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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1901
Page
4
The Scranton Tribune published daily except Sundays by The Tribune Publishing Co. with LIVY and RICHARD as editors and 0. F. Byxb ee as business manager. New York office listed, postal matter is Scranton’s periodical. Readers urged to sign real names for letters and editorial revisions noted. Advertising rates and policy outlined with page layout notes and miscellaneous changes.
Ragged service at Scranton Failway backs up crowds with overcrowded cars during peak hours. Passengers report delays and discomfort as trains run late and poorly staffed on a busy day.
The Tribune announces prizes to spark bright writers in Northeastern Pennsylvania to craft stories drawn from mining legends and industry life. It aims to spark interest in mining traditions, with future contests depending on results and local literary growth.
Editorial argues that delaying session to midweek helps lawmakers gauge constituent sentiment on state capital trends. It urges no new offices or raises, resists press restrictions, endorses genuine reform, and calls for prudent use of state funds while noting voters will judge bills sent to the governor.
The text argues judicial reform aims to ease access to federal courts for all citizens and reduce labor-capital conflict. It claims the bill’s motive is to boost Scranton’s 20th century prosperity without provoking strikes or harming merit, warning that missteps could stagnate business and limit employment opportunities.
The piece analyzes opposition to a bill granting governor appointive power for city offices, arguing the main fight centers on extending the gubernatorial term beyond the next municipal election. It notes court doubts, parallels with county controller law, and potential partial constitutional issues. It also touches on political maneuvers and local editorial satire.
Fragmented OCR lists numerous state nicknames and stray terms from a Chicago Record page. The text strings together many two word phrases like Golden state and Buckeye state, with odd spellings and runs of inconsistent punctuation, lacking a clear event or narrative. The result reads as a garbled catalog of U.S. state monikers rather than a coherent news item.
A fragment recounts a family vignette where six year old Leonor meets President McKinley and Mrs McKinley. Leonora speaks boldly to the pictured watch, mistaking the portrait for Dewey, prompting Ma McKinley to gently correct her with humor.
George Ade observes a solemn Japanese procession in Klota Edo. He stays reverent and uncovered, misinterprets the rite as a funeral, and learns the guide’s confusion as a misunderstanding. The scene notes Japan’s growing advertising influence and curious public displays.
A collage of short anecdotes and snippets: a frontier highwayman scene on a canyon trail ends with a quick reveal and the thief fled. Queen Victoria praised Wellington boots in a witty royal exchange. naval engineer Bulstrode outlives alarms with a stubborn vacuum gag. a convict’s timing tale on a train amuses an Ashwal J. Esre account. and a humorous Towne Depew exchange crowns a column of witty quips.
The exchange features Mr Towne praised for delivery and diction while Senator Depew compliments the rhetoric then quips about understanding the speech. Depew reacts with hearty amusement to Towne's witty retort as others in attendance laugh.
Miscellany reports river lengths and waterfalls, import exports to America, a Mumbai Sorosse club, a women’s motto, a Rome Tealy race, Maine population shifts, German naval plans, cattle range reseeding, irrigation in Georgia, Michigan peach yields, Liberia emigration, Dead Sea changes, pig iron production, a gaseous fuel find near Texas, and a Greek barber in New York offering a new hair-cutting method.
SITUATION WANTED BY YOUNG GIRL AS news girl Myrtle Eldred 1200 Lauiyette abert. SITUATION WANTED HOUSEKEEPER OR Manager of a public institution by a lady with many years’ experience best of reference Addrew Housekeeper Tribune office Carbondale.
Sale a farm of acres, 4 miles from Factoryville, 20 minutes walk from Keystone Academy. Pleasant country home site with reasonable price. Also money to loan any amount from 4 to 6 percent. Call on XN Walker, 404015 Connell Building. Army recruitment seeks unmarried men 18 to 23 from United States with good character for service in the Philippines. Apply to Olden, 15 Wyoming Ave., Scranton.
Proposals for the construction of superstructure masonry for a steel bridge abutment and a stone arch bridge over Keyser Creek in Archbald and Taylor are invited. Bids must be filed at the county surveyor office in the Lackawanna County Courthouse by specified March 1901 deadlines. Attest: W. G. Daniels, Clerk.
A dense OCR snippet lists lawyers W Thayer Patterson & Wilcox and A W Bertiole, physicians W K Allen and W L Amoreau, and various local services in Scranton. It notes offices on Washington Avenue, Mulberry Street, and Main Avenue, with utilities, printers supplies, and musical offerings by Bauer's Orchestra.
Scranton routes list departures and arrivals for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western line. Times cover southbound and northbound services to New York Philadelphia Stroudsburg Owego Syracuse Montrose Nicholson Kingston Plymouth Northumberland and Buffalo with Sunday trains noted. Minor OCR errors present but timetable structure preserved.
Lehigh Valley schedule details various routes and times to Philadelphia New York D and H connections. It lists Black Diamond Express departures to Reading Bethlehem Pottsville and Geneva along with connecting cities and Pullman service notes.
Scranton schedule details for trains to New York Newark Elizabeth Philadelphia and other points. Includes rates services to Wilkes Barre Pittston Honesdale and other cities with departure times and connections. Also lists stations in New York and Philadelphia and notes about through tickets and November 25 1990 timetable in effect.
In 1900 a time table lists travel from Tralee to New York via Wirke railroad with connections to Newburgh and Canaly points. It notes arrival at Sormintey at 10 90 am and 10 com with Scran remaining at his a.m. aid 224 p.m. and lists meel points Hawley and meel.
Bargain sale features final prices on silks and dress goods including odd pieces and short lengths from regular lines. High grade fabrics sold at low prices with careful selection for regular trade offering dress lengths waist lengths skirt lengths and children's dress lengths.
An advertisement notes prices for various wool fabrics including all wool plaids checks stripes and mixtures at eight cents for the finest quality nine all wool plaids camel hair plaids and heavy wool mixtures.
A local ad promotes silks at 45 cents for taffeta and Sarah Silks, 60 cents for fancy silks, and 88 cents for best fancy silks, with former prices up to $1.75. The note claims better quality than any market competitor and highlights a large assortment of light and dark colorings.
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