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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1902
Page
8
A young woman examines the baking powder question using Cleveland’s Baking Powder and a Cleveland receipt book. She shows cake and rolls finer than the baker’s and at half the cost, while ensuring no alum and guaranteeing purity and wholesomeness.
A long item from Susquehanna reports wage increases for Erie Railroad workers including enginemen and conductors, with prospects of a February 1 implementation. The piece also covers court cases, church reopenings, local weddings, and varied community notes from Forest City to Montrose, including a humorous anecdote about a man with a baby in a depot. It mentions Revivals, town meetings, and early 20th century small-town life in Susquehanna County.
Exclusive wire reports Joseph Maluaivick of West Hazleton was acquitted in a three day criminal court trial over Louie Yesconkie murder after the jury returned a verdict in the afternoon session. The acquittal ends the high profile case in Wilkes-Barre.
The Lackawanna Railroad to add four hundred miles of copper wire to its main line for a complete telephonic system. Expansion covers Washington to Scranton, with plans to extend to New York Elmira Buffalo and Syracuse regions. Telegraph service remains in use under Western Union contracts.
At 10 oclock yesterday morning the last fire was drawn from blast furnaces at the North mill of the Lackawanna Tron and Steel Co. The remainder of the plant will be dismantled and shipped to Buffalo for future use as the site prepares for a mammoth electrical plant.
Today's board roster lists crews and conductors for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western, including names such as Etris Baat-S yp Me Binerty Togati VanWormers Top Martin W. A. Haythole Hiew's Crew and many others with times noted for operations and car assignments across Hoboken and related yards. The document records personnel for brakemen, conductors, and trip crews along with vessel and equipment references and shift notes for mid January.
Boston Jan. 2k Exclusive View reports Schofield senior partner of Schofield Whicher & Co bankers and brokers shot himself at his Newtonville home after a day at the office. Financial reverses cited. partner Whicher says affairs of the firm are intact for now but exact condition unclear for days. Also from Saratoga Caleb W. Mitchell longtime figure shot himself at the door of State Senator Bracket’s office. formerly village president, ousted from office years ago.
Mitchell ran a saloon and club in the area once used as head quarters but was closed by village authorities. He later attempted to close the Baratoge club but failed. He previously ran restaurants in New York City and Washington. He was the fifth in his family to die by his own hand and was believed to be mentally unbalanced for years.
Moses Epps, the man in charge of dynamite at the Portieth street shaft, was arrested on homicide charges after the Monday explosion that caused multiple deaths. He testified there were twelve boxes of dynamite, each with seventy five sticks, with a daily usage of about one hundred sticks and regular fresh supplies.
The Lyceum Wirmness and Carner Stock Company performed My Uncle from New York and Brother Against Brother at the Academy of Music yesterday before large crowds. Specialties between acts enlivened the evening as the troupe prepares matinees of The French Spy and Wickers London later today.
The Shaw on Dulane week presents The Innocent Maids burlesque and vaudeville company led by privateerual artists with lavish production. Opening piece A Wooden Woe wan features twenty Scrub Woman’s bar actresses plus a double sextette and noted acts Madden and des. The show ends with the lively Lottery Ticket and plantation numbers, with automobile boys and policemen in chorus. Matinee every day.
A musical extravaganza titled A Trip to Buffalo gains fourteen weeks in Buffalo and tours to principal cities. The production features a three act, seven scene format with Will Loraine as composer and Harry H. Marshall as author, supported by a forty-member company and a large chorus of dramatic performers.
Advert describes Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as an internal remedy to remove catarrhal poison from blood and relieve nasal and throat mucous membrane inflammation. It cites a Rochester testimonial praising relief after months of sprays and inhalers and notes tablets are cocaine and opiate free and sold for 50 cents.
The readable fragment mentions comedy production and European influence, suggesting a regional theater or dramatic work. No clear names, dates, or venues are discernible.
The New Sawtelle company performs at the Academy of Music next week opening with The Angel of the Alley. Sullivan and Pure Tit present a lively production featuring Sieilassan Hen Al, Kugwh, and Chaeles Whatthers with Millie Corbin and Mac and Mie.
The New Jersey Central railroad provides exclusive Pullman service to winter resorts in the South and Charleston exposition with only one car change. It promises lowest rates and fastest travel, with reservations secured and baggage checked through. Inquiries directed to J. B. Swisher, district passenger agent, 02 West Luckauwtina Avenue, Serinton.
Readers are urged to contact the local Lackawanna railroad ticket agent who will arrange every detail of a trip. He provides rates, berths, reservations, baggage checks, descriptive literature, and all necessary information. Travel includes sleepers and day couches to Chicago with only one car change en route to California.
A dated timetable lists New York to Philadelphia and Boston routes with departures around 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. It includes connections to Oswego Syracuse Utica and Albany with daily and Sunday services. Details cover mileage, arrival times, and train numbers across multiple lines, including mainline and feeder routes.
Fragmented OCR lists travel by New Jersey Central and related destinations. Mentions cities like Philadelphia Wilkordiane and Lebanon with scattered times and stations, reflecting a travel or freight itinerary through multiple destinations and dates.
Time table notice listing trains between Wilkoware, New York, Philadelphia, and intermediate stations. Mentions Pullman parlor and sleeping cars on all trains, Lehigh Valley connections, and suspensions bridge notes. Provides names of officials and offices in New York and Pennsylvania for tickets and reservations.
Partial timetable fragment shows trains to Carbondale and Scranton with fares 2.00 to 8.60 and times around 2 PM and 3 PM. Mentions Withee Barre, Tah, Ly V1 1 Polate, and routes with several stops and points noted in unclear OCR.
Train schedule lists movements between Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburgh with multiple intermediate stations. Passenger service from Wilhene Harre to Pilate includes vestibule car transfers and named stops such as Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburgh. The notice appears dated March 4 and signed by J. O. Haldchisbos and Wood in positions of general manager and president.
The Wyoming division reports new bagls and lature diate points meant to guide arrivals and intermediate poles. Arrivals at 43 1 mi near Midiletown and Aywley with intermediate pole actions planned. funds for ongoing projects are unclear.
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