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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1898
Page
3
The Tribune offers a one cent per word rate for small advertisements seeking houses to rent property to sell or exchange or help wanted. Six insertions cost five cents per word except for situations wanted which are free.
Multiple rental notices offer large rooms with or without board at locations including 8 Adams Avenue 1431 to 10% Capouse Avenue and 5 Mahon Court. Also listed are a barn for rent and various business ads for boarding, meals, and employment opportunities. Additional items include a temple cafe on Mulberry Street and a flower company recruiting workers with home-based opportunities.
The Scranton Gas and Water Co and Hyde Park Gas Co announce a rate reduction to one dollar and fifteen cents per thousand cubic feet from April 1. Discounts apply: five cents per thousand for monthly consumption under twenty five dollars, ten cents per thousand for twenty five dollars or more if paid by the 22nd of the month. Secretary Gg. Hand signs for the board.
John P. Kelly as assignee filed his account in the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County. The notice states the account will be confirmed on the third Monday of January 1555 unless exceptions are filed prior. Prothonotary Cc E Pryor sets the rule for publication and confirmation dates.
Multiple classified listings show individuals seeking work in varied roles. A married bookkeeper requests general store or clerical work at Hoxv4 Dunmore. another seeks day work laundry ironing or washing at 40 Franklin Avenue. A first class double entry bookkeeper offers steady service at 16 N Garfield Avenue. A young man with two years driving and mill experience seeks wagon or mill work near W S D care of the office. An experienced second girl seeks employment at 831 Pittaton Avenue Scranton PA.
A dense list of local architects and lawyers with offices across Scranton appears, naming Edward Daves, E. L. Walter, T. J. Lacey & Bon, Frank & Boyle, and many more. The page also notes doctors, veterinarians, bankers, and a range of service providers in Commonwealth Building, Burr Building, and surrounding avenues.
A reconstructed cooking guide outlines boiling eggs for seven to nine minutes depending on freshness, poaching by gently sliding eggs into near boiling water, frying in butter with oven finish, and hard boiling for about half an hour. It also notes using salted water for poaching and careful handling with a pancake turner.
A veteran journalist recounts a tale of a rejected manuscript "Helen's Bubblew" by Habberton, saved by a sub-reader's verdict and a publisher's business sense, proving humble readers can shape literature.
Frances Wallingford declares she loves Miss Gladya Trelawney and wants her to marry into her keeping. Mrs. Trelawney tests the suitor, noting she wants assurance of lasting affection and beauty, remarking Gladya resembles her mother. The scene ends with the suitor obtaining the girl.
Hawley argues women lack gratitude while Manley recalls a lifesaving act at the seashore last summer and a grateful woman who married him. The dialogue contrasts gender views on gratitude and reward.
Towanda society and commerce are active with notable items. Dean Alvord passed West Point entrance exams, A Hyman plans July retirement, and the Bradford County Agricultural Society funds a mortgage to balance debt. Towanda stores, mills, and new businesses emerge. Magician Kellar visits, cyclists fund a cinder path, and Mrs Gen H J Madill dies at 72 after heart failure.
Fred Schissler of Carbondale visits with parents. Jadwin remains home ill. Musical History club led by Mrs Suydam Thursday. A J Rehbein in town on business. Lizzie Gonzales Opera company at the opera house Thursday to Saturday. Ye Olden Time social hosted by the Baptists Tuesday evening. Hagerman new Coyne hotel proprietor to take possession this week. Hon B Hardenberg visits family. Post office seeks 24 hour stamp window. Boston shoe store owner closing stock before leaving town. St John’s Catholic churches of Carbondale and Honesdale to publish histories.
A playful line from Puck compares two dollars to two wives to show how quantity depends on what is counted. The exchange uses Old World speech to reflect humor about value and abundance.
In New York on March 28, prices surged as bear traders moved to take profits after a Maine board of Inquiry report. Short sellers faced strong bull demand, narrowing losses from prior Havana harbor explosion fallout. Declines in some shares contrasted with firm gains in Pullman, Metropolitan street railway, Sugar, and many rail and utility stocks. Total volume neared 1 million shares, with widespread activity across major issues.
The New York Produce Market reports fair steady wheat and flour with light demand from buyers. No. 2 red and No. 1 northern prices hover near imports while May and July futures drift. cash corn remains firmer with spot activity limited and options opening barely steady.
Market notes from Philadelphia in March show firmness in wheat and corn with contracts for March and April quoted higher. Potatoes and flour steady to firm with various quality grades recorded. Cotton, sugar, and dairy items largely steady or firm while live poultry and dressed poultry hold firm with moderate demand. Receipts list substantial shipments of flour and grains, and shipments for wheat, corn, and oats.
Chicago March market notes demand and war fears influencing grain and pork futures. Corn futures closed higher in July while oats and wheat showed varied directions with oil and flour quotes as traders assessed supply data and external tensions.
Chicago on March 2 reports beef steers selling around 10 dollars with many at 10 to 6 dollars and prime hog droves moving at higher bids. Sheep and lambs show strong demand with lambs up to 5.55 or higher in limited lots and veal calves priced at 6 to 7 dollars. Philadelphia market notes firm prime weights and lighter cattle prices with varied ranges across classes.
New York market report shows beef cattle steady to higher, veals mixed from poor to prime, sheep and lamb prices firm with lambs around 5 to 6 dollars per head and heavy online selling noted. Hog prices scroll in tentative ranges with general sales near four dollars per hundredweight.
The record shows certificates opened and bids for cash for silos and oil, with volumes of 1 000 barrels and 100 barrels at various stations. Regular shipments include 17 000 barrels, 6.0 barrels, 14 135 barrels, and 200 barrels at others, indicating daily balances and runs in March.
The San Francisco Examiner notes how boiling points vary by altitude. London boils water near 212 F at sea level, Munich around 202 F, Mexico City about 202 F, and high elevations like 14 000 feet around 180 F, due to atmospheric pressure differences.
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