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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1900
Page
2
The store promotes a May week event with a broad selection of dress goods. It highlights blacks and lightweight fabrics, wool challies, silk foulards, porch chairs, Go-Carts, baby wagons, lawn mowers, ice boxes, and refrigerators. The tone is promotional and mentions upcoming notes for tomorrow.
Pupils of Mrs. M E White gave a ballad recital at Mr Van G Munger’s home in Montrose on Friday evening praised for thorough training by Mire White. The programme featured a wide range of vocal and piano pieces including Nightingale coterie and Love’s Dreamings. Citizens anticipate a future concert showcasing the class.
Special to the Scranton Tribune from Factoryville April 26 Master Harry Jane leaves work to attend school at the Soldiers Orphan School in Harford Pa Odd Fellows members from Canton Factoryville No 3 Patriarchs Militant visit Beranton in full dress to attend Penn Avenue Baptist Church. Remains of Carl A Hack drowned near Riatz park Milwaukee River February 6 surfaced nearby and will be remembered as the family note his aunt Mrs W O Fisk of this place is visiting Milwaukee. Daly men association held a meeting in town hall Saturday evening Mr and Mrs Edgar Fuller and daughter Emily of Campstown spent Sunday at the Miley home. Real estate sale of CR Miss last Saturday hand some residence on Main Street purchased by F L St Amand of Berinton for 44700. Store property belonging to Bliss & Tint bought by P Cott of this place. Hearse Snyder of Nicholson was here Saturday afternoon. Benjamin Rosengravit of Munker Hill drove into poobarn Saturday afternoon injuring ankle badly. Court last week appointed M T A Gardner high constable for one week. Gardner term expired last February but no successor chosen. council appointed Harry Newcomb. Funeral announced for Newcomb tomorrow. Odd Fellows meet tonight to arrange funeral details.
Special to the Susquehanna area reports a gathering of about 30 friends from Vandling Congregation to wish farewell to Rev I N Steelman and family before their move to a new home. Also notes a fire at Michael Cawley’s South Main Street home, insurance to partially cover losses, and local business and board changes in the Northeastern Pennsylvania Telephone Co.
A garbled April event references Mise Svedean Bievens selling a ban Qwet and AL Meyetape Avudenmy, with unclear names and roles. The text mentions Mr. Hernan Pansat and Mike Stevens in a municipal context, plus Flora Blakesive and Kinney of Hinton linked to Puchoryville.
Susquehanna hosts a Hogan Opera House fair and festival organized by the Christchurch Ladies' Guild, and Monroe Curtis lodge holds its thirteenth annual ball at Starrucca House. Various meetings, baptist and temperance activities, and community notices fill the period with social, civic, and religious engagements across Susquehanna County.
Scranton's baseball team overwhelmed Wyoming Seminary 25 to 0 at Athletic Park before about 700 spectators. Korwin led batting with a 1.000 average in three trips, while O'Brien and Knox added key hits as Scranton produced an errorless game until late. Wy oming's Williams and Kuryleski contributed defensively but could not stop the onslaught.
Atlantic league opens in the city with Elmira facing Scranton. Game starts at 44 o clock with Kennedy and Taft at the plate and infield. Jimmy Dean of Hamilton stars for New York at second base amid a warm Scranton reception. Lineups include O'Brien, Toft, Kennedy, Grant, Dean, Hagerty, Johnson, McIntyre, and Battenus.
National League action features Cincinnati and Pittsburgh games with lineups including Halter, Menente y, Donalec, and O Connor. Umpires Swainwood and Allen handled plates as attendance reached about 14 000 at Cincinnati and the Pittsburgh game details are summarized.
The New York market ends with a cautious tone as prices drift lower and production may fall. Steel and iron sectors face competition moves by Carnegie and Federal developments. bond activity remains muted and stock prices edge up from a weak base.
In Philadelphia references appear to Batterson Doheny and Warmer with Donohue and McFerland as umpires. The fragment notes New York and a date code 1917 with page continuation hinted on page 7.
Market listing from Scranton Wholesale Market by H. G. Dale at 27 Lackawanna Ave shows prices for Butter Creamery dairy tubs Se Kege-Select Lic near by stale Liye. Cheese-Pull cream PMge. Beans per bushel choice marrow £245 medium. Liye. Seed Potatoes per bushel $1.05.
The April Philadelphia market lists varied prices for farm goods and staples. Highlights include New York and western potatoes steady near 40 cents to 50 cents per bushel, refined sugars steady, cotton unchanged, live poultry firm with fowls at 14 to 16 cents, and dressed poultry quiet with nearby roasting chickens noted. Receipts show flour 4,000 barrels, wheat 5,000 bushels, corn 176,000 bushels, oats 14,000 bushels. shipments include wheat 700 bushels, corn 126,000 bushels, oats 7,000 bushels.
Oldstyle New York April market summary notes flour fats contracts and entitlements. Includes references to Minnesota patent rights and winter patents with prices around 70.00, various elevator and cable market impacts, corn spot trends, butter and cheese quotes, and dairy product movement.
Trading was tepid with dull demand across grains and provisions. Wheat and corn futures drifted lower while cash quotes showed declines, flour prices slipped for winter patents, and oats and pork values softened amid thin interest and mixed activity.
Fragmentary report lists various cattle and sheep items including cows heifers steers and wethers with prices and conditions such as good to prime native stock and fair to medium. Mentions locations like Texas and Montana and terms like western sheep and grave.
Market notes list various item codes and prices with scattered figures. Mentions materials like wool, gold stockers, plows, and canned goods. Includes references to weights, measurements, and miscellaneous commodity notes in a weathered, garbled format.
Philadelphia market notes show demand for hogs steady with good prices. veal calves weak. Fat cows steady at a high level, thin cows in demand around 10 to 18. Dressed beef prices range from five to six for certain cuts.
New York reports mixed market receipts with none for sale for some commodities while cattle and beef quarters show varied figures. Sheep, lambs, and calves appear in lower to steady ranges with several entries indicating sales completed and prices near three pounds for certain calves.
George Chester fatally injured in Law's shaft Friday morning died after surgery by Drs Guthrie Berge and Pier. He was born in Ayrshire Scotland aged fifty and came to Avoca thirty three years ago a successful miner. Survived by wife ten children two sisters and several brothers in law. Funeral at Langelliffe church and cemetery. Candy Bonner died at Pittston hospital after pneumonia leaving destitute family. Funeral tomorrow at St Marys cemetery. Court Livingstone Foresters meeting for funeral attendance. Daughters of Erin and other society notices. Local residents visiting friends and events noted.
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