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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1898

Page

2

Yellow Fever Risks Prompt Cuban Garrison Plan

Washington reports outline troop movement plans for Cuba with initial occupation focused on Manzanillo and possibly Holguin. Col Heckers findings push for local Cuban gendarmes to maintain order, address health risks, and ease burdens on American soldiers while preserving Cuban pride.

Washington War Department Cuba Manzanillo Holguin Heckers Arvat Valine E& Thurmehly Muttal Heckers Mor Cube Cuban United States Leo Evecitically Greene Arnold

Troops Deferred to Southern Camps Pending Frost Safety

Washington reports that soldiers will not be sent to Southern camps until frost confirms yellow fever cannot spread. Units at Camp Meade Lexington and Knoxville will wait, with Meade’s contingent to join Philadelphia’s peace jubilee, as Maj Kedle notes health improving though winter occupancy in the Kentucky highlands may be too cold for tents.

Washington, Et War Department Camp Meade Lexington Knoxville Philadelphia Kedle Lexweton

Four Men Killed in Freighter Engine Explosion

At Joanna station, Wie mMington and Northern freight engine exploded this afternoon killing four men: William Herfficker, age unknown. George Mills, fireman. Willa Woodward, brakeman. Harry Huyvdom, conductor. All were married with families. Bodies were badly burned. officials estimate boiler water may have caused the blast. Coroner to inspect the scene tonight.

Reending WiemMington Joanna William Herfficker Georkie Mills Willa Woodward Harry Huyvdom Birdebers Muy Dam Hide

Woman health pledge and remedies promise

An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and related products as remedies for female weakness and related ailments. It asserts health, strength, and motherhood safety through these medicines, citing a testimonial from Jas. Caswell Hay about prolapse and irregular menses improving after use.

Cemerel Pierce Jas. Caswell Hay Ocheltree, Johnaen Co Koos Tom

One In Every Four Suffers From Piles

An advertisement claims about one in four people suffer from rectal piles with itching and moisture. It promotes Pyramid Pile Cure as a permanent solution for all forms of piles and asserts no harmful drugs are used. Available from druggists at 50 cents per pack. free booklet from Pyramid Co Marshall Michigan.

Pyramid Co Marshall Mich Cauke

Lyceum Stage Presents Under the Red Hobe and Other Acts

The Lyceum Jest OMht stages Stanley Weyman’s Under the Red Hobe with Morris leading the cast as Gil de Berault and Gaunt pleasing with French charm. The King Dramatic Company then presents Hands Across the Sea at the Academy of Music with Kirk Brown and Maud Phelpy among others. Tonight The Power of the Press and vaudeville entertain at Gallery Theater with Coley Mamie Grant and Read Birds at the Seashore closing the bill.

Stanley Weyman Lyceum Jest Furm Morriz Mr. Morris Gil de Berault Catia Frohima Mana King Dramatic Company Academy of Music Como Wny Kirk Brown Oslin Eyle Lawrence McGill L. M. Barrett George HW. Rowe Maud Phelpy Edyth Totten Mies Madison Lole Fuller RR. B. Whelan Maude Phelps Winlen Gaiery Theater Coley Mamie Grant Diane Barron McCub Sabie McCabe McCloud

Della Fox to Star in Lyceum's Noted Opera Comedy

Bright but bustling scene promises lively songs and scenic appeal. Della Fox headlines an Elmira Lyceum presentation tonight with Edgar Smith and Louis de Lange as authors and Myer Mrochman managing, featuring a lavish production of The Prisoner of Rendac and a dual Ras Hendrickson and the King role for Howard Gould.

Della Fox Edgar Smith Louis de Lange Appentiot Wilkes-Barre Lyrum New York Guceesa Bent Theater Dantel Mrohman Rassendwll Howard Gould Surreys Fina Ita Iransportation

Burr McIntosh to Star in War Comedy at Lyceum

Burr McIntosh, famed Pennsylvanian journalist and former Lafayette Princeton athlete, appears in Beranton Friday and Savapdos October 4. He brings his news and acting talents to Lottie Blair Parker's A War Correspondent, portraying a Cuban war correspondent with a noted stage career.

Burr McIntosh Beranton Savapdos Halurday Lyceum Lottie Blair Parker Beveral Lafayette Princeton Cuba McIntosh Hime

Markets Rise Slightly Amid Market Tensions and Legal Fears

New York stock list shows small net gains for most railroad stocks despite unsettled episodes. Trading opens higher with London gains but turns down as a possible Supreme Court ruling on the Joint Traffic association tests legality. Bears attack coalers, broad market wreckage declines, but covering lifts some shares. total sales reach 247,000 shares.

New York London Supreme Court Joint Traffic Association Bears New Jersey Central William Linn Allen & CO Meare

Scranton classified ads mix of rentals sales and notices

A dense page features rentals at 5 Washington Avenue and Creek Room shares, sale offers including a Schubert upright piano and a Payne engine, and notices for annual meetings, sewer project viewers, and local business services. Also includes Ripans ads, patent inquiry, and a veterinary and medical directory among miscellaneous listings.

Furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent in two locations

Advertises furnished or unfurnished rooms with cat and steam at 1 Madison Avenue and 2 Mulberry Street. Rooms priced from $1.40 daily or weekly, with conveniences mentioned, appealing to pleasant living conditions.

Madison Avenue Mulberry Street Franklin Avenue Aide Putnam Street North Kina

Wanted Situations From Help Wanted Listings

A garbled column of want ads lists multiple "SITUATION WANTED" notices. entries cover domestic work, driving, clerical, bookkeeper, housekeeper, and general labor. Names, addresses, and brief claims of qualifications appear for each notice, typical of a 1900 era classifieds page.

Stray animal notices and partial dairy ad text

Strayed notice appears with fragmented terms about a large young animal on whirteenth street and a roving property owner. The garbled line includes references to dairy names and Western creamery, with unclear ownership and expenses hinted.

Whirteenth Street Beriesdog Dievles

Philadelphia Provision Market Wide Flourish and Grains Report

Wheat firm and higher for October contracts. Corn and oats steady with mixed demand. Flour strong with wheats, multiple Pennsylvanian mills quoted for winter and spring varieties. Soybean and rye markets show gains. live poultry steady with higher dressed poultry. Significant shipment totals include 27,000 bushels wheat and 68,000 bushels corn.

Philadelphia Lleher Penneylvania Fures Western Creamery Sige

Wheat Prices Rally On Weather News Across Borders

Chicago reports large export sales and crop damage in Manitoba and Australia fueling a sharp wheat rally. December prices rose while corn soybeans and pork lard and other commodities moved on weather and demand factors.

Chicago Manitoba Australia Vance

Chicago Live Stock market report October 17

Active cattle showing mixed prices across classes with steers and heifers fluctuating. Hog, sheep, and calf markets vary by grade with overall movement easing. totals show about 20 000 cattle and 24 000 sheep reported alongside hogs at roughly 37 90 per head.

Chicago Western Rangers Western Range Siakio

New York Produce Market Toplines Amid Wheat and Corn Activity

Grain prices show active trading on spring wheat and corn futures as reports indicate firm spot tones and stronger undertones. Market notes mention May and December positions with mixed adjustments and a cautious tone for May contracts amid overall steady demand.

New York Rod Titec Duluth Wye Ing Mike White

East Liberty Market Prices Fall Amid Mixed Livestock Quotes

In East Liberty on October 17 the market shows lower prices for many livestock categories. Prime hogs range around five dollars per hundredweight with variations for heavy Yorkers and common to fair levels. sheep and lambs also ease with prime at about four to four dollars and fifteen cents. Veal and other cattle show modest declines amid broad price spreads.

East Liberty Breandy Soi

Philippine-18lands Naval Battle Shoes and Music Ads

A fragmented 19th century newspaper snippet lists miscellaneous ads and notes. Items include shoe store offerings showing women’s button shoes and oxfords with prices, Bauer’s Orchestra advertising music for events led by conductor A. R. Bauer, and Megarger Brothers printing supplies at Swanton on Washington Avenue Scranton PA.

Heten Washington Avenue Ruatet Ang Donoln Els

New York Live Stock Market Report Oct 17

Reeves Demand fair good to choice cattle steady others weaker cattle and oxen down to two dollars ten cents fat cattle steady Veale Firmer grossers steady veals tops ten dollars Brakserr top price ten dollars Light hogs four dollars to four dollars fifteen cents. Sheep lower lambs and sheep also down hogs slow near two dollars and fifteen cents per hundredweight.

New York Plaia

Unclear OCR Summary of Credit Bilaties and Shipments

The readable text records mixed figures for credits and certificates, with values like 1.14 and 81.13, and mentions bids 1.18 and 1.14 percent. It notes shipments totaling thousands of barrels and runes, but many terms are garbled, leaving ambiguity about entities, dates, and exact actions.

OW Chie Oet, V Credit Bilatieos Darrels

Railroad Time Tables for Delaware Lackawanna and Western

Timetable listing for Delaware Lackawanna and Western lines showing departures from Beranton on Monday June 2 1808 including connections to New York Philadelphia Trenton and the South and various intermediate stations with times such as 600 am 1205 pm and 210 pm plus accommodations to Binghamton Oswego and Buffalo and Pullman cars. information for passenger agents and depot tickets.

Beranton Tx Reun New York All Points Fame Fixpress Itaston Trenton Miilalelphia Ithaca Northumberland Pittston Wilkow Barre Flymouth Bloomsburg Danville Williamsport Harrisburg Jashington Bouth Nanticoke Plymouth Kingston Pullman M. J Smith

Lehigh Valley Railroad Timetable and Express Services

Lehigh Valley Railroad announces May timetable for anthracite coal routes and passenger services. Schedules list multiple daily trains from Scranton to Philadelphia and New York via D and H routes, with Black Diamond Express options and connections to Wilkes-Barre Hazleton Pottsville Bethlehem Easton and Reading. Through cars and parlor service noted between Wilkes-Barre and New York Philadelphia Buffalo and Syracuse. Officials include WILBUR General Superintendent and CHAS. S. LEE and A. W. NONEMACHER.

Wilkes-Barre Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Gallimore Washington Pittsburg West Hazleton Pottsville Reading Norristown Baltimore Altimore R. Wood J.B. Nutchinson Lehigh Valley Railroad Bosaring Cleanli Hess Scranton New York Wilker-Harroe D. Fa Yst. T Wwhite Haven Vie DO & TL Bethlehem Easton Por Tunkhannock Towanda Elmira Ithaca Geneva Uni Rin Ie A. m D. m Rochester Buffalo Niaramans Lynicago Sue Eoneigan

Delta and Hudson Sunday Train Schedules from Scranton

Trains depart Scranton on Sunday July Ord to Carbondale Albany Wilkes Barre New York and other points with multiple morning and afternoon departures listed. Arrivals to Scranton include varied times from Carbondale Wilkes Barre and the region. Officials WAVADICK GP A Albany J W Chess DP PA Scranton PA publish the schedule.

Wilkes- Barre A. m United Bunter Canada Wavadick GP. A Albany N.Y J. W. Chess P. A Scranton

New York Foot of Liberty and Booth Ferry Stations Listed

timetable details for trains from New York to Scranton Pittston Wilkes-Barre and beyond with departures from foot of Liberty Street and Whitehall Street. notes include connections to Philadelphia Allentown Bethlehem Harrisburg and Coastal destinations and through tickets via the Lehigh Valley system. officials J H Olhausen and J Y Baldwin noted as superintendents and agents.

Lehigh and Susquehanna Division New York Libert Street N.bl Booth Ferry Whitehall Street Scranton Pittston Wilkes-Barre Lakewood Atlantic City Newark Elizabeth Philadelphia York Allentown Bethlehem Hillimore Washington Swinth West Viethlehem Lipom Lone Branch Ocean Grove Lion Deed Lyoo Readnie Lebanon Harrisburg Bunedus Pottsville Liberty Wheel North Hiver South Ferry Whitehall Brooklyn Staten Isinds Tland Central Depot Long Yell Reading Terminal M. Bunday Nast J. H. Olhausen Y. Baldwin

Train Schedule Scranton to New York Erie Line

Erie and Wyoming Valley time table effective September 4 1888 lists trains from Scranton to New York and intermediate points on the Erie railroad plus Hawley and other points. Departures 7:00 am and 22:00 pm with arrivals from above points at 1:20 am 3:15 pm and 1:08 pm.

Scranton New York Newhars Erie Railroad Aleo Hawley Fool Points

Trains 06 and O44 Run Daily Except Sunday

Railway notices announce trains 06 and O44 run daily except Sunday. Passengers may purchase tickets and pay through Wagner Duffet sleeper and free reclining chair car from New York to Chicago without change.

Sgolfest Agers Ontario & We Wagner Duffet New York Chicago Andere

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