This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1902
Page
4
Royal Baking Powder Co at 100 William Street New York issues an official notice likely related to business, advertising, or regulatory matters. The brief item records the firm’s address and corporate identity without additional context or dates.
A car foremen’s association is formed by builders inspectors master mechanics and painters from railroads in this city. The group will meet again at the Trailroad Younes Men’s Christian association on Lickawanna avenue to elect officers and set by laws. Members include L T Canfield I T Canfield president and J W Kurnety secretary with others from Delaware Lackawanna and Western Philadelphia and Reading and Central Railroad of New Jersey.
William Hanley operates the restaurant at the Delaware Lackawanna and Western station, continuing a local dining tradition in the railway hub. Hanley manages staff and menus, inviting travelers and residents to dine within the historic setting.
Master Car Builder L. T. Canfield plans a large addition to the smith shop and is obtaining estimates for more upgraded machinery. The White Rat dining car from the Lackawanna line undergoes a repaint to a greenish tint after white enamel, drawing Pan American visitors. The Lake Forest and the Pamera private cars are in overhaul and brightened with new paint. Nearly 800 of 1,000 box cars ordered from A C F have been received, with the rest due in two weeks as another thousand are to follow.
The Lackawanna Railroad reports most of its ALCO locomotives ordered in the past year are in service with excellent performance. A fresh order for six additional engines is being filled. Ten are due from Schenectady shops next week, forty from Schenectady and twenty from Cooke shops. Delivery from Cooke shops to occur this year.
The scene describes the usual rush of work prevailing at the Dickson shops of the American Locomotive Works in this city, highlighting the bustling activity and heavy labor typical of the period.
Work progresses on substantial orders for engines. The firm is building locomotives for the Cincinnati and New Orleans railroad, Texas Pacific, Toledo St Louis and Western, Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis, St Louis and San Francisco, Chicago Union Transfer, Minnesota Land and Construction, Mononmalel Connectting, and Journey & Lowehlitt. About twenty engines for the Lackawanna railroad near completion with delivery in coming weeks.
Friday and Saturday listings show crews and extras for Hoboken and nearby yards. Notable names include Van Wormer Me Laney Lattimer McDonnell and McGovet with various departure times and assignments on February 1 and 26.
M L Smith of the Lackawanna is confined at home by illness. A painted sign appears on the Central and Ontario and Western freight house. Perry of US Express visits Lackawanna operations. Central Railroad of New Jersey orders 1000 box cars 20 passenger coaches 750 hopper cars 500 gondolas from American Car and Foundry. Harlin and Hollingsworth building 30 coaches for Central. 60 locomotives by American Locomotive.
Ailing sentiment kept trading muted as operators shunned new speculation while notable moves emerged in Delaware, Lackawanna and Western and Amalgamated Copper. Some gains were erased by profit taking with total volume around 485000 shares and broad declines in several issues.
Financial notices from Scranton area entities list overdue mortgage and tax assessments for multiple companies including People's Street Railway Dickson Manufacturing Co and Scranton Traction. Entries reference interest rates and due dates with scattered OCR errors but indicate liens and municipal assessments. The fragmentary record notes Township School and City of Scranton taxes and related assessments amid a roundup of local utilities and transit firms.
A fragmented OCR item lists dairy products and groceries with prices such as butter at 34.00 and creamery items, along with assorted terms like flower, throne, storage, and bushel. It references possible shop names and addresses but details are incomplete and unclear.
New York markets show dull trading in wheat with slight declines and mixed closing figures. Corn and oats follow the trend with weak to steady closes while dairy prices edge lower on creamery and cheese varieties amid broad liquidation.
The report notes steady firm demand for live poultry with increased western shipments and receipts. Butter and lard markets show quiet activity while hogs, cows, and eggs reflect mixed regional fortunes. Grain futures hint at cautious price moves as western regions send barley and oats to market.
Fragmentary price report from Chicago markets shows wheat and corn trading with downshifted and unsettled quotations. Numerous garbled terms obscure specific grains, quantities, and local station names but indicate lower prices and broad activity across staples.
Fragmentary OCR passage with mixed names and numbers about people, cattle, prices, and places. Most details are indecipherable. readable bits mention cattle, prices, and locations but lack coherent events or outcomes.
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered financial figures and items such as a $4 546 amount, references to lanes and flowers, and multiple unreadable phrases. The readable data includes a dated note from January in East Buffalo and miscellaneous numbers and terms, but most content is indecipherable. No coherent event or person can be reliably identified.
Unclear text fragment mentions Fort Liberty and various numeric tokens and names. Content appears garbled with appended numbers and stray phrases, lacking coherent events or identifiable entities. No discernible actions, dates, or outcomes emerge from the readable portions.
The provided OCR appears garbled with nonsensical phrases and irregular spacing preventing extraction of clear entities or events. No identifiable people places or organizations are present to summarize into a factual news item.
Garbled OCR shows a train schedule with Erie Railroad Wyoming Division. Mentions trains to Tralee Cor New York and Kewhorge with times such as 7.20 a.m. and 22 p.m. appears to reference arrivals midday and other stations, but text is unclear and partially unreadable.
Scranton timetable details the Delaware Lackawanna and Western trains to New York Philadelphia Buffalo and Oswego Syracuse Utica Montrose Binghamton and local branches with specific departure times including 1.40 92.16 0.05 7.60 and 10.05 a m and later services on the Hooter and Bloomabore divisions. Ends mention daily Oswego Syracuse Utica service at 2. a m except Sunday and evening connections.
Fragments describe a rail timetable with stops at principal intermediate stations including Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburgh. Mentions westbound and eastbound services with parlor car, pullman accommodations, and weekly schedules around June with due times and halt points.
OCR fragment shows rental and property terms across multiple towns with dates, prices, and locations including Wilkes Barre Carbondale and Pennsylvania. Details are incomplete and many terms are garbled, but the note references leases, rates, and addresses in various locales.
The text lists scattered names and places including New Jersey Central, New York, Wilverter, Soni Fem, XR, Vraine deave Suidnton, Willacdus Hil, Hawton, and Mogneih. Mentions transit routes, dates like 27, and references to Philadelphia and Sandy. The passage is garbled with numerous misspellings and unclear context.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.