Fancy Balbriggan Underwear Reduced to 40 Cents
A circulation notice lists Balbriggan underwear on sale, reduced from sixpence to two pence, while another price tag shows 40 cents for a garment.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1899
Page
2
A circulation notice lists Balbriggan underwear on sale, reduced from sixpence to two pence, while another price tag shows 40 cents for a garment.
A fresh stock of suspenders arrives featuring silk and Madras fabrics. Prices set at 50 cents for Silk suspenders and 25 cents for Madras.
The Wilkes-Barre team defeated Reading 6 to 4 in the first Atlantic league game in Pennsylvania this season at Fresland near Hazleton. Attendance reached about 11,000 as key plays included a center-field fence catch by Clymer and a Reading triple play by Doherty Childe and Cranby.
Wall Street opens with gains in some rails and exports while industrials pull back after a bank statement. Sterling slips with London buying in New York. investors expect limited summer activity though some brokers forecast notable stock bulges later.
Fragmented OCR lists multiple baseball style matchups with players and umpires named loosely across cities including Ditteburge Law leville Chicago and Baltimore. The text mentions teams or players such as Woods, Glarke, Scrviver, Praiene, Swartwood, Connilly with unspecified outcomes or dates.
An unclear report from Loulaville RAL describes a chaotic incident with multiple parties involved and references to a sevenfold confusion. No decisive outcome or authorities are named in the readable text.
Syracuse tied with Toronto at six and Rochester beat Montreal five to the score. Providence led Springfield one to twelve with Hartford and Worcester trailing.
The notes list scattered results: Buffalo over St. Paul 2 1 in two games, Milwaukee 12 beat Detroit, T In Hanapolis 1 against Kansas City 2, Minneapolis 4 over Grand Rapids 2.
In Buffalo on July 2, police halted the Buffalo versus Minneapolis match after one inning. Eighteen players were arrested, taken to police station, and bailed out by Franklin of the home club. No attempt was made to resume the game.
In Rochester on July 2 the contest between Montreal and Rochester was interrupted when Chief of Police Dennis entered the field and arrested Rochester players. Final score Montreal 1 Rochester 6.
A well played game in Olyphant saw St Thomas Cillage defeat the Olyphant Browns in ten innings. Grifin pitched brilliantly for St Thomas and Hastings starred at bat for the visitors, while Sheridan handled the ball for Olyphant. The score by innings lists a tight contest with St Thomas prevailing 10 runs to 9.
A fragmented report lists matches and teams with several garbled names. It mentions The Sliders defeating the Sluggers and references the Taylor Feds and Arrivers in Scranton, Green Riden, and driving park grounds. Dates and places are unclear due to OCR errors.
An OCR damaged market note lists items and prices from a Scranton Wholesale Market ad. It mentions a creamery and various produce items such as onions and potatoes with scattered figures, unclear spellings, and fragmented product names.
Fragmentary Philadelphia market list records mixed wheat prices and grades for July delivery. Mentions No 1 white and No 2 mixed white, steady butter quotes, creamery prints, and nearby cash bids with regional references unclear due to OCR errors.
Market report from New York notes quiet but firm conditions in wheat with price points for winter patterns and various grades. Corn and oats show firm to easy closes as wheat gains support from weather news and covering activity. dairy products and butter cheese sections listed with standard names and brands.
Chicago market notes show wheat futures mixed with declines amid hot weather expectations in the northwest. Corn and oats steady while flour prices firm. pork, lard, ribs and whiskey values listed with various per unit prices.
Receipts of cattle were not large enough to sustain a market. Fancy steers sold around 4.50 to 5.50, commoners near 4.00, stockers and feeders at about 5.75, bulls cows and heifers mixed. Hogs opened with gains but failed to hold. heavy lots around 10.40 to 10.90, mixed around 9.60 to 9.70. Sheep sold mostly unchanged as direct packer movement dominated the market. Cattle receipts 0, hogs 15,000, sheep 15,000 head.
Philadelphia market week receipts show 205 beeves 7 4 head of sheep and 07 hogs. Beef cattle steady to quiet with declines in some grades. Sheep hold well despite heat. Fat cows steady around 24 rise. Calves active while dressed beef sold from local yards.
East Liberty notes show hog categories with prices and lots. Descriptions include extra prime Hog prices around 4.04 to 4.75 with steady activity and varied grades, along with notes on wethers and veal calves in the sale.
Kiust Buffalo reports cattle steady with firmer prices for butchers while stock cattle move slowly. Veals and bulls show slight gains. hogs sell at about 4.45 a unit with some pigs and lights around 41.70. Sheep and lambs unchanged with good lambs at 1.10 and wethers near 5.10.
New York July 23 trade news shows no trading activity. Calves and hogs not for sale with prices steady. City dressed veals lambs and woolly meats seen firm while sheep cope with dullness and lower bids.
Credit balances stood at $105 with certificates showing no bids no shipments or runs reported. No further activity or shipments were listed for the period.
About twenty five Typographical union members from Scranton traveled to Wilkes-Barre and beat the newspaper workers 16 to 4 at the Young Men’s Christian Association grounds. The game featured local players on both sides and was followed by refreshments and socializing at Union rooms. A return game is planned in Scranton on Saturday August 6.
Fragmentary report recounts Prince Kropotkin aboard the Atlantia in April 880 where Karakosef fired at Alexander II as he left the summer garden to take Mia our slage. the shot failed and Karake seff was arrested. A Siberian officer recalls 1806 travels from Hittela to Irkutsk meeting two rendarmes and dining with them at a tea table on a cold winter night.
A compact excerpt lists requests and notices from The People's Exchange including a bait for chemical samples, a local ad for The Wilkes-Barre Record distribution, and service ads. It mentions Bend 6B centa to Knipana Chemical Co New York, and addresses such as 4 Spruce street 500 Linden M Norton 22 Lackawanna avenue I 8 Schutzer 211 Spruce street plus Briggs cleans privy and cess pools near improved pumps and contact details 110 North Main avenue and Bicke's drug store Adams and Mullers with telephone 944.
Bonds of Stevens Coal Co are called for payment at County Savings Bank Scranton Pa on August 1 1904. Also numerous help wanted notices for clerks drivers domestics and general labor with addresses in Scranton and nearby towns.
A veteran recalls the torture and final execution of Karakozif in the fortress. He describes guards keeping him awake by jarrings and crossings of the legs, the long confinement, and the moment of his cart ascent to the scaffold. The account notes the officers’ confusion over whether Karakozif was dead or alive as he moved and walked.
Railroad timetables list Lehigh Valley and Reading lines with trains to Scranton and New York. The document references stations such as Geneva, Wilkes Barre, and Buffalo, noting Sunday schedules and multiple regional connections.
May 11 trains depart Scranton for Carbondale Wilkes Barre Albany Saratoga Montreal and New York with times and fares listed. Connections include Lehigh Valley Railroad Black Diamond Express and through routes to western points. Arrivals are shown for Carbondale Wilkes Barre and points north and south with multiple departure and arrival times and prices.
Exclusive coal era timetable lists trains from Scranton to New York Newark Hillsirth Philadelphia Euston Lethiachem Allentown Mauch Chunk White Haven and more with multiple daily departures including express services. Returns from New York to Liberty Street North River and Whitehall Street with through routes via Reading Terminal and connections to Brooklyn and Long Branch. Officials J J Ohlasen and J P Baldwin shown as general superintendant and passenger agent respectively.
Time table effective June 4 1809 shows trains to New York Newburgh Hawley Lake Ariel and local points. Morning departures include 6 00 a m 6 00 p m and 2 25 a m with service to Hawley and local stops as well as a Lake Ariel run at 5 20 p m. Sunday trains depart Scranton for Lake Ariel at 8 00 7 0 percent? The schedule lists intermediate stops and speeds in a historic railroad listing.
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