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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1900
Page
2
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A promotional brochure by the Lackawanna railroad, prepared by Will Bogert Hunter, touts the line from Iloho ken to Buffalo and its illustrated volume Ghost of the Glacier and Other Tales. The piece features maps, colored lithographs, historic rail data, and excursion rates. T. W. Ive and Lackawanna agents offer routes, rates, and tickets to resort areas across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
General Passenger Agent T. W. Lee rejects claims of irregularities in issuing tickets and soliciting travel. He cites a mistaken ticket form rectified promptly, notes only twenty five tickets sold to Sioux Falls area, and says Western and Central Passenger associations were asked to redeem any found on the market.
The Union Lace Mill may add about twenty machines and build an addition. Mans for the expansion are being prepared. H. & Mayo of the Textile Workers of America plans a union meeting for silk workers with time and place to be announced.
In Peceville Mount Jesup Ora company head Charles DP Ford delivered two large chemical ice extinguishers to the Wilcon Fire company. Firemen prize the gift as a potential saver of property amid fires.
An eclipse of the sun on May 25 draws scientists from Harvard Virginia Yerkes and European stations to observe at a belt from New Orleans to Norfolk. The event will cover four fifths of the solar disk with a ring of fire during a several hour window and may reveal data on a planet between Mercury and the sun and the corona.
Rev J Erwin Brodhead of Forest City visited his parents. Mrs Ingac Addison who spent three years in England has returned. The Moosic Road Political Club of Old Forge held its regular meeting on Tuesday May 15, discussed the coming primaries, and added several new members including Robert Staff Walter Cavill and Joseph Turmer to the rolls.
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