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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1901
Page
4
The firm listed as sole agent for foreign advertisements announces its role in processing mail matter of world-wide origin. Read as entered at Scranton post office for mailing and delivery.
A fragmented notice describes pricing per inch for classified ads, future year estimates, and a required furnished application. It notes a change in rates and outlines trademark terms, urging readers to review sufficiency and compliance for proper publication.
The estimates committee opened with a bold plan to raise the recorder secretary’s salary from 0 to 1500 pounds yearly. The piece notes the move’s audacity and asks who currently fills the recorder secretary role.
Council discusses salary parity for five police magistrates guided by December 1899 to December 1900 finances. Central City precinct supplied 71 percent of cases and fines. proposed division allocates 80000 to First district and 80000 to Second district with other towns affecting total payouts. A new ward plan reallocates districts and mayoral action looms with miner hospital bill in Harrisburg.
The national executive committee of the United Mine Workers will meet in April in a named city. The dispatch warns against threats to widen coal field disputes and to press for recognition, noting a two year strike and the danger to broader economic stability. It urges vigilance and education on Arbor Day values in Scranton and discusses conservation and renewal of forests and urban tree avenues.
The Marseilles strikes cripple the city’s prosperity with Anil 1,000,000 to local industry and 2,000,000 lost in wages. Trade fees drop to about 8,000,000 weekly, retail sales fall 10 percent, and capital withdraws from French firms rise. Paris shopkeepers struggle to meet rents amid ongoing unrest.
The General Conference abolished the traditional itinerant pastorate in the Methodist Episcopal Church marking a shift in church policy as the denomination moves into modern domestic missions. A. C. Wheeler's tribute in Harpers Weekly reflects on the differing views among clergy and laity as the old order yields to the new.
The passage laments the demolition of the Black Bull tavern in Holborn once frequented by Betsey Prig and Saley Gamp as Dickens would regret. It recalls the Syracuse metro area crowd and argues the falls of a bridge resulted from prolonged warnings ignored by authorities.
Daily horoscope notes a child born today will see limited success for reform efforts unless salaries rise. The piece mocks officeholders and notes skepticism among Scranton citizens toward reform, urging caution and wisdom in official conduct.
The piece promotes a popular exchange service offering real estate, sales, and situations wanted listings. It advertises small classified ads at a low rate and notes an exception for situations wanted. The ad mentions locations and contact points in a generic city setting.
WANTED FIRST CLASS STENOGRAPHER AND Remington operator good salary to the right man Address Manufacturer care Trilne WANTED EXPERIENCED BINDERY GIRL Trilune Bindery WANTED A GOOD GIRL FOR GENERAL HOUSEWORK city reference Apply Madiaan Avenue WANTED GIRL FOR GENERAL POST WORK Apply with reference Mrs T Brooke 100 Linden Street MARTIED MAN NO CHILDRENPOSIT position steward janitor caretaker or work of any kind G Tribune office A FIRST CLASS COACHMAN WANTS A SITUATION with private family cares of horses and garden address W K 834 Penn Avenue care Schnoll YOUNG MARRIED WOMAN WANTS HOUSE work cooking or work sleep at home Tribune office SITUATION WANTED BY A YOUNG MAN AS A WORKER AND TYPIST references small salary Address Wesley IL Weaver Lopen Sullivan County Pa SITUATION WANTED BY A YOUNG COLORED gentleman as a cook good reference William Pennington 420 Penn Avenue WANTED MAN OF ABILITY WOULD LIKE position of responsibility Good salesman capable to manage business or attend to aid advertising and correspondence Address U 2 Tribune office
For rent a store in the Tribune building now occupied by the Times with desks steam heat and electric light. Also 1200 feet of floor space on the fourth floor suitable for light manufacturing including heat light and power. Enquire at the office.
Property rental note lists a half double at 698 Taron Avenue with one room for 18 dollars and a unit at 1608 Pine Street offering rooms for 10 dollars.
The minister confronts Mr Wu after a newsroom visit about a claimed weekly wage of 150 dollars. The minister denounces the lie, stating the reporter is not worth 25 a week and refuses further access, insisting on revising the value of the minister's communications.
The article notes a 24 percent jump in operating Pennsylvania bituminous coal mines from 705 to 983 between 1900 and 1910, with Somerset and Armatinge counties doubling numbers and Cambria near doubling. It lists county by county gains and highlights copper and aluminum developments affecting mining power and electric mine locomotives.
A fragmented listing shows addresses and names across Scranton and nearby avenues. Mentions include J C Spaulding at 220 Broadway Lew ork, Frederick L Brown architect at 124 Washington Ave Scranton, Jessup & Jessup attorneys, Edward W Thayer attorney, The Elk Cafe at Franklin Ave, Scranton House near depot, Victor Koch proprietor, and A B Briggs cleans privy vaults using improved pumps at 110 North Main Ave. Limited context. reads like a directory page with multiple business and resident entries.
A chaotic draft scene shows a poet arguing with an editor over a grievance as comments about Pan and wind imagery swirl. The exchange touches on harmony, reading, and a Sabbath collection that yields sixty three cents.
Timetabled departures and Arrivals for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western route from Scranton to New York Philadelphia Stroudsburg and Oswego with connections to Buffalo Syracuse and Oswego plus local stops Northumberland Bloomsburg and Montrose. Includes multiple daily departures and arrival times across stations and branches.
A fragmented rail timetable lists routes from Albany to Wilkes Barre and other points, with various times and destinations. The garbled text references trains to Scranton and practice connections across Pennsylvania and New York, indicating a broad regional schedule.
Bangor Maine area celebrates Billa Kittredge of Belfant as champion small writer who aged nearly 100 retires with 46 000 words on a postal card. He began in 1587 writing 1 000 and grew to 46 000 words plus the New Testament on four postal cards. His penmanship is famed, using only a steel pen and ordinary ink, never magnifiers, and he has copied speeches and prayers with steady precision.
A garbled OCR passage discusses a minister named Wii and an event at a highway site. It references a newspapher’s questions, a pursuit involving Ford, and an alleged deception during an interview. The text is incomplete and difficult to parse.
Train times listed for several routes from Newark to New York and points south and west. Through tickets available at lowest station rates. H R Bardin General Manager. J W Olualsen Acting Payee.
An old timetable notes Hawley and Wyoming Valley rail connections on the Erie line. Trains depart Scranton at 7.08 a m and arrive at Seattle at 10,000 though the text is garbled, indicating intermediate stops and connections to New York.
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