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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1898
Page
5
A public rental and sale clearing house advertises housing to rent property to sell or exchange and help wanted opportunities. Rates are given as one cent per word per insertion with six insertions for five cents per word and free for situations wanted listings.
A mixed OCR text fragment shows advertisements for agents wanted across several firms, plus public notices. The content includes promises of free outfits, commissions, and exclusive territories, with references to Alpine Cycle Co and Leake Bing Co. It also contains public utility rate notice from The Scranton Gas and Water Co effective April 1, 1808 and multiple law firms listings. The piece ends with help-wanted and situation notices.
Trains leave Wilkes-Barre at 7 30 a m weekdays for Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and for Pittsburg and the West. At 10 16 a m weekdays for Hazleton Pottsville Reading Norristown and Philadelphia and for Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburg. At 9 12 p m daily for Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburg and the West. 5 00 p m weekdays for Hazleton and Pottsville. Wood Genl Pasa Agent J HUTCHINSON General Manager.
An old classified notice lists items including shoes, garments, medicines, musical performances, printers supplies, twine and hardware. It references locations on Wyoming Avenue and Luzerne Street and mentions merchants such as Prank P Brown & Co and others in Stranton and Scranton area.
Scranton entries list Fredrick Lan Architect at Price Building 126 Washington Ave and Dr Lyman at 2% N Washington Ave. The Black Cafe at K and Frank Lin Ave, proprietor P Zirgler. Scranton House NHAR D L & W panenger depot conducts on repose plan by Victor Koch.
Rail timetable notice lists departure times from Scranton to Albany Rochester Montreal and other points, with trains to Honesdale Wilkes Barre and connections via the Lehigh Valley and Diamond Express. It notes through services, rates to U S and Canada, and directs to the depot office for full schedule details.
Fragmentary text references trains stopping or signaling for passage near Ontario Western. Mentions past ag e, Wissorote, Div, Pass and age terms. Details are unclear but suggest scheduling or signaling notes.
Trains from Scranton offer connections to New York and East Coast points with several daily options. Express services run to Kosten Trenton Philadelphia and the South with various departure times, plus local and accommodation trains serving multiple intermediate stations. Details and pocket timetables available from M I Smith, District Passenger Agent, depot ticket office.
Lehigh Valley Railroad details omnibus services with connections to Scranton and New York via D and H, L and W lines, including Diamond Express and fast daily departures. Messages describe routes to White Haven Kingston Portville Towanda Elmira and Buffalo with intermediate stations and parlor car offerings.
A fragmented timetable lists train departures from New York and Philadelphia routes with connections to Lakewood Atlantic City Mauch Chunk Allentown and Harrisburg along with express options via South Ferry and Whitehall and notes on transfers to ferries and elevated lines. The notice names officials H P Baldwen and J I Olhausen and mentions through tickets at the station.
Trains run from Erie and Wyoming Valley to Scranton for New York and intermediate points at 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Arrivals at Scranton from these points occur at 1:20 p.m. 11:5 p.m., and 9:15 p.m. These times include Hinchey and Loreal points.
An outside view argues that aggressive political tactics by Quay and Cameron risk alienating Republican voters in Pennsylvania. It notes heavy anti regularity sentiment, warns of possible GOP reverses in the governor and house races, and stresses adherence to McKinley era principles to avoid factional damage.
A garbled exchange mentions a “dandy wheel” and a suggestion for a little spin. It references Marrow and a phrase “Won of your Own” with a playful, dialect-inflected tone and uncertain attribution.
Absence of Rev Van Hoesen leads to no Methodist service while Epworth League and Sunday School proceed. Rev Williams will preach at Primitive Methodist as Rev Jones is away. St Mary’s holds Forty Hours devotion. Local arrivals, political announcements, and misfortune reports include a mining accident with injuries not fatal and various social visits and lectures.
In Forest City residents gathered for local business at Wundling colliery with Sheriff Ward Dewell and officials present. Washington venue featured a debate on presidential amendment with Elon Maxey praised for eloquence and the Forest City youth’s promising future noted.
The piece argues the United States must remove Spanish rule from Cuba promptly. It urges Congress and the president to act in unity, follow the majority’s conclusions, and terminate Spain’s presence to restore peace and domestic stability.
New York April 11 traders saw slight advances in speculative favorites before prices retraced by session end. Rumors of intervention between the United States and Spain and a Cuban request for armistice spurred a final hour rally then pullback. Grains and cash quotes showed general weakness amid mixed trading across commodities with Worland and Allen & Co noting modest activity.
The New York produce market notes weak to steady prices across grains and dairy. No. 2 red wheat futures eased while No. 2 white and 2 MW oats showed limited activity as options remained weaker. corn and butter futures also softened with some gains in dairy items and regional creamery products.
The April market notes list wheat, corn, potatoes with varying firmness and declines. Sugar, cotton and live poultry prices are described with limited changes. Shipments include wheat and oats with substantial bushel totals and nearby refined sugar trends noted.
Chicago reports light demand and steady to lower prices across cattle hogs and sheep. Calves steady to lower with common at 42 per cwt. prime cattle sold heavy around 4. hogs at 4.50 to 4.60. sheep weak with shorn around 7.0. total receipts about 2000 cattle 19000 hogs and 7400 sheep.
East Liberty market notes cattle steady to slow with prime prices around 10 and 11, mixed demand by buyers. Pigs listed with varied quality, heavy hogs near 8, sheep steady with clipped wool and common grades, lambs priced about 1.85 to 2 something per head.
Fragmentary market notes show mixed demand across items with prices and terms unclear. Mentions prime stock weakness and some clipped or light items, with scattered figures and seller references unreadable.
Fragmented sale notice lists various items such as cash silk stock, cures, pies, siding, and cloaks with unclear pricing. Mentions names like Hoge and Lumbe Recelpis and miscellaneous amounts such as 4.28 and 4.00. No coherent event or outcome established.
Credit balances and opened credits are noted with bids for regular shipments. The report mentions barrels and shipments tied to Te. sulex and Toc.5 bids, with references to Toc and My 4ét barrels and SHH barrels in transit.
The Philadelphia Record reports on Bes semmer steel output and projections for 1890, new copper and coal data, and advances in petroleum solidification. It notes copper exports from Port Pirie, safety stats for British coal mines, a planned magnetic survey of Prussia, and a German engineer overseeing Japan's imperial naval works with German machinery purchases involved.
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