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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1898
Page
2
The Carbondale correspondence of The Tribune is now in the hands of Mr C R Munn of Salem avenue and Church street for news items. All complaints about irregular delivery should be directed to Roberts' and Reynolds, news agents.
Work on Brownell swamp clearing for a new reservoir progresses through summer with a dam planned at No 3 gorge next spring. The project will create about 190 acres of flooded area and hold 700 million gallons in the new reservoir, enough to supply Carbondale for three years without rain, with other ponds and lakes feeding the Lackawanna valley. The Fallbrook system improvements and a nearer pipe line aim to cheaper water for power and potential water motor use.
Mr and Mrs Don Hart married Saturday at the home of Mr and Mrs William A Hart in Bainbridge New York The bride Margaret J Thompson hails from Carbondale and the couple plan to reside there The Empire State Male Quartette of which Hart is a member rendered the wedding march and joined the guests for a bountiful after ceremony supper.
The funeral for Mrs Wallace McMullen was held from Feck avenue residence at 4 am and at Berean Baptist church at 10 am with many friends in attendance. The Ladies auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen joined the service and Rev T E Jepson preached. interment followed at Prompton. Out of town attendees included relatives from Clark's Summit Binghamton Great Bend Camp Alger Scranton Moscow Port Morris and Jer myn among others.
Maurice T. Church travels to New York with Lebeck & Corin preparing to open a store. Dr. T J Lamb pursues post graduate study in New York. Local residents and visitors are listed including May or O Neill and Rev Prendergast family guests at Mrs Moffitt’s home on Main Street. Several families travel to Detroit and New York for vacations and concerts with Mozart band performance at Fern Hall.
Waverly residents Mr and Mrs A B Cowles have returned from visits to New York City Albany and Binghamton among other places. George Bailey of Company H Thirteenth Regiment Pennsylvania volunteers is also noted in the report.
Neighbors visit and welcome guests from Scranton Dunmore Hyde Park and Chicago. Upcoming Washington Camp No 314 clam bake at Cory’s Grove Lily Lake features tub bag bomt egg races and speeches by Rev W H Sowell and Rev Thomas De Gruchy with ice cream and no in text cake. Ladies Missionary society meets at Parvons. recent visits include Mrs Giles Schenk Mrs J A Daniels and Miss Jennie Lewis with local hosts.
Mr Joseph Welch returned Saturday from an eight month tour of the western states. Mr Munich of Hawley preached at the Baptist church. Mr and Mrs Will Watts visited Hawley relatives. Most Hon esdale Protestant churches lacked pastors on Sunday. Honesdale defeated Port Jervis 10 to 5 at the Athletic Park. The Baptist choir features young singers under Miss Carrie Kalish. Cuban Giants and Honesdale teams play games this afternoon and tomorrow. Honey dale hosts the Jolly Irishman musical comedy next Saturday night led by Harry C Gibson with fourteen specialty artists. The diagram opens Wednesday morning. Forty Delaware and Hudson gravity cars carried 1600 Erie excursionists to Carbondale from Newburgh and Hancock and intermediate stations.
Miss Phys Allen, famed contralto praised by critics as a swift powerful voice, is hired by Manager Charles H. Yale for Forever Bell’s Auction company. The Pure Star cast will appear at the Lyceum tonight for an acclaimed spectacle.
Hr Grattan Donnelly stages Darkest Russia on September 1 2 3 at the Academy of Music. The drama critiques Russia's political system and police state with depictions from St Petersburg to Alaska. A company performs with new scenery and costumes, and between acts a colorscope diorama by F F Mack shows Civil War era events.
Bears attempted to press prices but delayed gains as selling and short covering mixed with a Philadelphia report cutting anthracite prices. Stocks showed losses early, then recovered with broad buying and London account support, totaling 453,400 shares traded.
A list of bonds and mortgage notes including Scranton Pass Railway first mortgage due 1920 1020 People's Street Railway first mortgage due HS 1921 general mortgage due 1921 and lines for Dickson Manufacturing Co Lacka Township School City of Scranton St Imp Mt. Vernon Coal Co Scranton Axle Works with varied percentages and terms.
Wheat and corn futures show mixed to firm tones with August and September contracts. No. 2 mixed and white varieties firming modestly. Provisions mostly unchanged with butter cheese and sugar steady. cotton and tallow weak. Live poultry and dressed poultry steady to firm. receipts show large wheat and corn purchases and sizable flour barrels and bushels in stock.
New York markets show flour inactive and barely steady with prices, wheat spot firm with No 2 red futures mixed, oats and corn with mixed to steady quotes. Butter, eggs, and dairy reports indicate steady or slow movement with regional variations across western creameries and state dairies.
Cattle trade showed weakness with choice steers quoted around 5.20 to 6.66 per cwt and beef steers listed near 4.85. Stockers and feeders, calves and western ranges are present in the report with several price ranges noted for milking and heifers, western steers and other classes.
Classified ads show rentals and rooms for rent at Madison Avenue Adams Avenue and other local streets. Various postings request inquiries for offices desk space second floor and other vacancies with contact details in Scranton area.
Hog and sheep prices appear steady to firm with mixed packer demand and active buying. Cattle and hogs show modest shifts while fat lambs sustain unchanged values as the market closes with varied receipts and receipts noted by market observers.
Chicago futures show mixed moves with September wheat steady to higher and December wheat up, corn and oats fluctuating. Cash quotes list flour steady, No 2 red wheat 68 cents, corn around 68 to 70 cents, oats around 60 cents, pork and lard steady. short ribs and other items quoted with modest changes.
East Liberty pa August 3 market report lists cattle sales with grades prime good Yorkers heavy hogs grassers and stubbler hogs with prices across ranges. Sheep and veal calves shown with steady demand and quality notes amid mixed listings and quotations.
Receipts Night quiet and steady for hogs with moderate activity and good Yorkers. Hog prices range from 1.30 to 3.65 for rough to good quality. Sheep receipts light with choice to extra at 6.4, and lambs at 4.05 to 4.75, culls and common lower.
Credit balances and certificates opened show fluctuation with high and low readings. The report cites 940 for cash sales totaling 3 000 and 699 runs, with 110.72 barrels noted.
The state hospital train from Chickamauga camp arrived in Philadelphia at sunrise carrying over fifty sick soldiers from the city and vicinity. Governor Hastings supervised the transfer to ambulances and patrol wagons as ambulances rushed the men to the hospital for treatment. Most patients were Philadelphia-based troops.
A clustered slate of smallads and notices lists hotels and restaurants on Franklin Avenue and near the D L & W depot, a rooming and midwifery service, seed merchants and nurserymen, a school of the Lackawanna offering preparatory courses, and a wire screens maker on Lackawanna Avenue.
Central Railroad of New Jersey Lehigh and Susquehanna Division timetable lists departures to Pittston Wilkes-Barre via Jersey City and Liberty Street terminals. Includes trains to Philadelphia Allentown Bethlehem Euston Baltimore Reading and Pottsville with Sunday and express options. Connections to elevated railways cable cars ferries and Grand Central via Liberty Street and Whitehall Street terminals noted.
Partial timetable notes show trains from Erie to Lake Ariel and Beranton with uncertain times. Entries reference June, afternoon and morning departures, and multiple connections.
Effect Monday June 20 1898 trains leave Scranton for New York Easton Trenton Philadelphia and the South with multiple departure times. Specials stop at Buffalo Utica Ithaca Williamsport Harrisburg Baltimore and Washington with connections to Northumberland Plymouth Kingston Nanticoke and Manuku Chunk among others. Pocket times tables available from the M I & D wr Passenger Agent.
Trains depart Stor Ci poise and other stations on Sunday July 3 with multiple listed times toward Carbondale Wilkes-Barre Pennsavant Albany and New York. The notice enumerates departures to Albany Lehigh Valley routes and Western Point via Valle Railroad with named express services and arrival times into Scranton and Wilkes-Barre.
Train schedule fragment covers Lehigh Valley routes to Wilkes Barre New York Philadelphia Buffalo and other points. Mentions Diamond Express Plymouth Towanda Elmira Ithaca Geneva Rochester Buffalo and connections via D and H Railroad with times and stations listed. Officials include Ollinsbur General Superintendent and Nonemacher Division Passenger Agent South Bethlehem Pa.
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