Remarkable Growth in Tin Plate Industry
The article reviews U S and Pennsylvania tin and black plate production from 1890 to 1899, citing figures from the U S Treasury and Pennsylvania Industrial statistics. It notes large gains in 1899, with expanded workforce and wages, and asks whether Lackawanna County will appear in the next report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pennsylvania
Lackawanna Board
Bureau of Statistics
Tnited States
Treasury Department
Ayer
Bureau of Industrial Statistics
Department of Internal Affairs of
Tnning
Pennsylvania Black Plate
Lackawanna County
Piar
Wildoats South and Wildcats North Train Schedule Notice
A dense listing shows train movements for Wild Oats South and Wildcats North with multiple times and crew names. The notice also mentions a temporary change to Brook's schedule and a general call for crew until further notice, alongside an advertising line for Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills.
Railroads Announce Hamburg Kansas City Excursion Rates
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers Kansas City round trip excursion tickets at one first class fare for the trip, with July 1 to 3 departure and return by July inclusive. Tickets exclude the Pennsylvania Limited and require continuous passage. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway sells 100 mile mileage books for 40 dollars, with a 10 dollar rebate on use up, effectively 2 cents per mile. Ask local agents for full details.
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Kansas City
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Take Shore
Michigan Southern Railway
Ita
Northern
Lake Shore
National Republican Convention Ticket Sale Notice
Agents of the Lackawanna railroad offer round trip tickets at the one way fare for the round trip. Good from June 11th to June 26th inclusive for travel to Philadelphia for the June 19th National Republican Convention. Tickets valid for return travel.
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Philadelphia
Lackawanna Railroad
Postmasters See Salary Increases Across Pennsylvania
The post office department completed its seventeenth annual readjustment of postmasters salaries nationwide. In Pennsylvania the gains outpaced losses with over one hundred changes up and eleven decreases. Local examples include Scranton 3400 to 4500, Dunmore 1000 to 1700, Jermyn 1000 to 1100, Stroudsburg 1500 to 1900, Forest City 1900 to 3400, Hawley 1200 to 1900, Kingston 1500 to 270, Nanticoke 1600 to 1700, Towanda 2200 to 2500.
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Post Office Department
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Dunmore
Jermyn
Stroudsburg
Forest City
Hawley
Kingston
Nanticoke
Towanda
Merritt Reaches Retirement Age Amid Europe Leave
Washington June 15 Major General Wesley Merritt of the United States Army on leave in Europe reaches the age limit for retirement tomorrow. He effectively severed his direct connection with the army after being relieved of duty at Governor's Island, where Major General John R. Brooke succeeded him.
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Washington, D. C
Wesley Merritt
United States Army
Abscene
Europe
Ife
Aemy
Governor’s Island
John R. Brooke
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