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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1896
Page
2
A shop touts its vast hat and trim selection, lower prices, and free hat trimming. Daily arrivals include Milliners and trimmers, exclusive styles, and numerous hat varieties from spring hats to fancy braids with discounts well below typical prices.
In Guthrie Oklahoma Garfield and Woods counties report a new sect named the Perfect and Immaculate Body of Christ with over 44 adherents. Preacher Red Shearer staged a snake ritual where four or five snakes bit flesh and morsels were eaten by worshippers amid growing public alarm.
Washington reports Emanuel Ninger, a Pen and Ink Expert, has been arrested in New York for producing a dangerous series of counterfeit ten, twenty, fifty and one hundred dollar notes since 1879. Chief Hazen of the secret service confirms a full confession and says evidence at his FlagTown New Jersey home supports the claim. The arrest is described as among the service’s most important cases.
Mme Duret Berthel a leading Louisville contralto and prominent southern vocalist has been stricken blind with permanent prospects. She woke last Thursday blind after a healthy end to the prior week. an oculist attends her and cites a slim chance of sight return. She also suffers nervous prostration, cause undetermined.
Albert Bigelow Paine prominent in literary circles and executive at the Combined Press is sued for divorce by Minnie Paine nee Schulte in Fort Scott Kansas. She accuses infidelity and cruelty. no corespondent named. Mrs Paine belongs to one of the city’s wealthiest families. Paine arrived as a poor artist in 1884 and wed in 1885.
An old advertisement touts Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a remedy for teething pain and wind colic. It claims widespread use by over fifty million mothers with perfect success in soothing babies during teething.
Reports from the Wyoming conference highlight protracted efforts toward liquor prohibition, Epworth League chapters, and church extension. Lectures on Assyria Babylonia and Bible history spark debate as officers, delegates, and the Hogan investigation loom over the session.
R. P. Crellion of White Haven and J. Broadhead of Scranton visited yesterday. Mrs. Harvey Jacques of New Powder Mills returned from a visit to MN City. D. B. Green, new owner of William Monile's Main Street property, has moved in and transferred the bakery. Wagons will come up town in the morning.
The World of Business notes 87 900 of 153 092 shares traded were American Tobacco. Early sales ranged 96 to 1 8 000 shares at the gavel. By mid morning over 65 000 shares traded, leaving under 3 000 for the day. The stock rose to 89 44, then dipped to 89 and closed near yesterday's level as Tobacco dampened overall activity. Manhattan rose late, while Sugar, Grangers, Louisville and Nashville, General Electric, Leather and Western Union led declines.
Philadelphia april 2 market steady and quiet with beef and pork prices listed by cut and age. New York market shows flour and grain activity with firm quotes amid mixed futures activity. Toledo reports dull wheat and corn receipts with steady hay and seed prices.
Cattle receipts 6 000 head market strong and 10 cents higher. Calves 5 dollars to 5 0 cents. Texans 92 203 head. Hog receipts 17 000 head market firm and few cents higher. Mixed and choice hogs 3.70 to 4.15 dollars. Sheep receipts 6 000 head market firm and 10 cents higher from 2.85 to 5.85 dollars.
Buffalo, N. C. cattle at 64 cards none sold. hogs 12 cards with 25 on sale, prices mixed with gains for heavy grades. Sheep and lambs three cars sold, market dull. beef and mutton prices range from 1.40 to 4.70 for lambs, 3.90 to 4.50 for fancy export sheep. Oil City and Pittsburgh reports show petroleum balances and option quotations.
Classified advertisements offer immediate work and sales roles in Scranton and nearby areas. Listings include household positions, sales agents, nurses, and canvassers with varied pay, commissions, and hours. Also includes real estate rentals and sales notices from local businesses and individuals.
The page lists the Central Railroad of New Jersey timetable for 1896 with train departures from Scranton Wilkes-Barre and connections to New York Newark Elizabeth Philadelphia Reading Lebanon and Union stations. It notes express and parlor car services and through tickets at reduced rates available in advance from the station ticket office.
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