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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1898
Page
2
One thousand miners at Evans and Colraine colleries Beaver Meadow and Colraine quit in a Sunday night decision. Pickets along roads barred nonstrikers while Hungarians blamed dismissal of a worker over company doctor payments. company cites incompetency. A strike committee may seek talks with officials tomorrow.
The piece argues Spain holds rich agricultural areas and mineral resources but suffers from outdated governance and a weak national character. It urges tax reform, better roads, mechanization, and education, noting potential industrial growth if Spain adopts modern ideas and embraces outer-world contact to reverse two centuries of decline.
On Monday evening a large gathering honored Mrs. Mary Davis of Delaware street on her seventieth birthday. Numerous relatives and friends attended from Peckville Olyphant Blakely Kingston Carbondale and Parsons with several couples and individuals named among the guests. Mrs. Reese Miss Ethel Howen and others visited or returned from travels and honeymoons were noted for Philip Moore and others.
A young boy named Dickey prayed for a bicycle but his father, doubting his ability to ride, gifts him a tricycle. On his birthday morning he awoke to find the three wheeler beside his bed, and he exclaimed in disbelief about the Lord's knowledge.
A fragment from the Chicago Daily Tribune presents a child’s whispered dilemma about choosing between two wheeled toys a bicycle or a tricycle. The snippet hints at a playful scene within a broader page context.
The Be son Academy of Music opened with The Girl I Left Behind Me drawing a good audience. The renovated interior with new carpets pleased patrons while the Lawrence orchestra earned applause between acts. Noted cast members included Yates Winter Zahner Towmey Miller Getchell Lene den Fox Humphrey True Avann and more. The drama will be repeated today and tomorrow afternoon and evening.
The Gaiety on Linden Street shows a bright lobby and cheerful interior after changes. Smoking is allowed during performances except Saturdays matinees for bodies. Rose Sydell's London Belles headline with "Widow Waynne's Reception" and a finale "Behind the Scenes" with patriotic features. Performers Hilton the Juggler Seymour La Rose and Karina provide gymnastic and vocal specialties.
The drama Darkest Russia by HM Grattan Donnelly comes to the Academy, produced under Sidney R. Ellis with a large company, lavish scenery, and costly costumes. Principal roles include Septimus Cobb the American colonel from Kentucky and Baroness Von Rhineberg the witty young French widow.
At the Lyceum on Wednesday night the new Devil's Auction opens its seventeenth season before the public. The public treats it as a staple, reliable show with a fresh inside, drawing crowds year after year due to past success and dependable entertainment value.
Scores show Brooklyn 14 over Plutaburg 2, Cleveland 7 to New York 2, Chicago 1 to Philadelphia 8, Cincinnati to Louisville 1, Washington 1. In the East Toronto 3 over Wilkes Barre 0, Ottawa 8 in 2 innings, Buffalo 7 over Springfield 5, with Providence and others noted.
Reading defeated Norfolk 3 to 2 in a flat game while the second game ended Norfolk 3 to Reading. Paterson won 7 to Allentown with a lopsided score. Richmond beat Hartford 6 to 1 and Newark crushed Lancaster 31 to 1.
Throop Stars beat Pricebuce 21 to 4 on their grounds Sunday. They invite Reis of Peekville Indians of Jessup and Hustlers of Jessup for games on September 4. Crescents challenge Moosic Populars on September 1 and Eureka on September 4, with John F Leibig as manager. Crescents defeated Old Forge. Bray pitched, Cummings starred.
The Comet football squad reorganizes for the coming season inviting teams from Lackawanna or Luzerne counties for September 2 at 1S or 60 pounds. All members should attend practice at Rye Field grounds at 10 o'clock. J J Holmes is manager and M J Swift is captain. The Jolly Eleven Social Club of Sandy Banks also forms a team for players under seven.
Prices of stocks broke sharply in New York with a brief early rally, then a feeble recovery. Most leading shares fell 1 to over 2 percent as professional and outside traders realized losses. Burlington and St Paul faced steady absorption while total sales reached 472,000 shares.
Philadelphia markets show firm wheat with August and September contracts, steady corn with No. 2 mixed in August and September, steady no. 2 white oats and other grains. Butter and cheese largely steady with varied prices. refined sugars firm, cotton unchanged. poultry and dressed poultry steady with firm receipts of flour and grain.
New York August market notes show flour quiet but steady wheat. No. 2 red futures and cash prices steady with options firm and close steady. Corn steady for No. 2 mixed oats and rye offerings mixed with partial gains and nearby contracts closing higher.
Classified notices list multiple rental properties and floor spaces, including three large floors on ey Setuse street for light manufacturing, second floor at 71 Quincy, and a barn on Mahon Court. Also promoted are Coal Company offices and a building in Mears' Building for applicants. Ads mention other business services and school notices.
A collage of small ads seeks help from a sober retired man as teamster to a widow needing washing services. young women and men offer or seek work in stores, offices, bookkeeping, and bartending. Professional ads list attorneys, doctors, a veterinarian, and a printer, with business addresses in Scranton and surrounding streets.
Chicago markets show expectations of higher receipts and more visible supply, with the wheat futures moving up for December and May while September and August drift. Corn and oats hold steady. pork and lard flatten with ribs rising. cash quotes list varied grain prices and meat futures across futures and spot markets.
Cattle demand slow and prices lower with steers near 4.00 to 6.40, beef and stocker trades softer. Hogs supply ample a nd prices down with packers and buyers posting weaker bids. Sheep show overstocked tone with poor to choice ranges and native lambs around 5.00. Receipts: cattle 12,000. hogs 35,000. sheep 17,000.
East Liberty Pennsylvania market cattle and hog listings with price ranges for various classes including prime mediums, heavy hogs, grasvera and stubblers, pigs, troughs, sheep and veal calves. Prices shown cover range values such as prime mediums at about 4.20, hogs around 4.10 to 4.15, and lambs up to 5.40 with calves at 7.25.
A Maracaibo report describes United States Consul Plumacher narrowly missing severe injury when a flagstaff toppled from the house creating havoc. He had invited visitors to sit on the porch and escaped unharmed as the bath house was crushed.
A collage of business ads and notices including ElK Cafe on Franklin Ave, Scranton House near D L&W depot, Midwife services on Washburn St, Seeds Clark & Co at 40 Washington and 19 North Main, Lackawanna School in Beranton Pa, wire screens by Jos Kurttel on Lackawanna Ave, plus a historical quote about kindness to the poor and Consul Plumacher’s twelve years in Maracaibo.
A brief item from the Indianapolis Journal notes Maud intends to place a doll with real hair on the Sunday school Christmas tree. The exchange reveals neighbors debating whether the doll resembles Maud’s taste.
Timetable notices for the Central Railroad of New Jersey Lehigh and Susquehanna Division show train departures from Scranton to Facet on morning and afternoon slots with connections to New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington. Returns from New York Liberty Street and Whitehall Street connect to ferries and elevated lines. Travel options include Ocean Grove Allentown and Bethlehem routes with through tickets and advance application noted.
Fragmentary rail schedule text references Erie, Wyoming Valley, Scranton, and travel times around a mid afternoon period. The readable portions imply departures or connections between these locations with times noted in a nonstandard format.
Detailed timetable listings for Del, Lacka, and Western trains on Monday, June 20, 1890s style, including express departures to New York Easton Trenton Philadelphia and the South at 4.00 6.10 8.00 and 10.05 am, and other routes to Utica Ithaca Northumberland Williamsport and Buffalo with various afternoon and night departures and Pullman cars. advisory notes request to refer to district passenger editor for complete time tables.
Train times from Scranton to Carbondale Honesdale Wilkes Barre York Philadelphia and other points listed for Sunday July 3. Includes departures from Scranton to Montreal New England points Western points and Canada with prices and connections via Lentons Valley and Black Diamond Express. Official notices from Burdick and Cross announce rates and schedules.
Lehigh Valley system details coal use and comfort aims. Mentions Diamond Express and Lehigh Valley parlor cars on trains between Wilkes Barre, New York, Philadelphia, Buffalo and Suspension Bridge. References intermediate stations Towanda Elmira Ithaca Geneva and connections via D H R and R R. Officials Rollins Wilbur and Chas S Bud Ba Ast provide passenger guidance.
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