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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1899
Page
5
Limited time offers on boys vestee and sailor blouse suits in blue and fancy fabrics. Sizes 3 to 16 include double breasted and silk braid trimmed outfits, with prices down from 3 to 6 dollars to 1.97 and 2.97, and a special 29 dollar sample line.
An ad touts women’s shoes priced at $1.97, claiming parity with $2.50 and $3.00 shoes sold elsewhere. Available in russet, black, patent Lerthes, with fifty styles offered.
New York May 1 stock market opened strong in steel and rail stocks but ended weak near the day’s lows. Brooklyn Transit, People's Gas, Sugar, and Anaconda attracted attention amid bear pressure and liquidation. Bond showing remained firmer with total sales at 2,665,000 dollars.
The Philadelphia market shows demand for good Western and southern wheat with firm refinement. Cotton remains firm with middling prices around 67-160. Live poultry and cattle markets display steady activity, with grain receipts totaling about 49 000 bushels of corn and 120 bushels of wheat shipped inland.
Fragmented text appears as a garbled blend of market terms and dairy references. Mentions of New York May reports, Spot and futures notes, and various dairy plants such as creamery labels are visible but illegible, with no coherent events or outcomes to summarize.
New York buyers list prices for prime veals at 50 dollars and above with medium to prime cuts. Prices for lambs reach six dollars per head and hogs at around four dollars and fifteen cents. Local names and scattered values appear amid the chaotic OCR text.
Grain prices slipped amid fears of a blockade and wet weather with wheat closing lower and corn down. Pork, lard, and ribs moved modestly. barley and timothy quoted with minor changes. Prices shown include No 2 red wheat near 68 cents and No 2 yellow corn at new lows. pork and lard noted with small shifts.
East Buffalo market notes show cattle receipts light but market fair with hog receipts stronger and overall prices mixed. Lambs and sheep demand active with top lambs around 6.40, wethers and yearlings about 5.10 to 5.05, while hog receipts improve as market shares firm.
The Chicago market shows steady demand with steady prices for cattle and related livestock. Trading activity mirrors previous levels with steady movement on cows and calves as buyers maintain current bids and shelters report moderate volumes.
Fragmentary East Liberty market notes show prices for cattle sheep and veal calves with figures such as 2.00 to 2.85 for hogs and light Yorkers, and 6 to 9 for lambs. The text is inconsistent and includes multiple garbled terms and stray prices.
The report shows credit balances at OU City totaling $1.10 with no bids on certificates. Shipments list 24 barrels average 44 211 barrels, runs 1 052 barrels average and W450 barrels.
The Clair Patee and Russell Stock company bring drama comedy and music to the Academy of Music with a ladies orchestra from the Boston Conservatory led by Miss Addie Jewell. A Dashing Widow will be staged Monday evening by the 25-artist troupe.
A montage of classified style blurbs includes requests for Ripans Chemical Co samples, agents wanted for distributing flavoring extracts, exclusive territory offers, and testimonials. Also listed are addresses for business services, a school prospectus, legal notices, and supplier catalogs from Scranton and surrounding towns.
For sale a marble soda water apparatus with eight--pipes two s legs fountains canage and all other accessories complete in metal worn style ready for immediate use and will be sold at a burglary address 1 South Main Street Pittston Real Estate.
Thomas Morgan of Throop was buried at 4 p m in Priceburg cemetery after being killed at Store’s mines No 1 on Tuesday. Storr’s mines employees received April pay yesterday. Mrs James Barr of Throop visited town yesterday. Primitive Methodist services in town tomorrow with 10:10 a m and 7 p m sermons and 2 p m Sunday school. Pastor W H Holder invites all.
A fragmentary passage contrasts the Peace Commission and local men, then promotes a quack health remedy. The text mocks officials as tired and married, before touting Dr Agnew's Liver Pills as a digestive aid and purgative, advertised by Matthews Bros and W T Clark.
A lost dog case notes a pet named Turk with a dollar engraved, offering a suitable reward if returned to Gl Jefferson Avenue. The brief requests the finder to bring the dog home.
Lehigh Valley Railroad routes and train times from Wilkes-Barre to Philadelphia New York and beyond. Includes Diamond Express services, Sunday runs, and connections via 1 and 3 H lines with Pullman car details and parlor cars on through trains. Official notices list division offices and general superintendents.
The Wilkes-Barre Record can be obtained in Scranton at news stands including Krelman Bron on 46 Spruce and DM Linden, M Norton at 3222 Lackawanna Avenue, and B Bohutgzer at 211 Spruce Street.
A B Briggs, proprietor, reports cleaning privy vaults and cone pools with improved pumps and no odor. An order to leave at 100 North Main Avenue or Elcke's drug store at the corner of Adama and Mulberry, telephone i.
Ambiguous notes describe a scalp treatment appointment tied to a Ms L T, mentioning procedures hinted as medical or cosmetic but with garbled wording. The fragment references hair care, a possible clinic or salon setting, and uncertain medical vibes without clear outcomes or identifiers.
Train times from Scranton to Pittston Wilkes-Barre and beyond for Nov 3 1890s indicate departures 8 00 10 10 a m 1 30 7 10 p m Sundays early morning service to Tukewood Atlantic City and Bethlehem line connections via Philadelphia return schedules with express services and through tickets to East South and West routes. Includes contact details OLMAUSEN General Superintendent and H P Baldwin General Passenger Agent.
Trains leave Scranton for New York and intermediate points on the Frank Rail road at 9 0 a.m. and 2 25 p.m. Trains arrive at Beranton from above points at 1 23 a.m. 2 16 and 9 08 p.m.
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