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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1895
Page
6
A promotional pitch touts Standard Chemical Company stock at 40 a share with aims to rapidly expand manufacturing. It claims potential to reach 200 a share, cites earnings and dividends, lists executives and directors, and notes broad market opportunities through doctors and the public.
The New York stock market opened dull and weak, with late buying lifting Chicago Gans 1% to 69% and firming sentiment. Coal stocks led losses, Hocking Valley and Tennessee Coal fell steeply before modest recoveries, while cotton rumors weighed on readings and overall volumes remained modest.
Railroads entering Chicago have purchased 15000 freight cars and 160 locomotives this year. Foreclosures affected 36 railroads over nine months, with 4058 miles of track and 198,764,000 dollars in capital stock. Contracts with Middletown Car Works for 250 cars, 50 to Mexico, will employ many idle workers. Pennsylvania Steel payroll of 101,148 dollars to 4472 workers signals strong season and capacity. Lehigh Valley flyer aims for Buffalo to New York service this winter, with a one hour test run planned between Mauch Chunk and Wilkes-Barre over 55 miles, three-car train, stopping at Newark, Easton, Allentown, Bethlehem, Mauch Chunk, Wilkes-Barre, Sayre, Ithaca.
A sensational 19th century style health ad urges filtering the blood through kidneys to cure rheumatism and related ailments. It promotes Dr Hobbs Sparagus Kidney Pills as a safe, vegetable remedy claimed to restore kidney function, purify blood, and improve complexions and vitality.
An old medical advertisement promotes cerebrine from the brain and other extracts such as mequiline from the spinal cord and thyroidine. It offers dosing instructions and lists various saltes and compounds for illnesses including constipation and dyspepsia. Contacts include Matthews Bros and a Columbia Chemical Co address.
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