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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1899
Page
5
The passage notes that anxious individuals not only endure personal distress but also spread misery to those nearby. It describes fretful behavior, excessive worrying, and heightened reactivity to noise as signs of poor nerve health needing prompt attention.
R G Dun reports first quarter 1890 failures totaling about 26.65 million dollars net, a drop from 45.01 million in 1889 though mixed by heavy January buying and uncertainty over industrial consolidations. Rail earnings rise, wool and boot trades falter, wheat volatile, exports to Atlantic ports firm, and failures for the week total 14 in the United States.
At the Academy of Muele this afternoon the Toole company presents Caste and tonight repeats Killarney and the Rhine. Klaw and Erlanger bring the lavish Jack and the Beanstalk to the Lyceum theatre with broad praise and noted splendor. The extravaganza, written for Boston cadets by RR A Barnet, has toured New York Philadelphia and Boston and will be revived by the same principal company members.
The Australian Beauties led by Bryant and Watson open at the Gaiety the week of April 3 with matinees. The program features a new burletta The Typewriter's Wedding Day, a satire on The Telephone Girl, an excellent Vaudeville lineup, a finale tableau, and the closing burletta The Duke De Monte Carlo described as one of the funniest skits by a traveling troupe.
The Scranton friends of Al G G Field anticipate his annual visit as the Al G Field's Greater Minstrels perform Tuesday evening at the Lyceum. A magnificent first part leads to high class specialty acts including the Faust family trio Lenott Busch and Lelliott Everhardt the German juggler and Griett Beers and Gruett. The De Villieres pantomimists round out the program.
A testimonial claims Dr Agnew's Heart Cure provided instant relief from smothering spells left side pain and swollen ankles, with a claim of cure after six bottles. The notice promotes Laxative Bromo Quinrine tablets and refunds if not effective, and lists sellers Matthews Bros and W T Clark in Scranton, Pa.
Classified notices list rental offers and services in Scranton area. Properties include 417 N Irving Ave rooming house, 64 Washington Ave six to eleven room homes, 697 Linden St, and 61 Madison Ave with steam heat. Advertises storage rooms, desk space, and a photo gallery. Also mentions nurseryman and orchestra services.
For sale or rent single mouse on Quincy avenue with steam heat. Selling price and rent quoted by G. F. Reynolds Whe. Various track and creamery related terms appear in garbled form. Likely an incomplete classified notice with pricing and options.
Scranton Board of Trade quotations and bond listings show various bids and asks across local banks, manufacturers, railroads, and utilities. Key entries include First National Bank and Scranton Savings Bank deposits, Scranton Packing Company, Third National Bank, Scranton Forging Company, and several railway and coal concerns with mortgage and bond notes, reflecting a broad snapshot of Scranton area financial activity.
New York on March 31 reports softer steer and cow prices with overall slow trade. Bulls hold firm while calves and veal show declines. sheep and lambs weaken with medium to choice grades around five dollars. Hog and hog byproducts steady with modest gains.
A crowded block of short notices seeks various posts and services. Listings include young men and a middle aged woman seeking work in washing baking clerking bartending and watch jewelry repair with references and several addresses in Scranton and nearby areas.
East Liberty Pa reports livestock prices with hogs steady at 9005.50 and sheep steady with choice wethers and lambs priced between 4.75 and 5.85 per hundredweight. Calves listed with broad ranges and mixed quality indicating active trading and price variance.
Contractor George Ellaworth leads a crew rebuilding the interior of the Divenville drug store damaged by a recent blaze. A new floor is needed and much of the ceiling was burned out while showcases and counters are revarnished by Roland H. McNab. The store will be ready for occupancy after substantial work. The Tunkhannock town council assigned street duties to dry and clean the fire site, relieving the affected company. Several locals including Mr and Mrs S W Eysenbach and Miss Claus were in Wilkes-Barre last evening. Company K of the Seventh N G P drills for its April 1 inspection. Father Foley will visit Saturday, with mass Sunday at 7. J F Beaulding, and D Bennett were noted visitors.
Henry Miller’s long running performance of Hearteease at the Lyceum theatre will close after next Monday night marking the last show in the current run. The popular act has delighted audiences for nearly three years with reliable vigor and public approval.
Philadelphia market notes list butter firms heavy with Western creamery outputs, refined sugars, cotton, and cheese products. Live poultry items include fowls, old roosters, ducks, turkeys, and fancy young hens with prices per hundredweight and per bushel for potatoes and pines.
New York market notes flowery and dull with steady tone. Wheat futures opened lower and faded to show little activity while corn and oats traded quietly with minimal movement and delayed interest, reflecting a muted trading session.
A. B. Briggs, proprietor, offers cleaning of privy vaults and cess pits with improved pumps. Leave orders at 110 North Main Avenue or Elcke's Drape Store corner Adams and Mulherry. Telephone 9640.
The notice lists train departures from Scranton to Philadelphia New York and other points via D and H routes with times such as 6 a m 7 45 p m and 8 45 and 12 00 including Black Diamond Express and Diamond Express services. It notes Pullman parlors sleeping cars on all trains between Wilkes Barre and New York Philadelphia Buffalo and Suspension Bridge and provides agent contact details for tickets and reservations.
Fragmentary timetable notes list intermediate stations numbered 108 and 1 01 at Plymouth and 1m 2 60 p m for Kingston with fullman parlors and sleeping coaches on Olexpresa. Details and packet rates available from M Li Fick Passenger Agent at the office.
On Sunday February trains depart Scranton to Carbondale and Albany and return from Wilkes-Barre and North via Lehigh Valley and Lehigh Wall Railroads. Schedules list specific times, routes to New York Philadelphia and western points, with connections to Boston Montreal and Paris and note Sunday rain.
The timetable lists trains of the Central Railroad of New Jersey to Pittston Wilkes-Barre Lakewood Atlantic City New York Newark Elizabeth and more with express and local departures from Hoboken and New York via Liberty Street. Connections to elevated railways Broadway cable cars and Staten Island ferries are noted and through tickets to east south and west offered.
Time table in effect September 1st trains leave Scranton for New York Newburg and intermediate points on Erie railroad at 7 00 a m and 2 25 p m. Trains arrive at Scranton from above points at 9 05 a m 3 15 and 6 08 p m.
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