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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1896
Page
5
The House approved amendments to the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill and the post office bill. It also adopted a rule requiring pension agents to pay by check and agreed to a Senate amendment deeming seven years of unexplained absence sufficient proof of a soldier's death for pension claims.
Hillsdale College freshmen faced a chaotic chapel arrival as sophomores surged after the new class. A violent scuffle erupted with blood drawn, as a sophomore co-ed reportedly knocked the freshman and grabbed her cap in a chaotic scramble. The incident shocked Hillsdale as classmates witnessed the wild confrontation.
Miss Mary Mulhern former assistant pastor of Fountain Street Baptist Church sues Rev. Dr. J. L. Jackson for 20000 damages. After she claimed improper relations with the pastor a committee found the charges unfounded and she was expelled from the church.
William Hazensing of Yates Center Kansas has patented a rainmaking device to test at Great Bend. He claims the contraption can trigger a three to five inch rainfall within twenty four hours at a cost of six dollars, making farmers less dependent on Providence. The system centers on a fourteen foot long gun weighty and specially constructed for moisture delivery in the spring.
A Norristown man endorses Munyon's Catarrhal Specialist and a full line of Munyon's remedies including Catarrh Cure and Catarrh Tablets. He reports relief from catarrh, throat ulcers, and nasal discharge after treatment, and lists prices from 25 to 26 cents for various cures.
A description notes an apparatus capable of launching a moisture producing substance to a height of eighteen miles when loaded with the necessary material and a weight of about four hundred pounds.
Rev. W. S. Laufman preached on dancing in Ludington Michigan on March 6. He demonstrated examples of dancing on the platform to provoke laughter and then warned to expose society men who kept late hours and visited questionable places.
Dun and Co reports a strong market with railway earnings lifting sentiment though wholesale trade remains uneven. Failures reach 285 in the U.S. and 68 in Canada. wool and cotton prices slide while mills curb output. Western wheat receipts rise. corn holds firm. cotton falls as planting for 1896 looms large.
Milwaukee March 6. Supervisor Charles Weidner of the Eighth ward was fined 845 and costs in police court for kissing Mrs Holubow against her will. The woman's appeal concerns county aid eligibility. Weidner plans an appeal.
Ada Rogers, white, a resident near Prairie Grove Arkansas, was returning home when Charles Dodson, a Black man, attacked her. She grabbed a dagger hairpin and stabbed him in the eye before he was dragged into the woods.
Buffalo N Y March cattle prices steady with mixed fat cows stockers and light calves. Hogs down for heavy grades steady for Yorkers and mixed lots with strong entries for good weights. Sheep and lambs steady with few fancy lambs. Oil Market in Oil City Pa shows March quotation at 1.25 on the exchange with credit balances around 1.28.
March 6 report notes tallow prices in Philadelphia are quiet and unchanged. Quotes list city prime tallow in hogsheads at 4 1/2 cents per pound and country prime in barrels at 5 cents. country dark in barrels at 4 1/2 cents. cakes at 4 cents. grease at 3 1/2 to 4 cents.
A letter from attorney BL Ngan of Eastern Pennsylvania describes trying Dr Agnew’s Catarrhal Powder for catarrh. He reports instant relief after a single puff and nasal clearing, notes three more uses with today free from catarrh and cold, and cites friends’ quick recoveries with the remedy.
An old advertisement touts Swayne's Ointment for intense itching and burning sensations, worse at night and scratched to bleeding ulcers. It claims to stop itching and bleeding, heal ulceration, and offers the product at a low price from Wayne Bon in Philadelphia.
Market-wide weakness in tobacco and Chicago gas led the day’s decline. Firmer general list offset by reports of illness and congressional Cuban action rumors. Rubber and Halti more, Ohio fell on fears of large assignment, while Sugar and General Electric held firm as traders sold after short-covering.
Market notes show dull wheat and steady to weaker soy options with lower freight costs. Prices for corn and oats are mixed with light trading and cautious demand. beef and pork remain firm to quiet as dairy products hold steady in early March trading.
Toledo market notes show 4000 bushels wheat and 1700 bags shipments with No 2 red cash and mixed oats trading modestly. Advertisements tout Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills as blood purifier and liver aid.
Multiple classified style notices advertise barber training, home work schemes, canvassing jobs, and glandular offers. Readers are urged to beware inflated promises as agents, sales opportunities, and patent products flood the page with dubious earnasks. The items feature names like Gray & Co, H. A. Gripp, and Edward Fish Co, along with locations in Columbus Philadelphia Cincinnati Chicago and New York.
The Providence Gas and Water Company holds its annual meeting at its Delaware and Hudson offices in Scranton to elect officers and consider stock increase. The Dickson Manufacturing Company will hold its annual meeting in Scranton to elect directors and vote on reducing board size and other business.
The listing catalog advertises sale on easy terms for properties in Waverly New York with modern conveniences and low rents. Other notices include rentals in Clarks Green PA a ten room house on Capouse Avenue and several single family rentals in local avenues with various room counts and improvements.
The two front assembly halls at Lackawanna and Penn Aves offer 50 by 100 feet space with steam heat and a passenger elevator. Adapt entrances to Lackawanna Ave, suitable for school office gallery or light business uses, by The Samters.
An assortment of real estate pitches and offerings. Listings seek buyers for brick homes, single and double houses on various avenues, and commercial stores. Agents M H Holgate and Hackett Commonwealth advertise central, well located properties with flexible terms and cash options.
Situations wanted ad from an experienced accountant and bookkeeper offering services to keep traders' books morning or evening, prepare balance sheets, adjust accounts, audit or examine books, and maintain opened and closed ledgers with reasonable terms. Address J. H. J. via Tribune office.
Trains depart Scranton for New York and intermediate Erie points at 7:00 a.m. and 2:29 p.m. Also for Honesdale Hawley and local points at 7:00, 9:40 a.m. and 3:29 p.m. All through trains to and from Honesdale. Wilkes-Barre trains leave at 6:39 a.m. and 2:19 p.m.
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