. E. Eberman
Dr. Place
H. J. Whalen
J. J. Lansing
Scranton
Drowned Boy Falls Into Well in Latimer County
In Hagteton Aug 31 a young Italian boy Antonio Damata aged 9 or 10 fell into a 30 foot well while playing with companions. The well was about six feet deep. His mother heard his cries but could not rescue him. He drowned before help arrived.
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Scranton Tribune
Hagteton
Antonio Damata
Lattimer
Littl
Ald
Gank
Wilkes-Barre Lovers Sought by Pennsylvania Extradition
The governor of Pennsylvania petitions extradition papers to return Sanders and Jones to face charges of forging a mortgage note for 400 dollars. They eloped from Wilkes-Barre and are detained in England. Their alleged act involves forging the claimant Mia Jones’s husband’s name.
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Washington
Aug. C
Pennsylvania
State Department
State of
Sanders
Jones
England
Wilkes-Barre
Cupid's Novel Conquest at Rood's Creek
Susquehanna county records a marriage at Rood's Creek on Wednesday between Mrs. Pamelia Van Cott aged 70 and Thomas Swotter aged 46. The bride has been married three times, the groom four. They have numerous children and are both great grandparents.
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Apeosal
Scranton Tribune
Susquehanna
Aug
Rood'a Creek
Pamelia van Cott
Thomas Swotter
Surveyors At Work Between Deposit And Poyntelle
Railroad surveyors are at work between Deposit and Poyntelle in Susquehanna County on a proposed coal road linking Boston and the Catakil mountains to the Lackawanna Luzerne cay fields. Officials refuse interviews.
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Deposit
Poyntelle
Scranton Tribune
Susquehanna
Poyntellea
Horton-Albany
Boston
Catakil Mountains
Lackawanna-Luzerne Cay
Narrow Escape in Kingston Cellar Collapse
William Taylor a colored excavator narrowly escaped death in Kingston when a large quantity of earth caved in at W. F. Church's new store basement on Wyoming avenue. Workers dug him out. one leg was sprained but he was otherwise uninjured.
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Wiskee Barre
Aug
William Taylor
W. FP. Church
Wyoming Avenue
Kingston
Taylor
Bradford County Teachers Association to Meet at Lake Wesanking
The Bradford County Teachers association sets a September meeting at Lake Wesanking on Saturday Sept 9 replacing the regular September gathering. The Sixteenth annual reunion of the Ono Hundred and Forty-first Pennsylvania volunteers was held at Wyalusing with speeches by Judge Searle ex Lieutenant Governor Davies and Judge Peck. Officers appointed include Hon. D D W Searle president Captain G W Kilmer vice president Rev D D W Craft secretary and W T Horton treasurer. A future annual meeting is planned for Ulster Bradford County. Letters indicate Emmett E Blanchard who killed his wife and wounded William Mingle at Athens Pa., had premeditated the crime.
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Bradford County Teachers’ Association
Wesanking
Ono Hundred and Forty-first Regiment
Peninsylvania Volunteera
Wyalusing
Searle
Montrose
Davies
Towanda
Peck
DD. W. Searle
G. W. Kilmer
DD. W. Craft
W. T. Horton
Ulster
Bradfon County
Emmett E. Blanchard
William Mingle
Athens
Postmaster Appointed in Scanlin Lugerne County
W J Meyers becomes postmaster in Scanlin Lugerne County and the office is named after Senator Syvott's wife maiden Beanlin at the Wapwatl open powder works. William Sealott of Reichard Weaver brewers Wilkes Barre travels to Germany to claim a fortune. Local milk trust near Hazleton lifts price from 6 to 4 cents per quart.
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W. J. Meyers
Scanlin
Lugerne
Syvott
Beanlin
Wapwatl
William Sealott
Reichard & Weaver
Wilkes-Barre
Germany
Hazleton
Wayne County Fair and Republican Convention Notice
Anaasy Malta reports nationwide polishing and cutting orders with shipments to England France and Belgium. The thirty seventh Wayne County Agricultural Society fair is set for October 4 5 and 6. The Wayne County Republican convention meets September 25 to elect officers including associate judge prothonotary register and recorder sheriff district attorney commissioners and auditors. Lawrence M Atkinson of Hawley seeks the district attorney nomination.
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United States
England
France
Belgium
Wayne County Agricultural Society
Wayne County
Lawrence M. Atkinson
Hawley
Market shows mixed action as bears cover in some sectors
Stock activity reflects tentative strength in others while Con Solidated Gas weakens and Federal Brown slides after dividend news. Republic Steel holds firm. rail and industrials wobble with last hour selling. Bond sales subdued. New York exchange softens with London Paris discounts.
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Continental Tobacco
Federal Brown
Chicago and
Fastern
Colorado Midland
Rilo Grande Western
Pigtesa
New York Banta
New York
London
Paris
Montrose Dick School Opens Fall Term
The fall term of the Montrose Dick school opened Monday morning. Manning Thompson succeeds A W Cookie secretary of the Susquehanna Electric Light Heat and Power company.
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Montrose Dick
Manning Thompson
A. W. Cookie
Susquehanna Electric Light, Heat and Power Company
Presbytery Fall Meeting Set for Susquehanna Church
Special to the Scranton Tribune reports the Presbytery of Lackawanna fall meeting will convene at the First Presbyterian church in Susquehanna starting Monday September 1. The local church is already preparing for the event.
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Susquehanna
Presbytery of
Lackawanna
First Presbyterian Church i
Towanda Tennis Club Hosts Town Championship Match
The Towanda Tennis club will hold a tournament on Huston Street with teams from Troy and Towanda competing for the town championship tomorrow.
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Towanda
Towanda Tennis Club
Huston Street
Troy
Baseball scores and lineups from multiple games
Scores and battery details from games in St Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Brooklyn Chicago and Cleveland with pitchers McFarland Roach McGinnity Smith Orth McParland Seymour Wilson and others listed. Umpires named Guffney Latham Dwyer Swartwood Hunt Snyder McGurr ODay and Meliond.
Eastern League Scores Include Toronto Springfield Tie
In the Eastern League games Toronto and Springfield tied 4 to 4 while Worcester beat Montreal 7 to 2 Hartford defeated Rochester 5 to 4 and Providence won 1 to 0.
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Toronto
Bpringfont
Syracuve
Worcester
Montreal
Hartford
Rochester
Providence
Heir to Mariner's Wealth Reported in Cura and Newberry
Constable A. J. Dutfield of Newberry receives word from Cora in the Argentine Republic that he is heir to a portion of a $40,000 estate left by his uncle John Dutfield, a sea captain murdered at Cura in VRAL. John Dutfield disappeared as a youth, later found to have owned a sailing vessel in South American trade, with $12,000 placed ...
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Pottaville
Aug
A. J. Duttield
Newberry
Cora
Argentine Republic
John Dutfield
Cura
Vral
John
National Elevator works plant to be enlarged
Wayne County reports show Honesdale as the town with unusually low police arrests for late news conduct. The wood polishing wheel factory of Wyman Kimble at Industry Point will get a two story rear addition. Kimble’s gowns are worn by over one hundred customers.
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National Elevator Works
Honesdale
Wyman Kimble
Industry Point
Markets Rise and Fall as New York Stocks Open Higher
The New York market opened with broad gains driven by abroad demand and a buoyant tone. Railroad shares led late, with Burlington showing a strong surplus after charges, while Central of Georgia faced a sharp earnings drop. Tobacco stocks faced heavy pressure amid a general setback in industrials. Lackawanna rose on a dispute settlement.
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New York
London
Burlington
Central of Georgia Railway
Lackawanns
Hutter-Creamery Price List Fragment Near Lost Trade Notes
Fragmentary OCR shows corrected dairy and produce price items including butter cheese and produce terms with varied spellings. Mentions prices such as $1.70 and $1.25 for different dairy and produce, plus general items like lemons flour and potatoes.
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H. G. Dale
Lackawanna Avenue
Hutter—Creamery
Grain and Produce Prices in Philadelphia Market Report
The Philadelphia grain and produce listing shows wheat and corn futures with mixed to steady trends. Prices indicate firm and unchanged readings across categories, with notes on white and red wheats, middling uplands, and live poultry availability.
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Philadelphia
Philiiote
Willa
Aves
Mineil Do
Finjow Western Creamery
Afgc
Kemte
Treeh
Mig i
New York
Elty
Auction Notice for Sheep and Lambs Sale
Fragmented OCR outlines a sale of best native lambs and ewes with mentions of sale terms, locations, and receipts. References to Canada stock and various cattle or sheep grades appear, but details are unclear and names are partly garbled. Potential buyers and dates are indicated by scattered fragments.
Cattle Sale Report From Chicago Market Auction
Odd phrasing notes a Chicago sale with cattle lot listings including steers bulls cows and heifers. Prices appear around the $2,000 to $3,000 range with various figures and a mention of Texas Grass Flowers and local sellers.
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Chicago
Coad Ta Fanes Eatule
Calvon
Hove
Texas
Howe Ao
Yewterdeg
Jai
Mixed business card notes from Green Ridge area
A jumble of business listings and notices includes A B Briggs cleaning privy vaults and cess pools with improved pumps, locations at 1100 North Main and Adams Mulberry corners, plus various professionals and addresses, telephones, and service offers across Lackawanna area.
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A.B. Briggs
A. B. Briggs
North Main Avenurg
Ficke's Drug
Adams and Mulberry
Trade in Livestock and Hogs Reported at Regional Market
Mixed offerings at regional yards include sheep and lamin receipts with buyers noting advancing prices. Inferior cattle bring up to 42 dollars per head while beet ative wethers sell near nine dollars. western range cattle and sheep show steady demand. Heavy hog slaughter totals reach around 19 hundred head with additional cattle and shoe stock reported.
New York Gernin and Produce Market
New York market reports show flour weaker for spring brands and barely steady for winter grades. Wheat spot prices, rye, corn, and oats moved with declines amid persistent weak demand and favorable crop news from abroad. dairy and cheese prices remained firm in limited trading.
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New York
Ely
Lyeye
Market Notes And Prices From A Grain And Provisions Row
The column reports wheat prices with large undercurrents and rising concerns at the wheat market. Corn and provisions show lower bids with mixed futures, while oats and livestock values edge downward in half‑season trading.
Fragmentary OCR Weathered Text With Unclear Details
The readable fragments mention names and scattered terms such as Liberty Ate and Baily, with references to places and numbers. The text appears garbled, lacking coherent events, dates, or clear subjects to define a proper news item or notice.
New York Live Stock Market Report Fragment
In New York Aug al The scene covers corroded entries for various livestock and commodities with mixed prices. References to cattle veal and hog prices show steady or slight shifts amid sparse readable data.
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New York
Thooven- Recolpia
Enw
Unclear OCR Summary of Oil Barrel Rates and Shipments
Fragmentary text references barrels and averages including 87 109 barrels and 5405, with mentions of certificates closed and shipments. No clear event or identifiable entities beyond generic oil industry terms.
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Alu
Tagat
Barre Des
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Addrine M. Morkle
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Edward If Davis
Conwell Building
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Ae Pein
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Hoepkel
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WF Reynolds
P.O
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Wyoming Ave
Snoweer
Con Exchange
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Alk Cape
Brankun Avenue
Fensone Ats
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Scranton House
Victor Koch
Richard J. Bourke
Ditelaw
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Edward W. Thay SR
Roots
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Aptorney-At-Law
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Paterson & Wilcox
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Ee Seay Comngy's
Republican Hotel
Nna
A. W. Bertholf
Minvre’ Titlding
Mary A. Shepherd, M. Db. Home
Opithiet
Lindon Treet
W. E. Allen
North Wabi
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IL. M. Oats
Howrs
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Wealington Avenue
Reeldenee
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Boranton
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Stros
Haanrk & CO
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Washington Ave
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Malin Ave
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Lackawan Avenue
Keller
Bec
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Gernin and Produce Market
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