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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1898

Page

8

Christmas Day Decorations at Camp Mackenzie

Camp Mackenzie Augusta Ga residents celebrated Christmas with elaborate street arches and banners. Companies F W D C and others built arches pine holly and banners in national colors with scenes and memorials for fallen soldiers. Private Levy Bunnell led decoration work while Captain Hobling staged a Santa Claus visit and a festive dinner for Company V. General Gobin praised the revelry as staff observed the camp festivities. Richard J. Bourke

Scranton Tribune Mackenzie Augusta Der Che Filicerm S @eleck Ethothe Baldieve Ji Alurist A Choplinstadt Tayior Levy Bunnell Company Fo Co. F Ifth Regiment Scranton Pas Company C Wright Scranton, Pa Hobling Meses Gobin Santa Claus Daniel Tubbs Philadelphia James Dwyer Lewis M. Reese Reading Gobbin Richard J. Bourke

The Annual Clearing Sales Begin This Week

The article announces a department wide clearance with special sales and reduced prices for spring and summer orders. It explains terms like a quarter a third and a half off meaning the proportion of reduction from regular prices, and notes there is more to come.

Sales of Linens And Domestics Feature Week

A market scan highlights linen and domestic goods at unusually low prices with careful sourcing from markets and manufacturers. The principal feature of the week emphasizes value and serviceability for shoppers seeking good quality items at special rates.

Muslin Underwear Sale Declares Reduced Display Items

The catalog notes articles from mi lady's wardrobe made of Cambrics Lawns Nainsooks and Laces both domestic and imported that have become mussed soiled and wrinkled by handling in display. Prices are reduced to near wholesale values to clear stock.

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Bottomless Pit Haunts Johnsonville Rail Line Mystery

Industrial notes describe a vast bog near Johnsonville on the Hangor and Portland railroad. Despite years of work by the Bangor and Portland line, a deep pit remains, swallowing gravel and ties with trains inching by and safety measures in place.

Bangor and Portland Johnsonville Hangor Bangor Miller Johnsonville Station Bangor and Portland Railroad America Lewis Warner Mt. Bethel Eravel

Rail developments and mine work headline northeastern line notes

A Philadelphia Record summary reports on rail and mining activity including the Bottomless Pit drainage project at the pit site, surplus earnings and potential stock division for the New York Ontario and Western Railway, and Ontario and Western earnings. It also notes tunnel drilling by Gi BE Markle Co at the Old Pink Ash workings, a major explosion at North Cornwall furnace near Lebanon injuring none, and J F Lorre named B&O terminal agent in Washington.

New York, Ontario Ontario and Western Gi. BE. Markle & Co Jeddy No. 4 North Cornwall Cornwill Lebanon Lackawanna Steel Company Boranton J. F. Lorre Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Washington, D.C Legge Baltimore and Ohio Washington North American Coal Company Wilkes-Barre A. Shefford New York A. K. Anthony N. W Buck Mountain Lehigh Pennsylvania D. B. Martin Pennsylvania Railroad Lehigh Valley Railroad Philadelphia Record

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