Help Wanted Advertisements Mixed in Letterpress
A garbled 1900s classifieds fragment lists various help wanted notices including sober reliable young man, bread and wool cake baker, copyist or office work for a young lady, housekeeper or companion for an invalid, first class goat handler, general wheelwright, servant girl for general housework, a girl for general work, agents wanted, salesmen wanted, and an insurance solicitor. Addresses such as Eighth Street, Taylor Pa, Franklin Avenue, Grew Ridge Street, 105 Lawkawanna Avenue, Chicago and Philadelphia appear with vague employer names.
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Eighth Street
A. W
Taylor, Pa
A. M
Tribune
Ranklin Avenue
Ridge Street
Rentals Offered In City Apartments And Stores
For Rent listings show furnished rooms on Linden Street and Wyoming Avenue with April availability, a six room suite, and a new store at Spruce Street. Also offices, a Jefferson Avenue house, a vacant storefront on Spruce Street, and a building lot along the railroad. Multiple contacts include Lehieh Sait Mining Co, Fred Waag Nnk, C. & Woodr, Horton, and others.
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AOK
Livkawanta Avenue
Lehieh Sait Mining Go
Third National Bank
Poller
Gilson Etrout
Burr Leilding
Washington Avenue
Spruce Street
Fred Waagnnk
Lackawanna Avenue
PHOM
Jefferson Avenue
LM Horton
No & Commonwealth Fulding
Charles H Welles
Cou! Exchange
Ouse
Linden Street
N. A. Hulbert
Wyoming Aveoue
Ok Furnished
Green Sola Street
Nettleton
C. & Woodr Republican
For Sale Farm near Dalton with spring and orchard
OK BALE A PABAM OF EIGHTY ACHr one and one half mile from Dalton on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad First class farm house with a never failing spring nearby two barns good land and orchard Will by sold cheap Permy case Address BF VON STOUCH or ISAAC ELLIS executors Dalton Lackawanna county Pa SALE FOR WANT OF USE BEST Delivery Horse in the city Welchel Miller 116 Wyoming ave SALE G LACRE FARM STOCK and utensils J. SL SHEPFIELD a2 BMonrom ave SALE On pe CReNe FOR BCRAN ton Lan aA bearing orange grove increasing in production and value rate the priuve section in Klorkla Address NETTLETON Laie Holos Piorida
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Delaware, Lackawanna Ant Western
von Stouch
Isaac Ellis
Lackawanna Counts
Welchel & Miller
Wyoming Ave
Bcranton Lan
Klorkla
Nettleton
Laie
Piorida
Meeting Notice for Stockholder Action at Nay Aug and Elimhurst
A stockholders meeting is called to approve changes in capital stock from 23 001 to 4 007 dollars. The secretary TH WATENS directs notice per law. Also advertised are laser books pamphlets bound at the tax office with reasonable prices and twenty year tickets for four dollars at Spruce and Franklin.
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Nay Aug Falls
Elimhurst Boulevard
Ganeral
Supercom Dib
Regehiey
Garbage collection contract bids in Scranton Board of Health
The Scranton Board of Health invites sealed proposals for garbage collection in specified districts. Bids due April 1 16M at 6 pm, with vehicles and water tight boxes required, service three times weekly June to Oct and twice weekly Oct to June, with district ward boundaries defined and option to bid on sale removal.
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Scranton Bourder Health
Hordera
Elall
Board of Health
Desirable Madison Avenue Home Buyer Seeks Modern Residence
Willaid Waituka resident Reynolds seeks to purchase a modern house with improvements on Madison Avenue near Delaware Street. Looks for a well located property in good condition and willing to pay a fair price to secure a single dwelling. Contact Barry Les for details and interest confirmation.
Lehigh Valley Railroads Fight for Equitable Rates and New Line
The Lehigh Valley Railroad delays withdrawing cheap tickets amid a push for equitable rate shares among competing lines. A new Fairmount District line from Uniontown to Fairmount, WV opens vast mineral-rich territory, shifting Pittsburgh trade away from Baltimore. Freight traffic rises since February but overall receipts lag due to weak industry. A Pennsylvanian West Virginia project gains renewed interest as rights of way and bridges progress toward a completed line within a year.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Lehigh Valley Company
New York City
Buffalo
Lehigh
Leon
Pittabudy
Fairmount
West Virginia
Dpwn
Trafic
Uniontown
State Line
Pitsburg
Morgantown
Pittsburg
Biltimore
Hooking Valley
Cox
van Vorbis
Wess Run
Pennsylvania and West Virginian Railroad Company
Ceasua
Bedford County
Baltimore and Dale
Various Industry Reports From Early 1900s Collieries and Rail
Collieries of Coxe Bro and Co will operate only three days weekly with last week’s record of a single day. Erie and Pittsburgh railways plan expanded freight traffic and added crews. Pennsylvania Railroad tickets are pulped before paper mill disposal. W B Leeda resigns as Richmond Indiana division superintendent to lead American Tin Plate Co. Iron and steel investment totals and textile sector figures are given. Magnates spend on Girabb’s pool wells near Pittsburgh. Delaware and Hideo stock issue to cover fixed obligations. Stock rights values estimated at a premium per 100 shares. Casualties among railroad employees from 154 to 1802 noted.
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Coxe Broa. & Co
Davathia
Erie and
Pitteburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. B. Leeda
Pennsylvania Lines
Richmond
Ind
Ling
American Tin Plate Company
Girabb
Finlayville
Pitt
Vestibule train service links New York to Chicago
In Great Britain 458 killed and 2832 injured in a disaster, while the Lehigh Valley railroad begins a vestibule train service on April 1 with Gran Trunk lines, running to Chicago via Niagara Falls in about 27 hours. Also advertised Bucklen's Arnica Salve, claimed to cure skin ailments with a money back guarantee, 85 cents per box, sold by Matthews Bros.
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Great Britain
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Gran Trunk
Chicago
Grand Trunk Railways
New York
N+agera Falls
Bucklen
Arnica
Matthews Broa
Market notes from New York and Philadelphia trading days
Financial and commercial summaries cover wheat oats and corn prices in Chicago and New York markets, with bid and offer ranges for futures, freight and dairy products. From Philadelphia, tallow and by product prices are listed, showing dull demand and modest gains for certain dairy and meat products.
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New York
Glalic
Northerp
Oplions
Oic
Okge
Nike
Chicago
City Extra
South America
Dalle
Fur Dumand
State Dairy
New
Old
Edge
Pennsylvania Creamery
Yige
Western Dairy
Lalde
Do. Creamery
Elgins
Eige
Imitation
Krimer
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Cure for Coughs
A vintage testimonial touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds as a remedy used by over a million as a friend in need. It claims powerful healing for throat chest and lungs with money back guarantee and trial bottles offered at Mathews Brow drugstore with larger bottles priced higher.
P P P Promises Cure For Dyspepsia And Blood Disease
Dyspepsia and indigestion are claimed to be cured by P P P a tonic said to revive strength appetite and vigor. The text asserts P P P as a blood purifier and notes sales by various druggists with testimonials from Tuk Rey Wm Stout Wharton Ont and a Burdock Blood Bitters success claim after ineffective medical treatment.
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P.P. P
Tuk Rey
Stout, Wharton
Ont
Burdock
The Printer Man and the Manuscript Craft
A Victorian style verse praises the printer man who dots every I and crosses every T writing on white paper with jet black ink. It extols careful punctuation and proper addressing while describing how the author preserves copies to prevent loss or burning of the manuscript.
Paine's Celery Compound Promises Renewal for Busy Men
An era ad extols Paine's celery compound as a restore all for nervous debility sleeplessness and dyspepsia among business men. It claims to brighten eyes increase appetite regulate liver kidneys cleanse blood and nourish nerve centers aiding recovery from liver kidney and stomach diseases.
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Paine
Brigt
Among Our Neighbors on electric plant debates and local notices
A collage of opinions on the Scranton electric plant and local energy costs includes the Pittston Gazetter urging caution on Philadelphia rulings, florist G. R. Clark warning hospital grounds, and Sapient Sam Boyd commenting on plant costs. The Wilkes-Barre Record mocks mayoral actions on fish sales, while Doyle supporters in Carbondale anticipate a lecture tour. Reports cover Scranton’s Isaac Wolff none, Christus Day plans, Stroudsburg Daily Times debut, and local court house funding debates with Bar association input.
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Sapient
Sam Boyd
Wicker- Barre
Rockwell
Tum Taip MD
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Curnell
Penn Avenue
Fish
Isaac Woll
Washington Street
Wolf's Market
Northamton Street
Isaac Wolff
Great White Goods Sale at Connolly and Wallace
A large promotional listing with fabrics and textiles including bleached muslins sheetings and prints. Highlights include 12 1 20 price for white goods, 10 pieces 86 inch wide, crepes and silkelines, and discount offers on nutsocks plaids and stripes for aprons and children's wear.
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B. D
Franklin Aronie
Charles G Evans
Soning Ale
Gilbool
James Hotel
Lawkawanna Avenue
T Tog
COLUM
A Chemical CO
Dearborn Street
Milfeltor
Larkawanna County
Yanceo
Gowl
National Clean Towel Compact
Arcada Building
Ina Hs
Dulng
Adtireds
M.A. Rlase
Wranklin Avenue
Poe Sale
Lacre Farm
Utensila J. SL
Shefpield
Franlin Avenue
Sventeenth
Tadat
Tere Eamy
Madison Avenue
Appis Hakkyy Lee
Madiaoh
Espe Syp Barry Les
Marechal
J . T. Lavelle
Great Corporation
Somerset County
Vanderbilts
Chicano
Lehigh Valley
Grand Trunk
Wabash
Missouri Pacific
Reanog
General Electric
Missouri Pacific Ronge
LaBar & ‘Aller
Stouk Brokera
Wyoming Avenue
Lal
Wat
Init
Sy Am
Sie
A.T
Leccerearsens N
Us. c
N.Y. Central
Aeweed North Pac
Coeenees
North Pac
Bly Hilt
Rock Leland
Turan
Pace
Rugoeth
Horena
London
Daly
Ace
Castoria
Mis
Casorta
Pitteton Gazett
Ely
G. R. Clark
Pittston
Carbondale
Conan Doyle
Doyle
Pioneer City
United States
Hagieton
Stroudsborg
Luzerne
B. Dunney
Arizona
Thomas Belectric Oll
Connolly & Wallace
Atlantic P
Atlantic A
Amory
Lonedale
West
Hslle
Lockwood
Utica
Washington Ave
Court House
Greeyentoga
Elgin
Waltham
Hampden
Atoe
Penn Ave. and
Spruce St
The
Scranton Bedding Co
Lackawanna Ave
Adams Ave
Ceme
Ead
Aesters Nerve Bred CO
Musone Semple
H. C. Sanderson
Washington
Suruce
Wal
Addi
Cleveland
Ohio
John H. Phelps
Cor
America
Academy OF Music
Pauline Hall
Princess OF
Trebizonde
Ieee Linden ST
Washington Irving
Rip van Winkle
Fentimore Cooper
Nick-Of-The-Woods
Maloney
QLL and Manufacturing CO
West Lackawanna Ara Works
Meridian Biro
Hotel Waverly
Bergner
Kogel's
Tapohmuser Ir
Gor
Filbert
Phileda
Sylvania
Broad Street
Bereet Street
Enon Econ
T. J. Victory
Nadie
Ene
U.S
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