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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1901
Page
4
The notice states a flat rate table for advertising space per inch with terms to be used within one year. It mentions rates for display and other classified ads and notes that further rates are available on application.
A city industrial firm requests discontinuance of The Tribune noting the paper is acceptable but too much of it is consumed by employers in reading it. The issuer explains by letter that workers are reading the paper during work.
A workmanlike court ruling in New Jersey swiftly convicts criminals in the Jennie Bosschieter assault and murder case. The piece argues justice should be universal and warns of social ills from industrial life and the mistreatment of women.
The United Mine Workers national convention votes to remove the anthracite agreement from the national executive board, favoring a negotiated settlement and opposing a 10 percent raise with a 10 hour day. The piece discusses corruption, municipal misrule, and the need for elite restraint to curb bribery and blackmail in politics and business.
The Utica Press reports a proposal to dedicate a Welsh day at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition. Director General Buchanan favorably considers the plan and suggests forming a program to inform Welsh societies nationwide, with an elatedfod seen as the likely featured event.
The state legislature appointed commission reports tomorrow in Harriaburge on direct statewide senatorial elections. It argues the parity method, with nominations in political conventions and state delegate elections, would end deadlocks and improve representation while freeing legislatures to legislate. The piece also critiques reforms, press freedoms, and political corruption in broad terms with various examples and opinions.
Readable segments recount distant events and figures across nations and places. Names such as Virginia governor James Minnie and New York leader John day appear alongside historical notes on explorers, Indian rulers, and early American figures. The text blends misread spellings with archival mentions of treaties, battles, and cultural references.
The article notes chicle from Mexico as highly valuable, compares revenue figures from the tobacco industry across historical years, and describes a thirty four mile drainage canal with a permanent life line of a strong wire cable. It also mentions winter navigation efforts and railroad officials using hallroad automobiles for short trips and imports.
The article discusses Zanzibar and Borneo La Boan cotton goods trade with Gray cloth reexport under the name Americans, printed kerohlets worn by native women, and stamps paid in Borneo and La Boan reaching £70,000 in 1999 while letter postage costs exceed the remainder, suggesting funds circulate globally.
The February issue of The World's Work highlights Americanism and national spirit with essays on The Great Empire by the Lakes, immigration changes, and biographical sketches of Rhodes and Kitchener. It previews features on industrial progress, law and justice, and a push for youth education through Young America magazine with awards for bravery and civic lessons.
Unclear text outlines qualifications for joining the U S Army. Mentions age, citizenship, character and temperate habits. References language skills in English and a special service in the Philippines. Provides an address for information.
Official timetable notice for Lehigh Valley Railroad routes to Philadelphia New York via D & FR and Black Diamond Express with multiple daily departures to White Haven Hazleton Pottstown Towanda Elmira Geneva and Buffalo via D&H DRL and connections. Includes Pullman parlor and sleeping car service between Wilkes-Barre and New York Philadelphia Buffalo and other points. Contacts include Cortland New York Scranton and South Bethlehem staff with ticket and Pullman reservations.
Train times list departures and routes from Scranton to Carbondale Wilkes Barre Albany and Honesdale with weekday and Sunday services. Includes earliest morning and evening trains and note on lowest rates to all United States points. Signatures: Cros and Albany.
Rail timetable fragment lists connections from New York to Newark Elizabeth Philadelphia Bethlehem and beyond. Mentions train departures and arrivals, service to Princeton Wilkes-Barre Pottsville and additional points with limited legible times and routes.
The notice lists train connections between Erie and Wyoming Valley with intermediate points. It notes trains bound for New York and Scranton arrival times at 10 pm and 1 pm, with several garbled place names and dates.
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