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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1897
Page
2
A long list of regional items notes Hazleton prohibiting Sunday baseball, a Wilkes-Barre civil service exam on June 5, factory and mine work updates, court actions, school honors, church news, and municipal notices across Susquehanna, Wyoming, and Lackawanna counties with names like Wilkes-Barre, Nanticoke, Meshoppen, Stroudsburg, and Forty Fort.
Avoca reports include visits by Bishop O Hara and visitors from Philadelphia and Richmondale. illnesses strike local families with Mrs Atwell and Mrs Fadden critically ill. An infant dies in Dupont. interment at South Side cemetery. Methodist church sponsors Home Department. lecture on socialism by Benjamin Hanford in Newton's hotel. Improvements planned for church property and iron fence. Local officials appointed to study ward divisions. Various residents visiting or hosting in Hyde Park Lincoln FA and Chicago.
Beranton preached the sermon at St Marys church on Tuesday evening Rev PF F McHale of Archtald preached. The forty hours closed yesterday with a solemn high mass celebrant Rev J J Curran deacon Rev D A Greene master of ceremonies. The choir offered selections and the sanctuary glowed with cut flowers and potted plants. Rev PP J Golden of Williamsport is visiting nearby friends.
The Young Ladies Shakespearian club was entertained by Miss Bertha Pope. Frank Chaffee, now in Towanda, spent a week with his parents. Grant celebration attendees in New York included Dr. E F Avery Colonel N A McKown and Charles McKown. Harold Twin of Falla is night operator at Lehigh Valley station. Contractor Dunn of Scranton who built the town sewer met with the council. Hon EB Jordan has been sick for a week. Carleton Adame of Lovelton jailed for killing his wife will face a grand jury for June term. trial not before November if a true bill is found. shooting claimed accidental, sole witness a 6 year old child. Mika Jennie Roach begins second term of dancing lessons. about thirty join in the evening class and about twenty-five in the afternoon.
In the Tacon versus Nicholson Water Co. case the court appointed viewers visited the plant site on Thursday and after testimony and inspection they valued the damages at $840. Other local items note Miss Carrie Burns visiting, Mrs. Hert T. Wilkins visiting Scranton, and Mrs. J. Rinner returning home to Jamestown, N Y.
Hazleton April. A Seeley a wholesale candy dealer was beaten by footpads on a road near Humboldt. The attackers tried to rifle his clothing while Michael Gillette a huckster pursued. A highwayman on a bicycle detained Seeley’s horse before the assault. Seeley aged 67 faces uncertain recovery.
Edward Walker councilman from the First ward had a narrow escape when a waterback range exploded blowing the stove to fragments and a large hole in the house. He stepped away from the stove moments before the blast and would have been killed otherwise.
George Taylor, a well known farmer near Troy, was badly injured when a large one year old Durham bull charged him in the barnyard. He suffered five broken ribs and extensive bruising before help arrived and the animal was driven off. recovery expected.
Dr. Carlos Martyn denounces sensational reporting at Third United Presbyterian Church, arguing newspapers weaponize ink with murders arsons and crimes. He urges readers to seek wholesome literature and moral works, citing Milton and historical biographies to counter morbid press culture.
Popular Science News advises regular winding to keep timepieces accurate. Seibel explains the first rule of good watch care is winding your watch consistently.
Morning is best for checking watches as spring tension rises during the day. Have watches cleaned and oiled regularly. delicate balance wheels vibrate 140 million times yearly. Keep pockets clean, avoid dust, and curb curiosity by not opening or adjusting the works yourself.
A Times-Herald analysis notes American visitors bring demand to London shops and lodging houses, while locals view them as easy targets. It cites tourists’ pretension and deference by shopkeepers, leading to higher prices for unscrupulous travelers, with a New York lady negotiating down seven guineas to two and a half.
The market lacked animation with a small net decline driven by bear manipulation of select stocks. Total stock sales reached 130,315 shares as investors awaited firmer signals amid broad weakness and mixed commodity movements including dull wheat and fluctuating corn and oats prices.
Liberal supply caused weaker prices though some calves and hogs showed firm bids. Texas cattle sold lower with hogs at 8.70 while western sheep fetched 2.75 and lambs around 44. Receipts: cattle and hogs about 130 thousand head. sheep about 150 thousand head.
Oil City market report shows certificate oil opening at six and closing at six with six four hundred barrels at best. Beep purchasing agent lowers Pennsylvania and Lina credits to a barrel. Shipments total 109306 barrels with 81511 barrels ready for delivery.
Market report from Philadelphia shows April wheat weak with lower contract values for April through July. Corn and oats show mixed to steady movement with No 2 white oats and white oats prices noted. Butter remains firm with good demand at 19 to 20 cents per pound, while regional prints indicate steady prices for nearby creamery products.
The fragment lists refined sugars, tallow, poultry, and dress poultry with dull to weak demand. It notes grain figures including 3,000 barrels of oil, 10,000 bushels of wheat, 00 bushels of corn, and 600 bushels of oats along with shipmounts of wheat and corn quantities.
The report shows futures for Wheat and Corn moving unevenly with April contracts quoted alongside July and September dates. It lists commodity bids and receipts including flour, oats, barley, and rye, plus shipment totals for flour and grain, indicating a volatile yet activity-filled market snapshot.
New York reports 1071 head on gale with slow prices across cattle sections. Slaughter cattle at 4.20 to 4.25, native steers weak. beef futures and exports steady but beef shipments show 6152 quarters today. Calves receipts 18 head, 887 head on sale with overall lower grades and 100 unsold. sheep and lambs also slow with unsold stock. Hogs and horses receipts 7274 head, lower weights around 1.40 max.
East Buffalo April 2 cattle receipts all consigned through quiet. Hog receipts steady with 10 carloads of porkers and sows. gem and rough cattle to pool mixed. Sheep and lambs dull with mixed demand. lambs and choice to prime seen at 5.05 to 5.10 per cwt. culls and common weaker. Sheep and lambs reports note dull market conditions with limited bidding.
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