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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1900
Page
4
The Pancoast mine at Throop extends its main and airshafts toward the Dunmore vein 625 feet below the surface. A 35-foot fan will supply air to three new veins, with a 20-foot fan currently in use. Night drilling uses compressed air. superintendent C. D. Sanderson oversees the improvements.
The 1899 mineral production value at the mines and furnaces reached $1,211,361,861, a record high. Net value after deductions stood at $1,118,780,890, with 99.9 percent year over year increase. The US led globally in coal, salt, iron, copper, silver, lead and many metals, reporting 252,115,587 short tons of coal and large quantities of iron, copper, zinc, silver, and gold.
Del aware Lackawanna and Western board lists June 8 schedules for Wild Cats South and North trains with multiple stops and times. Notices announce June 9 special excursion Scranton to Heart Lake and yard work in Scranton, requiring crew calls and timetable copies for ten time table changes. Salisbury, Superintendent.
Under this heading short letters of interest will be published when accompanied by the writer's name for publication. The Tribune does not assume responsibility for opinions here expressed.
A reader urges publication of a Franklin Academy reunion article highlighting distinguished alumni. Names include Charles Buckalow, C L Cimpert er, Luther Kidder, Garrick Harding, F B Streeter, and judges from Pennsylvania, plus leaders from railroads and Scranton figures. The note calls for attendees to attend on the day set in June and recalls Horace Greeley’s address at the 184 great exhibiton.
A disrupted program records the Harford Cornet Band reunion on June 14 with performances by the band and Soldier's Orphan School Band. It lists a dinner, speeches, and a cemetery march followed by an address titled Auld Lang Syne by Julius Tyler, closing with formal remarks by B. S. PL Mite and W. Thatcher.
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces the 1900 Summer Excursion Route Book to be published June 1 by the Passenger Department. It guides travelers to Eastern resorts with routes and fare, includes maps and scenic half-tone cuts, and lists over seventeen hundred routes. Available at ticket offices for ten cents or twenty cents by mail from Broad Street Station.
The Lackawanna Limited runs daily via Niagara Falls and the Wabash with no car changes between Scranton and St Louis. It departs Scranton at 1.55 p m and arrives St Louis at 2 p m next day. Luxurious sleeping cars and dining car service priced competitively. Through Pullman space available on request to Delaware Lackawanna and Western agents. New observation cars replace regular parlor cars between New York and Buffalo.
Passengers on the Lake Shore Limited, famed as the world’s finest train, enjoy three onboard libraries with standard and popular novels, reference books, magazines, weekly illustrated journals, and leading daily newspapers.
A game between Carbondale and Scranton high schools is planned for today and promises a spirited rivalry. Vlovey and Brooks have issued a push to victory with a costly baseman's glove. The teams enjoyed solid practice yesterday as they prepare for the match.
The article lists a full lineup including Philipa, Harrington, Tropp, Corbett, Harris, O'Reilly, Kann, Dawes and Walters with Dawes as right held and 19 o clock start. It notes students should attend to encourage players and that the literary society meeting yesterday was well attended with Mr Hooven summarizing the year and Beatrice Morris and Rodrigues highlighted performances. Additional remarks point to upcoming paper improvements by Kobatachinck and planned prize contests ahead of term exams starting next week for lower classes.
A sales-style note extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal remedy for blood troubles, scrofula, pimples, kidney and bowel diseases, and fever. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. M. E. Powers claiming rheumatism relief after using Hood's Sarsaparilla.
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