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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1897
Page
2
Farmer Bampton and sons found two full grown birds trapped inside a hollow limb after felling a tree. The birds could not fly and had been fed by mates through a small opening. The incident prompts questions about how they became confined and why they never escaped.
Nevel project by two Philadelphians aims to form a summer colony at Entremont in Monroe County Frieudsburg with a site once used for a successful camp meeting. The Times reports no chance of a Pitman Grove style colony forming in the county this year.
Bargain sale offers 500 yards of floor oil cloths marked 15 20 28 30 cents per yard and 346 square yards valued 20 cents to 50 cents. Also 200 yards of assorted matting priced 81 cents to 25 cents, with many items offered at half their marked value.
The Independent cites a real haunted house in Honesdale where neighbors observed a light in a vacant bedroom twice on consecutive nights. Witnesses described a figure moving to prepare the bed then turning off a gas jet, leaving darkness, with investigators finding no disturbance or intruder and noting gas shutoff in the cellar.
Attorney Frank Wheaton visits town as cashiers Fassett and Mrs Fitch travel for business and family. Local dance at Opera house features George Carte and Herbert Reynolds. The Coleman house site is cleared for a new foundation. The Knights Templar installation at the Methodist church draws a large crowd. Court activity includes a new trial request for Judson Lutes and civil cases ongoing. A cattle damage suit spans Noxen and a jury tour to the scene. Bunnell sues Mahanna after grand jury drop. Bunnell defended by J Bunnell and H Harding, Mahanna by J W Piatt.
The Catholic society held a fair at the Opera House with Hayes orchestra in attendance. The Marmony club and Corneil No. 107 of the American Protective Association plan a reunion at the Opera House this Thursday. D. D. W. H. Goswald from Washington will lecture on Patriot ism and their Patriotic Order Ex Mayor Fellows and Frank W. Young of Clark's Summit are among expected speakers. Clark's Summit and Nicholson bands will provide music. Mr and Mrs W F E Titus start housekeeping in Mrs Mary Werkheiser’s residence. Arthur Robling of Scranton visited Easter with relatives Mr and Mrs Joseph Walker. John Tanner of Harford Pa visited on Tuesday and Wednesday. Rev Dwight Waterbury attends Presbytery at Providence this week. Nettle Lavery of Binghamton visits Misa Mary Wilkens.
The Junior Epworth League conducted Easter services at the Methodist Episcopal church Sunday evening. The church was decorated with potted plants and a well prepared program featured trained children, songs, and recitations. The Eddy Cornet band hosted a ball at Star rink Monday evening. The Maennerchor society held a bell event at their hall Monday night with Rev. J H Judge officiating at 1 00 o'clock Wednesday.
Noon bridegroom George Bellman weds Miss Mary Stelliz and the couple depart on the afternoon train to their new home in Connecticut. Scranton’s Mark K. Edgar and South Canton’s George Wildenberger were in town Tuesday. Port Jervis NY’s Hubert Kelley also visited. The Electric Light and Power Company is distributing poles around town to prepare for new lighting service.
Fire relief funds distribute to Wilkes-Barre while Ashley experiments with street lamps. Local hires and property moves include W A Gardner building a Lake Winola cottage and the Mechanic Hose company planning a new hose house in Pittston. Officials report a Memorial Day address in Montrose and a Susquehanna County teachers exam.
Market update notes a quiet yet unsettled session with wheat moving on stronger cables before a late decline amid heavy unloading. Corn and oats show firmer to mixed results with spot strength giving way to selling as contracts close lower for April and May.
Prices stay firm for refined sugar and butter while oet figures show steady to higher trends in several grain and dairy items. Receipts include 200 barrels of flour and large bushel totals for wheat corn and oats with ongoing shipments nationwide.
The Chicago grain futures section shows a chaotic slate for April and May wheat with garbled OCR text making precise prices and contract names unreadable. The fragment indicates activity in wheat futures but provides no clear numeric data or reliable dates beyond the date line.
Cash quotations show flour firm and grains quoted for spring wheat and corn with oats and rye also listed. Livestock bids include pork at 3.40 to 4.00, lard around 4.17, short ribs 4.43, and whiskey 1.19 while cattle and sheep markets display modestly steady to weaker tones with varied bids.
East Buffalo New York April 21 report shows receipts all consigned with no trading. Calves and veals described as steady to dull with prices for various grades. Sheep and lambs mixed with select wethers and culls noted. overall market activity described as dull.
The brief notes that Cortiflente market opened with bids and later sales volumes about 9,275 barrels were recorded. Shipments and credit balances are mentioned along with figures in barrels and delivery terms in Ow City.
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