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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1898
Page
2
An advertisement extols Johann Hoff's Malt Extract as a nutritious tonic aiding digestion and stomach function. Quoting Prof Pietro Santa of Paris, it claims the remedy supports solid food digestion without overstimulation, and urges readers to seek the genuine product while noting imitators.
Three members of the peace commission and additional delegates met at the state department to discuss the peace settlement. Officials indicated the talks focused on policy and the fate of Luzon, while ensuring no premature public statements. The United States aims to secure its commercial interests in the Pacific and the future of the Philippine Islands remains under negotiation.
Washington reports the president invited Senator Hoar of Massachusetts to accept the London post to replace John Hay. Hoar is expected to decline, arguing he can serve the country better in his current Senate role.
The passage notes Mrs Hoars frail health delaying travel and hints Secretary Long might seek the Massachusetts Senate seat if an embassy is accepted. It asserts no movement by Long toward that path and that he remains content with his current role.
In Pittsburg on September 14 deputies guard mines amid feared trouble over enforcing a coal mining agreement. Strikers encamped nearby and talks to import workers to replace them are reported. Deputy Haywood was attacked while arresting a woman, and mayor Wilson warns residents to avoid gatherings. President Dolan says all pits in the third pool are idle and the conflict may extend to the fourth pool.
At the final session of the International Association of Ticket Agents in Detroit on September 14 officers were elected. Charles Van Campen of Rochester as president. first vice president E. H. Blood of Buffalo. second vice president Colonel J. Robbing of Chicago. third vice president W L O F Heambright of Lancaster. secretary C. Cadwallader of Philadelphia. treasurer Bu Wood Ramsey of Philadelphia.
The Kennedy players staged The Hand of Fate at the Academy of Music last night. A Wife's Peril and Tracked Down followed with a merry week ahead at the Gaiety theater presented by top extravaganzas. A large company of young performers promises lively, varied entertainments with sensational access and crowd appeal at Lipden Street venue.
Philadelphia defeated Chicago 10 to 2 while Baltimore beat Cincinnati 3 to 1. Hoston beat St. Louis 11 to 2, Louisville defeated Brooklyn 7 to 2, New York won 6 to 0 with a rain delay in the seventh inning. Cleveland and Washington played two games, one halted by darkness and the other completed with Washington winning 5 to 6.
The Saint Thomas College football team held elections by reclamation for captaincy with John J. Coleman chosen as manager and last year’s football and baseball captain Joseph Wor elected captain. The team, premier in northeastern Pennsylvania, challenged Brooklyn High School for the state title but was declined due to late season timing. Coleman will book games for the coming season.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Gowd steers oxen and cows with unclear context. References to beeps, otters, higher executives, groceries, veals, lumbe, law, and Western Hominid appear nonsensical. No coherent event or clear entities to summarize into a full news item.
Fragmentary entry lists prices and items for livestock and produce including hogs calves veal and spring joints with figures like 1.4 and 1.5 in terse shorthand. Mentions locations and buyers but many phrases are garbled and unclear.
Markets opened unsettled as gold imports were announced totaling 71 million with rumors of heavier shipments to come. Call money dipped to 2 percent from morning highs. stocks rallied on short-covering as bears retreated, with Sugar Tobacco and Federal Steel among weak spots and rails recovering late. Total volume 49,100 shares, broker William Linn Allen & Co. reports.
Philadelphia market notices show firmer wheat for September contracts with higher quotations and mixed grades. No. 2 mixed and No. 2 white offerings are steady or firm, while refined sugar remains strong with good demand, and live poultry prices stay steady with fair demand for fowl and spring chickens in regional markets.
A jumble of rental notices for apartments rooms and suites at 626 Quincy Avenue 62 Mifflin Avenue 44 Madison Avenue and 529 Adams Avenue plus a second floor office space and a livery business for sale Also listed are items for sale including an upright piano and a three horse power Otter engine with payments options and a livery trade under Mrs John J Phelps address 715 Linton Street and A Tribune office contact details.
Classified notices seek back stock state price and shares for sale. Requests 5 cents for Ripans Chemical Co samples and mental tests. Also advertises experienced stove plate molders and apprentices for Bonnet Nance Stove Co in Chicago Heights Illinois.
Keller offers scalp treatment massage manicuring chiropody and shampooing at 701 Quincy with service details in a compact ad.
A B Briggs, proprietor, offers cleaning services for privy vaults and cess pools using Typeoyes pumps. Orders taken at 1100 North Main Avenue near Elcke's Drug Store, corner Adams Mulberry. Telephone 6040.
Receipt figures show flour 200 burlain and 16 000 sacks. wheat 2.00 bushels. corn 20 bushels. oats 4 000 bushels. Shipment records list Whit 14 bushels. corn 17 000 bushels. oats 0000 bushels.
New York markets report dull but steady activity across grains and dairy. Wheat and corn futures opened steady with mixed changes and late declines. oats firm on white and track varieties. dairy lines show firm creamery and cheese prices with regional suppliers noted.
The market shows strong export demand and moderate domestic demand with September higher and December higher on some grains. Pork down 2 1/2 cents, lard up 2 1/2 cents with ribs steady. flour and other grain quotations listed with varied values.
Market notes show cattle prices in Chicago mixed with slow demand for beef cattle and steady to lower values for hogs and sheep. Listings include steers and heifers at assorted bid ranges, with totals for cattle hogs and sheep across packing houses and feeders.
Market report from East Buffalo shows cattle quiet and unchanged with fair to good demand for good to choice Yorkers at about 1.50 to 1.45 dollars. Pigs and sheep mix with roughs and culls also noted. lumber values and market terms appear in terse listing.
Fragmentary text from OW City Pennsylvania market notes shows credit balances and certificates closed at a one cent bid for cash. Mentions 87 10 barrels shipments and Buckeye runs with figures like 7 41 barrels. Details are incomplete and hard to interpret.
Advertisement offers money to loan from 84 to 0 as a range and lists Okell & Dunn attorneys at 6 Coal Exchange. Also claims corn bunion and ingrown wall cures without pain. Mentions Lackawanna Avenue address and in-home service with moderate charges.
Public notices include the city petition for viewers to assess costs and damages for a water system sewer project across Schultz court and vicinity. Also listed are stockholder meetings, annual meetings for the Lackawanna Store Association, and sealed bids for Delaware street work.
A long column of classed help wanted notices appears with multiple brief ads. Women seek washing jobs. a young lady seeks stenography and typing work with references. a male bookkeeper seeks office work. a married man seeks various labor. a young lady seeks restaurant or cashier work. others seek driving or horse care. several doctors and professionals advertise offices and services. the page also lists hotels, an orchestra for events, a midwife, a nurse, and local school and business notices.
Rail timetable for Central Railroad of New Jersey Lehigh and Susquehanna Division lists departures from New York Liberty Street and Booth Street stations to Pittston Wilkes-Barre Mountain Park Lakewood Atlantic City New York Newark Elizabeth Mauch Chunk Allentown Bethlehem Easton Philadelphia Reading Terminal Harrisburg Baltimore Long Branch Ocean Grove and other points with connections to elevated railways ferries and long-distance routes.
The notice lists freight and passenger train times for Del Lacka and Western lines effective Monday June 20 1898. It includes express and special trains to New York Trenton Buffalo Oswego Ithaca and Williamsport with multiple intermediate stops and connections. Ticket information is provided by M E Smith district passenger agent at the depot ticket office.
Scranton train timetable lists Sunday departures to Carbondale Wilkes Barre Albany and other points with several morning and afternoon trains. Times for the Carbondale and North lines and for Wilkes Barre and south routes are given along with special services such as Black Diamond Express and Pointyscum Rail Road Points. Officials W Burnick and H W Cross designate the timetable details for Scranton and Albany, NY.
Lehigh Valley Railroad outlines May 14 schedule with trains to Philadelphia New York via D and H routes at 6 46 pm and 12 05 2 18 4 27 Hiack Simona aprena and 11 30 pm. Also services to White Haven Hazleton Pottsville and other coal region stops with connections to Reading Harrisburg and Geneva Rochester Buffalo and Niagara Falls via Diamond and Pullman accommodations noted. Cortlandt Street New York and South Bethlehem agents listed.
A fragmented schedule mentions Hawley and Erie KRRB services with routes to Lake Ariel and Scranton. Times include morning and afternoon departures around 6.20 pm and 7.43 pm, with return legs at 8.15 am and 1.50 pm, referencing Lake Ariel and surrounding points.
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