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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1899
Page
2
Review notes a varied bill at the Academy of Music including Bergé Pager, Among the Mines, The Clipper and Fanny Rice with lively comic ability. It mentions the Hillam company and the Bennett-Moulton troupe upcoming engagements, plus a Parktown Swell burlesque at the Gilety theater and a color-artist revue in town.
Mrs. John Coughlin of this borough died yesterday after a two hour illness. Survived by her husband and one child, two sisters and a brother. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Also reports on the election results: 361 votes cast in the Second ward. councilmen elected Mark Price, Thomas Manley, Thomas Fingerty. school directors Frank Cawley, James McAndrew, James Swift. Attending notices from Riverside friends and social events including a masquerade ball by the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
An old advertisement claims Dr. Von Bian's Pineapple Tablets cure most chronic stomach troubles rapidly and prominently cites a letter from a patient. The blurb promotes the pineapple as a humanity gift and credits Matthews von and W. TT. Clarky.
The New York market on Feb 3 saw over a million shares traded in erratic moves with sugar and the Sanger group driving activity. American Steel, Burlington, and coal issues led gains while overall prices faded after opening strength. Bond market strength appeared on block trades. total sales around 4 million.
The Philadelphia market report notes higher bids for certain wheat contracts and firmer corn, with No 2 white and No 2 mixed offerings described. Butter, refined sugar, and country produce show varied activity as live poultry and potatoes move with limited demand.
Classified column lists for rent stores and houses on Jefferson Avenue Lackawanna Avenue and Madison Street plus Commonwealth Building offices. Advertisements include piano sales, desirable lots on Colfax Avenue, real estate exchanges, poultry and farm goods, dressmaking, and help wanted notes for clerical and domestic positions. Wording is dense with addresses and names, reflecting a 19th century urban classifieds page.
Text reports broad activity in grains with mixed strength in wheat and corn on February 21 in New York. Toward close wheat prices steadied with March and May contracts showing gains from foreign buying while corn stayed firm on domestic demand and country offerings. Dairy prices remained steady across creamery and dairy products with regional varieties quoted in fallible terms.
Chicago style market report notes wheat firm most of the day in Chicago trading with a late turn lower as buyers hesitated about advancing prices. Corn and oats show gains while pork and lard rise. cash quotes for flour and other commodities list modest to steady demand and mixed prices across wheat corn and oats.
The report lists cattle and hogs with varied quotes including western fed steers and calves. It notes receipts of 270 hogs and 12,000 sheep with totals around 2500 and 4000 dollars in receipts and expenditures.
East Liberty Pennsylvania buyers view varied meat and produce items with prices. Heavy Yorkers and ledals cents appear with Filet and pies noted. Lambs veal and steer quotes show demand, with prices around 4.20 per unit and 4 percent yield.
East Buffalo New York market notes show dull and slow trade with some fair activity for hogs and sheep. Buyers move toward medium to light weights, with prices and lots described as culls, common, and selected wethers.
New York market notes on calf and sheep prices show limited activity with calves easing after a steady start. Veal prices fluctuate around the $407.70 top while lambs meet weaker demand with lower quotes and general range from common to fair quality.
Railroad time tables list trains from Scranton to Philadelphia New York White Plains and other points. The notes name operators H R Betz and Kronemacher with connections to Wilkes Barre Buffalo Richmond Trenton and Washington DC stations.
Scranton to Pittston Wilkes-Barre and connections times for trains to New York Philadelphia Reading Terminal and south and west via Bethlehem. Express and local departures and Sundays services listed with transfers to elevated railways and ferries at Whitehall Street and South Ferry. Through tickets to south and west at lowest station rates.
Time table in effect September 1838 lists trains from Beranton to New York Newburg and intermediate points at 7:00 a.m. and 2:23 p.m. Arrival times from above points to Beranton shown as 10:02 a.m. and 1:10 p.m. on Wednesdays the 15th.
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