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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1896
Page
2
A man grows confused and hypnotized by a looking glass above the mantelpiece. His eyes fixate on the mirror as if a secret power draws him, leaving him unable to look away. The scene ends with a tease that the story continues.
Robert Graham leaves a quiet country town to seek literary fame in London. He joins a bachelors club of press men, endures setbacks, then visits a haunted country house at Christmas where his resolve to write falters. He confronts loneliness, old ambitions, and the lure of a real moving story.
The text presents several humorous vignettes. Pat the industrious workman endures a soggy day and quips about being drier than his employer. A New Orleans waitress named Rachel is mocked for mangling English while on an errand for a French roll.
Marjorise watches two small dogs frolic in the street and asks her father if he wished to be two dogs so he could enjoy himself as they do.
A fragmentary quote shows a speaker asking about Stred and a reply describing him perched awkwardly with gout, using a vivid old timey voice. The text presents a curious exchange with no clear event or date.
Washington Letter notes pressure on congressmen from office seekers and outlines how Civil Service rules have reduced patronage. It explains the removal of about 40 000 political appointments since prior Republican control, leaving around 122 000 positions open to merit by examination.
A guide lists exemptions from examinations for government service including private secretaries to the president and department heads, Indian service workers, attorneys in department cures, and specific cashier or deputy roles in customs, post office, and internal revenue. It notes a few general exemptions for small offices and a rule for positions tied to private business or combined remuneration and living costs.
A Wyoming Avenue store announces a Monday morning display featuring a winter country life scene and moving mechanical figures. The display costs over $1,000 and opens with a sale offering deep discounts across all stock, including dresses, hats, coats, and wool garments, with sale lasting through the coming week.
Directory style listing of doctors specialists surgeons and attorneys in Scranton. Includes multiple physicians with offices on Adams and Wyoming avenues, surgeons, veterinarians, and a large roster of lawyers with Commonwealth building and other downtown offices.
The text discusses limits on civil service duties and pay, conflicts with military and foreign service, and possible dismissals amid partisan tension. It cites Rule 2 prohibiting dismissals or salary changes based on political or religious views and urges penalties for misconduct irrespective of affiliation.
An old promotional claim touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a 50 year trusted remedy for teething pain gum soothing wind colic and diarrhoea. It is sold by a druggist worldwide at twenty five cents per bottle.
A fragmentary timetable lists Lehigh Valley Railroad and connections to New York Philadelphia Scranton Carbondale Wilkes-Barre and western points with times like 6.45 a m 12 06 and 9 50 11 30 p m among scattered numbers and names including Albany and Crogs Beranton.
Rail notice from 1896 lists train times from Scranton to Philadelphia New York Pittston Wilkes Barre White Haven Hazleton Pottsville Bethlehem Easton Reading Harrisburg and other coal region points. It promotes Black Diamond Express services and Pullman cars with routes via D L & W and Lehigh Valley lines and notes Scranton office at 200 Lackawanna Avenue.
The notice lists express and accommodation trains serving Del and Western lines with timings to Easton Trenton Philadelphia and the South plus connections to Buffalo Utica Ithaca and Northumberland Nanticoke Plymouth and other destinations. Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches are available on all express trains with pocket timetables and inquiries to M T L Smith city ticket office via the depot.
Central Railroad of New Jersey timetable lists trains from Beranton to Pittston Wilkes Barre and beyond with daily and Sunday departures. Includes connections to Atlantic City New York Philadelphia and other destinations with express parlor car options and return times. General Superintendent J H Olhausen oversees operations.
Trains depart Scranton for New York, Newburgh and intermediate points by Erie as well as Hawley and locaints 706 p m and 2 28 p m. Arrivals at these points occur at 10 23 a m, 3 18 p m and 0 p m.
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