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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1894
Page
9
The Reading Railroad implements a complete electric automatic block signaling system from Philadelphia to Jenkintown. Signals indicate danger or caution with red and green discs or lights and allow trains to run at full speed when the next block is clear.
Speculation in American Sugar dominated the Dow Jones session as 15,000 shares traded and prices fluctuated sharply. Chicago Gas drew bears’ attention, slipping to 0.14 before late covering helped lift the list. Sugar rose about 2.5 points on covering and purchases for the account.
The report shows weak and firm contrasts in grain, oats, and dairy prices. Corn and wheat futures drift lower while oats prove fairly active yet softer. Dairy products including creamery and factory lines remain steady or unchanged amid quiet demand.
Philadelphia reports steady tallow with light demand. City prime hogsheads quoted at 40 3/4 to 41 cents, country prime in barrels 45 3/4 to 46 cents, country dark in barrels 44 cents, cokes, grease, and grease products listed at 4 cents.
A Tribune report records five observations in Scranton showing unusual behavior. A group of young men includes women in disguise singing, sidewalk musicians pipe dreamers grind out coins, and a nightly alley watcher steadies a quiet vigil amid a saloon’s glow.
Detroit audiences witnessed a strong new comedy The Politician by Sydney Rosenfeld featuring Roland Reed who is praised as a premier English speaking comedian. The plot centers on General Timber and nominee Wooley amid a party convention with romance and political maneuvering. Proceeds go to Scranton Elks and Miss Isadore Rush delivers a standout travesty role, boosting the show’s appeal in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a long trusted remedy for teething pains and diarrhea in children. It urges buyers to insist on the product, mentions a price of twenty five cents a bottle, and claims universal availability through merchants worldwide.
Reports describe paper bicycle tires as cheaper and durable alternatives to rubber, with life claims up to five seasons. E P Holly of Providence unveils a hydraulic bicycle motor of three pounds using water or alcohol glycerine as coolant, promising double speeds and fielding patent and manufacturing interest. A Paris commission weighs bicycle circulation limits amid rising two and three wheel traffic.
Beecham's pills promoted for biliousness bilious headache dyspepsia heartburn torpid liver dizziness sick headache bad taste in the mouth coated tongue loss of appetite sallow skin caused by constipation with constipation as the common cause. Free book and pills 25c at drugstores or by mail B F Allen Co 365 Canal St New York.
A club of cyclists proposed wartime dispatch riding from London to Edinburgh and back. Pall Mall Gazette offices in both cities acted as termini with relays, riding through heavy rain and headwinds. The 80 mile journey completed in 2 hours 27 minutes, averaging 15 mph, far faster than the best coaching times.
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