Scranton Adopts Metallic Telephone System at New Exchange
The city completes a modern metallic circuit exchange on Adams avenue enabling direct long distance service to Carbondale Forest City and beyond. With new lead covered cables and a Western Electric switchboard, 800 subscribers shift from old instruments as busy operators adapt to faster service and fewer disturbances from electric railways and lighting.
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Telephone Exchange
Adams Avenue
Scranton Exchange
Scranton
Western Electric Company of
Chicago
Carbondale
Forest City
New York
Philadelphia
The Amati Violin Case of a Bunco Plot
A narrator in a French villa befriends a stranger who praises his Amati violin and shares an elaborate tale of poison, jealousy, murder, and a faked crime. The stranger’s plan collapses when a lunatic asylum director arrives, revealing the narrator was swindled by a master bunco artist who steals his valuables.
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Auteuil
Monsieur
Monsieur le Comte
Sein-et-Oise
Craged
Geerét
de Trop
Legion of Honor
Monaleur
Monaleurt
Louis XV
Dialogue Over a Barrel of Apples
A dealer and a driver discuss what to do with an unopened barrel of apples bound for Mr. Bricktow. The dealer insists the barrel remain unopened until he directs, fearing misopening if left to Mr. Bricktow.
Miscellaneous Historical Prices Across Early Ages
An assortment of antiquated costs across eras and places. It cites prices such as Trass at 140 a ton, a cloak at 60 cents in AD 72, paper at a fraction of a cent per quire, shoes for seven dollars in various eras, and items like oysters tunics hats and robes with varied coinages. It presents a collage of marginally connected price references.
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Charlemagne
England
On This Western Shore A Poem by Anon
A poem recalls a speaker seated on a wet shore watching ships and memory winds. The verse blends youth, longing, and nostalgic images of pine scent, apple blooms, and unseen fate as waves wash the feet. Anon signs the piece as the author.
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Dowi
Anon
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Maning
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Denis
George
Oro
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Julius Caesar
A. D
Napoleon
Rome
B.C
France
Pericles
Venice
Mary
Germany
Louis TX
Amsterdam
Pittston Ave
Willow
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