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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1898
Page
3
An eye specialist argues for routine eye examinations for public school pupils, beginning at birth, to prevent childhood eye strain and later blindness. He urges home eye-care, warns against home remedies, and supports school based screening with records and referrals for treatment.
Jesus and His disciples pluck grain on the Sabbath and are challenged by Pharisees. He cites David and the priests to justify hunger time, then proclaims authority over the day, heals a man with a withered hand, and upholds mercy over rigid ritual to define the Lord's Day as for doing good.
John KR Proctor writes for the Century on a Kentucky rail journey along the Louisville and Nashville line. Observers will find Muldrow's Hill marking the northern escarpment of a limestone plateau as the road climbs and continues southward toward the central limestone landscape.
The description details a limestone plateau in the southern escarpment of central Tennessee and Edmonson County near Mammoth Cave. It notes three streams Nolin Green and Barren Rivers and extensive underground drainage forming hundreds of circular depressions called sinkholes. Cave systems develop where surface water drains into caverns and underground streams.
In a witty exchange from Puck style chatter, Handel Barr notes Tyre's most aggrieved bicycle face yet while Wheeler recalls Tyre appeared fine on the prior visit. Hondol Barr mentions Tyre wanting to borrow a wheel for a four day country trip.
A humorous exchange shows a barber claiming fourteen years in his trade while another quips about taxidermy, sparking a brief joke within a scene likely from a periodical cartoon panel. Grimshaw weighs in with wry reactions, adding a touch of satire.
Fragmentary timetable lists departures from Wilkes-Barre to Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburgh and the West at 7.30 a.m. on weekdays 10.15 a.m. for Hazleton Pottsville Reading Norristown and Philadelphia 3.12 p.m. daily for Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburgh and the West and 6.00 p.m. weekdays for Hazleton and Pottsville.
Trains on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western route run Monday November 21 1897 from Scranton. Ex press trains to New York Philadelphia and intermediate points depart at multiple times with connections to Buffalo Utica and Williamsport. Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches available on all express trains and pocket timetables offered by W. Smith depot passenger agent.
Train times from Beranton and connections to Albany Saratoga Montreat and New England points listed with numerous departures to New York Philadelphia and other regions. Complete schedules and ticketing available at the depot with special attention to western and southern resorts. J. W. Burdick G P A Albany and W H ChosS D P A Beranton listed.
Trains from Scranton to Philadelphia New York and other coal region points listed with times. Diamond Express services noted. Pullman sleeping cars on Wilkes-Barre to New York route. Officials Rollinel and Nonnemacher named for Philadelphia offices and Scranton station at 209 Lackawanna avenue.
Train times for routes to New York Newark Elisabethport Pottsville Reading and Philadelphia listed with express and local services. Connections via elevated railways ferries and Long Island Railroad noted. Through tickets available at station. H P Baldwin general passenger agent J H Olhausen general superintendent.
Trains leave Scranton for New York Hawley and local points at 7 04 a m and 2 2 p m Arrive from above points at 10 23 a m 4 15 and 6 88 p m Effective Sept 19 1897 for Erie railroad and Wyoming Valley services.
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