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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1898
Page
8
County commissioners discuss appeals and court actions over a 2600 dollar dispute regarding a monument purchase. Reports note electric lighting plans and schedule changes affecting Montrose Tunnel, plus local rail and town issues including a new Lehighton Valley schedule. Community events include a Baptist circuit meeting, terra cotta clay discovery, a revival in Meshoppen, and social notes.
The report by Atwater Woods and Dr Isabelle Delany summarizes 1895 1896 dietary studies of poor families on New York City s East Side examining foods bought prices nourishment and nutritive value. It notes poor households often lack nutritious meals and attractive tables while some educate themselves to improve meals and advocates practical instruction in affordable wholesome cooking.
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western paid its employees in town Saturday. Rev John Davis delivered an address at the Railroad Young Men's Christian Association hall Sunday afternoon. Special evangelistic services are held in the Methodist church. Will J McConnell temperance lectures may visit soon. Crook and Hutchings were in New Milford Friday. Measles cases are reported locally. Election day approaches with urging to vote for capable officials. Rev Allen McKay to lecture on Alaska and the Kiondike at the same hall February 1. Admission 25 cents, children 15 cents. Johnston of Montrose was in town Friday.
The Markets section lists all quotations based on par value of 100. Prices reflect buying and selling activity across commodities and securities typical for the era, with notes on market conditions and minor fluctuations observed in trading.
Count Gustav Sieg mund Kalnoky de Koros Patak died at Brunn this afternoon. Born December 29 1892 in Lekowicz Moravia he served Austria Hungary as foreign minister 1884 to 1895 and earlier as ambassador to St Petersburg and minister at Copenhagen. His resignation followed a conflict over papal nuncio conduct and a Budapest parliament interpellation.
Trading in cattle and hogs with mixed results on a Saturday session in Chicago. Cattle prices firm with higher prospects for some fancy lots, hogs trading stronger with notable advances, sheep and lambs largely steady to nominal as receipts favored local slaughterers. Yearlings and lambs posted varied prices amid fluctuating demand.
Philadelphia market notes show receipts of 29 head sheep and 6.46 head hogs. Sheep active and steady with lambs varying by grade. hogs well sold at top prices, cows in fair demand with thin cows steady. Dressed beef at a firm level and calves firm in value.
East Liberty Pennsylvania reports mixed livestock prices for hogs cattle and sheep. Prime hogs steady at 4.16 to 4.25 per hundredweight, sows and bulls noted with varying values. Cornish lambs and roughs appear at multiple ranges across categories.
The timetable in effect November 14 1897 lists departures from Scranton for Pittston Wilkes Barre and more with morning and afternoon runs to New York Philadelphia Reading Terminal and Atlantic City plus connections to Long Branch Ocean Grove and Bethlehem. Through tickets available via station agents.
Train schedule for Del Lacka and Western from Scranton effective Monday November 2 1897 lists departures to New York Easton Teton Philadelphia Washington and Buffalo with multiple daily times and connections including Hinghamton Oswego Elmira Corning and Buffalo bound services. Additional routes cover Binghamton Harrisburg Baltimore and Washington with limited stops and connections to northern and western points.
Nanticoke and peer talons schedule details show intermediate stations listed with times 11.10 am and 5 pm. Information on parlor and sleeping coaches across all express trains available from M t. Smith, District Passenger Office, depot, ticket offices.
Lehigh Valley Railroad announces winter 1895 train service from Scranton to New York via Delaware, Lackawanna and Western routes and via the Diamond Express. Trains depart at 6.00, 6.08, 1.10, 7.00 a.m., with afternoon times and connections to Wilkes Barre, Pittston, Easton, Harrisburg, Geneva, Rochester, Buffalo and more. Pullman parlor and sleeping cars operate on all long runs between Wilkes-Barre and major destinations, with general superintendents and agents named for coordination.
Effective September 19, 1897 trains depart Scranton for New York and intermediate points on the Erie line at 7:00 PM and 2:25 PM. Returns to Scranton arrive from above points at 10:22 AM, 3:15 PM, and 9:48 PM, serving Hawley and local points.
Trains operate daily except Sunday with signals for passenger safety. Ontario and Western rates available. press to the west for savings. General Passenger Agent Tillcroft, A54 agent Sereoton, and local contacts listed.
A bank vault is described as guarded by Holmes' Electric Protective System. The note emphasizes the security arrangement and the technology used to safeguard valuables.
Physicians and surgeons listings with Kays moved office at Wyoming Ave and Mulberry St. C L Frey, Mary A Shepherd, D B Replogie, Willard Warren & Knapp, A Trapold, W Beaglin, L M Gates, C L Freas, W L Amoraux, W G Rook. lawyers and firms noted. Bauer's Orchestra, Megargee Brothers printers, Patterson and Wilcox traders, Lackawanna School, and Tribune Publishing Co listed with contact points and addresses in Scranton Pa.
Receipts totaled 2 carloads of sale stock with slow turnout and 20 carloads of steers and hogs showing steady to slow movement. Sheep and lambs were steady with common and choice grades mixed. Prices ranged with brouse and culls to common valued around several dollars per unit.
San Francisco report says Prof Alexander Agassiz arrived from Honolulu after months studying coral animals in the South Seas. He challenges common views once held by Darwin and Dana about coral formation and replenishment on the surface, suggesting a new mechanism.
Ohio woman Anna Ey Eahan of Whittlesey shares a long battle with a milk leg that spread from her foot to her knee causing intense pain and discharge. After trying many salves she found relief with Hood's Sarsaparilla, which she credits with complete healing and blood cleansing benefits. She advises buying only Hood's Sarsaparilla from druggists.
A local note highlights Hood Pills as the preferred family remedy. It mentions Siuartic as a favored component and Prwe wo appears in the trade backdrop. The item underscores household trust in the product.
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