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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1897
Page
8
An advertisement promises satisfaction in Ladies garments and men’s wear with top tonics bleaches rouges and powders. It highlights ideal hair brushes and genuine bristle cushions and notes special attention to children's hair cutting.
The Philadelphia Ledger reports the anthracite industry in Schuylkill, Lehigh, and Luzerne counties recovering with miners and breakers back to five to six days a week. Rolling stock and port freight lift outputs, port congestion eases, and prices for coal rise with demand as summer ends.
Rumors say the Lehigh Valley Coal company may cut its watchmen and adopt a mass patrol system once used by the Toren order. Officials fear the change aims to save money and raise crime risk, with a meeting planned to press for the abolition of the Byaten.
Eight loaded freight cars derailed from a Pennsylvanian freight train near Mocannaqua in the Wilkes-Barre area. The wreck caused both tracks to be blocked and required part of the day to clear. No injuries were reported.
Wilkes Barre Aug 2 A new phase emerged today in the John Saba elopement case with the Arabian seeking habeas corpus. The court granted an order to compel Keave Ney to produce a person in connection with the dispute involving John Kearney of Hazle Street and his daughter.
Judge Woodward issues writ directing Kearney to produce his daughter for court ruling. Sheriff James Martin visits Hazie street home but finds girl ill and confined by family. Doctor certifies nervous prostration. sheriff delays taking her until she can be moved. Husband insists relatives keep her captive to force reunion.
The Hawley Electric Light and Power Co. completed plant arrangements at the Wallen Paypack falls powered plant and at o clock this evening electric current began flowing to twenty arc lamps around Hawley. Scranton investors organized the company and spared no expense to bring electric service to town.
Miss Bertha Finn hosts cousin Miss Edith Decker in Scranton while William H. Matis visits Honesdale. Rev. George C. Hall to lead services at Grace Episcopal. Apollos to play Honesdale club at 2 PM with admission details. Ocean Grove vacation plans for Rev C A Benjamin family. Llonesdale grounds to be enclosed for comfort. Old Fellows reunion Tuesday at Lake Ariel. Henry Tripp becomes Coyne House landlord and plans changes. Honesdale Harvesters veupion at Farview next Thursday. Debate on forming a fire company as Protect vs Fire stays home.
The past week at Lake Winola brings leisure and indoor amusements for cottagers. Miss Clara Nelmyer vacations at Tyrdvil cottage with Miss Morgan, Mrs. M. F. Wymbs will stay in August, and all cottages are occupied. Mrs. Barrowman and daughter left for Scranton after a week at Miznah cottage. Housewives and families from Factoryville share a lively East Side cottage while D. D. Evans and family plan August occupancy. A. N. Gardner's Ice Cream Parlors remain popular with patrons settling in for summer visits.
Avoca residents host visitors and travel to events. Tracey from New York visits Ing at Warren residence while attending Grand Lodge of St George in Shamokin as a Rose of the Valley delegate. Local youths and families are noted for weekend visits and trips to Scranton Pittston and Wilkes-Barre with multiple social engagements and a weekly Sarsfield Opera House social.
A Scranton shop advertises its finest carpet line in all grades and prices. It also offers draperies window shades upholstery chairs willow and rattan at about half the prices of competitors. Wall paper stock is closing out at less than half price as well.
The nine month old child of Mr and Mrs Edward Pollard died Monday morning at 4 o clock after three days illness. funeral set for Wednesday at 2 PM. The child had been visiting relatives at the home of Mr and Mrs William O Malley when illness began.
Mt Upton residents share visits and travel notes as Annette R Bush reports Canada trip improvements and Klondike chatter. James M Brown enjoys fishing in Pike County while Rev Elkanah Hully preaches at Scottville. Local Odd Fellows lodge confers degrees and plans events at Laulow na Rebekah lodge. Crandall and Randall perform at Keynald’s Opera House tonight. J G Capwell’s condition worsens. A Women’s Christian Temperance Union social is set for Friday with speeches music and refreshments. Stella Curtis visits from Taylor and town youth spend Sunday at the Scranton poor farm. The Lungstam Hose Company meets monthly and the school board and town council hold meetings. tramps prowl the area, one lodged at Fern Corby’s house before being chased away.
Jose Drives and friends cut short by a Chicago business call. Mrs. Tyler and Mrs. Bacon host and travel news fills the week. Fr. Percy Lloyd departs for Belding Michigan, with others visiting Tinkhannock and Lake Winola. A ball game on Monday between Tunkhannock and Nicholson ends 19 to 7 for Nicholson as townsfolk watch from carriages and bikes.
Forest City reports Kathe McKernon enjoying a lakeside vacation at Lake Ariel. Trey May, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Aoffiiian, suffers bronchial inflammation and receives care from Dr Maguire during the period.
A reflective meditation on a wedding band as a sign of enduring affection. The ring, once bright and powerful, wears thin with time yet remains a symbol of devotion between lovers through decades of summers and winters.
The market closed with a general advance across the list as commission house buying steadied a mild sag. total stock sales reached 489,965 shares. Market movements reflected outsized interest in several issues amid uneven intraday swings.
Wheat and corn futures rise with firm spot markets. No. 2 red wheat closed higher amid mixed August contracts while oats and rye hold steady. Live poultry demand remains quiet, dairy products show varied steady to firm quotes, receipts and shipments reported.
Chicago traders report mixed grain futures on August 2 with Wheat futures showing limited activity while corn and oats trade tighter as traders await further supply and demand signals from the market.
The snippet lists mixed commodity quotes and receipts for flour, wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, flaxseed, pork products, whiskey, sugar, and timothy with various month labels and prices. It notes receipts and shipments figures for flour, wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, and related items, reflecting a historical market snapshot.
Cattle demand is strong for fat cattle and slow for others at East Buffalo. Prime steers sell around 4.76 to 5.00, light to good butchers 23.10 to 24.25, stockers and feeders active, cows 2.70 to 4.10, veal and sheep markets vary with mixed packers and lambs in the good to fair range.
New York market notes show varied bidding for cattle and calves with steers and bulls selling steady to firm. Veals and buttermilk calves listed at modest prices. sheep and lambs hold around current ranges while hog prices rise to the low fours.
East Liberty cattle prices listed with various grades and weights including active prime common and beef, values shown per head and per hundredweight. Hog prices show prime medium and heavy categories with ranges, while sheep and veal calves appear with listed bids and market statements.
Cattle active at the Chicago market with feeders and stockers lively. Hogs around 5.70 per cwt with strong demand. receipts list cattle 19,000 hogs 47,000 sheep 22,000. Western range sheep included in totals.
Credit balances show Tl with no bids for certificates while shipments July 3 and 31, totaling 170847. No report available for August 1.
An elderly San Joaquin Valley rancher en route to Stockton clashed with a drummer in a smoking car. He scratched matches on various surfaces before lighting his pipe, proving the box is the true strike surface and revealing the staged wager. The man allegedly hides a matchbox panel in his trousers to cover costs.
General Shelby and his troopers were in Texas when news of Lincoln's assassination reached them. Shelby rebuked cheering troops and proclaimed the blow a madman’s act, then halted a trooper concealing bloodied hog carcass with a blunt quip about washing clothes.
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