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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1898
Page
3
A notice explains the Opportunity Bureau as a popular clearing house for readers with houses to rent real estate or other property to sell or exchange or who seek jobs. It states rates of one cent per word with six insertions for five cents per word and free insertions for situations wanted.
A long OCR of rental offers lists multiple properties in Scranton and nearby areas. Entries include furnished rooms at 2 Mulberry street and various houses such as 09 Green Ridge Street and 108 Capouré Avenue, with notes on occupancy, improvements, and contact details. The page also contains advertisements for agents, attorneys, and services.
An array of items appears from Scranton referencing preparatory courses for college and professions, hidden in a wartime style advertisement. Names such as ECHOOT and LACKAWANNA echo amid scattered details.
Central Railroad of New Jersey Lehigh and Susquehanna division timetable lists departures to Pittston Whitehaven Lakewood Atlantic City and Philadelphia with express and parlor car options. Return trips from New York foot of Liberty Street and South Street Whitehall connect to elevated lines ferries and Long Island depots. through tickets available at station agents.
In Effect Rept. 1 1897 trains leave Lemon for New York and intermediate points on Hire railroad and for Howley and local points at 7.05 am and 2.25 pm. Arrive at Berinion frontieye pulnia at 2 am, 7:15 and 4:38 pm.
Pennsylvania Railroad timetable lists weekday departures at 7 30 a m for Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore and for Pittsburgh and the West. 10 16 a m weekday run to Hazleton Pottsville Reading Norristown and Philadelphia and to Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburgh and the West. 3 12 p m daily for Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburgh and the West. 6 00 p m weekday for Hazleton and Wilkes Barre. Wood General Pass Agent Hutchinson General Manager.
Timetables published for Monday November 21 show multiple Kixpress East routes to New York Easton Trenton Philadelphia and South with various fare points 45 800 and 1255 and all p m connections. Express services serve Washington Tobyhanna Binghamton Oswego and Buffalo with connections to the West Northwest and Southwest. Also listed are Nicholson and Ithaca routes with intermediate stations and connections to Williamsport Harrisburg Baltimore and the South. Passenger agent MoV Smith provides pocket timetables and details at the depot ticket office.
The Lehigh Valley system promotes through trains to Philadelphia and New York via D and OH lines. It mentions Pullman parlor cars on all runs between Wilkes-Barre and New York Philadelphia Buffalo and Suspension Bridge with notable stations including White Haven Hazleton Pottsville and Easton among others.
On Monday February 2 trains depart Borunton with connections to Carbondale Albany Saratoga Montreal and Hosgan. Timetables list multiple departure times to New York Philadelphia via Lehigh Valley R R and other routes. Complete fare and route details available at the district ticket office Crock G and CHO DP Albany and Beranton PA.
Forest City announces a benefit performance of Rose the Mountain Walls of the Klondike Claim on May 17 at Davis Opera House. Harry Homan directs with Mir Hofmann in a principal male role and local talent cast. Tickets cost 15, 25, and 35 cents and prime seats are expected to sell quickly. Jo Staley was struck in the right eye by an iron belt Saturday and is hospitalized in Carbondale for eye injury. A late-season Forest City event noted as Birvan at setean lavenlehe.
A fragmentary read shows church notices from Lackawanna Presbytery and Green Ridge yesterday. Catherine Gaylord invites relatives in Philadelphia. a May pew orbert concert is announced at Norwich and a church social at Wronduig. The Lycoming County superintendent visits with parents. Christian Endeavor notes follow.
Endeavor cours will be given by the New York quartette Friday evening at the opera house. An electro motive ape entertainment is planned for Thursday at the Methodist church. The Honesdale grounds are prepared for a promising season with ex-League players and the Cuban Giants scheduled for opening. The German Lutheran church marks its golden anniversary next Sunday and Monday with visiting ministers and related exercises. A grand concert closes Monday night in the courthouse by the International Concert Company of New York.
In Towanda the Snoker fishing society faces cinders while Juellee Orcutt fines six gamblers arrested by Detective Hollon at April’s start. County offers 70 dollars for William Blecker murderers, Athens night police extend rewards. Wysox braking accident leaves Harry Levering with injuries. Local civic notes include a cigar factory opening by Albert G. Miller, church and school events, and political talk across Rendford County with candidates and party activity.
The text reports a cautious session with professional buying lifting some stock prices early, then selling to erase gains. Trading volume was among the smallest in exchange history with many trades by insiders and shorts under pressure, while grain and commodity quotes moved modestly with mixed signals and minimal price changes.
A garbled listing references mortgage bonds from Scranton, Peoples Street Railway, General Insurance, manufacturing, and school notes. It mentions a 6s mortgage due 1972 and various local issuers, including Reading or Beattyton area entities, with scattered references to township and minting details.
The entry lists contract grades and prices for various grains and produce, including wheat and corn, with notes on quality, timing, and regions. It mentions flour, butter, poultry, and dairy items, outlining supply quantities, pricing bands, and general market activity across multiple states and markets.
Disjointed OCR text mentions April New York dairy topics, wheat prices, creamery names, and factory notes. Several garbled phrases reference markets, cheese, milk, and regional dairy entities, with scattered place names and incomplete sentences.
Stronger prices dominated a busy sale with many beef steaks selling around four dollars. Shipments of stockers and feeders rose. hogs and sheep showed mixed to lower demand with clipped lambs and western woolly stockers in slower sale. Receipts totaled about 12 000 head.
New York dealers report a slow market with weak demand across beef and veal. Cows and calves show scattered bids while calves and sheep prices struggle. reports indicate lower lamb values and limited gains in hogs. Overall turnout remains light as traders weigh prices and futures signals.
Active demand and strong prices for meats and goods. References to hogs cattle and mixed stock with denoting brands and sellers. Limited legible details, but notes indicate market activity and price signals in New York region.
April 2 market brief records cattle prices with notes on steady trends and unchanged quotations. Mentions Hoza Shoop Slaw and Tiniba items with limited price details and a reference to a statue context.
Fragmentary text appears to reference balances and credits with disjointed phrases. Key names, dates, or clear actions are not identifiable. The passage lacks a coherent event or outcome to summarize.
A crowded Avoca station greeted excursionists en route to Serenton while residents from Olyphant Shaler and Kingston visited family and attended services. Delegates to temperance and Lehigh conventions were named. a Main Street fire-damaged property was remodeled and a local millinery deal resumed. Thieves struck Clark's store, stealing butter ham and shoes as police investigated.
Fragmentary quote shows Aleweland Seuder alleging Belting and gossip about relationships. The text hints at interpersonal conflict and social dynamics but lacks clear event or outcome. Context remains unclear due to incomplete OCR.
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