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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1898
Page
3
A notice from the Tribune advertises a reliable business man of good address seeking a furnished room with or without board in a respectable country home on the street car line. The ad requests contact through the newspaper.
A dense listings page from Scranton featuring dentists doctors and specialists with hours and addresses around Wyoming Avenue Mulberry Street and Lackawanna area. It includes many firms such as Gates Roumeya 27 Antms for Trade building offices and veterinary services, plus printers and architects, all detailing rooms hours and contact points.
Trains depart Wilkes-Barre to Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburg and the West at 7 30 am weekdays 10 16 am weekdays 3 12 pm daily and 6 pm weekdays to Hazleton Pottstown Reading Norristown Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburg and the West Genl Pass Agent and General Manager Hutchinson listed.
Train schedules list departures from New York and Philadelphia terminals to Pittston Wilkes Barre Allentown Bethlehem and other points. Through tickets available via station agents. connections to elevated railways Broadway cable cars and ferries to Brooklyn and Freeport Island. Officials H P Baldwin and J H Olhauben oversee operations.
Trains depart Scranton on Monday February 2 for Carbondale Albany Saratoga Montreal Honesdale Wilkes Barre New York Philadelphia and western points with listed times and connections. Complete information and ticketing at the depot office with emphasis on Western and Southern resort service provided by J W Burdick G B P A Albany and W Cross DP A Beranton Pu.
Express trains from New York and all points pass Scranton with routes to Easton Trenton Philadelphia and the South. Local services include Washington and way stations and connections to Buffalo via Binghamton and Elmira. Various trains serve Kingston Plymouth Nantucket Williamsport and other cities with Pullman cars on all expresses.
Lehigh Valley Railroad details coal fed trains and routes effective February 3. schedules mention Black Diamond Express and Dakota lines to Philadelphia New York Wilkes Barre Bethlehem Easton Reading and intermediate stations with Pullman parlor service between Wilkes-Barre and New York Philadelphia Buffalo and Chicago coverage.
Trains leave Scranton for New York and intermediate Erie routes at 7 06 am and 2 35 pm. Return arrivals from above points to Scranton occur at 10 9 am 9 21 am and 2 8 pm.
A chaotic night follows Nora's arrival as Mrs Tannixter contends with a new kitchen helper. Nora breathes hard after a drink spiked with alcohol, triggering concern from Mes Gyenmdeter and Mie Dineteter over her condition and the crew's behavior.
A fragmented local text describes three waiters at a hotel and a dinner with a prim professor. The scene centers on a puzzling question asked by a waiter and an annoyed response about payment and a misheard or misspelled name. The garbled OCR hints at social miscommunication and a minor public scene.
Honesdale schools on vacation this week. Rev A M Roderick to preach in Pittsburg next Sunday. Special aster carol and Raster music services planned at Grace Episcopal and Presbyterian churches. Three funerals held Sunday afternoon. Out of town students home for break include Miterguise Durland Judggon Curtis Raymond Hardenbure William P Coon. St Johns Catholic to host supper April 1. Rev Benjamin to preach last sermon at Honesdale Methodist next Sunday. Funeral for Christopher C Lane at residence details given. Pallbearers listed. Glen Dyberry cemetery interment. Fo and Guy Brothers minstrel show at opera house tonight. Noon parade by tunes band. Military company drill incident described involving an orderly sergeant and fire day miscommunication.
Henry Crieman returned to New ark after a month west with his parents in town. Mrs. Walter B. Cobb of Scranton visited relatives here. The Ladies Ald Society of the Methodist church will be entertained Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. W. N. Pollet. Tuwlowana lodge of the Daughters of Rebekah meets Tuesday evening. Union temperance services were held at the Baptist church with Rev. H. Wilbur preaching. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union sets April 8 for a day of prayer and consecration with three services. Editor W. H. Capwell of the Dallas Post visited relatives here. J. G. Capwell made a business trip to Glenburn. Visitors to the Electric City included Mrs. L. D. Kemmerer and others. Mrs. R. V. Clark hosted a birthday gathering with guests from Taylor, Scranton, Clark's Green and town. Mrs. FM. Chase spent Monday in Dalton. Anna Smalley will open her bakery next Wednesday. J. M. Brown and J. G. Capwell were Scranton visitors.
Avoca notes report the Ladies Ald Society of the M I church meeting at Mrs Hattie Bell on Wednesday and the Ladies Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian at Mrs Alexander Conkey on Thursday. Christian Advance gatherings follow at Miss Mars Hannette’s Thursday and the Presbyterian church that evening with Mrs Nichols of Carbondale addressing both meetings.
Travelers can obtain full ticket and rate information from ticket agents of Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. The Lake Shore connects directly with Buffalo via New York Central and Boston & Albany Lines and runs through sleeping cars from Boston and New York City to Cleveland Toledo Chicago and western points. Westward service is available to travelers over these lines.
The Intervening market chatter produced a buoyant early rush as bears rushed to execute orders in several leading stocks. Prices then reversed with declines largely erased and most active issues ending with modest gains, amid narrow, thin trading and scattered jobbing activity.
A garbled market brief lists firms and products including poultry dairy cheese and grain, with references to prices like 005 05 and shipments of 4 000 barrels. It mentions Malton Breaily creamery and various regional suppliers and commodities such as Wheat and Poultry dressed, noting changes and shipments in a winter clean context.
News from the stock market notes pronounced strength in grain futures with firmer prices for No 2 red and whitepot style futures as shipments and export activity support prices. Traders showed cautious optimism amid mixed reactions and late session profit taking.
Chicago April 4 prices show favorable grower wheat reports offset by belief July corner forming. May and July futures advance while cash oats and corn rise and pork and lard lower prose lines show receipts and shipments of flour grain and livestock.
In Chicago April cattle price trends show weaker Weiker and We demand for short fed cattle with some buyers paying up to 180 for the poorest. Hog prices mostly firm with moderate demand and higher on prime shipments. Sheep and lamb values vary with best mutton and frame prime grades selling higher while common sherri Lambs move at lower quotes. overall volume around 21,000 head.
The report notes April price trends across livestock and crops with active demand and firmer cattle and hog markets. Cattle show steady to higher bids amid mixed hog price cues while sheep and lambs move slowly with tentative bids and occasional strength in select grades.
The article fragment shows a blurred market scene with references to calves, weights, and prices but the garbled OCR prevents clear entities or events. It mentions market activity, insults no clear figures, and lacks readable names or dates to identify a specific incident.
A fragmentary report mentions balances, credits, and shipments tied to Linde cues and Gabl. It references dies and barrels and a regional supplier network including Leb Syneeedis, with vague indications of credit terms and delivery timing.
A late 19th century device, the wind motor, is described as a wind powered generator using an aerovented wheel designed to convert wind into usable electricity. It is praised for weather resistance, rural utility, irrigation and powering railroads and factories, with aims toward independence from monopolies. The piece notes potential limits due to cost and danger, and foresees wide adoption in homes and farms.
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