Nightlife amid fog and rumors in the city alley
In a smoky alley a detective recounts a night of shadows and talk. McManus, bouncers, and patrons fill a low-ceiling room as chatter centers on Wah-Wo and a young woman tied to a Dover Street incident with tensions rising over alleged involvement and doubts about the alibi.
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McMianus
Rowalkee
McManus
Diam
Dia
Charley
Jim
Lynde
The
Herald
Penlow
Tribune
Penlory
Hell's Kitchen
Sheehan
Mac
Kerrigan
Mike
Wah-Wo
Dover Street
The Dead Girl and the Chinatown Dog Mystery
In a dim bar, Lynde and McManus discuss a murdered girl known as Lily White and the silent dog that guards her memory. Suspects include Wah-Wo the Chinaman and the dead girl's lover, as the group suspects jealousy and ties to Chinatown speak to a grim, unresolved motive. The dog appears to know the killer, and tension builds toward a conclusion.
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Mac
Lynde
McManus
Charley
Wah
Cealthness
Consolidated Press
Dana
Pa Allright
Caithness
Painter
Lettine
Stormey
Vieting
Lily White
White Ti
Chinatown
Moe
Tamminy Sccmndal
Tit
Lil
Penlow
Lynd
Poulow
Wah-Wo
Catthness
Magnet to catch a magnate remark by a bishop
A Canadian bishop visiting a college teased about magnets. A professor wished to keep him there with a strong magnet. The bishop retorted that it would be like setting a magnet to catch a magnate.
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Harper's Bazar
Wall Street Notes and Market Summary of January Trading
On the New York Stock Exchange today 74,288 shares shifted with 783,000 in bonds. Industrials led activity near half of total, with sugar rising on talks of Senate action on raw sugar duties. Leather and Chicago Gas showed mixed moves amid dividend chatter while bonds moved little. London and Morgan syndicate shifts had minimal impact. Produce and commodities sections report dull wheat and corn markets, steady to easy options, and unchanged dairy and meat prices. Buffalo and Chicago live stock markets show cattle firm, hogs lower, lambs down modestly.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Chicago
Ghaéiy
Moloney
London
St. Paul
New York Life Inerrance
Morgan Syndicate
William Linn
At.len & Co
A. P. Campbell
Spruce Street
Bay
Sivas
Zaye
Western
Continent
South America
Pittston Inventor Solves Trolley Wheel Slip Issue
A Pittston man T F Gardner developed a simple inexpensive device to prevent trolley wheel slip on electric cars. The brass ears with springs fit existing lines without changing handlers or switches, and can be tested cheaply on current equipment. Gardner, a barber by trade, has filed for a patent and created eight models including a car fender.
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Pittston
Scrantonian
Mr. Gardner
Gardner
R. Patterson & Son
Philadelphia Tallow Market Report Distilled
Philadelphia market notes show tallow prices with multiple grades in various containers. Oil City prices list crude oil and Standard Oil Company bid at $1.50, reflecting regional trading activity and price levels across early January.
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Oil City
Standard Oi Company
Rail network shifts as companies expand and reorganize
The Chicago Great Western plans an extension to Mason City linking with Iowa Central while Pennsylvania lines pursue by law changes and leadership reshuffles. Boston offices close by Feb 1. New York becomes general offices base and vice presidents may be added amid broader Pennsylvanian consolidation.
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Chicago Great Western
Iowa Central
Mason City
Atchison
New York
Chicago
Boston
The
Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Terre Haute
St. Joseph
A Freight Hobo Defuses Duel Over Slur
A tall black freight yard laborer sits on a platform as a stocky man accuses him of slander. The pair exchange words and a challenge but settle the dispute with a stamp payment and a handshake before going for a drink together.
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Steve Hollister
Mt Lookout breaker rebuilding contract awarded to Wyoming man
The Mt Lookout breaker rebuild contract has not been awarded yet while shaft sinking preparations proceed. John Lloyd of Wyoming has secured the awarded contract for the work. The Pennsylvania reports weekly coal and coke movement east of Pittsburgh and Erie at 407,096 tons for the week ending December 28, with 281,893 tons coal and 126,203 tons coke. Year to date tonnage reaches 22,405,298 tons, up 6,788,291 tons from the prior year.
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Mt. Lookout Breaker
John Lloyd
Wyoming
Whir
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Erie
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Aioe
Wall Street Review
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Ontario
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Phila
Reta
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Texas
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Aim
Chicago Board OF Trade
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Eee
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Scranton Jar & Stopper Co
Scraun‘on Glass Co
Spring Brook Water Co
Kimburet Boulevard Co
Wee Ia Scranton Axle Works
Osee Third National Bank
Scranton Packing Sonseeeneenn
Scranton Savings Bank
Eeenee Scranton Traction
Horta Plate Glass Coe
Scranton Car Repliver Co
Scranton Glass Co
Scranton Winerion Co
Scranton & Pittston Trac. Co
Ees
People’s Street Railway
Lucka
Valley Trac
Dickson Manufacturing
Lacka
Township
Winton
Sae
Radway
Botti
Toledo
Jun
L—Chase
Washburn-Crosby Co
Washburne-Crosby Co
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LOUN
Philadelphia
Ol Market
Railroad Notes
Lehigh Valley Railroad
W. Carnoran
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg
State Commission
Attorney General
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Pennsylvania Lines
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Pennsylvania Ines
Pennsylvania System
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M. H. Dale
Dr. Peal
Peat Manicunn Cs
Cleveland
John H. Phelps
Wyoming Avenue
Spruce Strost
Hammond
Hammond Typewriter Co
S. Sixth Street
F. A
A. J. Branda
Spruce St
Dufpont
Wwata
Henry Belin, Jr
Wyoming Ave
Sorenton
Third National Bank
Pilsener
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Lestersa
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Royal Medicine CO
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Matthews
Cole
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