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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1899
Page
3
Special to The Scranton and Beranton Tribune report multiple local items from Susquehanna and Forest City. The notes include engagements and pensions, railroad pay changes, fair plans, pension increases, a proposed suit over damages, train inspections, and upcoming church and institute events with several named residents and places.
Readers relate how Chamberlain's Cough Remedy eases bad colds wards off pneumonia threats and saves children from croup and whooping cough. It is described as a grand medicine sold by all druggists with Matthew Bros. as wholesale and retail agents.
Public notice states all druggists refund money if the remedy fails to cure. EE W Grove signature appears on each box. Price indicated as 2c.
A district convention of the county Patriotic Order Bang of America was held last night in Stroudsburg with a banquet to follow. Mrs. Maria Fowler, wife of the oldest living merchant, died today. Charles Smith, a Waterman man, was taken to Bethlehem hospital after a fatal incident. The Belviders Iron mines near here will be reopened after years of abandonment. The Tankered Order of Redmen conducted memorial services in Grace Lutheran church with Dr. W Koeller of Seminton summoned for a ill health consultation.
A cryptic note describes Mre Jockeonr and Mrs Jelineon Winot as distinguished society leaders. Riitthes is cited for capabilities while Jneeon-Bhw is said to have hidden her future in the piper-Somertitle Journal.
A local advertisement offers one hundred dollars for proof that Hall’s Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It describes catarrh as an internal condition of the mucous surface and claims the remedy clears the Eustachian tube to restore hearing. The offer is by F. C. Cheney & Co of Toledo with product endorsements for their family pills.
A palmistry column lists numerous readers and their questions about wealth, marriage, travel, and profession. Impressions discuss traits, likely careers, and chances of riches, with many mentions of travel abroad and outcomes ranging from success in business to artistic or medical vocations.
New York trading opened with heavy offerings and bold bears pushing prices down yet overnight support limited losses. Sugar resisted early declines while industrials and rail stocks faced liquidations. buyers steadied prices, closing near session highs with firm tone and net gains across sectors.
A historical note estimates lethal efficiency of projectiles across conflicts from the Crimean War to the Transvaal. It cites vast shelling with relatively few deaths, plus observed shifts in military aim and wound distribution, ending with a query on bullets needed to kill a British soldier.
The text shows a damaged advertising fragment listing various goods and prices like beans onions potatoes and flour, but most items are garbled and hard to parse. No coherent sale or context beyond a rough catalog fragment.
Grain and produce prices in New York show mixed movement with firmer wheat and steady to firmer oats and corn. Spot wheat prices for No 2 red rise slightly, while corn and oats futures show gains. butter prices hold steady across creamery and dairy products amid market fluctuations.
Wheat and corn futures show steady to higher tones with several contracts maintaining steady prices. Prices for potatoes and creamery products vary by region with some gains in western markets and firm signals in cotton and tallow markets across the city and nearby areas.
The notice reads on live poultry with prices for fowls, turkeys, chickens, ducks and other birds, noting demand and local sale conditions. It also lists grain shipments including wheat and corn with bushel totals and rough market figures.
A fragmented Chicago ledger lists commodity prices for spring wheat corn oats barley rye and wheat, plus pork bacon and whiskey, with quantities and quotes showing market activity and liberal supply impacts. The garbled text references brokers and regional names, indicating a daily fare of market figures and prices.
East Buffalo on December first reports cattle steady to weak in offers with varied loads and weights including 1400 pound steers around 10 to 11 dollars. Hogs show fair to good demand with medium and heavy weights around 4 to 4 1/2 dollars per pound. Sheep and lambs are weak with best lambs around 9 to 9 1/2 dollars and other grades lower.
Ambiguous fragment lists livestock terms and numbers. Mentions cows, stockers, prices, and percentages but lacks clear context or identifiable entities. Unable to determine a coherent event or subject from the readable text.
The report lists mixed market offerings from Texas vendors with prices for produce and livestock. It notes activity in beef and pork lines, with references to traders and regional names, and mentions Aberdeen and other locales with weight figures around the stated averages.
New York stock market notes show mixed cattle activity with calves steady and veal prices firm. Canada beef prices appear firm while overall dairy and hog sections reflect cautious demand and modest gains amid uneven receipts.
Market notes list various cattle categories with bids and conditions. Report mentions heavy workers, slow movement, and fluctuating prices including a reference to a $707 figure.
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