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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1894

Page

2

Electricity on Railroads Stirring Industry Debate

Industrial minds debate whether electric power can replace steam for long distance rail use. Executives from New York and New England to Southern Pacific weigh in on feasibility, costs, and eventual roles for suburban and short lines amid growing electric traction trials.

Chicago St. Louis Buffalo Express Raiio J. T. Odell New York New England O. D. Ashley Wabash Sam Sargeant Grand Trunk of Canada Collis P. Huntington Southern Pacific B. P. Smith Vermont Central Philadelphia Eckley B. Coxe Lehigh Valley White Haven Hazleton

Scranton Wholesale Market Price Report Dates Oct 2

Scranton wholesale market reports a wide range of fruits vegetables and meats with prices in cents per pound and per bushel. Items listed include dried apples Turkish prunes English currants raisins beans potatoes onions butter cheese eggs hams pork lard rye flour grain and hay with several price ranges and unit measures.

Scranton Walle California Minnesota Amver

Wheat and flour market notes from York press copy

United Press report from York describes flour and wheat trading with mixed tones. Price levels show No 2 red and ungraded red variants and futures options nearby, with activity strongest in May October and December months and some firmness noted in several grades.

United Press York Mats Rae

Fragmented OCR list of dairy and meat terms with prices

An unreadable OCR fragment lists dairy and meat items with scattered prices and states, mentioning butter, cheese, creamery products, pork, and various regional terms. The text lacks coherent events, quantities, or dates, yielding a garbled snapshot of market summaries.

Wheat and corn receipts and shipments reported in Toledo market

Toledo reports dull wheat activity with receipts of 42.98 bushels and shipments totaling 163,731, while corn shows no receipts and 2,000 shipments as market remains easy. No. 3 yellow and No. 3 white seeds appear quiet with modest cash prices and firms for cash and suppliers.

The United Press Toledo Mae Corm

Cattle and Sheep Receipts Report Mixed Market Action

Market activity shows cattle receipts around 400 head with steady opening and closing prices for bold and light steers and mixed cows. Hog and sheep divisions mirror varied demand with prices listed for old Yorkers, good mids, lambs and ewes, including Canada lambs and export categories.

Chicago Stock Market Report at Union Stock Yards

Oct 2 cattle receipts 8600 head steady market common to extra steers 2500 15 stockyard feeders 3.00 cows and bulls 1.10 calves 2506 50 hogs receipts 21000 head opened firm then weakened heavy 1.00 Hi 05 common to choice mixed hold 14 700 4 80 high 4004 70 plus 25004 60 sheep 10 00 head market firmer from inferior to choice lambs noted

United Press Bullo Chicago Union Stock Yards

Philadelphia Tallow Market Dull Trading Notes

The Philadelphia tallow market shows weakness with dull demand. Quotations for city prime,hhd a, country prime, and cakes vary in bbis and 4c range. grease prices are mentioned but unclear. The report documents subdued activity and price levels across grades.

Philadelphia United Press

Pittston Leader in Falls. board president hurt repairing trestle

Charles M. Allen, Pittston school board president, fell forty feet while repairing a high trestle and remains conscious though in pain with possible fracture or dislocation. He received urgent medical aid. Nearby, a Polish boy’s inquest at Moore's hotel will hear that the victim died by a non weapon blow in the vicinity.

Charles M. Allen Pittston No. Shaft Allen Underwood

Purported local oddities and a horse tragedy from Philadelphia Record

A collection of oddities from Lycoming to Coatesville including a white squirrel hide, chrysanthemum stalks, and a flounder tale. A horse in Norristown reportedly killed itself after a long day, wandering to the Beuhaylkill river and dying minutes later. Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup advertised as a cough remedy closes the item.

A. Lycoming County Metullen Coatesville Delaware River Bristol Lewia Jarvis Pottstown Boone Pittsburg Pennsylvania Norristown James McLaughlin Mother Earth Philadelphia Record

Relic pin offered for return and mixed notices in Scranton ads

A lady’s gold pin set with alamandy is missing near 101 Olive Street and a liberal reward is offered for its return. The page also contains various business dissolutions and legal notices, sewer assessments in Scranton, and estate probate notices for Gardner Thompson Mull en and other residents, with multiple public notices and solicitations.

Olive Street Vroara Adama Avenue Madison Mulberry Adama

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