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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1895
Page
6
In a dawn confrontation, the detective Persists to unlock a murder mystery tied to a bloodstained work suit and a missing button. Clues lead to a hidden well and a plan to trap the killer as old letters reveal a potential fiancé.
A Buffalo nurse, Mrs. A. E. Taylor of 250 Herkimer avenue, recounts a years long struggle with Bright's disease of the kidneys. After no relief from doctors treatments she credits three boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring her ability to walk, clearing swelling, and restoring color to her face, claiming she is now completely cured.
Industry brief covering railway operations including Alton car repairs and corn season needs, a receiver appointed for Columbus Southern Railroad, coke use on Baltimore and Ohio engines cutting smoke, Alabama Great Southern blacklist suit by ex employees, Pennsylvania railroad trolley proposals, a new Burlington line touted as profitable and steam era transition, and a technical note on aluminum powder light sources with copper safety cautions.
The advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a superior laxative from refined vegetable extracts. It claims rapid perceptive benefits, urges free samples by postal card, and promises relief from biliousness headaches dizziness constipation and indigestion.
New York trading showed little strength as $1,000,000 in gold exports to Europe sparked modest selling. Stocks closed firm with gains of about percent, led by limited advances in General Electric and a few blue chips, while sugar and Chicago Gas eased. Total volume reached 199,540 shares with mixed prices across the active list.
A lengthy inventory from Scranton notes dried apples prunes currants migrants. prices listed for beans, potatoes, onions, butter, cheese, eggs, hams, lard, flour and grain with multiple unit quotes. New York and Toledo market figures follow, showing mixed activity in flour, wheat, corn and oats with No. 2 red and white grades highlighted.
Market notes from Chicago and Buffalo on August 7 show receipts of mixed grains with cash and September contracts, rye, clover seed, and alfalfa futures. In Chicago live stock, cattle receipts 11,000 head with choice beeves firm to higher, hogs 4,000 head market weak, sheep and lambs weak, while Buffalo reports strong hogs and mixed sheep demand.
In Pittsburg at OW Market on August 7 the only quote shows Oll closed at 12. Oll City notes opening low and high at 15 and 124 respectively with a close at 124. Market activity limited to a single reported price.
An advertisement touts Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a tonic for women, claiming it relieves weakness and exhaustion, reddens cheeks, and restores plumpness. It is pitched to mothers for daughters and sold by Matthews Bros. in Scranton.
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