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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1900
Page
2
Gerald Merivale recalls his youth in Oxford and London as he navigates romance with Alice Mansell and political ambitions. A kiss, a betrothal谈 and a poll result shape his cautious path to public life and romance.
The narrator recalls arriving at the Martens to find Bobby at the door with a vindictive grin. He points to the drawing room and tells the narrator to kiss the woman inside, indicating a tense personal confrontation.
A testimonial style note extols Grandpa’s sound brain and active body while contrasting weaker elders. It praises Dr. Pierce’s Idea Medical Discovery for strengthening digestion and blood, claiming improved stamina though not making the old young. The piece advertises Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a laxative aid for seniors.
The narrator details a general election campaign with an agent who dictates canvassing and church visits. Alice appears during the process and colludes with Colonel Western to gain votes. The effort includes three-person canvassing and a sorrowful polling day, ending with tense remarks about the agent and Alice.
Doughes White, a former naval clerk, built a Valparaiso tug fleet and entered politics. Benjamin F. Bernstein, youngest wealthy American in South America, forged ties with Santiago elites, influencing an uncle’s estate dealings with the Chilean government and amassing a sizable fortune with the Cousino family.
A quirky vintage guide presents multiple egg preparations. It details methods like baked eggs with tomato catchup, fried yolks over dressed leaves with French dressing, stuffed yolks with butter and cheese spread on toast, and ten minute boiled eggs for consistency.
Hurley yesterday morning Samuel Dunn aged nineteen applied for lodging at Center street station. In intoxicated condition he was lodged in a cell. At hearing before Muavor Moir he claimed name Lane Dunn and said he was from Binghamton New York. Local police hold him awaiting Parlor City authorities to locate his parents.
A patient at a state hospital in the area was identified today as the leading suspect in a September escape from the grounds of the institution. The report notes the patient was never captured and is believed to still be residing nearby with a companion.
A fragmented Scranton directory listing numerous professionals and addresses including accountants architects doctors hospitals and a hotel in various blocks around Scranton. Entries mention Edward Spaulding C P A 21 Traders Bank building and James Pinsell M D specialist among others.
A dense OCR of Scranton listings shows attorneys, law firms, a school of the Lackawanna, dressmakers, cabs, cleaning and scouring services, scalp treatment, and printers supplies. Notable entries include J. W. Browsing and Mears Building addresses, Patterson & Wilcox Traders National Bank Building, and the School of the Lackawanna offering courses in law medicine and business.
The timetable notes trains leaving Scranton at 7 06 a m and 2 25 p m for Hawley and local points with connections at Hawley via Erie rail to New York and Newburgh. Trains arrive in Scranton at 1 10 p m and 0 20 p m.
Timetable for routes from Scranton to New York Philadelphia Stroudsburg and other points. Lists departures to New York and Philadelphia with multiple morning and evening times and Sunday trains. Includes Northbound and Mountain Division services to Buffalo Oswego Syracuse Utica Montrose Nanticoke Plymouth and Northumberland with arrivals and special Sunday schedules.
Trains leave Scranton for New York Newark Elizabeth Philadelphia and other points at 8 30 a m 1 20 p m and 4 p m. Service to Pittston Wilkes Barre and destinations south and west via Bethlehem with additional departures for Reading Lebanon Harrisburg and Pottsville. Officials J H Owlhausen general superintendent and W W Baldwin general passenger agent.
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Timetable details for North Bound and South Bound trains on the New York Ontario and Western R R. Listings include departure and arrival times for Carbondale Scranton Cadesia and connections to Utica Oswego and other points. Information credited to Anderson and Welsh traveling agents.
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