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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1898
Page
2
Carbondale Tribune correspondence is now handled by Mr C R Munn of Salem avenue and Church street for news items. Issues with irregular delivery should be addressed to Roberts and Reynolds, news agents.
The Carbondale Post Office reports a yearly decline in local postal receipts totaling about 200 dollars for May and June, with total year receipts at 11,572.87 and 11,767.46 for 1897. The drop, though small at about 1.5 percent, indicates city business is not expanding. One cent stamps totaled 24,215. two cent stamps 166,192. postal cards 64,759. box rent 297.18.
A young woman on Main Street dropped a bundle of matches from under her arm causing a large smoke column. Passersby saw the flame and she discarded the matches in the street. Investigators ruled out friction and attributed the incident to spontaneous combustion tied to atmospheric conditions.
Court Lily No 40 entertained grand officers and members at a smoker. Monitors of the silk mill beat Dundaff street axe in a 17 to 18 thriller on Sandy's field. Smith led the Monitors with a home run. Wall work on Lackawanna retaining wall sees Brennan and crew expanding efforts next week. Handball match planned with $50 purse between local players and Mayfield visitors at Callaghan's court.social visits unfold in Williamsport and Fermoy with local residents visiting Fern Hall Crystal Lake.
Stockholders and townspeople in Jermany and Mayfield discuss hydrant pricing viewed as excessive. They suggest a council committee meet water company officials to seek a price reduction. The item notes community interest and calls for a satisfactory settlement.
Howard Fr Johns elected a delegate to the annual state convention of the volunteer firemen by the Enterprise Hose company with JL Wells as alternate. The convention meets in Lebanon in October. Reverend F Marshall of Mansfield visited town. The Ladies Aid Society hosts a pink tea social at the Presbyterian church basement Monday July 18 with a souvenir for supper attendees. William Whipple of Denver and Florella Blakeslee of New Milford are visiting Dr William F R Blakeslee. A rock fall blocked the Delaware and Hudson mines at Wandling.
Saturday afternoon at 1.50 o clock William Wollford was seriously injured when a rock struck him while he stooped. Dr Daniel Dwyer attended. Also noted, funeral services for Mrs William McMellen were held at Christ Episcopal church Saturday at 2 pm. she leaves a husband and two children, with interment in Forest City cemetery.
Wall Street remains unconvinced securities rose on Santiago capitulation and fails to advance. London market gains seen as limited. orders in commission houses small with few buyers. The opening period shows confident but aggressive traders seeking quick profits amid low demand. 1800 shares traded.
Mrs Joseph Fairclough’s funeral was held at the Presbyterian church with large attendance and a floral display. Rev L R Foster led the service and praised her Christian character. Burial followed at Forest Home cemetery. Other items note the Rosebuds defeating the Sliders 4 to 2, and various social visits and society notices in Hyde Park and nearby towns.
For rent and for sale notices appear from Tribune. A grocery store with good business and location is offered as the owner retires for rearing circumstances. Also advertised is a good as new one-horse power boiler by The Weston Mill Co.
A B Briggs operates a cleaning service for privy vaults and cess pools with odor control and improved pumps. Pro offers leave orders at 110 North Main or Elckes' drug store corner Adams on Mulberry. Telephone 640. Chiropodist E Hetzel offers painless corn bunion and nail treatment with free advice and home visits available.
The La Touraine brought survivors of the Bourgogne wreck to Havre from New York. Relatives wept as the last hope faded, while friends of the saved showed joy. Survivors remained reticent, offering few new details.
Philadelphia market notes steady wheat and firm corn with various grades listed. Live poultry and dressed poultry show quiet to firm movement. flour shipments limited and receipts indicate 7 barrels, 12000 bushels of corn, and 240 bushels of oats. Prices feature creamed butter and other dairy items with chestnut names and odd spellings.
Letters of administration granted to Mary J Farrington Administratrix. Creditors and others having claims must present them for payment. Debtors are asked to make immediate payment to Beers & Grambe, attorneys for the estate.
Klondike reports from Victoria July 17 indicate Dawson’s annual cleanup will total about 20.6 million dollars with three quarters in custody of two major trading companies shipping via St Michael. May West contributed 790 thousand dollars. vessels leaving June 18 and July 4 carry the remainder. Famine fear ends in Dawson.
Admiral Cervera is brought to Annapolis Maryland as movements of Caritats create Madrid anxiety. Cruiser Harvard reaches Portsmouth with Spanish prisoners aboard. Hospital Ship Solace arrives at Udouit Virginia with four wounded Americans and a Spaniard. Spanish prisoners to sail from Santiago to Smilin on the Sihine. Transports Miselvsipol and Cherokee depart Tampa with provisions for American forces at Buntiagy. Army slips ce at.
Market notes show flour steady, rye dull, wheat options near unchanged. corn steady with No 2 yellow options nearly steady. Butter steady across western creamery and imitation creamery lines. potatoes quiet with 7,000 barrels on hand. petroleum refined at 25 New York, 3 Philadelphia/Baltimore, bulk 70.
July wheat eased while corn gained on improving crop receipts and favorable weather. September futures slipped then rebounded as cash quotes showed steady to firm prices for flour, wheat, corn, oats, and pork products with varied bids and supplies in Chicago trading.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions 16,000 hogs and 2,000 cows with calves and steers. References to Texas steers and packers hint at a regional cattle market note, but many words are unreadable, leaving only scattered prices and items like lambs and hogs.
Receipts show a few cattle and hogs trading steady to firm. Pigs quoted around 40 to 41, lambs and choline extras noted, select westerns near 1.00 and culls lower, with mixed early bids and moderate demand.
East Liberty Pennsylvania markets show hogs steady and prime cattle mixed with common to fair quality. Beef and lamb values hold steady while sheep and calves command varying bids. buyers report moderate demand for yearlings and spring lambs as prices range across several dollars per hundredweight.
Chicago live stock market report lists beef steers at 4.50 to 4.80 per hundredweight and stockers and bulls at 4.40. The fragment shows prices in pounds and dollars for July 14 with multiple errors but indicates cattle categories and nominal values.
Fragmentary New York dated July 1 shows garbled prices and items like lamb and sheep with unclear figures and names, making it difficult to extract a coherent market or commodity report.
July figures show credit balances at Olin Pa with shipments and vide barrels noted. The report lists totals including 62 062 in an unidentified unit, reflecting activity for the period.
A flood of small solicitations offers various employment hopes from bartenders to general helpers. Addresses include Minook Scranton Dunmore and Berunton Ia with names Gake Walsh A. B. Sadié Davis C. W. J. C. P. M. Thomias Lotts and others. Local businesses Patterson Wilcox Elk Cafe Scranton House and more are advertised along with services from Mrs Gable graduate midwife and merchants Megarger Brothers and Bauer Orchestra.
A historical listing of physicians surgeons and a veterinarian with names such as Dr L 0 Lyman Dr H F Reynolds Dr C Laubach Dr Welcome Snover Mary A Shepherd A Trapold Dr W E Allen Dr L M Gates Dr C L Freas Dr S W L Amoreau W G Rook and their office locations and hours in Scranton Pennsylvania. It chronicles multiple practitioners across Wyoming Avenue Mulberry Street Washington Avenue and surrounding areas with specialty notes and contact details.
Rail timetable notes from Liberty Street and South Ferry show departures to Scranton Pittston Wilkes-Barre and beyond at 10 10 a m and 12 30 p m with Sunday runs. Connections to New York Newark Philadelphia and Baltimore routes listed along with through car and express options.
Fragmentary timetable lines indicate travel actions involving Hawley and Pete on Erie routes with times listed around 5 00 am and 228 pm. Mentions Luke Ariel and Bere nina routes with prices and arrival points amid garbled phrasing.
Monday June 20 schedule shows trains from Scranton to New York Easton Trenton and Pi... with multiple departure times. Services include Manunka Chunk Tobyhanna and connections at Buffalo for West Northwest and Southwest. Other routes cover Utica Ithaca Binghamton Wilkes Barre Northumberland and Williamsport with various departures and local accommodations.
Sunday rail times from Beranton list departures to Carbondale Honeydale Wilkes Barre New York Philadelphia and Western Points with multiple daily trains, special express services and through connections. Officials J W Burdick and J W Cross announce low fares to United States and Canada from Albany Scranton and surrounding stations.
Train schedules for Lehigh Valley routes list departures from Buranton and points to Philadelphia New York Pittston Wilkes-Barre and other coal regions via D H and L W railroads with multiple daily times. Pullman service noted between Burre and major cities. Officials include Rollin H Wilbur and Chas Kent with division staff in South Bethlehem and Cortlandt Street New York.
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