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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1897
Page
8
Reports from Dunmore to Nicholson cover clan visits, alliance tickets, and a Saint Thomas College football win. Funeral services, Rebekah lodge meetings, and early voting reminders appear, along with local incidents such as a fence and a horse scare and a stroke affecting D N Northup.
Purdinased has purchased the barber shop and fixtures formerly occupied by George Cobb. Cobb expects to relocate to New York state to seek a new position.
Private Democratic whispers concede the county ticket may win today. Republicans rally to maximize turnout and seal enduring supremacy, urging stay at home voters to join the full party vote and make the victory decisive.
Meesis Harry DuBois and Fred Waederhouser of Wilkes-Barre visit Frank Arnold on Main Street. Mitchell spent Monday in Susquehanna. Examinations start at the high school. James T. DuBois and Captain James B. Taylor are in town. Rev E E Riley from Mansfield visits. Mr and Mrs T W Hughes of Scranton visit Joseph Dennis. Mrs Thomas Tighe of St Louis guest of Joseph Gruelin. A new timetable begins on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western. Esther Rice visits Bradford. R H Quizley spent Sunday in Binghamton. Harry Jamison sold his confectionery on Mathe Street to Charles Giardelli of Binghamton. William Allen, ill, now able to be out. Union meeting at Presbyrian church in the evening with Mrs J S Hounds of Binghamton giving a notable address.
First snow of the season falls in Honesdale. Lt Edgar Jadwin of Washington DC visiting his father Hon CLC Jadwin. Miss Hutte Whittaker visiting friends in Ardoridal. Miss Latina Spear gave a talk on Chicago training school at Baptist church. Henshaw Ten Broock Co to stage Rodge's Trip to New York in open house. JF Bites opens new drug store in old National Bank building with new plate glass. Diphtheria alarms White Mills prompt school closures. Amphion Ladies Mandolin and Vocal quartet to perform with a elocutionist on Friday Nov 5. Grace Church Industrial School to hold winter season event Nov 6. Vote straight Republican today.
Towanda commissioners and register move into renovated offices while other departments prepare for the next term. Local projects include Dayton Flouring Mill Ontario block public library and Catholic Parochial School building. A lecture for the Young Men’s Christian Association is set. Executives announce new enterprises in Wyalusing and Towanda with steam heating for the county jail and rising traffic on the Bernice branch.
Wall Street activity was light with small price changes as professionals bought in the morning and sold in the afternoon. Total sales reached about 1 1/2 million shares while futures and commodity quotes showed subdued movements across wheat, corn, oats, and livestock markets in Philadelphia and Atlantic regions.
Chicago futures fluctuated with Wheat for November December and May contracts amid mixed prices for corn and oats. Cash quotes showed steady flour and varied grain values including no 2 spring wheat and no 2 yellow corn. Shipments listed include flour and corn totals with assorted barley and oats figures.
Market notes indicate mixed activity with dry cows and native steers showing weak demand. The report references stage and oxen prices, several regional names, and assorted livestock categories with limited clarity and several erroneous terms.
Chicago market notes show cattle at 4.7 to 4.10 for choice to prime. hogs around 4.0 head. sheep and lambs varying with natives and western ranges. Buffalo N Y sale figures list cattle slow with mixed butcher stock. horses and lambs priced per weight.
Fragmentary entry from New York and Pennsylvania markets notes no bids for crude shipments. Mentions 181 755 barrels and a price level around eight dollars per barrel. References weather and early voting context without clear ties.
The Chicago Times Herald reports at Craig-y-Nos Castle in Breconshire South Wales the arrival of a new style Kimball baby grand piano praised as an outstanding creation. Adelina Patti’s earlier endorsement of a Kimball plane is noted, with the piano described as exclusive and admired by many visitors.
Market report from New York shows mixed grain futures with strong foreign demand offsetting ample supply, prices ending with declines for wheat and corn. Dairy items feature steady to modest gains across creamery butter and cheese, while various milk references indicate stable to firmer quotes amid regional production notes.
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