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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1895
Page
2
West Pittston leaders push for a new Water Street bridge to connect electric streetcar lines and debate relocating rail depots for a Garden Village. City committees are named at a council meeting. health officials warn of winter filth and epidemic risk. local residents and visitors are noted with several social mentions.
An aged lady Mrs William Riddle died at her Sibley home early Wednesday. She leaves a husband and several grown children. Water works extend main on Railroad street to supply new silk mill. Calvary Baptist Young People's Society debates Woman's Suffrage with ladies negative and men affirmative. Easter union services planned at First Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal churches with Rev Jones officiating. Special music and features planned by church choirs. Borough council to meet tonight. Taylor Pyne and Holden mines paid. shell game swindled Caspar Shields of about 40 dollars at Pyne mines. Christian Endeavor held a fibbon eodal raising funds. Electrics hold second April annual ball April 22 at Weber's rink. Post office hours today 9 to 10 a m and till 2 p m.
East Stroudsburg notes report Mrs Pater and Louise Lesaine visiting relatives at Marshall’s Falls. Mrs Ellis Jones of Portland spent time with her parents on Prospect Street. Miss Mary Wolfe visited Shawnee to see her grandfather Mr Myers, a former blacksmith. Carrie Smith hosted friends on Lackawanna Avenue. Mrs H Thompson and niece Minnie Rinker travel to New York City for Easter. Various locals and guests arrive for visits and a Clover Leaf Social club gathering set for April 16 at Miss Katie Pipher’s Washington Street home.
Tr Drodhead of Main Street visited Scranton on business. Mrs Sebeorine and daughter Carrie from Minooka Avenue visited the Electric City. Water near the Lackawanna iron bridge overflowed Plate Creek, reaching William Millard’s truck garden. James A Hand returned from Warren Pa after attending his mother in law’s funeral. Mossle Powder Co paid March wages. Mrs B J Hinds and daughter Mattie visited Scranton. James Levan & Son bottlers upgrade equipment for summer trade. Mrs W S Hutchings was a visitor from out of town. Mr and Mrs George Kirk and family of Spike Island attended their son George Kirk’s wedding to Sarah Williams of Mill Creek. The Christian Endeavor Society of Moosic Presbyterian plans a 6 am Easter sunrise service. Invitation extended to all.
Grace church in Honesdale will rent pews on Easter Monday April 16 from 2 to 4 p.m. A vestry will be elected for the ensuing year. William Wells and daughter have returned home from New York City.
Occupants Park Street August Thompson and George Weston return from Yale. Superintendent L C Rove J Kirk Rose and W M Gardner inspected canal breaks after floods. repairs likely in two to three weeks. Miss Josephine Mission and Louise Durland set for New York City. Mrs John James and Miss Mary Menner attend Methodist conference at Carbondale. Bicycles proliferate on streets. many new wheels bought in two weeks. Muddle horse owned by Hurt Hryint is auctioned after a cart mishap. Henry Schoenley, former holder of a ten cent hamlet, buys and will sell cheaply.
April last year saw 2 757 008 tons of anthracite shipped. Jersey Central to hold annual meeting on May 10 with books closing April 15 and reopening May 11. Reading railroad coal shipments to March cited as potential basis for market demand. Glope mine near Coleraine breaker to reopen after earlier abandonment due to exhausted resources. North Carolina passes law requiring railroads to redeem unused tickets to curb scalpers. Pennsylvania system divisions Chicago and Logansport Indianapolis and Vincennes Pittsburg and Altoona each 17 miles long by chance. Beaver Brook colliery led by Robert Russell reports large coal shipments, with improved processing plans to boost output. University extension movement expands to Belgium with low-cost lectures and book lists to be sent to local secretaries.
The Buffalo market reports cattle receipts of 782 head and sheep and lamb entries around 2 head and 4000 head respectively. Prices show mixed activity with dull demand for high quality York weights around 40 to 40.50 and heavy declines for certain classes.
Trading opened soft but with a strong underlying tone as Salat reached 310000 shares. Rail and early gains faded with Cogerlines Delaware and Hudson dipping before a partial rebound, while Atchison and Manhattan showed strength in brisk demand and notable price moves across multiple issues.
New York on April 1 shows flour steady while wheat remains dull yet firm. Corn and oats move with weak options and mixed bids while provisions stay firm and butter sees limited movement in quiet trading, with market notes across northern and western grain baskets.
Wheat receipts 400 bushels with 14 000 bushels shipped and No 2 red cash at 174 cents. Corn receipts 1 080 bushels with 11 080 bushels shipped and No 2 mixed cash at 1c. Clover hay receipts 180 bales, prime cash 6.96, Chicago cattle receipts zero with market steady and hogs 24 000 head, market weak. Texans and lambs listed with prices.
April 11 notes dull tallow trading in Philadelphia with weak prices and limited demand. Market in Pittsburgh shows higher cuts and prices, while buyers seek steady supplies. R. C. Joiner of Hilldale Co. Michigan praises Dr Thomas electric treatment for quick relief.
Classified list offers multiple rental properties including a large store on Main Street Taylor and a 34 and U6 Cedar address, plus an 188 United avenue wholesale building. Also advertised are a brick house on 4th Vine Street and various rooms for rent on Lackawanna Avenue and Lackawanna Co. listings include milk route sale and several employment ads for salesmen and clerks.
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