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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1896

Page

12

Transportation's rise fifty years of the Pennsylvania Railroad

A retrospective review traces Pennsylvania transportation from canal networks and canal era to the founding of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1846 50 years of rapid growth. It highlights canals first then the Portage road and the shift to locomotive power under J Edgar Thomason, with milestones across states and rival routes, and notes evolving travel times and freight rates.

Pennsylvania Philadelphia Times Pennsylvania Railroad Union Philadelphia Interior West Schuylkill Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Susquehanna Chesapeake and Delaware John Stevens Columbia New York Juniata Cincinnati Portage Huntingdon Johnstown Alleghenies Pittsburg Broad and Vine Streets Groad Street Columbia Bridge Harrisburg Charles Dickens Columbia Railroad Arger America Sipes Hollidaysburg Ahenselven Sunbury and Erie Charles L. Schlatter Conemaugh Baltimore and Ohio Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Cumberland Shank Pemesey Georgia J. Edgar Thomason Delaware County John Thomzon Lewistown Thomson Great Allegheny Mountains Lewiston Tyrone Altoona Great Tunnel Youngstown Ashtabula Toledo Walhonding Valley Ohio Little Miami Goveland Pittsburgh Michigan Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Trinois Toledo, Peoria Western Mississippi Baltimore Northern Central Baltimore and Potomac Wilmington Atlanta Florida Pennsylvania Central Public Works New Jersey Pennnsylvania Delaware Maryland District of Columbia Virginia West Virginia Indiana Imnois Kentucky Thomas A. Boot George B. Roth Salls Dr. Egle Dauphin County Pennsylvania Canal Harrisburg and Lancaster Middletown Good Fork John Bull Chicago Alexandria Wyoming Wilkes-Darre Luzerne

Loyal Dog Brings Comfort in Grief

A speaker laments a lost world and finds solace in a dog's loyal affection. The dog rests his head on the speaker, offers a lingering lick, and calms deep sorrow with quiet closeness. The poem concludes on a note of simple happiness found in canine loyalty.

Pattison Seen as Democratic Presidential Hope in Chicago Convention

The piece surveys Robert E Pattison as a leading Democratic presidential prospect. It notes his youth in politics, reform record as Governor of Pennsylvania, wide support across states including New Jersey Delaware Maryland and California, and backing from party leaders like William F Harrity. It highlights Pattison’s domestic life and character, and references past interactions with Grover Cleveland and party strategy for Chicago.

Philadelphia New York Herald Robert Emory Pattison Am Great State Seare Pattison Grover Cleveland James A. Beaver Pennsylvania Ngain Keystone State Philadelplia Chestnut Stret National Bank The Treasury Cleveland Pacific Railroad Sterling Jeremiah 8. Black Samuel J. Randall Allentown D Pennsylvannia William F. Harrity Democratic National Committee New Jersey Delaware Maryland California North Carolina Chicago Harrity Mr. Pattison Overbrook Pennsylvania Railroad Montgomery County Banking and Insurance Company Chestnut Street Broad Street Misa Anna B. Simith Lavinia Russell Pattison Robert Emory Pattison Jr Littl Robert Robert Henry Pattison Methodist Episcopal Church Quantico Church of the Covenant Eighteenth Street Spruce Bible Union International Reson General Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South Ecumenical Council Washington, D. C Dickinson College New York Pattigon Willam L. B Scott Erie

Holy Sepulchre Visit Echoes Sacred Ruins and Prayer

The narrator describes entering Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre area through dim halls crowded with pilgrims from many nations. He notes the mingling of relics and ruins, the throng of worshippers, guards, and bells, and reflects on faith, reverence, and the human impulse to seek meaning in sacred spaces.

Figaro Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem Orient Holy City Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre Mohammedan Jerusalem el Komamah Mary Magdalen Chapel of Saint Helena Christ Chapel of St. Helena West Tim

Origin of money to burn phrase in colonial tobacco era

The phrase money to burn derives from a period when tobacco served as currency in the American colonies. In trading towns, farmers and traders accepted tobacco as a quasi money, circulating widely and sometimes valued like cash before coinage and paper money became standard.

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