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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1898
Page
3
The Tribune offers a popular clearing house for renters sellers and job seekers at one cent per word with six insertions for five cents per word. Situations Wanted are free. Six insertions cost five cents per word.
Row of ads offers jobs and agency work from Spiro & Watkins Philadelphia to Klondike book publishers in Chicago and Michigan Me Co. Opportunities promise commissions and outfits. Mentions Dr John Le Wentz and cleanups as well as several architects and doctors with addresses in Scranton and surrounding cities.
Halla cures corns and ingrowing nails with no pain or blood. Consultation at home or office. Dr El M Hetael, Chiropodist, 20 Lackawanna Avenue. Charges moderate. The Scranton Gas and Water Co and Hyde Park Gas Co announce rate cuts to 1.15 per thousand cubic feet from April. Discounts offered for early payment and higher usage. By order of the board, GB Hand, Secretary.
Legal notices report applications to the Court of Common Pleas and the Governor of Pennsylvania for chartering two corporations. The first seeks incorporation of The Pennsylvania Bicycle Protective Association to maintain a benevolent society. The second seeks Scranton Cold Storage and Warehouse Company for general storage and warehouse business.
A dense cluster of names and addresses appears, listing lawyers, a midwife, a school, a bank, publishers, and merchants. Notable entries include Scranton attorneys at Commonwealth building and Lackawanna avenue offices, a midwife at 151% Washburn Street, and MEGARGER BROTHERS printers in warehouse at 140 Washington Avenue.
The Monday event at Welsh Congregational church drew a full house for a musical and financial success. The Calvary Baptist choir led by Prof. D E Jones, the Lawrence choir from Old Forge under Prof. Pickerell, and the Welsh Congregational choir directed by Samuel Evans competed in "O Paradise" with the Welsh choir winning a $5 prize.
Local society news lists regular meetings for Catholic Mutual Benevolent Association, Young Men's Reading Association, Senior and Junior Christian Endeavor, and Ladies Aid. Visitors and travels include Mrs DeWolf and Elizabeth Whalen. New trustees and school directors are named, plus a Sunday school officer slate. A Carverton visit and a North End fire draw civic attention.
Mr N C Newman returns home after a month’s accident and plans to leave for Wilkes Barre with family. Local visits include Bageman Miller of Tunkhannock at Mr George Crisman’s home. Leona Bennett heads to New York for Easter millinery goods with Mrs C N Knapp. The Crisman sisters visit Scranton friends. Encampment No 246 will install officers on March 28. A birthday visit honors Mrs D D Gardner. Preliminary railroad survey from Tunkhannock to Factoryville to connect with the DL&W line begins this week. over $100 raised to cover costs. Route to Nicholson via Blarkville and East Lemon abandoned due to extra miles and costs. The War Secretary will issue orders for a Pacific coast return of the regular army as local volunteers offer their services to Uncle Sam.
Miss Sadie Knapp of Greenwood spent Sunday with Mrs. Har rist Knapp. Miss Hattie Drake bought a new bicycle. Mrs. Benny and daughter of Peran ton visited Mr. Tra Porter and family. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Reed visited friends in Peckville last week. Mr. Charles Jones moved his family to Wyoming. Ladies Aid Society meets Wednesday at Mrs. Joseph Curtis home. Mrs. Thornton and daughter of Dunmore returned home after visiting here. Mrs. Hannah Bennett visiting relatives in Wilkes-Barre.
Chester S ames of Princeville Illinois describes years of debility nervousness and insomnia after Libby Prison service. He credits Pink Pills for Pale People with curing him within four days and restoring health weight and sleep, noting tobacco craving disappeared and job ability returned. Lincoln M. Coy notary public corroborates.
Offerings to sell were not heavy but buying demand was near zero causing declines across many standard railroad and industrial stocks. Prices slid as soon as any sign of a rise appeared, with Cuban policy cited as the market shadow and a likely crisis ahead. Total stocks sold 2,609 shares with wide spread declines in local traction shares.
The market report shows firmness in wheat with mixed contracts for March and futures through April June. Corn is listed as No. 8 mixed and No. 2 white with April May June postings. Potatoes are firm with quality grades from white to prime red and yellow. Provisions include ready smoked beef and city ham prices and bacon products, with several firms and brands named.
Market report notes firm advance in grains led by Wheat Spot while No 1 hard Manitoba and Duluth prices rise aboard afloat levels. Dairy and meat items described as quiet to firm with mixed regional quotes and futures steady despite cold wave impacts on short interests.
Chicago cash quotations show futures rising on freezing weather across the wheat belt. News from Washington tempered trading while soy and corn mixed as supply demand shifted. receipts tallied with flour, corn, oats, and rye figures and shipping totals reported.
Market report notes cattle hogs and sheep with mixed values across brands and grades. Prices shown include hogs at around 4.12 to 4.15 per hundredweight, cattle and sheep at varied bids, lambs favored for extra quality, and general cull rates steady to lower.
Chicago on March 22 shows cattle and stockers at around 21. five to 2 1/2,60, hogs steady to higher, lambs and sheep moderately active. Receipts include about 2500 cattle and 21,68 hogs and 17,00 sheep per head figures reported.
East Liberty trades report shows cattle steady with prime at .005.10 and common around 1.00 to 4.00 per bushel. Hogs and sheep hold firm with unchanged prices. veal calves traded at bias 10 and lambs around 750.6, as buyers and sellers adjust for demand.
The dispatch from New York on March 2 reports quiet cattle trading with no trade in beeves and beef cattle. Calves are active and firm, while sheep and lamb markets see no trading. Hogs are down with prices softer at 1)0d. and later, a weaker tone overall.
In City Pennsylvania March reports show bids for regular sale with 1.00 barrel units and cash shipments. The record notes 9 970 barrels deliveries and totals around 101 400 barrels across multiple lots with price details and cash bids.
A fragment from the Chicago Record quotes a speaker recalling marriage, noting a shift in perspective on fidelity and familiar roles as time passes. The line touches on changes in attitudes toward a wife and a cook within domestic life.
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