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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1902
Page
4
An ad from the Cleveland Baking Powder Co cautions that cheap alum baking powders can spoil food and endanger health. It claims higher cost but better leavening, longer shelf life, and overall economy by using safer, higher quality powder.
J H W Smith, formerly of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Akron Ohio, has been named assistant trainmaster to J J McCann for the Lackawanna movement. He will have the same authority as the trainmaster in specific duties and will act in McCann’s absence, succeeding J R Stimrett who moves to other duties. The appointment takes effect tomorrow.
The Atwood Morrison company of Stonington Connecticut displays a first floor exhibit at 275 Market Street. The machine spins first time doubles and twists in one operation, belt driven spindles replace hand drive, promising higher quality and lower floor space with minimal labor. Trade invited to inspect as demand grows for their ball bearing broad foods quillers.
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western board lineup for today includes W. Dunne at 10 pm and G. Staples at 8 pm. Bisbing is listed among the attendees with timing noted.
A fragmented OCR dated Hoboken rail notices lists several crew names and shifts. Mentions of conductors Gilligan Haggerty Fitzpatrick and others, with times 7 am 10 am 2 pm and various instruction cars schedule details across January and June.
The Erie company plans a washery at No shaft to process large culm piles. The Lackawanna Railroad installs an octagon shaped Nageabanty at the Lackawanna avenue crossing opposite the Young Men’s Christian Association building. George Kuech of Audenried resigns as bosso carpenter with Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal to become superintendent of Silverton colliery at Minersville. George B. Gay of Pottsville is named general superintendent for Maryland Smokeless Coal with duties in mines and coke plants and rail operations, based in Belington W Va. Also noted are Vice President C. H. Warren, General Superintendent Wents, and Chief Engineer Joseph O. Osgood of the company.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey conducted an inspection tour visiting Lerainton officials. Federal union No 8875 will meet Sunday at Grand Army hall to discuss affiliation with organizer Hugh Frayne of the AFL. A Rankin Pennsylvania plant set a world record, producing 586070 pounds of finished steel rods in 24 hours and aims to beat monthly tonnage. Workmen reseal walls at Lackawanna station as Railroad YMCAs held a conference with J G Watson and others. A British report notes possible resumption of Filfila iron mines and limited phosphate expansion due to a government decree against British capital. A Swedish acetylene gas generator uses a rubber ball regulator to control carbide gas flow.
Anthony Wonlisti aged 48 and his 16 year old brother William, sons of Charles Koniski of 6 Theodore Street, stole $12 from their father yesterday morning and fled to parts unknown. The father said he believed they planned to go to New York or a large city to see the world. Police have wired their descriptions to nearby towns.
The report details instituting No 61 at Wilmington in February under Supreme Commander Sir George Stover Jones and a series of grand ceremonies. It notes recent visits to Western Pennsylvania, Carnegie commandery in Allegheny County, and a San Francisco death of a notable officer. It lists upcoming public installations in Carbondale and Reading, with novitiates and elaborate councils planned in Williamsport and Park River North Dakota.
On February 11, the Old Fell House in Luzerne hosts a centennial commemoration of coal as fuel, tracing the moment Jesse Fell in 1862 tested a coal fire at the log tavern on Northampton Street. The event notes the grate, court sessions, and early lodge organization at the inn, detailing building history and landmark rooms.
The article traces ownership changes of a historic coal relic site now run by N H and F J Wells, two progressive German American hotel men, in a city deep in mining history. It describes a centennial celebration planned for February 11, the old pioneer grate shipped to Philadelphia in 1876, its theft and recovery, and ongoing renovations to the fireplace by Ferdinand Lange and Herman Fry.
New York trading showed no broad stock advances as professionals trimmed gains and profit taking weighed on the market. Sugar and Amalgamated Copper led, while International interests and Wabash, Western Union, and St Lawrence posted gains on dividends and Canadian connections. Total volume about 445,000 shares with US bonds steady.
Fragmentary text mentions flour at a creamery with storage and a bushel measure. The readable details are garbled and fail to establish a coherent event or entities. No dates or clear actions are discernible.
A confused market report shows mixed wheat prices with steady tones for No. 2 and No. 1 elevators and nearby futures. Butter and eggs hold firm while butter and cheese mark modest gains in a day of narrow market movements across regions and delivery points.
Chita cattle receipts reached 4400 with Taxina and beef cattle steady. Prices show good to prime beef, poorer grades lower, stockers and feeders 25 cows 81.5. Sheep receipts 1000 with heavy lambs lower and good to choice western yearlings fed.
Chicago market notes show mixed grain moves amid unclear demand. Wheat and corn futures fluctuated while cash quotations held firm for flour, spring wheat, red and white corn prices and related commodities.
East Buffalo January 26 cattle receipts light to dull with mixed prices. Veal tops around 8.79 per head. steer and heifer receipts about 11,000 show dull but steady demand. Sheep and lambs: top lambs around 5.0, culls to good 4.0 to 4.75, wethers 4.0 to 4.75, yearlings 4.0 to 4.75, total receipts about 5,000 head across cattle and sheep.
Train departures from Scranton to New York Philadelphia Oswego Syracuse Montrose Buffalo and local towns listed with multiple daily times. Services include morning noon and evening runs on the Bloomsburg and Albany divisions with some Sunday trains and special rates to nearby destinations.
Art and Nature ceaselessly develop Lake Lodore as a premier excursion site. Last year’s improvements transformed the resort and this year’s grove work is set to be equally transformative. Booking is underway with Mr. W. L. Pryor of the Delaware and Hudson company directing sales from Luckawanna avenue depot.
Fragmentary timetable notes show trains from Scranton and Wilkes-Barre to Philadelphia via Pittston with Pullman buffet cars and multiple intermediate stops. Connections extend to Harrisburg Baltimore Washington and Pittsburgh. Additional through services to Sunbury Marlington and Wilkes-Barre to other eastern destinations.
The Southern Railway offers a single fare round trip to New Orleans Mobile and Pensacola from February 4 to 10 with return by February 15. Extensions to February 28 require a ticket deposit with a joint agent by February 15 and a fifty cent fee. Travel time is about thirty six hours with Pullman sleeping and dining cars Philadelphia to New Orleans. Charles T L Hopkins, district passenger agent, 828 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, provides information.
New Jersey Central service notes trains to New York Philadelphia and intermediate stops. The Quaker City Express departs Scranton at 7 50 a m and 2 10 pm Sundays with through cold vestibule Pullman service for Philadelphia and Reading via Allentown and Wilkes Barre. Tickets available only at station agents.
Fragments show train times and routes to Carbondale Honeadale Wilkes and related points. Timetables reference local stops and evenings with several numbers and abbreviations.
The New Jersey Central railroad is the sole line with Pullman service to southern resorts and the Charleston exposition, with one car change, lowest rates, and quickest time. Pullman reservations secure and baggage checked through. Inquiries to J. S. Hwhisher, district passenger agent, 602 West Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton.
Those planning travel may contact the local Lackawanna railroad agent who will arrange all details. He handles transportation berths reservations and language checks through to destination and provides rates folders literature and other information. Sleepers and day couches to Chicago require one car change to California as described.
A garbled OCR note lists train arrivals and departures between Carbondale and Scranton with multiple stations and times. It references weekday and Sunday schedules, various destinations including New York City and Norwich, and mentions p.m. times and observed halts along the line.
Fragmentary OCR notes list train names and times between Midietown and Sewburgi with mentions of duties and schedules. The text references New York connections and Sunday trains, but details are unclear and partially garbled. Names and places appear inconsistently due to transcription errors.
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