Attempt to reopen Barber Asphalt case denied
Attorney C Comegys sought to reopen the equity suit over the ten year city asphalt contract claiming new testimony showed bribery. Judge Archbold refused, noting a six month old final decree and risk of undoing settled rulings and payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Comegys
William Farrell
H. Campbell
Barber Asphalt Company
Barber Asphalt Paving Company
Mts
Comegys
Fuller
Councilmanic
Edity
I. H W. Burns
Barber Company
Burns
Alderman Fuller
Archbard
Archbald
Shifter Seeks Rule To Force Building Permit At Franklin Mulberry
Jacob K. Shifter through attorney filed a petition asking the court to compel Building Inspector T. B. Jackson to show cause why he should not grant a permit for a large building at Franklin avenue and Mulberry street. The rule was granted and set returnable next Monday. Shiffer had begun construction but was restrained by an injunction from City Solicitor Vosburgs who claimed the site lies within a ten foot reservation. Plans were reportedly revised but not yet approved by the inspector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob K. Shifter
C. Balentine
T. B. Jackson
Shifter
Franklin Avenue
Mulberry Street
Shiffer
Vosburgs
Divorces Sought by Mrs Hopkins from Thomas Hopkins
Mrs Rachael Hopkins files divorce libel against Thomas Hopkins alleging brutal beating after their April 2 1898 marriage at Wickes Barre by Trev W H Pierce. She says he became drunken and abusive and deserted her August 28 1898, now living in Philadelphia after a brief residence in this city and Pittston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachael Hopkins
Thomas Hopkins
Trev
W. H. Pierce
D. D
Wickes-Barre
W. M. Bunnell
Hopkins
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promises Blues Cure
An ad copy touts a remedy for the blues and liver ills. It claims Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cleanses the blood and purifies digestion, promising renewed health without narcotics or alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berle
Ofa
Dr. Pierce
Land Dispute and Contempt Motion in Scranton Court
In equity court Ella May Layman seeks to compel an ejectment action by Marla Cox and Lydia Bryden to clear title to a Laurel Street lot in Carbondale. Separately Scranton Gas and Water Co asks why Delaware Lackawanna and Western Co should not be cited for contempt for alleged injunction-violation over dumping refuse near Nay Aug water supply. Court took the papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gas and Water Company
Everett Warren
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Clarke
Opening Session of Presbyterian Clerk Association
The Presbyterian Clerk association opened its twentieth year with 14 ministers present from Kingston to Olyphant. Officers from last year were reelected: Guild president, Logan secretary, Moffatt vice president, Robinson treasurer. Devotions and a catered dinner followed, with delegates giving short addresses. Meetings will occur every Monday except the first of each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Clerk Association
S. C. Logan
Kingston
Olyphant
George BE. Guild
Providence Presbyterian Church
J. P. Moffatt
Washburn Street Presbyterian Church
C. E E. Robinson
Second Presbyterian Church
Hanley
Two Sewer Inspectors to Oversee Large City Project
The city plans a massive sewer in the Sixth Eighteenth and Fifteenth wards requiring two inspectors. An extra inspector will be appointed by an upcoming ordinance. Mayor Moir will likely allow councilmen to nominate the inspectors. The sewer contract has not yet been awarded and the drains committee has not reported. A special meeting is held tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moir
Select Council
Lackawanna official changes and locomotive move
Judson Hohl resigns as Yardmaster of the Lackawanna in this city to return to Kansas City. Eugene Call takes No. 615 west for the St Louis and San Francisco line. third such trip from eighteen ordered locomotives. Swisher of Central Railroad of New Jersey returns from Blairstown. Clarke, Daly, and Rine active in Buffalo and on the Lackawanna network. Canfield reports car repair work rushing at the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson Hohl
Lackawanna Railroad
Kansas City
Eugene Call
Dickson Manufacturing Company
St. Louis
San Francisco
Dickson
Mr. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Promoted for Children
An historic ad touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a remedy used for over fifty years by millions of mothers for teething gums wind colic and diarrhea. It claims universal doctor endorsement and urges purchases at twenty five cents, noting no other kind should be used.
Markets show revival amid cautious trading on New York stocks
New York trading opened with a revival by a sizable party, driven by efforts to revive prices while elders resisted. Despite varied bullish signals, market moved feverishly with uneven gains and losses. Bank reserves weakness suggested monetary tension and gold imports relief hopes. except for a few rail and steel shares, most sectors drifted. Total sales reached 1,008,000 shares with little change in bond activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jong
Tennessee Coal Aml
Colorado
Wales
United States
Scranton Wholesale Market Prices Report
Corrected by H. G. Dale 27 Lackawanna Ave listing Butter Creamery items 28n24c dairy tuba fe Fugs Select western 17c Cheese Full cream new Ude Beans per bu 240 82 90 88 30 Potatoes 60e Onions 10e per bi Flour Best patent 4 60
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Dale
Lackawanna Ave
Western
State
Ife
Philadelphia grain and produce market overview
Philadelphia market lamps show mixed prices across commodities. Wheat and rye steady to firm, corn and oats uneven with firm vibes, cheese and sugars steady, cotton firm, live poultry and eggs uneven, receipts show 0080 barrels and large sack totals for wheat corn and oats shipped in quantities around 27 000 bushels wheat 112 000 bushels corn 86 000 bushels oats MW0 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Stright
Waneas Strilehit
Sacks
Quitent
Sacka
Sizaat
City Wills Extra
Doe
Clowe
Ilo Ontrady S
Pennsylvania
New York
Texas Stock Market Report and Livestock Prices
A fragmented market summary shows best on ale, cattle, sheep, and lamb prices. Figures include 1.70 for ore car, 60.80M to do, various cattle categories, and mixed butchers at 4.40 with fat at 42. A342 and western lambs show notable values as readers seek steady trends in Salado Medina region markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Attom
Sah
Cattle and Livestock Prices Reported in East Muttalo
Snapshot of fat cattle and hog prices with terms like smooth fat export quality and top price figures. Mentions quantities across cattle, sheep, lambs, and hogs with price ranges such as five fifty five and five forty five per head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Muttalo
Michigan
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. It claims the disease is constitutional, not local, and promises to cure via blood and mucous surface action. A $100 reward is offered for any failure to cure with testimonials and circulars available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Cheney & CO
Druwgists
Halla
New York Wheat Market News and Trading Notes
New York markets show quiet activity with prices for wheat futures and spot bids mixed. References to various grain grades, elevators and regional bids indicate a restrained trading day with some steadying through the session amid shifting options and dairy product notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Duluth
Deeline
Western Creamery
Vwigaive
Dune Creamers
Watve
Bnitation Creamery
Mulze
State Dairy
Wheat and corn prices drift in quiet Chicago trade
In Chicago on an unsettled day buyers faced irregular quotes with lower cables and softer grain tones. Prices listed included No 1 spring wheat at steady levels and No 2 corn mixed with futures showing narrow moves across oats and rye while pork and shoulder markets posted varied quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Himothy
de Mattriba
Market Summary of Livestock and Hogs Prices
Readable fragment lists cattle cows calves hogs and lambs with varied pricing and activity. Mentions Westerns bulls veals and lambs with scattered numbers like 1.5 million and 2.0 million, but details are incomplete and unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sone Sales S.e
Bitleenlves
Hiker
Plstad
Chicago Cattle Market Report Amid Mixed Prices
Chicago cattle sales show varied demand with 1000 head of mixed cattle. Texans and western cattle steady to strong, butcher block demand solid. Calves and heifers mixed with calves steady at around 2.50 to 2.40 per unit, overall activity muted by weather and market conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Conners
Hull
Texauns
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Jacob B. Shiffer
Court House News Notes
R. W. Archbald
Andrew Gordon
Thomas C. Doud
Tripp Farm
The
Blues
James
Absolutely Harmon
Bellevue
Eenneee Charles BK. Kemmerling
Ocranton
Wmligabeth Hobinson
Aoe
Dsgenenes
Scranton
Joseph Polka
Vee Perennettle Wens Helens Pablister
Atricebury
Pateigk Lotius Fee Ee
Mary Gordon
Eter
Eer
Eeree
Eaters
Seranton Milton M. Mufford
Clark's
Sutesheaaas Oesee
Eva M. Conner
Seeeees
Hbtoudabury
Mrs. Winslow
Wall Street Review
Tribune
M. & Jordin & Co
Roqtad
Mears
Aimerican Suvi
H&g
St. Paul
Delaware & Tucson Lng
Luchawanna Veeweseee Dal
Federal Steel
Mtg Ag Federal Steel
Sieceiees
Itv
Manhattan Fle
Tracthin Co
Wits Wi
Missouri Pacific Co
Mt ‘S People's Aa Taweeqiees
Central Testeree
Aight Iit
Southern Pacific
Norfolk & Western
Y North
Uadhia
Pacific
Mey
Central
Pacific Mail
C.K
Union Pacific
Western Union
Ont
Cisco Bank
Lacka, Trust
Scranton Paint Safa Deposit Co
Clark & Snover Co
Eseeeneeuse
Scranton Iron Fence & Mig. Co
Scranton Axle Works
Lackawanna Dairy Co
County Savings Bank & Trust of
First National
Nank Carbondale Ae
Standard Drilling Co
Frases Ooase
National Bank
Bolt and Nut Co
Dassenger Railway
People's Street Railway
General Mortgiage
Eeenneee
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Asseans
Scranton St. Imp
Scranton ‘Traction
Philadelphia Grain and Produce
East Liberty Stock Market
Enat Jaturty
Romilia
Vlholee Wether
Buffalo Live Stock Market
MT Tarra
Iveere
Sclaan
Catoonmaae Carrioain
Salt Lake
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Chicago- Union Pacific
North-Western Line
Groadway
New Yoraja
Vine
Cincinnati
Chan't
Smithf'id &T
Pittsburg
Washington St
Boeton
Superior
Cleveland
Main &T
Martine
Detroit
Clark @t
Chicagol
Éaat
Oronte
Connollyan Wallace
Scranton’s Shopping Center
Connolly & Wallace
wastiNaton ‘Avenue
Third National Bank
Capital
WM. Connell
Henry Belin, Jr
William H. Peck
NEW York Hotels
Westminster Hotel
Cor, Sixteenth St
Irving Place
Crawford
T Honnsons Son
Pilsner
Ninth Street
Scranton, PA
Chicago Grain and Produce
Wanamathera
Siegel Cooper's
HOTEL
Albert
Cor.ith BT. & University PL
Broadway
Modcat
Laplin & Rand Powder CO
Hloairo Khoud
Repaune Chemical Co
Exelotivee
Niforms
Volvers Kodaks
Florey & Brooks
Washington Ave
Mount Pleasant Coal
Connell Building
Wil
Mount Pleasant Coal CO
A Salts Consultetton Ead
Henry Beelin, JR
Wyoming
Duponts
Sporting
Hepatiic Chemical Company
Thos. Ford
John B. Smith & Son
W. B. Mulligan
Wilkter Barre
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