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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1902
Page
7
Report from a labor day in Scranton describes continued disruption at Butler Colliery where no start occurred after flooding. District President Nicholls handled grievances as unions push for fair treatment and consider reporting to the strike commission.
Discharged and former engineers sent to Brigade headquarters hint at Twelfth regiment recall with options shaping to ordered home Saturday while Eighth and Thirteenth await movements. Gen Gobinja plans county tour for updates on Cain breaking, alongside a mining accident report and a street disturbance case in Old Forge.
The Bennett Moulton company presents Man Against Man and The Wheel of Fortune at the Academy of Music this afternoon and tonight. Louis Robles Knickerbockers begin a three day engagement at the Star theater. Mrs Louie Brandenburg, touring cyclist, headlines at the Dixie theater week of Oct 27 with feats of speed and danger, including a water plunge and loop stunt.
Sir Arthur Sullivan presents The Emerald Tale adapted by Jefferson De Angelis Opera Company under Sam Shibert direction. The scene features De Angelis as a clever comedian who uses impersonation and mimicry to entertain while a lord lieutenant plans reform and a secret clan meeting unfolds with intrigue.
A collage of sale and rental ads, lost items, job requests, and theater notices. Items include a 20 foot desk counter with glass front, a one story brick building for sale or rent, furnished rooms for rent on Washington Avenue and Lackawanna Avenue, a lost fountain pen and a lost watch with a gold locket, and a theater engagement by the Rig Dramathia company at the Academy next week with matinees starting Monday. Also wanted ads for a retail lathing salesman, workers for a railroad switch project at Tobyhanna, and boys and men sought for various tasks.
Readers are invited to cut out six pictures each week and mark the hidden objects with a pencil. Submit by Saturday to The Tribune Puggle Department with name age and address. Winners with first correct responses will have their names published in The Tribune on Monday.
Classified notice seeking energetic general agents for The Olver Company in Philadelphia county with bond and references required. Also listings for a stenographer and typist with prior experience and a bookkeeper seeking permanent, moderate terms in New York area.
A dense OCR excerpt lists numerous businesses and agencies in Scranton, including law and patent firms, printers, hotels, and various services. It also contains a partial rail timetable note for the New York, Ontario and Western line, with departure and arrival references for Scranton and nearby towns. The fragment depicts local commerce and transport references from a historic city page.
The readable text lists departures and routes among New York, Syracuse, Wilkes Barre, and Pittsburgh with daily and Sunday service hints. It mentions towns such as Bloomsburg, Plymouth, Beranton, Oswego, and Albany area stations, with times like 2pm and 5pm and fares around 10 percent.
A dated schedule lists trains to Philadelphia and New York via P. & R. Ro. with connections through various intermediate stations. It notes Pullman parlor and sleeping cars on air trains between Wilkes-Barre and major cities, and provides office addresses for ticketing and reservations in Wilkes-Barre and New York.
The notice lists Scranton departures to New York Philadelphia Easton Bethlehem Allentown Mauch Chunk White Haven Ash Ley Wilkes-Barre and Pittston with 7 am 4 pm and 11 pm trains. It highlights the 210th Quaker City Express to Philadelphia with through service to Baltimore and Washington and one change of cars, plus connections to Tamaqua Pottsville Allentown Lebanon Morris Borough and other points. Tickets at station agents.
Train schedules show AML trains departing Scranton on weekdays to Philadelphia via Wilkes Barre and Pottsville with multiple intermediate stops including Hons, Limbury, Dir. Nahince, and Wash ineton. Service runs to Philadelphia, Washington, and Pittsburgh with West Leonom and other listed towns. Sundays and week days noted with varied station calls and regional routes under General Manager Two.
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