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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1894
Page
6
A narrator recounts delivering a disputed dispatch through Soissons, Senlis, and other towns, eluding Uhlans and Cossacks, earning praise from Spain, then returning to Napoleon who questions the mission and the messenger’s safety. The tale blends peril, courtly intrigue, and personal bravado with vivid battlefield detail.
A damaged reminiscence from Harrison Go Indiana recounts years of hip joint disease and illness. The speaker notes medical trials and eventual relief, crediting a life-saving discovery and a recovery aided by a supportive father and health restoration.
Napoleon commends Brigadier Gearard after a tense interview, declaring he would have trusted him and ordering the strangest moment to pass. The Emperor promises a special medal of honor for Gearard, noting his thick head and stout heart in the army.
A folk verse and sketch of a Detroit Tribune piece recount a corn cure recipe and its humorous recital in the morning light. The text also touches a departed soul aboard a river crossing, mocking caveats and boasting a monopoly on a route, with a stubborn line at the rock.
A fragmentary Old English style poem explores a woman who is not sweet nor fair nor wise yet exerts a powerful unknown spell. The speaker calls her enigmatic and elusive, an incarnate mystery of negatives, described as an intangible flame and a riddle.
Anthracite coal line advertises cleanliness and comfort. Timetable lists Scranton to Pittston Wilkes Barre and connections with express and parlor car options to New York Atlantic City and Philadelphia. Through tickets available via ticket agent. general superintendents named Baldiwn and Olhausen.
Train schedule page lists Scranton departures to New York via D and H R R plus connections to Pittston Wilkes Barre Bethlehem Reading Harrisburg and extending to Buffalo Chicago and Niagara Falls. Pullman parlor sleeping cars on all routes. Officials Rollin H Wilbur and C S Der announce schedules and agent A W Nonnenmacher in South Bethlehem.
A dense directory of medical practitioners with addresses and daily hours. Includes Dr G Edgar Dean Dr A J Connell Dr W E Allen Dr C L Frey Dr L M Gates Dr John L Wentz and Dr Kay detailing offices on Wyoming Avenue Penn Avenue Commonwealth Building and related residences and available clinic times.
A dense OCR of Scranton agencies lists numerous attorneys and offices including Jessups Hand Patterson Wilcox and others in Commonwealth and Library buildings. It also notes law and real estate services, a school of the Lackawanna, and Worcester Kindergarten and School opening terms with addresses on Lackawanna and Adams avenues.
Dr William A Tapt Specialty in porcelain crowns and bridges, Odontothrenpla, Offie 4 North Washington avenue. C TAY Bach Surgeon Dentist, No Wyoming Avenue. R M Stratton Office coal exchange.
The Republic Savings and Loan Association offers loans on easier terms and better investment returns than other associations. Call on 8 N Callender at Dime Bank building. G R Clark & Co seedsmens and varserymen operate stores at 146 Washington Avenue and 124 North Avenue with telephone 78.
Scranton, Pennsylvania manufacturer of wire screens listed with addresses on Lackawanna avenue.
The snippet lists lodging houses with proprietors and locations in New York and nearby areas. Elk Cafs at 17 Lin Avenue mentions P Ziegler as proprietor and Westminster Hotel with W G Schenck as manager. Scranton House sits near the D L W passenger depot. Architects EB L Walthr and FL Brown are named with office locations in Williamsport and Bernanton.
A letter from 1894 touts Campbell’s Magic Worm Sugar as a universal remedy. The writer claims successful worm expulsion, reporting a 45 foot tapeworm and urging readers to inspect the specimen in a store.
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