Dining Car Encounter Sparks Madrid to Washington Romance
Merrick, riding in a luxurious chair car, befriends a distressed young woman from New Orleans. She is hungry and penniless after losing her purse in a crowd, and they share a dining car meal while she reveals she is married, with a telegram revealing her husband must meet her in Washington.
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Merrick
Murriick
Rico
Porto Rico
Senora
New Orleans
Vin
Twenty-third Street
Jersey City
Boston
Bertrand
Pennsylvania
Washington
Frank Leslie
Anthracite's Early Struggles to Enter Markets
The article recounts early resistance to anthracite coal, from 1701 attempts to sell in Philadelphia to 1815 when an accidental discovery at a Schuylkill furnace proved it could burn. It details public disbelief, promotional handbills in English and German, and efforts by miners like Strone Charles Miner to persuade buyers and demonstrate burning use.
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Lehigh Coal Company
Tesla
Schuylkill
Strone
Charles Miner
Cist
Reforms in Fuel Use Driven by Anthracite Adoption
The passage describes campaigns to persuade city masters and blacksmiths to allow burning anthracite and Lehigh coal in fires and grates. Workers were bribed at times to test the fuel, facing resistance due to custom. A price surge in charcoal eventually pushed manufacturers to switch to anthracite, accelerating adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Markets Show Sharp Downturns Amid Foreign Exchange Surge
New York trading saw the dollar surge to the highest level in the current movement and fears of gold exports boost selling in stocks. The afternoon liquidation hit many issues, with Delaware and Hudson and several rail and mining stocks posting sizable declines while United States Steel remained comparatively firm. In Scranton and Philadelphia notes, price changes spanned dairy, grains, eggs, and poultry with mixed, steady, or quiet movements across commodities.
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New York
Baltimore
Delaware and Hudson
Taul
Missouri Pacific
Illinois Central
Louisville
Wustralian
San Francisco
United States
Scranton Citizens Endorse Dean's Kidney Pills
Scranton residents praise Dean's Kidney Pills as a reliable kidney remedy. Mr. G. N. Childs of 1508 Von Storch avenue reports relief from back pain after trying the treatment and recommends them to friends. Sold by all dealers for 60 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as VA agents, remember the name Dean's.
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G. N. Childs
von Storch Avenue
Short & Higgins’ Tobacco
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. C
Scranton Trusts and Local Loans Noted in Public Memorandum
A list of local industrial and utility concerns including Traders' National Bank Scranton Bolt and Nut People's Bank and Scranton Packing Co appears in a public memorandum. It mentions first mortgages due 1120 for Scranton Passenger Railway and 1918 for People's Street Railway, plus General mortgage due 1921 for the same line. Other entities include Scranton Trac Co Economy L H P Co Jersey Pocono Ice Co and Consolidated Water Supply Co with related notes.
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Traders' National Bank
Scranton
Bolt & Nut
All People’s Bank
Cruce Scranton Packing Co
Paycue
People's Street Railway
Scranton Trac. Co
Jersey
Pocono Ice Co
Consolidated Water Supply ‘Co
Scranton Wholesale Market Prices Noted
Corrected list shows prices for flour butter fresh creamery cheese and dairy items, with beans onions new potatoes and potatoes per bushel and per bushel figures. Includes locations in Scranton and nearby markets and notes correction by H. G. Dale at 27 Lucka Avenue.
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Scranton
H. G. Dale
Lucka. Ave
Sic
Western
New York Grain and Produce Market Report
Market notes show flour firm and higher with mixed futures. Wheat futures declined slightly with March at 8044 to 8044c, May at 78c, December at 79c. corn and oats mostly steady to easy with prices listed for various grades. butter and cheese quoted with creamery and dairy classifications. eggs and related dairy items also priced, reflecting a cautious tone across sectors.
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Philadelphia
New York
Duluth
Manitoba
Titec
F. O
New State
Brendy
Pennsylvania
Chicago Cattle and Hogs Market Report October
Cattle receipts total 21 000 with 6 000 westerns. Steers steady to lower, ranges 5 0 0 to 7 5 and up for good to prime. Hogs receipts 22 000 with higher prices, bulk sales around 6 400. Sheep receipts 35 000 with steady to lower lambs and higher good to choice wethers at 3 0 0 to 3 5.
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Chicago
Texas
M.tai
Sihaiso
Wheat trading active with declines at close
Trading in wheat on the board of trade was active today. After holding firm most of the day the market declined toward the close with December wheat and corn finishing lower and oats also easing.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Salge, Lowey
Market Prices Reported for Grains and Livestock
Section lower January provisions unchanged. Cash quotations listed for spring wheat red No 2 yellow corn No 2, various grades. Prices shown include prime timothy hay 74.75, pork futures 15.10 to 14.70, and short clear grades 11.50 to 11.75.
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Northwestern
Timothy Heed
Cattle and Hogs Receipts Show Mixed Market Signals
Receipts indicate steady to higher prices across cattle and hogs with prime steers and hogs showing gains while feeders and cows vary. Sheep and lambs also steady to firm with top lambs strong, and yearlings and ewes noted in the mix.
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Cannes
Gambulla
Urs
East Liberty Live Stock Market Summary
Kant Liberty reports cattle steady with prime and good grades steady. hogs higher with prime heavies and mediums up. Sheep slow with best workers at 4.50 to 7.50. veal calves and other grades show varied activity. Total value around 5,105.25.
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East Liberty
Kant Liberty
Prime
Flo
Ol Chiy and Oct Cracie Balancers Report
Readable fragments show bids opened with highest bid at 126 and sales of 10 000 units at EO. Shipments and averages noted include 4 087 barrels runs and 7559 barrels. unclear details.
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Ol Chiy
Crecie Balanners
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Duff
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Pittsburg
Saab
Toronto Mall and Express
Saly Area
Wall Street Review
Tribune Bs Hraleht & Froese Co
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D. Runyon
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
Lackawanna Dairy Co
Bank & Trust Co
First Nat. Bank
Carbonvale
Third National Bank
Firat National Bank
Ty Lack. Trust & Late Dep
Om Clark & Snover Co
Scranton Bivings Bank
Wits
Socomatie
Atchison
Wtchison
Hs Rey Halt
Breck
Chicago & Alton
Southern
Pau
Rig Arng
Garg M
Detroit
Baatiern
Erin
Manhattan
Wiha
Norfolk & W
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Pacific Mall Pr
People's Gas
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Tor & Beattie
Pre
Coal & Iron
Pacifie
Tinton
Lee
Wabash
L. FE
Tourtinis Wesens Daere
Uae
Scranton Pub
Lic
Chicago Grain Market
Spencer Trask & Co
Bankers
Pine Street
New York Stock Exchange
Boody.mclellan &Co
Broadway
New York City
the Sanderson Oil and Specialty Co
Race Street
City
Eas
America
GROCE
Eai
Buffalo Live Stock Market
Oxford
Norfolk
Valley Rve
Green Valley
Mississippi River
Broz
Ehret
Warren-Ehret Company
Washington Ave
Wadi Aaa
Ada
Alie
WPM
NICU
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