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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1899
Page
5
Wall Street faced sustained pressure with broad declines across many sectors. Trading showed notable weakness in rail and utility shares, while several blue chips posted losses amid a broad market retreat at the Scranton exchange.
A bustling post holiday sale features silk waists and a wide range of garments and fabrics. High end silk waists in striped and plain taffetas, bold block patterns, and new styles offer steep cut prices, along with wool dresses, dress goods, and lightweight apparel on deep discounts.
Advertises Ladies muslin gowns and cambric gowns in Mother Hubbard style with embroidery and tuck details. Features prices from 49 to 98 cents, noting variations in embroidery, yokes, collars, and trims across multiple styles and fabrics.
Waite Stock company engagement ends with a New York style rural drama in the academy program. The Village Postmaster with a country dance and farmyard scene joins Laval in New York on the Academy of Music lineup. Clarity theater cancels week and Al Reeves to headline a full week engagement.
Market report from New York shows flour and wheat steady to weak with spot prices for No 2 red and No 2 northern Duluth noted. Corn remains weak on lower cables and liquidation. oats and creamery products show mixed steady to firm movements across western and state markets.
Market report from Philadelphia lists mixed grain and produce prices for January. Wheat contracts ease while corn and oats show declines. dairy and poultry items remain steady to firm with occasional shifts in butter cheese and live poultry values.
The report notes weak demand and heavy liquidation from a market downturn with prices for wheat corn oats and pork steady to unchanged. Quotes list No 2 spring wheat No 3 and yellow corn and other commodities with minor shifts and cents per bushel or pound.
Fragmented report from East Buffalo Nova Scotia describes sheep pricing and lots. Mentions lambs choices, extras, helps, and culls with figures 20 and 44.2004 38 and 75.
The compiled market notes indicate active cattle and steer movement with higher prices for steers and firm tone for cows. Hog prices show steadiness despite sleet and mixed trading across other livestock categories.
Damaged OCR fragment lists scattered names and numbers, including two individuals and an address line. The readable bits hint at a local notice or notice of possible sale or filing but lack coherent action or exact place and date.
An advertisement listing services for renting and selling houses and property appears in The People’s Exchange. It promotes listings for flats stores apartments and houses with details on features and rents and notes free situations for those seeking work. It also includes notices of stockholder meetings for local companies with dates and locations.
Trains leave Buranton for Philadelphia and New York via multiple connections including the Black Diamond Express with listed times such as 11.99 and 12.08 for Sunday and weekday service. Pullman cars and sleeping accommodations available. Tickets and Pullman reservations at Lackawanna Avenue Scranton and Cortland Street New York. Northwestern routes include Bethlehem Mareksburg Towanda and Wilkes-Barre connections.
Central Railroad of New Jersey timetable lists trains from Scranton to Pittston Wilkes Barre and Philadelphia with multiple daily departures to New York Newark Elizabeth and Lakewood Atlantic City. Connections from New York terminals to elevated lines Broadway cars and ferries explained. Through tickets to eastern southern and western points available at lowest fare. Officers J H Olimabuen General Superintendent H L Baldwin General Passenger Agent.
The timetable shows trains leaving Scranton for New York Newburg and intermediate points on the railroad, and for Hawley and local points at Lam, fare 25 cents per mile. Arrivals into Scranton from these points occur at 12:21 a.m., 3:15 p.m., and 6:08 p.m.
In a Lodune House blaze a man named Mike escaped through a window but was dazed by smoke and rain. He believed he received a heavy twist and, while shielding himself, met his employer who asked about his injuries. The moment left Mike shaken and self reflective.
A dialogue fragment shows Nodd offering a blank check to his wife yesterday. Todd questions prudence while Nodd affirms the decision, noting limits on her access to bank funds.
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