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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1898
Page
5
Six hundred pairs of genuine 1.50 gloves go on sale for 75 cents today. Imported perishable items arrived with minor spots, classed as soiled, forcing insurer losses of 75 cents per pair. Red and tan gloves feature three wrist fasteners, sold on sale main aisle.
A bold sales note touts 1218 cloth bound books in silk finished binders cloth with silver designs. It lists titles including Shakespeare editions Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, and promises sharp prices no other store can beat.
Today's bill of fare features oysters and stews among other dishes with limited pricing. A final cut in millinery prices offers half and one third off on hats and bonnets, including trimmed hats and felt shapes, on the second floor.
A local sale advertises heavy soles for children, special prices on misses and women's shoes, and men’s calf lace and congress styles. Prices include 1.48 for misshirts and 2.20 for women’s soulma kid and new Paris toe models. Regulars cited up to 2.00. Store touts waterproof grain and cheaper rubbers.
Holiday buyers are advised to visit the city’s greatest handkerchief department. A wide selection includes women's pure linen with embroidered edges and lace, hemmed linen, and colorful borders. Prices are cut to half and as low as 5 to 25 cents, with men’s bordered silk and Japonette options also offered. Also notes a separate market report from New York with stock and bond activity and local exchange quotations.
The Lyceum presented What Happened to Jones to the city for the first time. George H Broadhurst wrote the three act farce full of action and humor. Charles Greene stood out as a police officer with natural manner and appearance. Other cast members included Bertoverga Jones Barney McDonough and Frank Hope with Hope praised for his clear enunciation. The company also featured many others and additional productions were noted for the evening.
Monday evening at the Academy of Music the New Fire Patrol will perform with elaborate effects. Notable cast includes Jere McAuliffe as Lushington Stagecract and Grace Hamilton as Miss Grace Hamilton with Nellie Lattimer and Alice Norcross. Maude Scott, Truly Bhattuck, Andy Lewis, Maude Elliott, Gladys Van and Yutamer headline a diverse troupe. Tickets are selling fast and half price exchanges are available via paper coupons.
Classifieds include real estate for sale at 2 Colfax Avenue and furnished rooms for rent at 622 Mulberry Street. Also numerous help wanted postings for salesmen drivers and clerks, plus government civil service prospectus and employment inquiries.
Classified seeks female help for wash and domestic work and immediate openings in dressmaking at The Leader located at 124 16 Wyoming avenue. Positions include summers and day shifts near Franklin Avenue to Shades with address details provided.
A dense almanac of Scranton area professionals including architects Edward Hf. Davis L. Walter Lewis Hancock Frederick J. Brown partnership Lackawanna Bank Patterson Wilcox C Conegys W K Allen Dr trapold Dr Freas Dr Lamormann Dr Rook Veterinary services at Linden Street and school notes for Tetenhone. plus Megarger Brothers printers and Bavel Orchestra music services at Wyoming and Spruce streets with Warh. aw Scranton.
The report lists a range of commodity conditions and prices, noting No 2 mixed December wheat, oats, and white corn with various qualities. It also covers live poultry, dressed poultry, flour stocks near 4 000 barrels, and large corn and wheat shipments with thousands of bushels.
A garbled OCR fragment references a creamery, a factory, and several place names. The readable parts name MalTiyr, Vulte, Hudte, and Keage-Steady with vague mentions of Pennsylvania and Maine contexts. No coherent events or dates are discernible.
A Chicago trading day ends with dull tones as corn and oats slip while soy and wheat hold. Futures quotes drift with December and January contracts noted for wheat and corn. livestock prices show modest gains and declines across pork and lard.
OCR fragment outlines wheat and corn prices with notes on futures activity. Mentions spot market steady, wax and wane in bids, and futures contracts for May and other months with references to Duluth and western markets. Describes weak demand and slight declines amid export order expectations.
New York market overview December 2 shows cattle and calves steady to lower with limited demand. Bulls and steers softened while cows hold firm. sheep and lambs steady to lower and hogs lower. prices cited for several classes.
Lehigh Valley timetable notices list Diamond Express and Black Diamond Express routes from Wilkes Barre to New York via D and H lines. Services to Bethlehem Easton Reading and intermediate stations via Pe and PLR lines are noted with specific express trains and Sunday operations. Pullman parlor and sleeping cars run on all trains between Wilkes Barre and New York. Tickets and reservations are available at Luckawannah avenue, Scranton, Pa.
Market activity shown as quiet and unchanged for cattle hogs and sheep. Notes indicate slow demand from farmers with figures unclear and mixed pricing across categories.
A dense passage outlines multiple express and local trains with destinations including New York Easton Trenton Buffalo Philadelphia and Washington. It notes connections at Northumberland Williamsport Wilkes Barre Plymouth Kingston and Kingston with Pullman postal and sleeping coaches on all express trains and directs readers to M L Smith for pocket timetables and tickets.
The notice lists passenger train schedules from Scranton and nearby points with arrivals and departures to Albany, Montreal, Wilkes-Barre, and other stops. It includes times for weekdays and Sunday trains, connections with the Black Diamond Express, and remarks on fare rates to United States and Canada destinations.
The article lists New York foot of Lebert Trent and South Ferry routes, coal car use, and a timetable from Scranton to Pittston Wilkes-Barre Bethlehem Allentown Philadelphia with various express and local departures. It notes connections under cover with elevated railways ferries to Brooklyn and Long Island and lists handles for Reading Terminal and Philadelphia routes.
Time table in effect Sept 1994 lists trains leaving Scranton for New York and intermediate points, with service to Hawley and local stops. Trains depart Scranton at indicated times and arrive from above points at specified hours and minutes.
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