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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1899
Page
2
A pocketbook containing money was found on Mulberry Street by a woman described as poor. The finder should deliver it to Mrs. Musybrooks at 225 Heroesaler Court, City Scavenger.
The New Superba revised by Hanlon appears at the Lyceum with a bright spectacle and notable vaudeville acts including Prof. Shedman’s trained dogs and bicycle riders. Also opening bill at the Academy features Gillette’s Held by the Moemey and a strong local cast led by Miss Bernice Beardatey with Sam McCreery and Miss Georgia Nile.
The Laidlea Ald society of the Af B church plans a gathering tomorrow afternoon at Mrs. Otta Dommer lt’s home. Dover residents Mr. Mike Agnes Luneders and Miss Annie Potter join Campbell and Mrs. Helen Mount joy from Mieka for yesterday’s visit to Otto Dommermuth. Catherine O'Malley of Providence spent Sunday at the Ibbons residence. The funeral for Robert Cardon Jr. was held yesterday with interment at St. Mary's cemetery. Evening events at Sarefield opera house feature a contest with Thomas Me-.
On Wednesday afternoon the ladies of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Dalton will host a ten cent supper. A cake baked from a Scripture recipe will be among the sale items.
An old advert promotes a bottled water product claiming to purify impurities, improve nerves, brighten complexion, and cure headaches. It mentions sales through local merchants and lists several names as distributors.
Chicago traders showed bullish appetite amid bearish inputs with May wheat rising before 1 cent and corn advancing despite uncertainty. Oats and provisions followed higher with prices in lard and ribs lifting, while notes listed various wheat grades and prices.
In New York on January 8 speculation in stocks soared past prior records with volume around 1,620,000 shares and bond sales of 4,046,000. Opening trading was furious as initial gains pushed many stocks up 10 points or more, while notes on Scranton Street Railways and local issuers appear among the highlighted bonds and mortgages.
OCR text lists dairy brands and product types with unclear spellings. It mentions butter and imitation creams from Western Creamery and other regional brands, plus scattered references to states and pulses. The readable items show product names rather than a cohesive report or event.
In Philadelphia on January 2, wheat and corn futures showed firmer and higher prices for nearby contracts. Milling oats and white corn also edged up while flour and refined sugars held steady. Cotton rose, while butter and live poultry markets showed mixed tone with steady dressed poultry. Receipts and shipments for flour, wheat, corn, and oats were reported.
Chicago market summary notes cattle prices and ranges for steers heifers and cows, with mixed trade across cattle types. Hog and sheep receipts are listed, with totals for the day and varying price levels across categories.
A fragmented listing from New York shows various livestock items with prices. Entries include cows and calves described as hab or calver active, with totals around 105 dollars for bulls and 20 dollars for tops and yearlings. Sheep and lambs appear with figures like 5 and 6.10, while hogs and sheep are noted in vague terms.
OCR fragment shows mixed cattle terms, prices, weights and categories. Mentions types such as heifers calves and wethers with variable prices and descriptors. Results indicate a livestock market or auction listing with inconsistent figures and missing context.
The notice lists an annual meeting for TIT stockholders of Enterprise Powder Manufacturing Company in Scranton on January 2 at 3 PM, with no stock transfers in ten days prior. It also includes proposals to drive a rock tunnel for William Connell & Co and several local medical and business notices with addresses and hours.
A chaotic OCR classified page shows multiple help wanted notices including farm help and a colored woman seeking house duties. Also listed are first class operators and sales positions, plus several architects, a school, and names with addresses in Scranton. The legible items mention Arthur Eber 6h Btone Avenue, Ada at 616 Franklin Avenue, Mrs. Lee 420 Franklin Avenue, and others along with professional listings for Edward H. Davis and others.
Kuettel, a wire screen manufacturer, located on Lackawanna Avenue in Scranton Pennsylvania. The entry lists the company and street address with no additional details.
Bauer's Orchestra provides music for balls picnics parades receptions and concerts. Fr J Bauer conductor based on Wyoming Avenue supports arrangements with Megarger Brothers Printers supplying envelopes paper bags twine at their Scranton Pennsylvania warehouse.
Rail timetable notes depart Scranton for Philadelphia New York via p and HW with Black Diamond Express at 11 00 p m and 7 45 p m for White Haven Hazleton Portville and prick points via D H R Heil for Bethlehem Easton Reading and other intercity via BD HK OR 6 45 am. Black Diamond Express lines and connections for Tunkhannock Towanda Ithaca Geneva and major intermed stations via Dn GOW 8 am 1 36 pm for Geneva and Buffalo via Lehigh Valley parallel routes listed. Sleeping car service on all trains between Wilkes Barre and New York Penn Ind Buffalo and Susquehanna Bridge. Official notes from Rollin T. Wileah and Chas S. Lee. For tickets apply Lackawanna Ave Beranton Pa.
New York Jan 23 flour market firmer on spring wheat varieties but overall quiet amid weak wine Minnesota patents at 10 cents. Wheat futures firm for No 2 red and No 1 northern Duluth with afloat arrivals and spot offers. Northern New York futures steady with strong options. trade hedges and mild speculative activity mixed, closing with mixed advances and extensive covering of short positions.
Train timetable for Lehigh and Bucquehanna Division lists arrivals and departures from New York Foot of Liberty Street and South Ferry with connections to Pittston Wilkes-Barre and other destinations. Includes express and local options, daily Sundays, and through tickets to Allentown Bethlehem Easton Harrisburg Reading Pottsville Philadelphia and Washington.
Trains leave Scranton for New York Newburg and intermediate points on the railroad at 7 01 p m and 2 35 p m. Trains derive at Scranton from above points at 10 00 a m and 3 15 and 1 08 p m.
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