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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1898
Page
3
The Tribune presents a help page for renting houses selling real estate or exchanging property. Listings offer opportunities to find tenants buyers or job placements with rates: one cent per word or six insertions for five cents, excluding situations wanted which are free.
A fragmented page shows agents wanted for large illustrated Klondike books priced at $1.55 with outside sales, plus vacancies for solicitors and a collecting position. Also offers boarding with steam heat and central lighting and a Tribune correspondence notice offering ten cents per copy for each Tribune issue.
A compiled ad listing professionals in Scranton including Edward H L Davis architect offices on Commonwealth Building, Walter Architect rear 606 Washington, Lewis Hancock Jr architect 435 Spruce at Wash, Frederick Brown Pricy Building 1 Washington, Lacey & Son Traders National Bank, Frank E Boyle attorney Burr Building, Frank T Orell attorney Coal Exchange, Briggs Cleans Privy Vaults operator A Briggs with 110 North Main, Willard Warren & Knapp attorneys Republican Building, James H Torrey attorney Rooms 413 418 Commonwealth Building, Jessup & Jessup attorneys Commonwealth Building, Washington Avenue.
Numerous listings including lawyers, clerks, carpenters, a team driver, and a single man from the country seeking any work. Names and offices appear with ad-like notices from attorneys Ches, Burd building, Lackawanna Ave, and local traders. several transitions in professions and services offered.
New York markets showed broad strength with a notable rebound from prior losses. Traders cited buoyancy and nervous participation, as large offerings tried to force profits yet buying pressure propelled prices higher. Total sales reached 496,600 shares as prices held firm at the close.
Public notice in Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas regarding John P. Kelly as assignee filing his account in the March Term 186, with confirmation on the third Monday of January 1865 unless exceptions are filed. Includes court rule about publication, prothonotary actions, and various local business notices adjacent to the legal text.
Wheat firm and higher as May and June contracts show nominal movement. Corn and oats steady to nominal. butter creamery prices fall slightly. live poultry demand firm with varied quotes for fowls ducks and turkeys. Receipts and shipments listed for flour wheat corn and oats.
New York price report notes flour barely steady at old levels with incumbents and patents in play. Wheat futures show mixed shifts with No 2 red and No 1 northern Duluth firm on futures and options, while corn and oats trade steady to slightly lower amid supply signals and bearish crop news. Beef and dairy prices stay mostly steady with creamery products and eggs firm in state and regional markets as petroleum remains dull.
Chicago trading shows May wheat forming the only support from Leiter interests while other months slide on favorable weather and rising contract stocks. Corn and oats hold steady with minor changes. provisions and soy products trend lower as receipts and shipments mix.
Cattle and hog prices listed for multiple classes in East Buffalo New York on March 14. Mixed steer, heifer and cow values appear with unclear figures and typos, reflecting rough OCR text.
East Liberty Pennsylvania reports livestock trading with prime hogs around 3.40 to 4.10 per unit and heavy hogs near 4.00 to 4.15, prime mediums and fair Yorkers noted. Hogs show activity with price shading higher, cattle and calves priced for mixed quality with lambs around 5.70 to 8.80 and calves listed.
March 14 cattle market notes show varying prices for steers and cows with bulls at 1.80 per unit and fat bulls near 1.80 while cows fetch about 2.00. Calves and lambs show price totals and weights, with hogs described as active and higher, and sheep figures included with several fluctuations across grades.
Market notes show cattle and hog prices with calves and sheep listed. Prices per head include hogs at 3.00 and calf sales alongside indicated values. miscellaneous lots and receipts noted with abbreviations and unclear names.
City market figures list certificates opened and high sales for the day. Expired contracts and barrel totals appear with figures like 2.00 barrels and 15 000 barrels in various notes. Overall totals include 95 295 barrels and related cash values.
Three Salvation Army workers were arrested in Reading on March 14 for disturbing a sick man during services in front of the Hotel Penn. They were placed in jail cells as the landlord urged relocation and the mayor was notified. They await a police court hearing the next day.
Rev. W. A. Carrington delivers a Forest City Presbyterian Church sermon on the significance of names, especially Jesus Christ. The talk links Hebrew naming to divine purpose, asserts Jesus as the sole savior, and urges emancipation from sin through faith, scripture, and the armor of God.
Auditing committee of Langstaff Hare company met to complete the 1507 accounts. Odd Fellows from Factoryville will attend the grand lodge in Tunkhannock next Tuesday with a Third degree ceremony planned. A parade by Patriarch Militants and a banquet follow, with local and nearby groups taking part. A social and entertainment program, including mandolin, guitar and banjo music, is planned at Town hall next Tuesday evening to support a new reading room fund. Members of Paulowna Rebekah lodge and a Canton of Patriarches Militant are scheduled to meet in coming weeks with a date to be announced.
Forest City residents discuss forming a choir to enter the Wilkes-Barre eisteddfod on Memorial Day with hopes of prize money and a tribute to Frances Willard. A YMCA youth program and local church events fill the week with suppers, sermons, and phonograph shows.
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