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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1895
Page
6
Nancy and Morford uncover a folded old note hidden in a tree cavern during a village visit. The message seems linked to the missing Tom Billop, debts to Corvin, and a plan to repay the mortgaged property. They vow to share the discovery with Nellie and Mrs. Billop.
Western dispatches note brisk Hocking Valley activity and higher southern freights via Pittsburgh. Reading Railroad closes A of C for annual election. Michigan Central handles heavy traffic with added crews. Coal shipments rise 2907 tons week over week. year to date up 81242 tons. Pennsylvania Steel runs at full capacity with 4558 August payroll names and 104229 semi monthly pay. Grand Trunk boosts refrigerator car mileage allowance to three fourths cent per mile as aggressive new management signals broader market push.
The Rogers Locomotive Works will supply three eight wheel engines to the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. The Baltimore and Ohio rebuilds forty five locomotives at various shops. Schenectady Locomotive Works has orders for three engines for the Chicago and Northwestern, with plans for ten more. Siemens-Halske Electric Co will build twenty four engines from the former Grant works. Oregon Railway and Navigation orders four engines from Brooks. Mexican Central orders five engines from Brooks. Foreclosure sale date set for Georgia Central. Southern Railway poised to operate under receiver Comer. Southwestern Ledger notes debt near payoff with no new capital. Allen Town and Read Electric Hallway awarded track and overhead contract. line 22 miles, routes via highways and private property. cars 30 feet, operation anticipated by spring through Cesarville to Brenthgerbe and surrounding villages.
An admired physician advertises a clinic offering cures for menstrual disorders, cancers, and nervous diseases with blood purification and epileptic therapies. The notice claims free advice and three months of medicine with a subscription, inviting patients to visit the in store location and consult during specified hours.
In a ragged opening The World of Business notes strong buying led by Industrials Sugar Distillers and Chicago Gas with gains from ½ to 2% per cent. Sugar rose to 108 ½ and Distillers to 23 ½ as Chicago Gas touched 70%. Anthracite coal stocks gained on higher Western prices. Total volume ran 263 261 shares as speculation closed firm.
A fragment lists mortgage items for Rushbrook Coal Co senate See 190 Scranton & Pittston Trac Co and Lackawanna Valley Trac Co with items due 190. It also shows a long catalog of dried fruits, canned goods, produce, meats and dairy prices including apples prunes currants raisins beans peas onions butter cheese eggs ham lard and flour from various vendors.
New York market notes show flour steady and wheat quiet with options closing easy. Corn, fats and oats listed with varied prices and contract months. lard and pork steady while cheese and butter markets show firmer tendencies. Toledo market reports receipts and prices for wheat, corn, rye, clover seed, and Timothy with steady to quiet trading and specific cash and futures quotes.
Tl stock yard reports weak market with mixed offerings. Receipts include cattle and stock cattle, with steer and feeder counts around 2004.5 and cows and bulls listed.
Market summaries show mixed livestock and oil pricing with weak hog and sheep demand. Oil prices in Philadelphia hold steady as tallow and related products show quiet activity with modest quotations for prime and dark varieties.
A quip contrasts a man talking to himself with motive. Cruffly says talking to one self would be foolish, a genius, or a philanthropist depending on whom he ignores or spares. The exchange satirizes self conversation and social motive.
Advert describes Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a tonic for female weakness and exhaustion, claiming it restores flesh and plumpness, improves digestion, enriches blood, and provides lasting strength. Sold by Matthews Bros. in Scranton and recommended for mothers to use for daughters.
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