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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1901
Page
5
An odd ad listing from Scranton Pa outlines advertising rates and terms. It references foreign advertising agents, display, and card of thanks notices with a 5 cent charge for clarified advertising. The garbled table lists prices and insertion terms for various ad types.
In Scranton on March 28, 1901 officials debate ending ward sanitation grants and cede street cleaning duties to a centralized public authority. A street commissioner would oversee operations, aiming to improve efficiency and systematize efforts citywide.
The Philadelphia Press reports on ballot reform and party alignments in state politics. It discusses the Guffey bill amendments, single-column ballots, and the role of reformers versus Maltese majority voters while warning of potential fraud through assistance provisions.
The article critiques ballot reform debates, arguing reformers often lack practical understanding and pursue self interest. It calls for gradual, honest reform, noting distrust of reformers who treat it as a profession and suggesting municipal control of streetcar and water rates as broader accountability.
Yonge at Winchester England mourns the loss of Charlotte Mary Yonge a prolific author whose fifty year influence on young readers endures. Her Heir of Nedelyffe launched a celebrated career and her Golden Deeds book and Histories for youth shaped morals and civic virtue. Her philanthropy funded a missionary ship and college in New Zealand. Her enduring legacy lies in promoting noble ideals in literature.
A newly published pamphlet by Fred Eric W. Speers for the Civic Club of Philadelphia argues for elementary manual training as a social regeneration tool. It traces California sloyd ideas, Philadelphia’s Mt. Airy experiment, and Anna Hallowell’s role in taking school control from the emotional board, with the Mt. Airy school opened in 1829 and revived after near-closure in 1890, under philanthropic leadership and board oversight.
The James Forten Elementary Training School expands under Miss Hallowell’s regime with daily attendance averaging 489 of 578 enrolled. By 1897 officials note the mix of colored and Russian Jewish migrants, English instruction blended with manual training, and promotions by principal judgment rather than formal exams.
The column blends whimsical astrological garble about March and the zodiac with aphorisms on marriage law and truth. It jokes that the agreeable man often seeks something, and notes a fortune predicting early political attention.
The column reviews a doctor from Appleton Wisconsin who promotes germ theory and a volume titled The Murderoie Pads in the Practice of Medicine. It notes prizes offered by Joseph Walker and A Song for demonstrating germ theory claims. It also mentions a stock guide from New York and a large atlas from Laird & Lee, plus a brief remark on the 1900 presidential elections.
An 1881 classified section shows small ads for renting, jobs, and services. Items include requests for office desks, representatives, rooms, and workers, plus notices about publishing ventures and religious texts. The listings mention Cedar Street and New York, with general rental and employment appeals.
A collage of classified listings from Scranton and Wilkes Barre area papers including real estate and loan notices, attorney offices on Washington Avenue and Lackawanna, medical and dental ads, a shoe store, dressmaking, printing supplies, and a public noticesBoilerplate directory entries list firms such as REPUBLICAN building advertisers L A O Browns and Mears, Patterson and Wilcox traders national bank, and the School of the Lackawanna with a catalog request. The page features multiple vendors, services, and contact clues tied to central Scranton locations.
Bucknell issues a new catalogue for Brcko university describing four departments the college and institute for women the academy for young men and the school of music. It notes a campus of thirty seven buildings in use with one under construction and twelve departments led by specialists. The library holds 91 000 volumes and the museum about thirteen thousand specimens.
A dated railroad timetable lists trains between Wilkes Barre and major destinations including New York Philadelphia Buffalo and intermediate stations. It notes parlor and sleeping cars on all trains and indicates connections via Lehigh Valley lines with several routes through Geneva Rochelt Gifale Niseira Valle Chiro and other points west. Contact points include HOLLIS WH. WILATR and CANALES LA and a Bethlehem mail office for reservations and inquiries.
Train timetable details routes from Lewes and Philadelphia to Scranton and beyond. Includes arrival times at Hoboken and Northumberland with connections to Kingston and New York services. Mentions weekday and Sunday departures, stopping stations, and intercity segments across multiple lines.
Fragmented text describes a local notice with times and locations, mentions police methods and a plan near Albany. Details are garbled. entities and places are partially legible, suggesting a public sale or court related item with time stamps and addresses not fully readable.
Fragmented text lists places and times in what appears to be a polling or transit schedule. Names, towns, and numbers are garbled, with references to stations and polling areas and scattered dates. The readable parts offer little coherent narrative or outcome to summarize.
Partial OCR notes describe railway timing in the Erie and Wyoming Valley region with references to Hawley and Scranton. Mentions intermediate points and a 7.08 leave time, with trains active in Scranton and related routing details unclear.
Finley’s announces season’s second sale featuring French and domestic fine undergarments in Nainsook cambric and muslin. Exclusive styles unavailable elsewhere highlight flawless cut, finish, and trimmings with handmade embroidery, lace edgings, and the Spencer Waist in Valenciennes lace.
An advertisement promotes Cambric Nainsook Muss lin and lace Hamburg trimmings in underwear. It claims market leadership with minimal competition and urges early calls to secure best selections as the sale starts today and continues through the week.
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