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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
5
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A list of names from the Tribune Junior Educational Contest was received yesterday. The note questions word usage and permissible proper nouns for the contest, asking about section titles and Tribune word counts.
The piece promotes travel to New York City for the holiday season with rail options and theatre and church scenes. It urges readers to buy tickets through the nearest railroad agent and notes December dates and festive events across the city.
Announcement of new through passenger service from Washington to Jacksonville via Michie Virginia and the south on Southern Railway. Train No. 2p will depart Washington about 8 am, stopping at Washington station and arriving in Jacksonville with Pullman sleeper and dining car service. Includes full Southern Railway schedule via Lynchburg and Danville.
A Tuesday congressional debate centers on new bills to punishly death for attempts on the president and other high officials. The measures extend to immigration controls, special court terms, and penalties for aiding anarchist causes, with provisions about felonies, moral turpitude, and political crimes. The plans also fix court schedules in Pennsylvania and regulate jury sizes for circuit and district courts.
The Nickel Plate and its connections operate semi weekly tourist trains offering sleeping car accommodations. Reduced fares apply for travel to western points with meals and bedding provided at no extra cost. Service departs Boston Mondays and Wednesdays, San Francisco Tuesdays and Fridays, with special rates and assistance for families, especially those with children. For full train details contact FP J Moore at 20 Main Street Buffalo.
Dor, Dh Prices reasonable. Afternoon and evening event features poné fancy articles and home-stitched cinishes. Fresh produce and tight ves treshnicule served.
A holiday event in Blin Park features stalls, candy and cake for sale and a ride. The fair runs Thursday afternoon and evening and all day Friday December fund and home. The Punch cigar brand remains a leading attraction.
The Hatton case centers on whether statements and evidence could be admitted, with defense objections about statute of limitations and self incrimination. The judge sustained an objection that the evidence preceded the indictment, the verdict of not guilty directed, and costs placed on the county.
The business men's sub committee urged arbitration to settle the street railway strike. General Manager Silliman rejected the proposal, while the strikers' executive committee accepted. The Recorder asked both sides to submit differences to a board of arbitrators. Letters from Scranton leaders quoted.
Waldron arrives with 10 horses including draught teams and business pairs. The sale offers rodders pacers and assorted sizes and colors. Second aged off horses from various owners to be sold. Auction begins promptly at 1 p m at Cu e l c k s stable in the afternoon.
Dr D J Stafford of Washington DC will lecture at the high school auditorium this evening on Dickens Power and Pathos. The noted speaker has appeared here before and promises a packed house as the town awaits his discussion of Dickens works.
Unable to determine coherent event from the text. The fragment mentions a photograph of a baby and a gift to a father, with garbled wording about presenting a likeness and a surprise related to Christies morphs.
Our Holland Brand Coffee is storiliged in roasting. It proclaims itself as a purely unadulterated coffee with a stated reputation for purity, strength, and flavor. Special 2c lb, finest tea and coffee quality advertised by Qo Spyies Sheer.
Diarized note reports N. Dy Leet relocating offices from the First National Bank building to Wyoming Avenue and Spruce Street near the Pocono Sewers area, with adjustments noted around Apruce Street and related sites.
Three allied companies led by Congressman Connell and the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Rapid Transit plan to ask common councils for fifty miles of street railway franchises in Scranton. The move would absorb the Scranton Railway and its defective title, replacing it with a modern system funded at four to six million dollars and tied to the Lackawanna Valley Rapid Transit network.
The Liederkranz of the Sorun ton gave a creditable Alusic Hall performance of Fritz Lorenz Der Schatagraeher last evening before a capacity audience. The opera follows a Durgemeister who arranges a marriage for his friend's children amid a town council-in-hiding setting. The buried treasure legend from Parthculler Dietchen's grandparents drives the plot and complications arise as the tale unfolds.
Advertises olive oil at 1.19 per half gallon and olives on special. States 25 cases available and 35 cents per quart bottle with no minimum quantity specified.
Premium cigars listed with prices: Garcia Conchas five dollars per box, Vencedora Conchas four dollars seventy five cents per box, Ernest Havana Brevas ten cents and two dollars twenty five cents per bundle, Porto Rico Brevas one dollar per twenty five bundle.
The Consumers' Gas company plans another attempt at a franchise after an earlier failed bid. A. do and PJ. Casey and Arthur Long are noted as interested parties in the effort.
A jumbled report cites former Senator M. J. McDonald as company attorney discussing tensions and proposed measures. The draft references ordination style procedures, timing of actions, and restrictions, with multiple garbled names and phrases obscuring concrete facts.
All our goods are bought direct from importers and offered at best family prices with no prizes or schemes. Imperial Tea and Coffee Co announces direct sourcing and low prices at 22 Spriwe Biren.
Fragmentary notice advises making an appointment for portraits to avoid waiting at the studio. It emphasizes comfort and ease during the Yuletide season and suggests prioritizing a scheduled session.
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