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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1899
Page
2
In Paterson, on April 90, Scranton won a ten inning game 1 0. Lippert led off the tenth with a single error by Camp, scoring the decisive run on Reagan's single to right. Bowen and Risley pitched superbly for Scranton.
Newark vanquished Lancaster before 4 000 spectators by a score of 8 to 3. Herndon was almost invincible to the Pennsylvanians with Klopf’s fielding a key feature. Wilhelm conceded 16 hits for 23 bases. Score:
In Paterson, New Jersey, Saturday's clash ended with the home team defeated by the visitors in an action packed contest. Dillon slugged well while Keenan starred on the mound. About 50 spectators were on hand to witness the game. The score remains incomplete.
In a chaotic box score style recap, Fry and Keenan each struck out three times and a series of misplays and hits by Knoll Dillon and McMahon start a run of offense. The fragment mentions multiple pitchers, stolen bases, double plays, and scattered batter notes with tied teams and locations.
Details list lineups and umpires for games in New York Baltimore Pittsburg Chicago and Brooklyn. Batter names Pratt Douglass Carrick Grady Kimsile Mc Donald Willis Clarke Medinty Robinson Hunt Connolly Jones Criger Wolfer Bowerman Phillips Polly Griffith Donohue Swartwood Warner Linten McGuire Kennedy Farrell Guaffney Andrews Boonvossoli a dense archival recap with team abbreviations and score fragments.
Beranton High School and the School of the Lackawanna meet at Athletic Park this afternoon at 2 20 for their first game. Captain Tropp leads Beranton with Phillips or Moser behind the plate and a three inning set for Shultz Harrington and Tropp. Lackawanna counters with Cooney Walsh Mohan and McDonald among others. Corbett and Carson aiming for strong showings for their sides in a spirited opener.
Scranton won with strong batting as O'Connell and McMahon produced timely singles and Patersean pitched for the win. Wilkes-Barre earned an easy Saturday victory while Paterson had five errors and Beranton’s Thackara made the lone miscue.
The article describes Sevengalla the hypnotist performing a noon blindfold drive to locate a hidden key in Pittston, following a committee including Alderman Lof tus and William Devaney. It lists upcoming shows at the Academy of Music and Gaiety theater with performers like William Miley, Mignon, the King Sisters, and Chauncey Olcott, including dates and program details.
Daniel Sully appears in his famed funny romance The Corner Grocery at the Academy of Music next Thursday May 4. The production, long a household word, has been freshened yet keeps the old charm that has delighted audiences from ocean to ocean. The show blends riotous comedy with a gentle story, giving Sully chances to switch from wit to pathos.
Wall Street records a broad market slide with major rail related firms hit by franchise reform as Metropolitan declines 44 points and Connell Gas and Brooklyn Transit fall near four points. Third Avenue rises about two points on hopes for underground franchise support.
Amateur baseball notes describe Honesdale plans and delays for the season. Manager Spencer reports $290 already raised and hopes to raise more, with May 50 start and Memorial Day games considered. A Minooka versus South Side game drew a large crowd with a South Side win, and Vornell fell to Princeton in a hard fought contest.
Readable listings show Commonwealth Building offices for lease with vaults and multiple suite configurations. Also many help wanted notices including cleaners bar tender driver housekeeper and skilled trades, with contact details and locations across town.
Classified notices offer Colfax Avenue lots for sale at Box 245 Scranton Pa. Also listed are sale options including a ten cent drug item at a store, a single house for sale or rent at 5 Quincy Avenue with steam heat for 1600 dollars and monthly rent, furnished front room for rent, and a piano exchange ad seeking a horse and buggy in exchange for an upright piano.
Market notes show mixed changes in wheat with steady contracts for some grades. Poultry remains steady with various fowls and winter chickens priced. flour and grain shipments list barrels, sacks, and bushels with noted quantities and prices.
The New York grain market reports mixed activity with wheat and corn futures firming on spot demand and late buying. May and July options show cautious rises amid crop damage news, while futures closed steady after initial softness due to weak southwest markets and unsettled cable news.
April 2 reports show cattle arrivals insufficient to form a market and prices weak. Hog demand was low with sales to wholesalers near seven dollars, while pig prices hovered around five to six dollars. Sheep prices were scarce with limited sales and few buyers, receipts listed for small lots from local shops.
An unclear transcribed Norfolk style sports note from Hast Buffalo mentions Michigan area teams and a win by Homs-Law over Welchia with a 2 point margin. The text is fragmented but indicates a farm or regional club event with several teams listed.
The page lists specialists and services in Scranton including Dr C lL Freas rupture and truss fitting, chronic diseases, Dr W W Swamoreaux at office on Washington Avenue and Mulberry, Dr W G Rook veterinary surgeon at 199 Linden Street with phone 2472, Somoools School of the Lackawanna offering preparatory courses, Clerks Cann LL and Buell, Clank & Co nurserymen at Washington and Main, Megarger Brothers supplying stationery and nursery goods at 19 Washington Avenue.
Scranton timetable lists trains leaving for New York direct routes and via routes including the Black Diamond Express and related services. It notes departures around 645 am to 7 45 pm with multiple intermediate stops, plus adjustments for Sundays and king routes. Officials Cape Wilbur and Lee announce ticketing and Pullman reservations at Lackawanna Avenue Beranton.
Train timetable shows departures from foot of Liberty Street to Pittston Wilkes Barre and more with morning and afternoon runs. Connections to elevated rails Broadway cable cars ferries and Grand Central noted. Officials OLHAIVBEN and G H P BALDWIN listed.
Schedule lists trains leaving Sora Shea Newburg and intcet for New York on Erie railroad routes. Times include 7 ig Hawley and local drive at Beran with 604 223 p m. Other trains at 1023 a m p m and 5 p m from the above point.
Late market notes show lambs steady to firm with top lambs at around $700 to $4,000. Wool buyers and other items show varied activity with culls to fair demand and modest price shifts across the yard.
Unclear OCR text notes an April sale in Olympia Pennsylvania with egg bids and barrel counts. Mentions 10 barrels cash, average per barrel, and references to several barrel and certificate terms.
A historical ad text claims Dr Agnew offers a remedy for organic or symptomatic heart disease with relief in thirty minutes and rapid cure of palpitations breathlessness and chest pains. It cites Matthews Brow and W T Clark endorsers.
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