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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1899
Page
2
A sale offers laces up to eight inches wide at 98 cents per pair, with ticking pillows and high grade feathers at reduced values. The stock includes patterns in stripes and checks, with many items never selling below 39 cents, and features 25 to 75 cent price ranges for various lots.
The market summary notes broad upward drift in New York trading with mixed early tin losses giving way to gains. Wheat and corn futures move on. imports from London influence the week’s tone. Scranton regional notes include several manufacturing and utility concerns, with bonds and mortgages listed among local financial items.
A cryptic June report from New York covers futures for wheat and corn with notes on shipments and river arrivals. It mentions responses to lower cables, rally activity, and names several regional creamery and state entities, indicating a broad but unclear set of market movements.
In Chicago trading today traders oversold and attempted to recover losses as May futures for wheat and corn rose. Pork also advanced while cost quotations for various grain products moved upward amid market tension and erratic activity.
Market notes from Chicago show mixed cattle values with fancy steers mid range and heifers around $3.90 to $4. The report lists beef, western, and Texas steers alongside calves and hogs with receipts near 10,000 head. Prices fluctuate by category and grade.
New York market notes show steers and cows mostly steady with some weakness in select lots. Prices cited include steers around 4.70 to 5.00, bulls to 2.20, and veal and lamb ranges, with general firmness in most categories amid fluctuating values.
East Liberty market notes cattle steady with mixed lots. Prices listed include prime and common grades, beef sections and sheep steady with various weights and classifications.
Small ads list jobs and services including first class chef and salesman positions, a 15 year old office boy, a milliner options, a young lady seeking needlework at home, and Megarger Brothers printers supplies at 1 Washington avenue Scranton Pa.
Multiple architects listed with Scranton addresses including Edward H. Davis Cornell Building and F E L Walter rear of 06 Washington avenue. Listings mention Lewis Hancock Jr 45 Spruce St corner Wash av, Frederick J Brown Price Building 1 Washington Ave, and the School of Title Lackawanna. Also note courses related to college law medicine business opening Sept 12 and references to Rev Thomas Cann and Li P. Walter H Buoll.
Buffalo live stock market notes cattle and sheep offerings with price ranges and quality descriptors. Active buyers seek choice steers and heifers, cows and culls listed with modest demand and miscellaneous lots. Prices show small variances for select and common lots amid fluctuating trade.
In June the market saw no bids on certificates and offerings. Centhalancea reports 97 749 barrels shipped. The page lists 6.08 barrels per shipment and notes pay January terms.
Fragment describes a patent medicine claim that a single day cure for a cold is possible with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. The ad emphasizes refunds if the cure fails and notes a brand and tablet mark.
A patient from Aylmer Quebec reports severe heart disease symptoms improved after using Agnew's Cure for the Heart. He claims immediate relief and full recovery after four bottles, with the medicine sold by Matthews Brow and WT Clark.
Lehigh Valley Railroad timetable lists trains from Buranton to Philadelphia and New York via P and H R K with 6:45 am and 12:66 times, plus Black Diamond Express services to White Haven Bethlehem Reading Harrisburg and intermed stations via D H R R and WH routes. Also notes connections to Geneva Rochester Buffalo Chicago and western points with Pullman car availability and reservations through Lackawanna over Scranton.
Train schedule lists departures from Scranton and New York to Pittston Wilkes-Barre and beyond with times in the morning and afternoon, express options to New York and Philadelphia, connections to Bethlehem Allentown Easton and Baltimore, and details on pricing and terminal transfers. Officials listed include Abhlets ee OLHASUEN Gen Supt and H. F. Baldwin Gen Pass Agt.
Time table shows trains departing Beranton for New York and intermediate Erie rail towns, Hawley, and local points starting Sept 1 1858. Daily departures at early morning and evening hours with arrivals at Scranton from above points at 10 2 a m, 2 15 and 9 05 p m.
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