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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1898
Page
3
The Tribune announces the Opportunity Bureau a clearing house for rents sales exchanges and help wanted items. Small ads cost one cent per word with six insertions for five cents per word and situations wanted free.
A pasted page lists numerous architects and legal, medical, and business firms in Scranton, detailing offices and addresses. The scattered text includes names such as Edward H. Davis, Walter, Hancock, Jessup, Killam, and Thayer among others, with multiple firms and location hints across Commonwealth Building and Washington Avenue.
Sober industrious young man with eight years experience as locomotive fireman seeks a position as stationary fireman. Fully reliable. Address Jos Holland Carbondale Kansas. Also an experienced second girl seeks work. call or address N C Pittston Ave Scranton Pa.
By next summer the Siberian railway to Chabarowka will open routes from Chabarowka to Vladivostock allowing a London to Japan journey in eighteen days. A round-the-world trip could be completed in thirty three days, or forty seven less than Jules Verne’s imagined itinerary.
Seow York Live Stock notes cattle receipts for export with zero cattle present, 11 sheep and 2600 quarters of beef tomorrow. Calves receipts include 47 head and a few on sale. Shoop and Lamba export receipts show no trading. House-Beaulo'n market dull with 430 head on sale and prices around 1000.
The text argues Spain could be threatened globally by a sea power, noting Puerto Rico and Canary Islands as key positions. It recalls historical attacks on San Juan and Porto Rico, cites fortifications, and warns that modern battleships could seize control, with Canaries seen as strategic for routes to India.
A humorous string of child vignettes and misstatements. A teacher quizzes Johnnie on Washington and a cherry tree while a 1 year old asks if children exist in heaven. The scene shifts to a clergyman, a parson’s son quoting God and a child doubting a sermon.
At a Presbyterian meeting in Avoca Mesers William Law and John Hastie were re elected trustees. Clarence Harris opened a jewelry and repair shop on Main Street. Miss Kate McGowan plans to relocate to Butte City Montana next week. William Ford of the North End won 7500 in a suit against the Delaware and Hudson Company for a leg loss in 1889.
Blanche Stark leaves Factoryville today to resume studies at East Stroudsburg Normal School. J M Brown mowed his lawn last Saturday, a rare March sight. Drugeist Kleinfelter left for Philadelphia to enter the U S Navy. The YWCA social will be hosted by Mrs Lyman Chase next Friday evening. Officers elected at Red Jacket lodge No 524 include Noble Grand E L Wat king and others. Patriarchs Militant Canton No 97 named officers for one year. Paulowna lodge Daughters of Rebekah have a special meeting this Tuesday evening March 2.
East Liberty Pennsylvania market notes show steady demand with prime and common cattle varying. Prices for steers, cows, and hogs appear lower on some grades while high quality lambs and sheep show limited gains amid unsettled trade.
A mother from Barne y describes her twelve year old daughter Lucy becoming weak and nervous. After constant medical care failed, Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People were used and Lucy regained health and strength, returning to school and increasing her weight. The pills are said to purify blood and boost body organs, sold by all druggists.
Wall Street opens with panic driven losses as speculative panic collapses after earlier claims of U S Spain settlement. Prices fall 1 to 2 points on major stocks while May, July futures drift and liquidation dominates activity. Beef, butter and petroleum show limited movement amid weak demand and uncertain outlook.
New York trading opens weak across futures with No 2 red and No 2 hard winter wheats slipping while corn also trends lower. Options trade unevenly as midday activity shows brief gains, but overall liquidation dominates and market closes with lower prices and several contracts off their highs.
Market notes show Wheat dull and lower for March and April, Corn firmer with options up, Potatoes steady with fair demand across white and Mastic grades, Cheese mixed for Easter blocks, Refined Sugar futures up, Cotton unchanged, Live poultry firm with varying fowls and ducks, Receipts and shipments detailed for flour, wheat, corn and oats.
Chicago reports March trading with notable wheat losses for July and May, corn and oats dipping while provisions slide. Lard shows marginal gains as cash quotations list grain and stock figures, including flour, wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley prices and cargo shipments across the day.
Livestock prices fluctuate with steadier steer and bull values. Hogs see active demand and higher quotes, while sheep report strong demand with lambs and yearlings selling well. Receipts include about 17,000 cattle and 15,000 sheep, with feeds and stockers moderately active.
East Buffalo reports cattle receipts of six cars with demand slow and easing. Prices range from prime to extra choice steers at 5.01 to 5.10 for heavy shipping, cows and heifers steady to lower, hogs and sheep showing varied movements with 1,008 sheep listed and prices noted for choice to selected wether lambs.
The fragment notes cash deliveries and bids, mentioning barrels and shipments set against a city market. It records first and highest sales at cash delivery, a day with bids and no offers at close, and scattered barrel counts. The readable entities include The and Tie as reference points and March timing.
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