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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1902
Page
8
A practical cooking receipt advertisement invites patrons to request free bread making guidance from The Royal Baker. Include postal address to receive the full guidance package.
Scranton capitalists back a new Automatic Telephone Company to manufacture Harloe insulator and equip a central exchange in the city. The venture, led by Morton Harloe and backed by Automatic Electric, plans a Chicago linked plant with a large building, extensive tooling, and a workforce of over four hundred as orders from the Winds Telephone and Telegraph Company and others flow in across Pennsylvania and beyond.
Attorney D B Replogle applies for a charter for Harloe Insulation with headquarters in Hawley and a factory to be built immediately. Shareholders include John F Welsh president Hawley Mark Tuttle secretary Jewry Hawley Myron Tl Snyder Hawley W S Bloes Peckville George BE Shay Peckville. Capital stock set at 100000. The insulator, invented by Morton Hurlee of Hawley, grips wire without standard fasteners and can be made from glass or porcelain. patents secured in the US Great Britain and France.
The今日 board listing shows February 5 and February 6 entries for extras East and related personnel including F. Le Rogers and Hoboke J B. The fragment references the Delaware Lackawanna and Western board with dated schedule items and personnel initials.
Lukens Tron and Steel buys Reynolds iron works in New Orleans to expand marketing of heavy material. District presidents Duffy Fahy and Nicholls will set a date for a joint convention of Districts 1 7 and 11 in late February. Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Company formed in Chicago with Turley as president and Thorney as vice president. Iron trade remains active with German billets and a 4.25 per ton price basis for Lake Superior ore for next season.
The census bureau reports growth in oleomargarine manufacture from 12 to 44 establishments between 1890 and 1910 with capital at 1 085 016. Wages and material costs rise significantly. total product value reaches 22 855 025 dollars. By product from slaughtering and packing plants is excluded.
District Attorney Jerome proposed an excise amendment to permit Sunday saloon openings from 1 p m to 7 p m. The measure will be introduced in Albany by request after being submitted to Democratic leaders of both the senate and assembly.
Susquehanna area report details Samuel Crawford of Bhermat who survived a severe scalp injury from a patent hay lifting fork. Doctors grafted tiger fur like tissue onto his skull. Crawford now shows erratic behavior and fears becoming a sideshow curiosity due to the animal patterned skin. Financial troubles loom for Chapel Champion Tanning Co. and Ralph Comfort dies of typhoid fever.
A jumble of notes on district politics in Susquehanna and nearby counties mentions Congressman C. Fred Wright as a likely candidate, multiple Republican hopefuls in Wayne Bradford and Wyoming, and local social events. The column riffs on religion, politics, and small-town life, including revivals, club meetings, and quirky sayings about churchgoing, manners, and public notices.
In a feature on tea manufacturing Ceylon tea is described as absolutely free from adulterants rolled by machinery and offering greater strength, presented as the purest and most economical tea for consumers.
timetable notice from Wilkes-Barre to Philadelphia New York via D&WL and D&L, listing trains to White Haven Bethlehem Easton Reading Harrisburg and main coal region routes, with Pullman parlor cars on call between Wilkes-Barre and New York Philadelphia Dulles suspension bridge, and contact offices in Cortland Street New York and South Bethlehem Pa.
New Jersey Central trains list lines serving New York and Pennsylvania routes with departure times from Scranton and Speranton. Parlor cars and through service to Philadelphia are noted, with connections to Avoca Pittston Wilkes Barre Pottsville and Harrisburg. Rates and tickets available at the station through C M Dart and A W Wentz, general superintendents.
Train times listed for the Delaware and Hudson line covering Scranton Wilkes Barre Carbondale Albany and northward. Sunday trains shown with departures from Scranton at 6 20 6 00 8 54 10 20 and 7 48 am and various afternoon options. Details include connections to Wilkes Barre Honesdale Cirbondale and Wees.
The Presbyterian committee on creed revision meets in Philadelphia to continue drafting its report for the general assembly in New York next May. Sub-committees chaired by Judge Edward Humphrey and several ministers work on textual revision and a concise statement of doctrine. Final action is expected on the declaratory statement regarding debatable points in the confession of faith.
According to reliable information received here, the Venezuelan revolutionary steamer Libertador was at Sabanilla January 21 and was to have left February 1 to renew operations against the Venezuelan government. Reports that Libertador sank at Porto Colombi while under repair are contradicted by these dispatches.
A fire in Waterloo, Sp. Feb, caused by lamp overheat burned Si-May El Kushner and two children to death. One other person died, and three were seriously injured as residents escaped the blaze.
Scranton timetable details routes to New York and Philadelphia with arrivals and departures at 7.40 am 1.40 pm and 6.30 pm for multiple destinations including Buffalo Ogden Oswego Syracuse Utica Montreal and Plymouth along with rates and station stops for a Sunday-wrapped service.
Schedule details list train times and routes from Hivanton to major cities including Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburgh. Notes include various intermediate stops such as Pottsville Wilkes Barre Sunbury and Altoona with connections to Pullman cars and packed service on weekdays and Sundays amid rain dates and adjustments. Printed by J. Clintoninson and J. U. Wood as General Agents.
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