Building Boom Clouds for Carpenters as Costs Soar
In the city a wave of large constructions like the Young Men's Christian Association building and a new silk mill promise a busy season. Architects note material costs have surged with hemlock, tin, steel, and hardware up sharply, while tensions between carpenters and employers may limit small projects.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Grand Army of the Republic
Harvey Blackwood
Architectu
Collins-Hale Manufacturing approves capital stock increase
Stockholders meet at the Coal Exchange building to approve raising capital from 40000 to 75000. Funds will enlarge the factory in South Wilkes-Barre, buy machinery, and provide working capital plus to pay a 310,00 mortgage. Directors re-elected include Kaschenbach Spoerl Collings Hale and Gunater. The firm, started in Scranton, moved to Wilkes-Barre recently and reports strong demand for upholstery.
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Collins-Hale Manufacturing Company
Edward Guneter
Coal Exchange
South Wilkes-Barre
John Kaschenbach
E. Spoerl
A. l. Collings
C. EE. Hale
Edward Gunater
C. BE. Stegmatler
A. A. Bterling
Kaschen
Brakeman Fired Over Morristown Smallpox Joke
A D L & W brakeman shouted Morristown a sixteen cases of smallpox as the train arrived. The remark to the Morristown station was reported to the local health board. Superintendent Depuy ordered an investigation and the joking brakeman was discharged.
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Morristown
State Board of Health
Board of Health
Depuy
Stroudeburg
Wildcats Dispatch Rowed Schedule for March 1990 Board
The Del aware Lackawanna and Western board for today lists Wildcats, South events scheduled Thursday March 1990. Times include 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. starts with participants J Enule Carmody Ludlow Nauman Randolph noted, reflecting a morning lineup.
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Wildcats
South
M—J. Enule
Carmody
Ludlow
Nauman
M—O
Randolph
Doan's Kidney Pills Offer Back Pain Relief
Scranton resident J. G. Stephens recounts severe back and loins pain, saying Doan's Kidney Pills provided relief after trying doctors with no success. He bought at Matthews Bros. and notes a quick improvement, continuing treatment left him feeling much better. Sold by all dealers 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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J. G. Stephens
Green Ridge Avenue
Dean
Matthews Bros.' Drug Store
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Doan’s
Summit and Town Line Race Teams in Daily Schedule
The document lists multiple figures and crews with times for a transportation or parade event. Names include Staples McDonnell McAlister Van Vielt Hammitt Ga hahan Secor Masters Townsend Burkhart Cavanaugh Beavers Houger Moran Murphy Cawley Magovern O'Hara Castner. Activities involve pulling, pushing, passenger engines, and various captains and crews across morning to evening slots, with a focus on lineups and order of processions. The fragment suggests a detailed timetable for an organized movement or racing event with many participants and assigned leaders.
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G. T. Staples
A. J. McDonnell
K. McAlister
G. Hill
Vin Sam—E. van ‘Vielt
Femc
van Vielt
Om Tok G. Hammitt
James Gahagan
Hisbing
F. EB. Secor
M—. Bennett
Ionm
J. Mosier
C. Bartholomew
Ao Case
H. T. Fellowsen
Masters
Townsend
D. Secor
Mj. Burkhart
Cavanaugh
Finherty
Hennigan
Mann
M—M. Carmody
John Gahaman
Railroads expand locomotive orders as engines roll out
The Maine Central Railroad plans four new engines from Schenectady Locomotive Works New York. Lehigh Valley reportedly ordered twenty mogul engines from Baldwin to haul trains on the Packerton to Coxton mountains. Delaware and Hudson conducts regular fireman exams for possible promotions. The Honesdale branch opening increases demand for engineers. Rogers Locomotive of Paterson has three freight and one passenger engines for Georgia Southern and Florida Railway and three ten wheel locomotives for International and Great Northern.
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Maine Central Railroad Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Lehigh Valley
Baldwin Company
Packerton
Coxton
Delaware and Hudson
Honesdale
Rogers Locomotive Company
Paterson
N. J
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company
International and Great Northern Railroad Company
Old Roman Streets and Dangers of Nightlife
The article describes crowded Roman streets shaded by tall overhanging buildings, damp with frequent slops splashed from upper windows, and perils from thieves at night. It notes watchmen, iron lattices on windows, and rising tenement heights despite edicts.
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Rome
Pliny
Egypt
Nero’s Rome Aided by Fire Reforms Attributed to Calamity
The article argues Nero’s reign, despite brutal acts, spurred major urban remodeling in Rome. It cites Landan’s view that rebuilding after the 64 AD fire reshaped city planning with stricter height limits and fireproofing. It notes public squares and porticoes, and rules to isolate houses and broaden streets to reduce future fires.
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Nero
Rome
Landan
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