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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1901
Page
4
A long, fragmentary OCR piece discusses Harper’s Weekly on Senate power and executive limits, German parcels post, and mixed local civic notes. It references The President, Congress, and public duties, plus German and American postal details and a San Juan incident, ending with satirical local notices.
A garbled historical notice outlines parcel handling rules including sealing wax for valuables and restricted perishables. It mentions delivery by road, special delivery terms, and government charges for packages by weight. details are obscured but indicate procedural postage steps and penalties.
A garbled 19th century text discusses Israel W. Durham and a public affair related to Rettor dpaay, with references to The Republican organization and local figures. The passage includes distorted names and unclear events centered on a political or social controversy in a city, mentioning observers and a work setting.
The notice market offers low cost placements, six cents per word, with agents sought and a Buffalo ad placement clue. Includes listings for a young man needed in a drug store and an Order of Thitlalors seal request, with postal box in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania.
Multiple short help wanted notices read like old classifieds. Items include female and male help wanted, ages, duties such as housekeeper, cooks, gardeners, and office work. Addresses provided in broken text indicate various households seeking workers or task-specific labor.
A fragmented Scranton page lists multiple local ads including Joseph Kuetted proprietor, Creston House, and Wm. Ghyvestia menswear, plus a Wilkes-Barre railroad timetable for Lehigh Valley lines with departures to Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Buffalo and western points, and notices of stations and ticketing.
Scranton citizens contend with the Water Company over water pressure and pricing. A city committee warned that proposed charges could rise and force costly infrastructure, while residents push for stronger public water protection and affordable service.
A damaged notice announces a mortgage and related provisional terms. It names the Colliery Engineer Company and mentions April dates for actions, with reference to a sale and redemption procedures. The fragment references a trap of interest coupons and a pledge tied to a property mortgage.
OCR fragment lists architects and firms including Frederic K Bros and Clarke and Co with references to Washington avenues and Stanton Virginia. It mentions preparations for college and a school of law, plus scattered phrases about property or debts and a legal context, but the text is garbled and largely unreadable.
The readable text fragment references Sunday opiate topics, local notices, and potential public health or county actions. It mentions places, dates, and organizations in jumbled form, with unclear event details and names partially legible. The exact events and outcomes are not clearly specified in the damaged OCR.
Readable segments mention Wing Lokwtt and Nonbek with unclear context. Other phrases reference Indianapolis and various terms suggesting a community notice or brief item. Details are too garbled to identify a clear event, date, or participants.
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