Story of Colonel Quay in politics and war
A biographical sketch of Matthew Branley Quay born September 30, 1833, detailing his Civil War service as a volunteer aide to General Tyler and Medal of Honor action, then his long career in Pennsylvania politics including tariff battles, state finance reforms, and his role as party leader and national committee chair.
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The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Matthew Branley Quay
Quay
Senator Quay
Pennsylvania
Antietam
Spain
Fredericksburge
Tyler
Colonel Quay
United States
M. S. Quay
Tom
Matthew Stanley Quay
Tammany Conspiracy
Harrison
Senate
Magnificent Tribute to Matthew Stanley Quay by Party Leaders
The piece honors Senator Quay as a masterful political leader, praising his decisive role in Republican victories, his Civil War service, and his defense against Democratic and guerilla opposition. It recounts tributes from General J. Clarkson and party colleagues and contrasts past respect with current vilification.
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American Iron and Steel Association
United States
Senator Quay
Senate
House
Quay
Wilcon Ters’ Bil
Congress
Quo |N
Pennsyvania
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Manu ‘Urer
Republican Party
America
J. Clarkson
Democratic Party
Next Door brings acrobatic farce to Scranton stage
The Brothers Royer debut Next Door at the Academy in Scranton with song dance and knock-about comedy to pleased crowds. Lillian Beach Rose Royer and Blondel Libbie Edward Blondel star as principal party in a bright witty dialogue with strong scenic effects.
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Royer
Scranton
Academy
Lillian Beach
Rose Royer
Blondell & Fennessy
Edward
Libbie Blondel
Gaiety Burlesque Week Opens With Star Lineup
At the Gaiety yesterday afternoon the American Burlesquers began a weeklong engagement. Performers include Jeannette Dupre singing French songs and Mildred Murray delivering English numbers. Billed acts feature W B Watson Leslie and McCurdy blackface artists Perry and Burns Irish comedians the Kumins and Monroe Sisters. The show opens with a barletta Kosha and closes with the burlesque A Wild Goose Chase in which all company members perform.
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Jeannette Dupre
Mildred Murray
W. B. Watson
Leslie and McCurdy
Perry and Burns
Kumins
Monroe Sisters
Markets Rally After Sunday Dip Led by Tobacco Stocks
New York stocks opened sharply as traders returned to the floor with a protracted recovery in progress. Tobacco and Consolidated Gas showed notable gains while New York Air Brake and related issues fell early before recovering and lifting the broader list amid robust trading activity and an undercurrent of strength. Total trades reached 49.1 shares with ongoing optimism as prices moved above Saturday levels.
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New York
Lobaccy
Consolidated Gas
New York Air Brake
Illiam Linn
Ulldinge
Popular Clearing House Advertises Rent and Sales
The People's Exchange offers listings for rent, sale, and exchange of real estate and personal items. Numerous entries include furnished rooms, a 12 room house with steam heat, a piano, wheels and a Payne engine, with prices and contact notes at Adams, Linden, and Quincy avenues. There are also low priced health products advertised.
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Linden Street
H. A. Kaufhold
Classified Help Wanted and Local Services Ads
A distressed montage of help wanted notices and professional ads lists cooks, cleaners, a nurse midwife, chiropodists, doctors, a lawyer, a boarding call for general housework, and veterinary services. Includes addresses in Scranton and nearby streets like Jefferson avenue Lackawanna Wyoming and Madison avenues with names and practice details.
Frear Foundry and Plough Works for Sale or Rent
For sale or rent. Inquiries to W. H. Patterson administrator Eighth street West Wyoming Pennsylvania.
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Frear Foundry
W. H. Patterson
Eighth Street
West
Wyoming
Philadelphia Provision Market Update Oct 2
Wheat bids steady higher for October contract. corn weak with No 2 mixed at October terms. Flour prices steady to lower for various grades. rye flour firm at 2.55 per barrel. Butter, eggs, sugars show minor shifts. live poultry dull with weak demand. wholesale grain and cereal totals listed for 1,000 barrels wheat and 105,000 bushels corn etc.
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Philadelphia
Yale
Pennsylvania
Izgalbe
Hogeheads
Flour and grain price report from New York markets
Market notes show steady spot wheat and oats with No. 2 red futures and futures options weak in light of large spring wheat receipts. Butter and dairy prices listed for western creameries and state dairies with varied averages. Minnesota patents and winter patents cited with multiple price ranges.
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New York
Minnesota
Northern Duluth
Manitoba
Wolge
Western
Initie
Ian Tie
State
Sial E
Butett—Bready
Western Creamery
Yee
Whale
Eigins
Muiee
Creaynery
Lialie
State Dairy
Mulse
Bready
Pennsylvania
Itmpulée
Wantern
Heeves Steady Market Tone at New York Live Stock
New York Live Stock reports steady heeves at a472 with good and common stock holding near uniform prices. Market tone remains cautious as traders await clearer demand signals.
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New York
Heeves
Free Superfluous Hair Removal Offer
Helen Buchanan dermatologist at 312 Washington Avenue advertises a temporary free hair removal service to prove its electricity is permanent harmless and painless.
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Helen Buchanan
Washington Avenue
Briggs Cleans Privy Vaults and Cess Pools
Local ad notes A B Briggs cleans privy vaults and cess pools with Improved PumpHead. Proprieter lists Leave orders at 1 North Main avenue or Eicke's drug store corner Adams and Mulberry. Telephone 04. Also several help wanted and employment notices from Tribune ads.
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A.B. Briggs
A. Briggs
Main Avenue
Eicke
Adams and Mulberry
Greatest Naval Battle Shoes Blown Into Net tleton Shoe Store
Philippine 1s lands report describes a naval engagement with widespread destruction. Shoes listed as blown pieces found in Net tleton's Shoe Store on Washington avenue. Itemized sales follow including ladies and men's shoes with prices and styles. Bauer's Orchestra offers music for social events. Megargee Brothers provide printing supplies at 10 Washington avenue, Scranton, Pa.
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Nettleton’s
Washington Avenue
Megargee Brothers
Scranton
East Buffalo Livestock Prices Report
East Buffalo N Y Oct 3 cattle and hogs shown with good to fair quality ranges. Cattle steer prices from 4.40 to 4.60 for fair to good fat cattle, heifers and cows listed with varied values. Hog prices ranged around 4.04 to 4.07 for good to choice. lambs and sheep show demand with top lambs at 5.00 to 5.10 and wethers around 4.70 to 4.90.
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East Buffalo
Lehigh Valley Schedules Trains To Coal Regions and Cities
Timetables show trains from Wilkes-Barre to New York and Philadelphia via D and H and P and L lines. Services include Black Diamond Express and Black Diamond limited parlor cars, with connections to White Haven Hazleton Pottsville and other coal region points. Offices listed in New York and South Bethlehem with division passenger agents.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
Rave Scranton
Philadephia
New York
Paton
iiker-Barre
White Haven
Hazleton
Pottsville
Bethlename Easton
Reading
Harrisburg
D. R
Tunkhannock
Towanda
Elmira
Ithaca
Geneva
Rochester
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Psonge
Aewe
Wilkes-Barre
Philadelpe Paria
de Llin
Wilbaur
Chas
B. Lee
M Cortlandt Street
New
Sunday Train Schedules From Scranton to Major Points
Train times from Scranton listed for Albany Saratoga Montreal Boston England and other points with numerous departures including morning noon and evening slots. Warnings include Sunday trains to Carbondale Wilkes Barre and Western Points via Lehigh Valley and Black Diamond Express. detailed arrival times and operator initials appear throughout.
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Scranton
Albany
Saratoga
Montreal
Bosey
England
Witken Barre
I. E Pbc
New York
Philadelphia
Penis Valles Railroad
Black Diamond
Sean
Pennay
Lehigh Valle Railiroad
Black Diamond Express
Boranton
Carbondale
North
Aus
Wilkes-Barre
South
United States
Canada
N.Y. i
Foros
Boranton, Pa
New York Foot of Liberty Street Station Timetable 1894
Timetable notices for Lehigh and Susquehanna Division trains from New York foot of Liberty Street and Booth Ferry to Pittston Wilkes-Barre Lakewood Atlantic City and more. Includes departure times to Philadelphia Reading Terminal and New York express options, connections to elevated railroads and ferries, and through ticket info. Officials J H Olhausen and H P Baldwin listed as general superintendent and general passenger agent.
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New York
Libert Whreel
N. T
South Ferry
Whitehall Street
Scranton
Pittston
Wilkes-Barre
Mountain Park
Lakewood
Atlantic City
Newark
Elizabeth
Philadelphia
Reading Terminal
Mauch Chunk
Allentown
Bethlehem
Haston
Baltimore
Washington
A.m. Ly
Long Branch
Ocean Grove
Reading
Lebanon
Harrisboro
Potteville
Liberty Street
North River
Booth Ferry
Broadway
Brooklyn
Staten Islands
Grand Central Depot
Long Inland
Eoure
J. H. Olhausen
H. P. Baldwin
Pass
Erie and Wyoming Valley Time Table 1868
Trains depart Scranton for New York and intermediate points on the Erie railroad at 7 03 p m and 12 30 p m starting Sept 1st 1868. Return trains arrive in Scranton from those points at 10 24 a m 4 15 p m and 9 08 p m.
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Scranton
New York
Newbure
Erie Railroad
Hawley
Cattle and hog markets show mixed activity in Chicago
Chicago reports fair to strong cattle at 4.00 to 1.00, hogs 2.02, pigs and wal not clearly defined, sheep steady with lambs varying. Common grades quoted up to 5.75 to 8.00 for choice natives. western range lambs around 145.00. Receipts: cattle 1.00 head, hogs 800 head, sheep 2.00 head.
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Chicago
Railroad Timetables Show Eastern Trains and Local Runs
The timetable lists weekday trains from Beranton and Northumberland to New York East, Philadelphia, Trenton, and via Buffalo connections to the West. It includes Express and accommodation trains to Binghamton Oswego Utica and other points, with station stops at Mus, Nicholson, and Kingston and notes sleeping coaches on express trains.
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Beranton
New York
Fapress
Easton
Trenton
Philadelphia
Mauunka Chunk
Tobyhanna
Binghamton
Oswego
Elmira
Corning
Kath
Dansville
Mount Morris
Buffaro
Buffalo
Hinghamton and Way
Factoryville
Nicholson
Utica
Richfield Springs
P. m. Hihacu
Northumberland
Pittston
Wilkis Barre
Plymouth
Bloomsburg
Danville
Williamsport
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Washington
Credit Balances and Shipments Reported in Open Auction
In Ow City Pennsylvania on October 2, a balanced credit of $1.00 was cited with certificates closed at $1104. Sales included 8,000 barrels of shipmedia and 42 bar rela Russia totaling 71,678 barrels.
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OW City
Credit Balanedm
Shipmedia
Rusia
Baseball scores from early games across leagues
Cincinnati defeated St Louis 7 to 5 in the second game after a 0 0 first game. New York beat Philadelphia 3 to 2 while Chicago topped Louisville 8 to 6 in the second game. Boston outscored Baltimore 13 to 10 and Washington led Brooklyn 9 to 6. several games ended early due to darkness.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Louisville
Boston
Baltimore
Washington
Brooklyn
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Kelley
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Monongahela River
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National Senate
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Republican National Committee
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
James G. Blaine
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Cleveland
Tammany Hall
Tammany Machine
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Brothers Royer
Wall Street Review
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Am. Sug
Am. Tobacco Co
Ieee Am. Spirits
Balt & Obio
Sy Brook
P . Mig
P &O
Delaware & Hud
Wily Louis
Nash
Manhattan
Secon
I. Steeeese
People’s Exchange
Capture Avenue
Adame Ave
CEEK
Coal Exchange
Quincy
Adams Avenue
Burr Building
Payne Center
Tribune O' Ce
G. 1
Tribune Office
Ripans Chemical
Orm
Jefferson Avenue
Woolworth
Edward H. Davis
Cornell
QB. L. Walter
ARC
Lewis Hancock, JR
Spruce St
Cor. Wank
Frederick J. Brown
Price Building
T. Lackey & Son, Architects
Traders’ National Bank
Lyman
Privar Hospital
Cor
Mulrry
H. F. Reynolds
P. C
Gd Laubach
Wyoming Ave
Gibson Street
Tolle
Spruce Street
Brazilian Mfg. Co
New York City
ELK Cafe
I Franklin Avenue
P. Zeigler
Scranton House
Victor Koch
Ben Imperial Cigar Co
Frank E. Boyle
Okeli & Dunn
Coal ‘Exchange
Finley's
Wyoming Avenue
Willard, Warren & Knapp
Repean
Ranton, Pa
James H. Torrey
Commonwealth Building
Jessup & Jessup
Colfax Avenue
T. Okell
LEGAL
Lackawanna Store Association, Limited
J. P Higginson
James W. Oakford
Attorney-Atlaw
Board of Trade Building
D. B. Replogle
Mears R Building
J. H. Hamilton
Chiropod
Edward W. Thayer
Meare
L. A. Watres
RK. Pitcher
Patterson & Wilcox, Traders’ National Bank Building
C. Comegys
Republican Building
Hetzel
Chiropoist
Lackawanna Avenue
A. W. Bertholf
Atty
Mears Hide
L. T. Keller
Gable
Washburn Street
Saenennee
Physicians and Surgeons
C. L. Frey
Scranton Savings Bank
Mary A. Shepherd
M. D
W. E. Allen
North Washington Avenue
KR. Trapold
Price Street
C. Ee Freas
G. Rook
Ospital
G KR. Clark & CO
Eeedmen and Nurserymen
Green House
North Main Avenue
School OF the
Thomas M. Cann
Walter H. Buell
Jos. Kueytel
Central
West Odge
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Mit
Iewy
Pacific Mallett A
Southern R. R
Pray
Oh Tenn
C. & Irons
Texas & Pacitte
My Traction Co
Chicago Board OF Trade
Gary
Trade Exchange
Pittston Trac
First National Bank
Elmhurst Boulevard
Scranton Savings Bank Scranton Packing Co
Lacka, Iron & Steal Co
Third National Bank
Throp Novelty Mfg. Co
Onenee Seranton Railway Co
Seenee
Ous
Economy Light Heat & Power Company
Scranton Aluminating, Heat & Power Company
Scranton Pass Railway
People’s Street Railway
Wee People's Street Railway
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Ace of
Lacka
City of
Mt. Vernon Coal Coeteene
Scranton Axle Works
Scranton Traction
Bondai
Franklin Avenue
L. B
Bumner Avenue
Tribune
Cure Tribune
Taylor Avenue
City
Raymond Court
T. B . Self
Kresster Court
H.stgat
Pennsylvania — Railroad
Wilkes-Barreau
Sunbury
Pottaville
Norristown
Joe Baltimore
Peanoes
JR. Wood
J.B. Putchinson
Maunsees
Delaware and Hudson
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Lehigh and Susquehanna Division
Erie and
Wyoming Valley
Wester
EE Scmanton
Nal
Tralos
Ralné
Heoure
Optario
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T, Fulcrott
Del
Lacka. ‘and Western
Nanticoke
M. Plymouth
Wation
Foringston
Banith
Dietrict
Baseball
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