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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1898
Page
3
A public notice announces The Tribune’s Opportunity Bureau offering a popular clearing house for housing to rent real estate to sell or exchange or help wanted. Ads cost one cent per word with six insertions for five cents per word. situations wanted are free.
A pasted page shows various rental and sale notices including a house for rent on 106 Wii Wyoming Avenue, rooms for rent on Clay Avenue, and multiple sale notices for shoes, mantelpieces, and household items. Also listed are job ads for painters and catalog distributors, a partnership dissolution, bids for removal of buildings for a new school site, and a board note on bid requirements.
chiropodist offers bunion problem relief with painless treatment at home. care provided by KM EMTZih Chinepo ipa Iadiawanne Avo Tadicette with moderate charges and optional residence visits. no blood drawn.
A column of want ads lists profiles including a nurse with good references on Spruce Street, a young seamstress with sewing experience on North Washington Avenue, a 16 year old seeking light work, a middle aged woman seeking work, a male keeper willing to relocate, a first class butcher seeking steady work at Penn Avenue, and several managerial and day labor postings. Also includes women seeking work locally and housework preferences.
Professional architects Thy Blk Cafe 15 and in Franklin avenue offers reasonable rates. P Fieglier proprietor Scranton House near Dal and W Prosenger depot. Conducted on the European plan Victor Koch proprietor.
A dense listing of local professionals and services in Scranton including attorneys, doctors, bankers, a veterinary service, a school, printing and newspaper facilities, hardware and shop suppliers, and railroad timetable references. Contains names, addresses, and office locations across Lackawanna Avenue, Spruce Street, Wyoming Avenue, and surrounding streets.
Train timetable dated Monday May 1 1891 lists departures for New York Boston Philadelphia Trenton Washington and Buffalo. It includes Express and accommodation trains with times to Northumberland Wilkes Barre Kingston and other intermediate stations and notes connections to Williamsport and Baltimore. Contact details for tickets and time tables are provided at the end.
A condensed listing shows multiple daily departures from Delaware and Hudson lines on Monday February 2, detailing Carbondale Wilkes-Barre Albany Saratoga Montreal and Philadelphia connections via Lehigh Valley and Black Diamond Express services. It notes times for first and last trains, intermediate stops and connections, with emphasis on regional routes through Pittston and Wilkes-Barre and westward to Albany and beyond.
In New York and surrounding regions a detailed time-table outlines trains to Philadelphia, Lakewood, Allentown, and other points. It notes departures and arrivals, through-ticket options, and agents at major stations for advance purchases.
In this transit note the Diamond Express announces routes linking Wilkes Barre and Scranton with New York via multiple lines including Pittston and Wilkes Barre via 1 and 3 RR. The schedule references Bethlehem, Philadelphia, Rochester, and Syracuse connections with ticketing through Lehigh Valley parlor cars. A general agent in Philadelphia and a Scranton office on Lackawanna Avenue handle operations.
Fragmentary note describes trains running to secure cheaper fares via Gotario and Western routes before ticket checks. Mentions various unclear terms and names, with a chaotic sequence of words and numbers.
The U S Navy dispatches the flying squadron from Hampton Roads for a 45 hour practice cruise off the coast. Commodore Schley’s fleet includes the armored Brooklyn flagship with twenty guns, the cruisers Columbia and Minneapolis, and battleships Massachusetts and Texas. The move aims to steady the crew and prepare ships for possible future needs.
A damaged Washington dispatch reports Sagasta seeking ally support for a new Spanish government lineup. Sources say a Liberal coalition may back a minority cabinet while addressing constitutional reforms and regional issues. The piece notes debate over leadership roles and potential concessions to achieve a stable majority.
April 13. Captaiy Star Ver Wor led officials in accounting for effects from a wreck. United States notes and foreign government bonds were found among the lost crew’s belongings. A caller held about $1000 in deposits at Seamen's Bank of New York. Officers seized belongings from Lieutenants Jenkins Merritt and Cherre. Items recovered will be kept by the department until relatives prove their relation.
The British navy signals resolve to maintain sea supremacy with a 106000 total officers and men, up from 100050, amid a 1.44 million pound rise in naval spending. The plan adds three small combatants, four cruisers, four destroyers, and introduces a lighter 6 inch quick firing gun to cut costs and weight.
Erie and Wyoming Valley transit notice dated February 1 1897 lists trains leaving Herunton for New York and intermediate Barle railroad points toward Hawley and Tidwat Spat with core points at 4 0 hao £ 100 4. m 3 45 and 0 58 p.m.
New York stocks edged lower as net losses spanned percent to percent among leaders with many securities offered for sale. Trading closed near the day’s low, reflecting waning optimism about a Cuba settlement without arms. Total sales reached about 400 shares.
Fragmented text lists dairy terms and product notes with scattered references to Crams and creamery brands. The passage reads like a garbled market snippet lacking coherent events or identities.
April 4 bulletin shows wheat trends steady to firm with some gains for Prime and Firm categories, corn and sugar receipts listed. Poultry and tallow steady, receipts include 2200 barrels of flour and 1000 bushels of wheat, 4000 bushels of corn, with several misread values in the grain and livestock lines.
Chicago markets showed April N through May deliveries advancing to the highest level for that period while July posted an intraday rise. Prices for flour, corn, rye and barley moved up with quotes for No 2 yellow corn and No 2 rye reported. Stronger bids appeared for oats and timothy, with prices for farm staples and provisions mixed amid active trading.
Chicago April 1 cattle prices show lower beet steers at 3.4005.10 and common types around 8002. western stock and feeders at 50. calves and fat cows mixed with declines noted. sheep and lambs fairly active with shorn and woolled categories priced. hog and other stock counts listed with totals nearby.
New York reports slow market action across Reeves Market flow and Calver Market with lower prices for sheep and lambs. Buyers show subdued demand, with modern lambs around 84 and southern spring lambs noted. values in pounds and dollars vary, reflecting a cautious trading tone.
Market notes from Bast Liberty Virginia on April 13 show cattle prices with ranges for prime and common grades and strong demand for heavy and West Yorks. Sheep and lambs quotations include choicest clipped lambs, spring lambs and veal calves with varied prices across categories.
April 1 report shows cattle steady with varied cattle grades and prices. Sheep and lambs are slower with trims and culls moving to common and selected welder grade.
Credit balances and Te certificates opened with bids for cash observed. No sale during the day and no quotations at the clete. Shipments included 048 barrels and runs 97 WS barrels.
Ties, KL Williams will occupy the pulpit of the Primitive Methodist church next Sunday due to Rev J Joness absence in Delaware Mia Edith Anderson of Norristown Va visiting town Anthony Barrett of the North End to be a delegate to the county convention Mise Kim Harrett returns to Jer myn after weeks of visiting John Greene Moosic to move his family to Wilkes-Barre soon Miss Francesa McMillan of Australia to depart Europe for a time Miss Hannah Morrissey returns from New York F and Clark back from Honesdale Mrs Hugh Jennings leaves for Baltimore Margaret Thornton returns to Scranton Dougherty Spring Street in fragile health Joseph McPherson returns from Easter with parents at Uniondale Thomas Burne Lehigh University visiting parents Mrs William Bradbury in New York City downtown town electricity delay leaves city in darkness workers absent and company urged to act Jovepl age 25 son of Mr and Mrs Peter Harding West Side seriously ill United choir Monsie presents leader Prof Major W L Jones a gutta percha baton as token of thanks for services past months
A lady finds a man following her and confesses his love claim. He says she is beautiful, but directs him to another sitter believing she is more beautiful. He then courts the sitter, discovers she is unattractive, and learns she lied about love. The woman rebukes him for pursuing another woman.
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