Democrats Seek Change in District Conferees Nomination
Northeastern Pennsylvania Democrats in the Eighth District plan a meeting at Easton to debate representation and rotation among Monroe Northampton Carbon and Pike counties. Monroe leaders allege Northampton has too many delegates and could dominate the nomination, prompting calls for shifting conferees away from Easton influenced Mutchler faction. Notable supporters of change include Shull Lee Storm Hart Cassidy, opposing Howard Mutchler.
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Scranton Tribune
Stroudsburg
Monroe
Northampton
Carbon
Mike
Easton
Monroe County
Northampton County
Pike County
Carbon County
Afonree County
Pike and Carbon County
Matchler
Highth
Mutehler
Joseph HM. Shull
David §. Lee
John B. Storm
Hart
Michael Cassidy
Carbon Counts
Howard Mutchler
Temperance Workers Meet Susquehanna W C T U Opens 24th Convention
The Susquehanna county Woman's Christian Temperance Union holds its twenty fourth annual convention in Montrose with opening exercises led by president Mrs S E Cook. Rev Benedict gives welcome, Miss Nellie Conklin wins silver medal after recitations, Mr Shaw sings, and morning reports from officers are read.
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Montrose
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Susquehanna County
E. Cook
FH. B. Benedict
FP. DD. G. Chase
Mirsea Jessie Jenkins
Janet McCausland
Nellie Conklin
Julia Cruser
Mesdames Gillett and
Lyons
Miss Conklin
Mrs. Chase
Shaw
Judge Peck's Successor Named by Bradford Bar
Bradford county bar members meet to choose a candidate for judge to recommend to Governor Brune. Of sixty-two, thirty-five attend with twenty-two supporting William Maxwell. Five other candidates are listed for the vacancy caused by Judge Pocock-Mesere.
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Towanda
Bradford County
Brune
Iine
Humber
William Maxwell
Pocok
Mesere
Fanning
Troy
Mercur
Overton
Little
Codding
Dr. R V Pierce urged for women’s health care letters
An invitation to consult Dr. R V Pierce chief consulting physician at the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute Buffalo New York. He advertises free personal medical letters for women with diseases of the organs and claims a high cure rate. He emphasizes privacy and warns against non doctors.
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R. V. Pierce
Invalids' Tlotelae Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Pierce
N.Y
Common Sense
Common Sense Medical Adviser
Meeting sparks potential strife over the matter
The report notes that these men or their friends attended the meeting and suggests that significant dispute is likely to arise from the issue.
Glass Blowers Union Effort in Stroudsburg Area
In Stroudsburg the glass blowers begin efforts to form a regular union led by Haya of the Glass Drowers association. Workers expect no local to return until the plant unionizes. William M. Dougherty says Middleton will join, with East Stroudsburg Binghamton and Sidney likely to follow.
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Scranton Tribune
Stroudeburg
Hast Stroudsburg Eliase Blowers
Atepa
Haya
Glaes Drowers’ Association
C. H. Warman
William M. Dougherty
Glass Blowers’ Association
Middleton
East Stroudeburg
Binghamton
Sidney
Middle States
Had troubles of his own Stroudsburg man tries poison suicide
Frank Treible a 45 year old Middle Smithfield farmer attempted suicide by taking a large amount of landanum on Tuesday evening. Dr Frank Heers aided in saving him. Treible, widower, lived along the river road and said he did it because he had troubles of his own after returning from a corn cutting frolic.
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Stroudsburg
Frank Treible
Smithfield
Frank Heers
Wil Fe W
Treible
Andrew Treible
Epirus
Man Rescued After Two Days In Deep Mine Shaft
Michael Croke of Boston Run fell into a 70 foot mine breach Saturday night. He spent two days amid mud and water at the bottom, calling for help until rescuers lowered ropes and pulled him to the surface Monday night, badly exhausted but alive.
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Shenandoah
Michael Croke
Boston Run
Turkey Run
Snyder Seeks 25000 Damages Against Westchester Fire
Pittston Sept Frank Snyder insurance agent sues Westchester Fire Insurance of New York for 25000 damages claiming his arrest on embezzlement charges ruined his business for two years. He was discharged after the company failed to prove the case.
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Scranton Tribune
Pittston
Sept
Frank Snyler
Westchester Fire Insurance Company
New York
Snyder
Child Dead After Boiling Water Accident
In Shamokin on Sept 13 a young child named Filleabeth Shickley aged five fell into a boiler of water while her mother was away from the kitchen. She was badly burned and died soon after, despite efforts to help.
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Shamokin
Filleabeth Shickley
Death Notices and Funeral Details From Across Towns
The death roll lists Mrs Jessie Williams of Sayre age 23 and Andrew Evert of Lattimer 44, with causes including lockjaw from mine injury. Judge Peck's funeral in Towanda drew many citizens and Bradford county bar members. interment at Oak Hill cemetery led by Bradford post G A R. Tamaqua and Schuylkill Haven obituaries note aging residents and war veteran status. A Lehigh Valley conductor's death from Bright's disease at 48 South Welles Street Wilkes-Barre is reported, with funeral at 2 pm and White Haven Cemetery interment. Sarah Frances Hammond of Athens dies of quick consumption at her father Charles A. Hammond's Bear Creek cottage. Alderman Winter S Parsons of Wilkes-Barre dies at 71. survivors include children and a private interment at Hollenback cemetery.
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Jessie
EB. Williams
Sayre
Andrew
Evert
Lattimer
Pardee
Robert Plereon
Plymouth
Judge Peck
Towanda
Bradford
Oak Hi
Watkins Post
David Reinbold
Tamaqua
Schuylkill Haven
Charles Mayberry
Schuylkill County
W. Edwin Deterline
Welles Street
Wilkes-Barre
Hright
Lehigh Valley Railroad
White Haven
Sarah Frances Hammond
Charlies A. Hammond
Athens
Bear Croek
Parsons
Wilkes. Barre
South Franklin Street
Hodge
Hollenback
Grow's First Cadet Noted From 1853 Appointment
Montrose Pa September 14 The Tribune notes a long-ago link to Congressman Grow who in 1853 appointed Edward B R Warner as a West Point cadet. Warner later served in the regular army in the Civil War and is now a retired US Army colonel residing in the area. The item also lists local social news and a new US recruiting office opened in the post office block with Captain Heargey overseeing.
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Montrose
Grow
Military Academy
West Point
US S. A
House of Representatives
Washington
Harry A. Lyons
Lucia Belle McCollum
New Milford
Bert Hawden
J. W. Bishop
Sayre
D. W. Wright
Glenwood
F. E. Wydmin
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Captain Heargey
Scranton
Hearsey
Procton Engine No. 2 Elects Officers in Honesdale
Procton Engine company No. 2 elected G. H. Whitney as president G. J. Mutter as vice president B W. Fitch as secretary and T. E. Callaway as treasurer after a Tuesday evening meeting A smoker followed in City Hall parlors with Freeman's orchestra providing music.
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Scranton Tribune
Honesdale
Procton Engine Company
G. H. Whitney
G. J. Mutter
B W. Fitch
T. E. Callaway
City Hall
Freeman
Messrs
Richard Welch
William Schloss
J. H. Carroll
Robert M. Darin
Dinah
Grace Episcopal Church
Major Hendershot
Chicago
Opera House
Delaware and Hudson
The Wily Filipinos in Shamokin Soldier Letter
A Ninth Infantry member in the Philippines reports deceptive tactics by natives dubbed amigos. He describes towns with disguised fighters burying uniforms, being captured and released after superior rebuke, and later seeing two amigos dead in enemy trenches.
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Shamokin
James Cilleepic
Ninth Infantry
Philippines
Miner killed in rock fall at Forty Fort colliery
Wilkes Barre reports Joseph Sav age 46 a Polish miner at Henry E colliery Forty Fort was instantly killed by a rock fall while at work. His companion William Tonkin 11 a driver boy was seriously injured when his trap collapsed and a rock crushed his left leg. Tonkin was taken to Mercy hospital.
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Wilkes-Barre
Joseph Savage
Henry E
Forty Fort
Red Row
Luzerne
William Tonkin
Harry E
Mercy Hospital
Chamberlain Cough Remedy Advertises Tea and Roots
The advertisement touts high quality leaf sugar tea and weed roots as flavoring for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It claims the medicine treats coughs colds croup and whooping cough with quick cures and lists McAthhews Bros as wholesale and retail agents.
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McAthews Mros
Peculiar Valley Train Accident Injures Rider
In Pittatow on September 13 a pecular non serious accident occurred on the L. and J. Junction line. A pushing pole left near the track was struck by a coal truck, tearing through the couch bottom beneath a seat and injuring the rider’s leg slightly.
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Scranton Tribune
Pittatow
L. & J. Junction
Republicans Choose County Committee Members at Private Meeting
In Wilkes Barre on September 12 a gathering of Republican candidates elected the county committee with Byron 46 as chairman and Charles H. as assistant chairman.
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Wilkes-Barre
Byron
Hahn
Charles H
Local committee names officers and roles
Price, secretary Reese Lloyd, treasurer R. P. Robinson, vice chairmen William Drury HM Kupts T. L. Newell named to leadership posts.
Susquehanna County News Highlights Sept
Local notes from Susquehanna County include the Medical Pension Examiners meeting at Starracc Co House and veterans examination turnout. Erie reports about 1,200 employees in Susquehanna. Upcoming marriage of Thomas Russell and Lottie Lea set for Sept 2. Tim Hurley’s boxing match prospect with Emmanuel Al Welb discussed. Catholic mission at St Bonaventure’s in Auburn to close next Sunday. Odd Fellows visit from Starracen Lodge to Great Bend. Miss Belle Kearney lectures in Montrose and Lake Como Sept 21. Arthur Teed to remove painted rocks near Hed Rocks. Tuberculosis reports easing in county. a few new cases in Bridgewater Township.
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Susquehanna
Susquehanna County Medical Pension Examinere Board
Starraccco
Erie
Thomas Russell
Lottie Lea
Tim Hurley
Tim Mmanuel al. Welb
Buffalo
Auburn
St. Bonaventure’s
Father Gabriel
Maly Cross
Mount Adame
Cincinnati
Friendly Hand Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
Great Bend
Starracen Lodge
Belle Kearney
Mississippi
Susquehanna County Women's Christian Temperance Union
Montrose
Misa Kearney
Waynes County
Lake Como
Honesdale Public Schools Open With Veteran Faculty
Honesdale opened its schools for the year with Prof. Thomas March as principal and a seasoned staff. High school teachers include Samuel Churchill, Miss Clara Sutton, and Nelson T. Spencer. Graded departments feature Miss Jennie Lee, Miss Mattie Gillen, Alma Spencer, and others. March begins his fourth year, Sutton her twenty sixth.
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Honesdale
Thomas
March
High School
Samuel
Churchill
Clara T. Sutton
Nelson T. Spencer
Jennie
Lee
Mattie
Gillen
Alma Spencer
A. J. G. Dix
Janet Bigelow
Alice Gregory
Mabel Perley
William Sturman
William W. Baker
Margaret B. Keeler
Prof
Wayne County WCTU Convention at Lake Como
The sixteenth annual Wayne County Womans Christian Temperance Union convention will be at Lake Como on September 21 and 22. Miss Belle Kearney national organizer and lecturer will deliver the principal address. Kearney has lectured across Canada Europe and the United States from Alaska to Louisiana.
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Honesdale
Wayne County Womans’ Christian Temperance Union
Lake Como
Belle Kearney
Mississippi
Womans’ Christian Temperance Union
Miss Kearney
Canada
Europe
United States
Alaska
Louisiana
Destruction of Judge Lynch’s Barn at Harvey’s Lake
A Tuesday afternoon fire destroyed Judge Lynch’s barn at Harvey’s Lake along with 12 tons of hay several vehicles and a large amount of grain. The blaze is believed to have originated accidentally.
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Wilkes-Barre
Recent Weddings At Weatherly And Nearby Towns
A series of Tuesday weddings across Weatherly and nearby towns includes Mise Ton ella Rouse and Harry Mack, with Rev C M Barnitz officiating. Other ceremonies feature John Buehler and Agnes Reich in Pottsville, John Moran and Clara Smith in Pottsville, and Mary Der ri nger with John Briemmerer in Wilkes Barre. Miss Mary O Donnell wed Hugh Donnell in Mauch Chunk, with plans for Niagara Falls honeymoon before returning to East Mauch Chunk. The day also saw Martin Nesbitt wed Clara Evans in Hazleton and Florence Solomon with John Kay in Ritterstown, all in tight family circles.
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Weatherly
Mise Tonella Rouse
E. G. Rouse
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Harry Mack
H. A. Mack Woodworking Company
C. M. Barnitz
Methodist Episcopal Church of
John Buehler
Pottsville
Misa Agnes Reich
Cressonn
St. John's German Catholic Church
Flw. Longiing
John M. Moran
Philadelphia
Misa Clara K. Smith
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
BF. J. McGovern
W. J. Booner
New York City
Clara A. Petery
Immaculate Conception
West Broadway
Mauich Chunk
M. A. Kanee
Niagara Falls
East Mauch Chunk
Martin Nesbitt
Hazleton
Clara Evans
Mahanoy City
Dr. Wagner
Trinity Lutheran Church
Catarrh Cure Claim Attracts Public Notice
Local health ad promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio as a constitutional remedy. Claims cure by systemic action on blood and mucous surfaces with a $100 reward for failure. Also advertises Hall’s Family Pills.
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Halle
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J, Cheney, & CO
Hall
Markets Rise on Recovery Tone and Government Bond Hope
The New York stock market opened buoyant after two days of liquidation with gains across many issues. Treasury plans to accelerate interest payments on government bonds boosted shorts, lifting prices near day’s end. Major movers included Tennessee Coal, American Tobacco, United States milling stocks, and railroad shares, with total sales around 568000 shares and United States bonds steady.
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New York
London
London Stock Exchange
Tennessee
American Tobacco
Brooklyn
United States
Colorado
Lackawanna
Milneis Central
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Pittsburg
D. C
Chicago Great Western
Butter Creamery and Dairy Goods Listing
Corrected by TH. C Dale. Butter Creamery assortment with dairy items including eggs and cheese. Prices listed for cream, onions, potatoes, lemons, and flour in a compact market-style notice.
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TH. Ch Dale
Lackawanna Avenue
Salto
Meer Dairy
Firkina
Tse
Egee
Western
Mae
Otte
Market quotes for grains and dairy in New York trading
Frosty OCR fragment lists prices and conditions for wheat corn and oats in New York markets. It notes steady to firm tones with September and December positions and mentions butter and dairy product categories with varying finishes.
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New York
Milnat Eyot
Wiewator
Duluth
Hee
Be.jower
Chvago
Iye
Titye
Fooleh
Oke
Elevatory Ap
Qutel
Sieiedien
Wiyye
Western
Buide
Ilgadie
State
Unclear OCR item with scattered proper names and terms
Fragmentary OCR text lists names such as Malye Wailye Wallye and places like Pennsylvania and ungraded marks. The fragment lacks a coherent event or context to form a complete news item or confirm identities, actions, or outcomes for a proper summary.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Grain and Produce Market Summary
Philadelphia reports mixed grain prices and steady to firm commodity values. Wheat dull, corn steady, oats and potatoes firmer, butter and eggs firm with good demand, cheese steady, cotton unchanged, tallow steady. live poultry dull but steady demand for fowls and chickens. receipts show wheat 1200 bushels and corn 3800 bushels with shipments of 7000 bushels of wheat and 14000 bushels of corn.
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Philadelphia
Ium
Iim
Adbo
Simath
Chicago Live Stock Market Summary
Mixed demand in Chicago trading with cattle and calves showing weakness under strain of high offerings. Fat hogs firm near 4.40 while pigs brought about 4.00 to 4.70. hogs steady to lower. Sheep and lambs met light sale with middling to good stock moving around 5.50 to 7.25 per hundredweight. Total head about 28,000 cattle and hogs reported.
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Gould Foehalee
Texas
Bahia
Hue
Hawead
Shoop
Wethern
Cuttie
Buffalo market bulletin highlights varied livestock offerings
A fragmented market note lists numerous livestock items including sheep and lambs, with prices and terms obscured. Mentions mixed stock, stators, and heavy to medium weights. Contains stray numbers and unrelated fragments, reflecting a damaged OCR segment.
East Liberty Cattle Market Report
East Liberty market news notes cattle steady trading with hogs active and hog prices steady. Buyers and sellers in the region report mixed activity as hogs and cattle move at market barrels and sales yards amid seasonal demand.
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East Liberty
Pulme
New York Opt 18 Goods Steers and Cows Report
An OCR fragment notes price and classification for cattle in New York with terms like steers cows and oxen. Mentions various grades and measurements though details are fragmentary and prices appear as shorthand.
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New York
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