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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1897
Page
2
A jury received the Zemitia murder case at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Reports note various local happenings from Susquehanna and Luzerne counties including school closings, elections, and criminal cases.
A fragmented auction note lists items or names as sold by a New York based trader group with unclear item details and multiple parties involved.
Benton routed Keystone Academy 2 to 0 in a Saturday baseball game. The report notes a one sided affair with Benton as the clear favorite. Several local residents and visitors were mentioned, including Professor Bromiey Smith and various community activities in Keystone and nearby towns.
A long wished for medicine case was presented to the doctor by his former employee Charles Klinefelter now a merchant and burgess W N Shaw and family Ora Starr of Tunkhannock joined in the presentation A A Drown hosted visitors Sunday with the group.
Services at St Marys marked by a 40 hour devotion ending after 10 o clock mass with sermons by Rev J J McCabe and Rev John Loughran of Washington University. Local residents seek care, travel, marriages and social events. Italian typhoid fever victim dies. Avoca Dramatic Company to stage Brother Fetters for Father Matthew Society with a cast list and post show social.
Miss Mary Shook hosted the Young Ladies Shakespeare club gathering on Friday evening. The town council considers extending the sewer from Walls hotel along Tioga to Warren street corner. Miss Mary Avery, daughter of F. P. Avery, married here Thursday to My. Barnard of Syracuse. they will live in Syracuse after May 28.
The pews will be rented Thursday evening April 28 for the Methodist church. Rev. W. H. Swift and Rev. J. J. Rankin of Hawley Presbyterian exchanged pulpits Sunday morning. The Electric Light Co adds a heavy wire. Odd Fellows held services at the Presbyterian church with a sermon on Odd Fellowship. The haunted house mystery is explained by a servant seen in a mirror. A Pastors’ Aid society hosts a musical entertainment.
A church event at the Baptist church this Tuesday evening offers ice cream cake and homemade candy at its close. The Honesdale Cornet band, new members added, plans weekly dances on Wednesdays and hopes to fund uniforms. Open air summer concerts may be held in Central Park if arrangements permit.
Professors Ihlseng and Stock of State College Pa will deliver a series of mining lectures with demonstrations. The first three will be in Throop borough hall and Forest City with topics on atmosphere and glasses, timbering and safety, and history of coal mining. Ihlseng is a national authority and Stock is assistant professor with practical mining experience. all interested are urged to attend.
On Saturday last A L Vangoriler eased the arrest of George Tompson charging him with destroying plants and shrubbery on his premises three or four weeks earlier. Bquire McKinney found him guilty after evidence and fined him thirty dollars plus costs, paid promptly on Monday. Mrs A la Harding of Binghamton visited sister Mrs N L Walker Saturday. Frank Pratt of Seranteen spent the Switath with his parents, Frank J Crane and Miss Carris Harding of Beranton called on friends Sunday. N J and S T Walker plan a Preston Wayne county trout fishing trip.
Wilkes Barre April 26 A relic of Wyoming’s hate era surfaces as the Historical society displays an excavation grave from a pioneer massacre. A skull shows a bullet hole and a lomahawk cleft, with the savage scalping marks forming three inch circular cuts. The grave lies on a vanished village burial ground, the valley’s first graveyard.
On April 26 at a Honeybrook boarding house George Vito became boisterous after four inmates tried to eject him. He knocked them down and bit two fingers from one fighter. A constable and three deputies arrived to arrest him, he struck a lamp and started a fire before being overpowered and jailed at McAdoo lockup.
In West Pittston on a Sunday evening a boy threw a stone through the Kobnoekl home window while Mrs Kebnoski nursed her week old baby Jerry Hallstead. The mother fainted, the infant was knocked aside, the husband pursued the boy but the burgess discharged him. Hallstead remained in custody for further examination.
On a Pennsylvania Railway train to Wilkes-Barre two intoxicated men were refused access near Creasy. They reboarded, fought the staff, and one drew a revolver but retreated when weapons were shown. The train eventually pulled away with pistol drawn guards. The pair face prosecution.
New York April 26 stock activity was muted as traders anticipated a holiday for the Grant monument dedication. Prices advanced steadily with buyers confident as hopes mounted that the Turkey Crete war may end. American shares rose on London activity and local buying, with total volume around 1,355,500 shares.
In Scranton a series of bonds and mortgages are listed with due dates including street railways and manufacturing firms. The notices reference the Lackawanna Township School and city streets, with multiple company names such as Scranton & Piston, Puppie Street Railway, Dickson Manufacturing, and Mt. Vernon Commerce House. The text shows first and second mortgages and their due amounts and institutions.
New York reports mixed signals in grain futures with winter patents and No 2 hard winter options trading unevenly. Corn futures rise on better crop prospects then weaken, while dairy prices hold steady for creamery and cheese amid broad market hesitancy and global news.
Philadelphia April market notes dull wheat with nominal prices for futures in May June and July. Corn unchanged with mixed demands for various grades. Sugar, tobacco, and cotton show firmer tones while live poultry remains steady, with receipts of 1400 barrels and 34 000 bushels of corn shipped.
Chicago April futures show mixed grains with premiums for May and July. Wheat prices appear erratic with several contract months listed while corn and oats display varied bids and the commodity board quotes minor shifts in May July and September. Beef and pork prices in other lines indicate market activity and meat futures.
A garbled OCR segment lists various grain and feed terms including corn, oats, rye, wheat, barley, and timothy seed, with scattered prices and shipment terms. Names, numbers, and units are irregular, suggesting a dusty trade ledger or market column excerpt from a historical newspaper.
The open market shows slow demand with prices slipping on most classes. Fat steers and heifers mixed while wool stock declines and hogs, cows, and calves hold uncertain value amid light activity and lower bidding.
In Chicago on April 26 trade opened brisk for cattle with steady to higher quotes for the best lots. native beef steers scarce at 5.15 and generally selling around 10.50. Stockers and feeders weak, western calves steady. Texas cattle fair demand. Sheep market slow with lambs hard to place and lower than previous bids. exporters active at higher prices for the best, with receipts showing cattle 1,500 head, cows 9,0 head, sheep 11,0 head.
New York Live Stock reports show receipts and sales across categories including heifers, cows, steers, bulls, sheep, and beef cattle. Market activity varied with generally steady to slow demand and noticeable movement in heavy supplies and better grades across multiple consignments.
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