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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1898
Page
2
For a few days only the store slashes prices on furniture. Sideboards drop from 12.00 to 9.00 while larger pieces like sideboards at 75.00 go to 50.00. Bedroom sets cut from 16.50 to 11.98 and other reductions on rockers book cases and more.
Local merchants advertise bed rock prices on suits and coats with a strong urging to shop now. The copy highlights complete lines, fine workmanship, and two window displays on Lackawanna avenue as proof of value, claiming no further reductions this season.
A Main Aisle notice reports a rush and ongoing sale of soiled handkerchiefs offered at half price. About 3 000 units remain to be disposed of, with prices cut from 25 and 50 cents to 12 and 25 cents respectively.
A brief ad notes a small toy lot including dolls wagons and drum toys selling at half price to clear stock. Only a day of good sales expected to exhaust the remaining items. Also promotes sterling silver backed hair brushes as bargains from $2.25 to $1.35 each.
Not many pieces left yet room for summer stock. Bargains invite shoppers with glass tea sets once 39c now 19c and drinking glasses 4c now 2c. Decorated china cut from 50c to 48c, fancy vases to 9c, jardinieres to 9c. Basement bargains include women's gloves 89c to 69c with seven hundred two clasp walking gloves at 9c per pair.
Local venues report busy engagement night as Jonas Loney's Sons The Donovans perform at the Academy of Music alongside vaude troupe acts. Rose Hill English Folly and the Galery showcase entertainments including "Dewey's Reception in Me Vadden's Alley" and acts by the Whitlals and Waite's New Stock Company with Annie Louise Ames leading.
A list of film titles appears in a reader’s note, including Freedom Hoosier Heroine Power of Love That Dangerous Woman The Row from Boston An American in Ireland Between Two Fires and other catalogued titles.
A French baron with noble lineage tours the west with Broadway Theatre Opera and returns to perform at the Home theatre next week. He impresses as a nimble tenor and leads a French class within the company aiming to present The Highwayman in French. Five nights including matinees Monday to Friday feature star acts and a farcical street scene finale.
In a tense session New York and Duluth wheat futures showed thinning demand and rising selling pressure. Traders noted brisk unloading, short-covering spikes, and a wary tone as prices shuffled between support and resistance with limited sustained gains.
A fragmented page shows a mix of political candidacy notice for Joseph Abley, business listings for Briggs cleans privy vaults, and diverse employment and service ads. Entries include stenographers, bookkeepers, drivers, and housekeepers seeking work, plus various medical and professional ads with addresses and contact details.
Prices represented rare and net declines noted for various commodities. Market words describe weak corn spots, creamery products, and regional dairy prices with references to western, eastern, and state firms.
Wheat steady with mixed No 2 and white varieties noted. Butter and cotton largely steady, live poultry and eggs showing mixed conditions. receipts include 900 bushels of wheat and 15 000 bushels corn. shipments listed for wheat and corn with varying saleyard notes.
Market notes from East Liberty Pa show steady to higher quotes on medium weight hogs and lambs with meatier cuts and lighter weights slightly firmer. Prices include roughs and slaughter terms with veal and specialty livestock, reflecting a fluctuating sale scene in a damp trading period.
Market bulletin reports mixed cattle prices in Chicago and Texas cattle notes. It lists slaughter cattle volumes, lambs, yearlings, and sheep with varying quotations and produce conditions, including highlights of cull totals and head counts.
A fragmented listing shows architects and firms in Scranton including Edward T. Davis Walter Fick Lewis Hancock Frederick Brown and Lacky & Son. It mentions Traders' National Bank and the Lackawanna School of the Lackawanna offering courses in college law medicine business and other studies.
Fragmented OCR notes describe Baver's Orchestra led by J. Ehouer with programs and a program of tunes. Megargen Brothers printers supply envelopes and office items at the Warrington avenue warehouse in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Public timetable notes train departures from Surant Junction toward Philadelphia New York Bethlehem and Reading. It lists intermediate stops including Wilkes Barre and Towanda with mentions of parlor cars and connections to Chicago and Rochester. Authorities cite division agents and ticket offices at South Bethlehem and New York for rail services.
Train schedules list departures from Wilkes Barre and connections to New York Philadelphia and other points. It notes express and local fares, Sunday services, and transfer options at major terminals with names such as Burdick and Baldwi en in Albany and Scranton areas.
Fragmentary text lists Erie Wyoming Valley and Scranton New York, with unclear references to trains, railroads, and arrivals. Names and dates are unreadable, offering only scattered place names and tentative events without coherent actions or outcomes.
Market notes indicate firm credit balances at one dollar with certificates and a closed cash offer at 1.10. Trade details mention ten barrels and listed runes with Sah bar reference.
Advertisement text touts Dr Agnew's Liver Pills as universal renovators and blood purifiers. Claims to benefit every gland and tissue in the body with 40 doses per vial. Sold by Matthews Brow and W J Clark.
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