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A short ad promotes the Ideal Hair Brush with genuine Kiberian bristle and cushioned design. It notes special attention for children's hair cutting services.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1897
Page
8
A short ad promotes the Ideal Hair Brush with genuine Kiberian bristle and cushioned design. It notes special attention for children's hair cutting services.
Red-letter day in Hallstead as the ninth annual Hallstead Fire Company parade entertained over 200 firefighters. The event featured decorations, a long procession through town, a speech from W J Pike, and a history of the Hallstead Fire Company noting its 1880s origins and 1892 reorganization plus past hose and steamer purchases.
Tunkitannock W C Kittredge spends the week at Salamanca New York and Ridgway. Miss Anna Kirkham presides in the A M Eastman office while Eastman is in Buffalo. Mrs Arthur Stebbins returns to Baltimore after two months with her mother. Fred Henniger now near St Louis visits with sisters. Charles Hard of Kingston visits J Wood Platt family. Peter A Miller plans a feed mill near the Lehigh Valley tracks by the river bridge. Charles P McKown vacationing in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Fred B Jennings paints front of his new Tioga Street block. Henry C Prevost receives machinery for a new steam laundry.
May Wilking and Clarence McConnell wed at 4 pm with only immediate family present. Frank Button and Sherman Ralph fell twelve feet from a stair landing nearby, badly injuring both. Dr Kelly attends them as authorities investigate the fall.
Ad listing a free book offer from Washington Chemical Co in Washington DC for sale via Matthews Bros. Mentions various nervous troubles treated with animal extracts and promotional material.
Chicago August 21 Wheat eclipsed top bull campaign levels as September option hit 1.01 with December at 137 8%4c and 2%c gains respectively. The early session saw tight margins and rapid moves driven by cables and crop news. Traders eyed Irish potato crop failure and European shortages as muting factors while a small cash market persisted amid rapid price swings.
Renovated school buildings greet pupils and teachers as the new term begins on Monday morning. Local families visit friends in town and several wedding and funeral notices appear, including Anthony Clifford and Mary Cavanaughs marriage, and the death of four year old John D Campbell. The North district Republican delegate election is set for Saturday August 27 from 4 to T p m. A Primitive Methodist Home Mission meeting features five baptisms and a communal repast.
Local dealer advertises carpets in all grades at low prices. Also offers draperies window shades upholstery chairs willow and rattan at about half their usual cost. Window display features cheap stands and tables as stock includes wallpaper at less than half price.
The New York market opened with rising prices on moderate volume but demand faded quickly as buyers stayed away. Stocks moved little thereafter with few purchases and after hours total trading around 220,000 shares, a low in months. Separate notes include New York Produce Market movements with mixed firmness in flour and meats and steady petroleum prices.
In Philadelphia markets August wheat contracts rise and corn gains 4c with No 2 mixed and No 3 white showing firm tone. Butter and cheese hold firm amid steady demand. live poultry and dressed poultry mostly firmer. Receipts show 3,000 barrels flour and large grain volumes, with shipments of wheat and corn totaling 15 000 and 14 000 bushels respectively.
Chicago market update lists wheat, corn, pork, lard, ribs with September December and May contracts and cash quotations. Includes receipts and shipments for wheat corn oats rye barley flour pork lard ribs and related products across multiple grades.
New York market report notes calves and veals active and firm with prices around 607.5 for calves and 50 al for veals. Sheep and lambs steady but dull with sheep about 202.75 and lambs at 5.75. Hogs firm at 4.0.
Buffalo market notes show cattle steady hogs strong with good to choice Yorkers at 4.4 to 4.4, roughs and common around 3.75 to 4.5. Sheep and lambs firm to strong with good lambs to extra choice at 6.20 to 4.T and culls at cash ranges.
Chicago buyers show robust demand across cattle calves hogs and sheep with prices quoted for various grades. Cattle cows and helpers steady to firm while calves and stockers rise. hogs strong at 4.25 to 4.40 per cwt. sheep and lambs active with native and western range types trading around 8.85 to 14.00 per head and 4.66 to 6.15 per unit.
Oi Market reports New York prices steady with nominal Pennsylvania petroleum trades. City notes credit balances and certificates with no bids. Shipments reach 110,080 barrels while runs total 106,910 barrels.
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