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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1902
Page
7
The Tribune will discontinue the daily puzzle pictures after nearly two years and announce a new feature next Saturday aimed at children. Details are pending but promise engaging activities to fill two months of evenings. One letter with a correct answer from last week was mislaid: Pauline L. Kisele, 828 New Street.
The Wing Dramatic Company opened its annual engagement at the Academy of Music with A Ward of France a romance of Louisiana starring Denithorne and Helen Grayce. The company drew large crowds last night as The Cherry Pickers with elaborate scenery and effects followed today by A Guilty Mother and Blue Jeans tonight.
Skeptics’ doubts vanish as Miss Brandon loops the loop on a home trainer at the Dixie theater, first public performance. The vaudeville lineup includes Marion Manola, Armour and Bagley in Gypsy Maid, Perkins Fisher in The Half-Way House, German acts, and Jennie Yeamans as a top comic. At the Star theater Harry Wilkins Imperial Burresters headline a three day engagement with acts by Ford and Dot West, Cliff Gordon, Etta Viletoria, Randall and Perry, Adams and Welly. The Emerald Isle opera with Sullivan’s The Emerald Isle and Professor Bunn spoof features additional acts, pending Lyceum showings led by Jefferson de Angelis and Sullivan’s Rip Van Winkle piece. Tickets for Jefferson de Angelis at the Lyceum are on sale with gallery seating reserved early. Louis Mann stars in Hoch the Consul at the Lyceum with Mann’s standout performance anticipated.
Mrs Tiffany and Miss Lillian Byram helped at a concert in Apalachin last Friday evening. Mr and Mrs George Shapler of Elmhurst are visiting friends in town. D W Wright spent Sunday with his family. Rev Lewis returned from a New York visit. Miss Helen Smith of Binghamton is staying with friends in town, with Mrs C H Rose and Mrs E D Con-
For Rent listings describe a ten room house in a good neighborhood with modern improvements on a street avenue. Apply to A P Hamilton at 426 Spruce Street and to D Latham at 227 Boulevard Avenue for further inquiries. Locations include Oliye Street Holgate Commonwealth Building and AU addresses are presented in mixed order.
A damaged OCR text lists Megarger Bros Printers Suppliers at 0 Washington Avenue New York Ontario and Western. It outlines a time table with Sundays and trains between Carbondale Beranton and nearby towns, mentioning Train No 6 and connections to New York City. The fragment references schedules, stops, and times with repeated notes about Sundays and various routes.
The Young People's Christian union plans a Halloween social Friday evening October 31 in rooms above the furniture store. A Halloween supper will be served for 10 cents. Guests include Mr. George Ackerly of Binghamton and Miss Myra Jackson. Humphrey Lord died after being struck by a Delaware Lackawanna and Western train in Scranton Saturday.
The funeral for Charles Noack, one of the town's oldest residents, was held at 1 a.m. Wednesday from his life home. He leaves a wife, three daughters and one son. The town notes social and literary club formation, and several residents are mentioned including Mr and Mrs J W Bisby, Mr B Miller and Mrs George Bortwee.
Lehigh Valley Railroad announces schedule changes effective June 15 with trains from Scranton to New York and Philadelphia via D and H R R and D L W R B. Various times listed include 7.41 a.m. and 9.17 p.m. departures to connections in Carbondale Hazleton Bethlehem Reading Harrisburg Towanda Elmira Geneva and other points in coal regions. Pullman parlor and dining cars available on all Wilkes-Barre to New York trains. Tickets and reservations through city ticket office 69 Public Square Wilkes-Barre.
Trains from Beranton to New York Philadelphia Easton Bethlehem Allentown Mauch Chunk White Haven Ash ley Wilkes Barre and Pittston depart at 7 40 am 1 pm and 4 pm Sunday 210 pm Quaker City Express through service to Philadelphia with changes for Baltimore and Washington D C. Other routes to Long Branch Ocean Grove Tamaqua Pottsville via Allentown and via Lebanon Harrisburg and Pittsburgh at 7 00 am 1 00 pm and 2 10 pm Sunday. Tickets from station agents. W C Bessler Gen Manager M Burt Gen Pass Agt.
Schedule in effect June 16 1902 lists weekday departures from Scranton at 6 8 a m and 4 8 p m with through vestibule service from Wilkes-Barre to Philadelphia via Pottsville. Pullman buffet parlor car and coaches, stops at principal intermediate stations, also connections to Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburgh and the West. A 2 58 p m weekday service to Philadelphia and the West is noted with Sunday 1 58 p m.
Railway timetable fragment shows trains from Scranton to Carbondale Wilkes Barre Albany and Waverly with various times and destinations. It lists connections to Wilkes Barre Paterson and mentions service to W Wonesdale and other local points. The text appears as a garbled OCR of a regional rail schedule.
Fragmentary timetable details Erie Railroad Wyoming Division trains with routes to Newburgh New X, Honesdale, and Lehigh Valley area. Mentions arrival times around 6 to 10 pm and stops at Beranton, Barrettown, and local stations. Contains garbled station names and times.
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