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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1898
Page
8
Jan 20 reports slight losses in a volatile session on Wall Street with irregular trading and low spirits as Cuban and currency agitation returns to Washington. Bear interests gain courage amid suspected stock manipulation tied to beds from reorganizations. Western trade improves, yet market declines persist with late wheat softness and sharp drops.
New York markets show steady but cautious gains in wheat with No 2 red and No 1 Northern New York afloat. Corn and oats follow mixed trends as options activity remains inactive but prices end higher. Beef and butter steady with cheese prices easing. petroleum trades dull amid broader commodity moves.
In Chicago today grain and provision markets were strong and added to prior prices. The feature to wheat was the leading driver of gains as traders adjusted values across corn and oats, signaling broad commodity strength.
The report notes July option strength with a cent gain under Leiter buying and shorts covering, while corn and oats see advances and provisions rise. It details receipts and shipments for wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, and other commodities, with prices largely steady or firm across flour and cheese markets and broad activity in live poultry and fats.
The listing shows various livestock categories with mixed prices including cattle bulls cows hogs and sheep. Prices range with prime and common grades across different weights and regions, noting totals like 200.73 and 8 047.25 in rough figures.
A visitor misreads plain preaching and a chimney sweep mocks grammar. A clerk suggests updating a hymn lyric by saying Let my heart be free from sin like Psalmist David s violin, highlighting lighthearted misunderstandings in a rural church scene.
The market notes for East Buffalo list cattle and sheep categories with limited activity. Mentions include cattle and sheep pricing hints, with discounts and stability in some classes, and general buyer interest described as uncertain.
Opaque OCR fragment notes credit bariners and bidders for cheh and Wige with mentions of a February view, cash at dirge, shipments totaling 94,07 barrels, and 1407 barrels for bar rele. No clear events or names due to damaged text.
Cattle steady to slow on the Chicago market with 200 to 105 fat cows and heifers graded. Texas steers around $5.00, hogs and sheep totals compete with 11,000 cattle and 16,400 hogs and sheep reported in receipts.
Fragmentary New York market bulletin shows mixed livestock quotes with cattle veal and sheep signals. The text lists beeves and veals with quiet demand and steady prices while lambs and sheep show slower trading patterns. No clear entities or firm outcomes readable.
Lord Kelvin, addressing the British Association in Toronto, estimates global fuel limits and argues water power, plus vegetation, affect oxygen stores more than fuel. He cites 200000 tons of fuel per person today, notes vegetation growth is needed to sustain this, and compares Niagara turbines to ten ocean liners, warning full Niagara use would still fall far short of global needs.
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