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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1895
Page
9
The Elm Park church children stage a cantata Visitors From All Nations featuring delegations from Europe and Asia, receiving the U S representatives in native dress with flags. The scene is praised as wholesome church entertainment amid general Thanksgiving services across Scranton.
A long notice enumerates worship times and pastors at numerous churches in Scranton area for Advent. It lists services at Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Green Ridge, Grace, Cedar Avenue, St. Luke's, St. Mark's, St. David's, Rim Park, Court Street, First Presbyterian, Scranton Street Baptist, Providence, Grace Reformed Episcopal, and Com munion details. Activities include Sunday schools Epworth leagues and special sermons by Rev. Dety, Rev. Miller, Rev. Gift, Rev. Race, Rev. Rogers Israel, Rev. J. K. Ellis, Rev. William Edgar, and others.
A collage of humorous exchanges and social quips drawn from multiple periodicals. The snippets feature romantic misunderstandings, flirtations, and witty banter among young couples and society figures, reflecting light domestic intrigue and city life narration.
Morning afternoon and evening sessions drew about 250 delegates to Penn Avenue Baptist Church for the semi annual Tri County Christian Endeavor union gathering. Clergy and reps from Northeastern Pennsylvania attended. officers and speakers from Scranton Wilkes Barre Pittston and Dalton led prayer study and remarks.
October saw sixty collisions sixty four derailments and seven other accidents causing forty nine deaths and 173 injuries. Breadstuff exports for October valued at 12 213 363 with four months totaling 41 420 612. Year to date exports show strong volume though figures are garbled in the record.
New York stocks opened irregular as Industrials fell and rails held firm. In late session sugar surged nearly two points to 101.44 while Chicago and Western Union sagged. Bears remained active as Burlington and Manhattan slipped and overall railroad shares declined despite a late rally in Industrials.
New York Produce Market notes steady to firmer conditions across multiple commodities. Wheat No 2 red futures rise modestly while corn oats and lard show mixed activity, with cheese and dairy products reporting steady to firm prices and wholesale pork dullness.
Toledo market notes show receipts and shipments for grains and seeds. Clone-Wheat receipts 4 06 bushels with 17 500 bushels shipped. corn receipts 13 06 with 14 499 shipped. oats receipts 6 00 with no shipments. cloverseed receipts 283 bags with 210 shipped. Prices listed for cash and futures, including No 2 red wheat about 6 1 2c and December.
Buffalo New York November 29 cattle receipts 2662 head with steady good stockers and best feeders. Hogs receipts 14400 with dull market 6 to 10 cents lower. bulk mixed and medium weights sold with reductions for lighter and heavier lots. Sheep and lambs receipts 10400 on sale 10200, market steady. mixed sheep 225 to 210. native lambs good to prime around 4.00 to 4.25 with heavy export lambs 4.40 to 4.60, market details include peak prices for heavy export lambs. Highest price 1.47 for hogs. open 1.47, close 1.47.
Philadelphia market report notes tallow trading remains dull and steady with buyers few in the market. Prices for prime material hold but overall activity is subdued as buyers delay purchases.
A Bradford column extols medical science and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a cure for female ailments and related conditions. Mrs Rowend credits the pills with relief from a long-standing heart and weakness issue enabling her to ride again. The piece cites Mrs Crates of North Maine and Martha Gates of Maine, NY, praising cures and urging broader use of the medicine.
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