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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1902
Page
2
A young woman experiments with Cleveland Baking Powder and a local receipt book to bake cake and rolls, claiming finer results than bakers and half the cost, while ensuring the treats are alum free and wholesome.
Memorial Day events feature multiple cemetery services across Lincoln Gettysburg Address recitals and silent salutes. The program includes rolls of the dead, prayers, and the firing detail by Camp and Sons of Veterans. A city parade starts at 1 40 pm, touring Linden Street Wyoming Avenue Lackawanna and Washington avenues with reviews from a Knights Templar stand.
Memorial exercises will be held in Memorial Hall at Linden Street and Penn Avenue. A memorial concert by Bt. Ezra 8. Griffin post No. 189 is planned for tomorrow night, with a full program of vocal solos recitations and instrumental pieces led by Prof. Vanderveken and Mrs. Wilson. General Orders No. 5 from the Grand Army of the Republic urges nationwide Memorial Day observance on May 30, with clergy, schools, and civic groups invited to participate and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address to be recited at suitable services.
Industrial notes say Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad plans for fully electric shops on the old North Steel mill site. Land clearing proceeds rapidly while erection work has not yet begun as plans are perfected.
Delayed OCR summary lists May 2 board make up for Summit and Crew shifts. Names include Carrige, Pusherk, Moran, Murphy, Bartholomew and others with times from dawn to evening. Notice of substitutions notes Douciean and crew at 7 PM and Wilmot replacing Nealls and crew for May 28.
The state department filed lawsuits against North Hnd Coal Company and Beranton, both registered in Oil City with capital of 200000 dollars. The file includes credit balances, certificates, bids, and shipping figures such as 746 barrels and averages around 102741 barrels, with runs totaling 104391 and an average of 7800 barrels.
The market closes lifeless after a day of limited activity with small gains in some issues. Volume runs about 857,500 shares as traders cover shorts and await possible coal strike developments while bonds remain dull and steady.
Market items corrected by H. G. Dale include dairy creamery products and fresh dairy items. Prices appear for butter and cheese per unit, with several items and vendors named, though the text is partially garbled.
New York on May 26 reports thin trading in flour and grain prices with losses across wheat futures and delayed corn notes. Butter and cheese quotes show mixed to soft tones amid weak demand while storage and delivery terms reflect cautious selling and limited support from the broader market.
The Philadelphia market report shows varied prices across commodities. Wheat contracts for May ease while domestic and eastern markets reflect steady to firm tendencies in certain grades and deliveries. Live poultry and cheese show ongoing demand with steady to firm tones in prime varieties.
Chicago grain trading showed a heavy turn toward corn as prices fell across the pit. July corn and other grains declined while cash quotations for flour wheat and soy products held steady to modestly weaker. Market activity reflected stronger country demand for corn and a generally softer pork and rib provisions sector amid cautious trading.
Cattle receipts total 18.00 with Texana and prime steers around 1,000 to 6.75. Stockers and feeders 25, cows and heifers show price ranges. Texas fed steers around 5.0 to 0.5. Hogs receipts 40,000. favorable for buyers with strong demand. good to choice heavy porkers around 7.00. Sheep receipts 20,000 with lambs and ewes showing softer prices. western and native lambs around 0.85 to 7.40, spring lambs 7.40.
East Buffalo May 28 cattle receipts mix includes steady beef and hogs with strong demand for heavy weights. Sheep and lambs show slower trading though top lambs reach around 7.1 to 7.2 dollars, with prices for ewes and rams varying and buyers cautious.
East Liberty market notes show Cattie-Steady with mixed bids for cattle and hogs, including prime and steady grades and various weights. Prices listed include veal calves at around 7.10 and lambs near 6.20 to 7.00, with other entries for wethers and roughs.
At The Tribune office staff complete tasks swiftly and reasonably, maintaining steady workflow and efficiency in daily operations.
Timetables for Lehigh Valley routes list departures to Scranton Philadelphia New York and western points with multiple daily trains via 2 and 8 lines. Includes service notes, parlor car access, and agent contacts at Cortland Street New York and public square offices.
Officials publish a rail timetable listing northbound and return trains between Carbondale and Scranton. The schedule shows departure and arrival times, connections to New York and Dorwich lines, and ticket agent information along with service intervals on weekdays and Sundays.
Delaware and Hudson schedules show trains to Carbondale and points north with listed departure times. Sunday service includes connections to Wilkes-Barre and Honesdale, with note of the Scranton office and railroad officials.
Train times and connections listed for Delaware Lackawanna and Western routes. Details include departures to New York Philadelphia Buffalo Syracuse Oswego Montrose and Wilkes Barre with various stations and approximate times.
Timetable notice outlines Willakethy Express departures from Scranton at 7 40 a m with a change to reach Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington D C. It lists connections for Avoca Dureren Wilkes Barre Long Branch Quaker Grove and Reading and notes ticketing details and agents W G SDESSLER Gen Manager and C M Burt Pan Agt for scheduling and service routes.
Tram text describes weekly schedule details for trains from Wilkes-Barre to Philadelphia via Pottaville with Pullman parlor cars and vestibule service. Stops include Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburgh with times around 0.03 a m and 3.08 p m and 4 27 p m. credits J B Heuchinson Con Age J B Wood Gen Pas Age.
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