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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1897
Page
8
An assortment of town news items from the region includes social events, weddings, sales, and community notices. Details mention residents like Stanton, Drubach, and Capwell among others, with snapshots of farm, church, and lodge activities, plus incidental incidents and upcoming engagements.
Mr and Mrs Wo Fi Malia of Beran to visit Holy neighbor friends. Mr and Mrs BH Torre host their daughter and husband Mr and Mrs EK PF Rose from Chicago. Mrs Mary Weston visits Beranton. Mr and Mrs WW Holman depart tomorrow for Horton. Honeelole churches open at 10:40 a.m. Thursday for Thanksgiving service. Rev Mr Benjamin spoke Sunday evening on Beeret.
Community notices describe improvements of Hon. C. C. Jadwin and upcoming events including Uncle Dick's Darling drama at the Opera House for a German Lutheran church benefit. Funeral of George Bates reported, plus lectures, church events, courting travel, and local social visits.
Distorted local notice summarizes meetings at Mr Tuite home and Presbyterian events. It notes school closure Thursday and Friday, train service disruption, a Century Club gathering, Presbyterian sisterhood earnings, and a Railroad Young Men's Christian Association mock trial deemed a success.
Mrs John C Brown of Winwood Wayne county and Mise Loniea Jones of the borough to wed this evening. Franchising talks eyed for Carban and Porea City Traction extend tracks along Main street to northern borough limits. Kate ONeill Wandling and James Huliah Forest City to marry tomorrow at St Agnew Catholic church. Hartung Wellbrook transfer and Davies house rental noted. Magician G Blee to perform in Petor Walsh's hall this week.
Mrs Boardhouse of Williscroft Ohio reports cold events and intense heart attacks cured by Dr Agnew’s Cure for the Heart. The product is sold by Matthew Broe for multiple dollars, promising absolute relief from heart disease.
We announce price increases and compare heavy cotton and ingrain carpets with new stock lines. Sale options at three outlets with rolls priced per unit and a closing out sale on wall papers and wool carpets, offering citywide bargains on assorted home goods.
The market opened with little change in stock activity and narrow trading, with some rail shares dipping while others rose slightly. Commodity quotes were mixed as grains, corn, and oats showed modest movements and refined petroleum held steady in New York dispatches.
A damaged text fragment lists assorted farm goods including chickens, turkeys, ducks, and fowl. It notes quantities of flour, wheat, corn, oats, and shipments of various bushels and barrels, with several figures garbled or missing.
Chicago reports list a range of futures for November and December across corn wheat oats rye barley and pork with prices for pork and lard and notes varied receipts and shipments. The fragmented OCR reads like a broker’s summary of bids, quotas, and deliveries amid fluctuating demand.
Exnat Liberty Pa Nov 2 cattle prices show higher demand for prime grades with prime values around 4.90 and common grades near 4.15 to 4.30 plus bulls and cows listed. Hog market steady with prime medium at 65 and select yorker types around 1.00 to 1.65. Sheep strong with choice mutton around 6.0 to 6.6 and common to good grades noted.
The report lists calves and feeder cattle with varied lots including stockers Sida feeders Siwaday and common heavy packers. Prime shipping lots exist alongside prices such as 11 000 Loudhogs and 49 head sheen with overall head counts around 14 00 head, reflecting a fragmented market summary.
Native steers bring premium gains while calves and sheep show mixed moves in latest market report from New York. Prices listed include higher for ground beef cattle and steady for other calves, with lambs around five thousand five hundred. Expert buyers noted steady demand across regions and moderate shifts in stage and oxen pricing.
A garbled OCR fragment lists credit balances and shipments with unclear quantities and items. Names, dates, or concrete entities are not discernible, leaving the exact goods, destinations, or parties unreadable.
Market notes show mixed prices for commodities in Philadelphia with November to February terms. Wheat, corn, butter, cheese, sugar, and cotton prices drift, while poultry remains steady. no dramatic shifts, signals of steady demand across staples.
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