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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1896
Page
2
A preview of Stanley Weyman’s novel The House on the Wall, author of Under the Red Robe and A Gentleman of France, signaling another historical adventure in his customary brisk, swashbuckling style.
A dramatic moment unfolds as a girl meets a woman's gaze at a window and the woman recoils as if struck. The scene hints at tension to be continued in a forthcoming installment.
The piece surveys Benjamin Disraeli’s renowned dress and affectations as a young man, noting his calculated showmanship to gain attention. It recounts scenes with Colonel Home, Downing Street, and at a Bulwer dinner, arguing the traits masked a sane mind and a fierce ambition rather than mere vanity.
In a war torn village near Spanish Flow ers a widow plots revenge on a tyrant and his allies. A gunman enters her home seeking her daughter and a ransom of wealth as the widow plans a fatal night operation. The story follows the widow and her daughter amid looming danger and a town watching the hidden plan.
A miscellany notes molasses from common maidens talk, limits of microscopes to detect early life, and Munich figures show 15 64 gas engines totaling 626 horsepower. It ponders elephant progeny, aging bones, and a discovery in the Agstot necropolis of Fifteen Inch wooden soldiers with canoes from Pharoahs time.
The document lists salaries and allowances for the British royal household and key offices, including the queen’s household expenses, lord high chancellor, lord president of the privy council, first lord of the admiralty, lord lieutenant of Ireland, duke of Edinburgh, chancellor of the exchequer, Prince of Wales, princess of Wales, and other ministers. It notes pensions, annual allowances, and palace provisions, with figures in pounds and dollars, and remarks on royal wealth and subsidies from the British treasury.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe vague health claims about diet and digestion with references to natural remedies and vitality. The readable segments mention digestion and bowel health and imply neutral or medical advice without clear outcomes or sources.
Railroad timetable shows Lehigh Valley routes from Scranton to Philadelphia New York and other points. It includes departure times for multiple connections via D&H and D&W routes, Black Diamond Express service, and Pullman parlor sleeping cars. Officials listed include Rollin H Wilbur general manager and A W Nonnemachaber assistant general passenger agent with Scranton office at Lackawanna Avenue.
Train times and connections listed for October 19, 1894 from Scranton on the Lackawanna and Western line. Expresses to New York Easton Trenton Philadelphia and the South. services to Washington, Tobyhanna, Binghamton Elmira Bath Dansville Mount Morris and more with multiple departure times and intermediate stops. Tickets at 223 Lackawanna Avenue or depot ticket office.
Timetables for the Central Railroad of New Jersey Lehigh and Susquehanna Division. Lists departure and arrival times from Scranton to Pittston Wilkes-Barre and other destinations including Atlantic City New York Newark Elizabeth and Reading Terminal. Mentions through tickets and advance purchase at stations. Officials H. P Win and J. H. Olhatsen noted.
Effective Nov 2 trains leave Scranton for New York and intermediate points and for Howley and town points at 6:38 p.m. and arrive at 10:23 a.m., 3:18 p.m., and 3:31 p.m. from various origins.
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