City Notes Set Challenge and Local Notices
City items report Poppa Griffin accepting a 12 1 2 pound challenge from Jack Nigle of Bimba. Other notices include Hebrew Ladies Society meeting, Second Presbyterian supper, grand jury in December, amateur drama Uncle Dick’s Burling at Lyceum, stray bicycle found near Traders National Bank, license obtained for a marriage, various paydays at local collieries, Bele ct council meeting on rules for fire dept, miner George Jabbu injured, and James Gibbons football injury update.
Absence of Dr Swallow Noted At Dickson Shops Meeting
Dr Swallow was not present at the Dickson shops meeting on Penn avenue due to an urgent summons to Harrisburg after the death of his son-in-law Charles Ralgamda early yesterday. The session opened with A G Thomfon's remarks explaining the absence, followed by addresses from Cushing of Maine and Bradford of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Charles Ralgamda
Silag C. Awa'iow
Dickson Shops
Penn Avenue
A. G. Thomfon
Swallow
Messrs. Cushing
Maine
Bradford
Boston
Andrew Thomas Smith
West Chester
Nurs Mal School
Mies
Ada van Stone Harris
Mise Lucretia Snyder
Dunmore
Smith
Schaeffer
Schaaeffer
United States
Photo Print Sale at Kemp’s Photo Stock House
This week only at 1083 Wyoming Avenue Kemp’s Photo Stock House offers 40 cent print rollers for 19 cents in a limited sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemp
Wyoming Avenue
Education as the key to wealth and national strength
State Superintendent Dr. Schaeffer urged county school directors to value education, citing Germany and England as examples of schooling lifting economies. He contrasted high wages for educated workers with pauper costs and warned that delayed pay to teachers harms schools while stressing liberty within moral law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schaeffer
Directors’ Association
Germany
England
Rhine
Crystal Palace
Commiitee
Germmann
Sald
Alter
Victor Hope
Hongland
Massachusetts
Cornell
United States
Thessay
Berks
Lackawanna
Timea
Directore
Sesson
Association
William Repp
Old Forme
George Howell
W. A. Kelley
Archbald
Floy Good
Clark
W.T. Emery
Jefferson
Thomas Donty
Lyphant
Fred, Kieffer
Dickson
Charles Decker
Newton
Edward Machiy
Blakely
Frank L. Carr
Kilhuret
Merriment and Music at County Destitute Entertainment
Wilder, famed for audience laughter on two continents, and the Beaubert quartet led by John T. Watkins entertained last night at Scranton High School Auditorium. Superintendent Taylor noted the house rules allowed applause which Wilder maximized with brief stories and rapid gags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall DP. Wilder
Beaubert
John T. Watkins
Scranton High School Auditorian
Taylor
Wilder
Annie Laurie
Tixie
Mr. Watkins
Wiltures
Kathhwen Mayoure Neen
Wenn
Mr. Stephens
Mra White
Outlook for the Hard Coal Trade in Early Fall
The Anthracite Coal Operators Association reports October market conditions unchanged from September with weak demand and falling tidewater prices. Weather in the west aids some demand, but buyers wait for fall rates. prospective price rises depend on November December tonnage and rail restrictions. A meeting at the Waldorf Astoria discussed site allotments, transportation costs, and rail competition as operators weigh building new lines to secure better rates and markets.
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Anthracite Coal Operators’ Association
New England Porta
Tidewater
Hentia
Notiow
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
New York, Ontario & Western Railroad
Anthrache Feild
Coxe Brothers & Company
Dam
New York, Wyoming and Western Railroad
Outsider Impressed by Scranton Political Meeting
An English and African political figure, Rev. Jones Hughes D., praises the orderly, decorous Lyceum gathering in Scranton. He commends Colonel Stone for temperate speech and notes Dr. Reed’s respectful reception, arguing politics and religion intertwine in life. He remains cautious about his own participation. The piece ends with travel notes favoring the Lakes Shore and Michigan Southern railway for California travelers.
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Jones Hughes
England
Africa
Stone
Tribune
Lan
Lyceum
Colonel Stone
Keel
Scranton
Delaware Lackawanna report cites rail profits and rates
The annual report of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad shows large profits from coal and freight but a substantial loss on merchandise traffic. The document notes debate over reasonable transportation rates for anthracite and urges action to set fair rates amid overall price reductions.
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company
Con Trafic
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted As America’s Greatest Medicine
The ad copy touts Hood’s Sarsaparilla as the best health remedy with strong claims about strength and health for men and women. It contrasts other tonics and emphasizes Hood’s as the only pills to take with the medicine, urging readers to choose Hoos’s product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
PURE TEA ROLLING CLAIMS PROMPT REFUSAL ADVISED
An advising note asserts machine rolled tea is pure while hand rolled teas are mixtures with dirt. It urges refusing Mongolian article offers, using less tea and a three to five minute infusion with boiling water for best results.
Toilet Set and Accessories Advertisement Snapshot
An old ad offers a twelve piece toilet set including a slop jar with pink tint and gold striped designs, a ten piece set in five shapes four colors, and a bowl and pitcher package. Prices or sale details are incomplete in the fragment.
Sale catalog offers jackets and gowns at set prices
Electric Seal Jackets available for 35.00 and Baltic Seal for 25.00. Persian Lamb Jackets priced from 125.00 to 185.00. Also a fall line of Ladies and Misses Garments.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Schank & Spenger
Spruce Street
Bauer
H. B. Ware
Tod Williame
Oppostoffice
Poppa Griffin
Jack Nigle
Bimba
Hebrew Ladies’ Society
Hebrew Ladies’ Relief Sorlets
Lils Wfferout
Ventry Rooms
Second Presbyterian Church
Commenelis
Standard Dramatic Company
UN Loc Offantzanen
Uncle Diek
Burling
Lyceum Theater
Sunder the Aurploes
Thielved
Matolnew Fvone
Peters
Nathorial Bank
Venter Street
Aldeeman
Thomas Price
Wert Mvyerett Street
Maury Thomas
Robertacourt
Abfermiun Millar
Delaware Pil Hudson Company
Kett's Crook
Marvine Collieries
Providence
Delaware
Lackaewanna
Western
Dodge, Bellevue
Oxford Collerien
Belect
Fire Department
George Jabbu
Lacka
Winna Hospital
Mia
Gibbons
James Gibbons
Lafayette Street
DR. Swallow
DR. Schaeffer
Institute
Marshall P. Wilder
Dolar
DPR
Smite
Franco
Egypt
Bogland
Europe
Maximilian
Austria
Men-teo
Napoleon
New World
St. Michel's
Dr. Bmith
Addy
Tervanesa
Ayer
Vance
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Howe
Watkins
Haddock
Maddock
Rates OF Transportation
Case OF Coxe Bros. & CO
Dr. Hughes
California
Laks Shore
Michigan Southern Railway
Kasy
Chima
Haviland & Co
Gerard
Dulfraisaix & Abbott
Limoges
China Wall
Louis
India
Lipton
Ceylon-India
EAS
Guernsey
Washington Ave
Martin
Straus
Washington Avenue
Dresden
Lacka. Ave
John H. Ladweg
Prop
L. Crane
Lackawanna Ave
A. F. Kizer
Scranton Cash Store
Wilson
Blue Point
Rockaway
Pierce’s Market
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