Rail schedule and routes for Mt Carmel area trains
The notice lists Lehigh Valley Railroad time table changes effective November 1899. It details daily departures to Buffalo Scranton Elmira Wilkes Barre White Haven Hazleton Philadelphia and New York with multiple morning and afternoon trains, fast express options, and Sunday services. It also covers trains from Mt Carmel to New York Philadelphia Pottsville Shamokin and Wilkes Barre, plus connections to coal branches and other points. It promotes LV railroad as cheap and quick for long trips with through baggage checks and directs readers to obtain further particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carmel
Buffalo
Scranton
Elmira
Wilkes Barre
White Haven
Hazleton
Philadelphia
New York
Centralia
Shenandoah
Mahanoy
Uvity Pottsville
Shamokin
Pottaville
Wilkesbarre
Allentown
Wilkesoarre
Lee
R. A. Witsue
Sian
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Detriot
Chicago
Omaha
San Francisco
Indianapolis
Louisville
St. Lows
Kansas City
Memphis
Nashville
Mobile
New Orleans
Philadelphia and Reading Railways Timetable November 12 1899
Timetable shows train departures from MT CARMEL and New York Philadelphia Reading Pottsville Sunbury Williamsport Alaska and other routes. Weekday and Sunday times listed with numerous routes including via Tamaqua Easton Boston and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tamaqua
Easton
Philadelphia
Reading
Pottsville
Frackville
Sunbury
Milton
Williamsport
Alaska
Boston
Fottsville
Atlantic City Train Schedules From Philadelphia Depot
Weekday and Sunday express and accommodation departures from Philadelphia Chestnut and South street wharfs to Atlantic City. Timings include 9.00 a.m. and 7.15 p.m. express options, 8.00 a.m. and 4.45 p.m. accommodations, with additional Cape May Ocean City and Sea Isle City services. Officials SWEIGARD EDSON J WEEKS list Reading Terminal Philadelphia as origin.
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Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street Wharf
South Street Wharf
Atlantic City Depot
Cape May
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Chestnut St
South St
Adelthones
A. Sweigard
Edson J
Weeks
Reading Terminal
The Fearful Mouse Tale And Household Haunts
A dated anecdotal sketch notes how fear of mice unsettles women and girls at home. It recalls rituals of bedtime checks beneath beds and in closets, plus a dramatic scene with an old housekeeper fleeing with silver baskets, both underscoring superstition and habit.
New System Unloads Cottonseed Efficiently at Gretna Mills
The Union Mill Company installs a Crescent belt conveyor system to rapidly move cottonseed from barges 250 feet to the mill. Seed travels along trestle with no hand handling from barge to crusher, handling 4700 bushels per hour with potential to grow. Savings cut wages in under two seasons and boost efficiency amid keen competition in cottonseed product manufacture.
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New Orleans
Gretna
Union Mill Company
Crescent Wii
Cie
Us Wu
Bought His Own Note in a Homer Horse Swap
A Syracuse recollection ties David Hanan of Homer to the novel David Harum. A man won a Syracuse raffle horse for $5, then Hanan bought the horse with three notes for 175. Hanan later sold the note for 150 cash, netting him 25 dollars.
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David Hanan
Homer
N. Y
David Harum
New York Sun
Syracuse
Hanan
Riley
David
Judge Praises Big Ears In Reform School Case
A 15 year old Gilbert Closser is sentenced by Judge Wofford for assaulting Frederick E Moses. The judge notes the boy’s large ears and mouth, offers a chance at reform, and parole with a report due January 1. He warns against carrying knives or revolvers.
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Judge Wofford
Gilbert Closser
Frederick E. Moses
Senator Thurston Denies Fiancee Poem Authorship
The senator resists press chaff over his poem The White Rose claiming it was a youthful effort written over 30 years ago by himself not Miss Purman His message insists he discarded the poetical role more than a quarter century ago and remains the author.
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Thurston
Miss Purman
Dog Fur Drama Sparks Wardrobe Trim Quandary
Ida-Maud Beulah plans to trim a fur skirt after her French poodle shed his coat. Maud jokes the dog’s fur loss means she must shed hers too to harmonize the look as the pair strolls.
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Ida
Maud Beulah
Maud
Chicago News
Eagle sign marks Royal Eagle Hotel at Ryde
The eagle that once decorated the stern of the schooner America the first winner of the America Cup now adorns the Royal Eagle Hotel in Ryde Isle of Wight overlooking the site of the 1851 victory over British rivals.
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Royal Eagle
Ryde
Isle of Wight
Veteran bugler sets crowd roaring with 600-pound lung blow
Greens, a seven year brass band veteran, tries a lung tester at a fair. He exhales with such force the meter hits 600 pounds and wins $5, prompting a boast about his strength and a crowd’s cheer. The Berlin Maryland Herald reports the odd challenge and payout.
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Hamler
Greens
Berlin
Herald
Rapid Readers Highlight Gladstone Carlisle Mentions
The piece notes Gladstone as perhaps the fastest reader ever, capable of digesting long works by glancing leaves. It compares him to John G. Carlisle, a noted fast reader, praised by Joe Blackburn for recalling a book’s contents and a summary from the author’s name.
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Gladstone
John G. Carlisle
Kentucky
House
Star Photography Demands Long Exposures and Precise Tracking
Star photography requires hours of exposure with both plate and telescope moving to keep the star image fixed. Exposures reaching two hours for a sixteenth magnitude star mean only one star image can be captured at a time unless neighboring stars share the same size.
Japan Eyes Major Telephony Upgrade in Seven Years
The imperial diet approved 12,800,090 dollars for expanding the government telephone system over the next seven years. Engineer Rinji Nakayama travels to the United States to study latest improvements, with all work to be carried out by Japanese electricians.
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Japan
Imperial Diet
Rinja Nakayama
United States
Hens Found Dead. Editor Addresses Old Complaint
A Kansas City Star reply quoted by Hu can Herald notes hens dying each morning with no remedy beyond burial. The editor calls it an old complaint and offers no new solution.
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Hucan Herald
Kansas City Star
Never Touched Him. A playful quip about habits and aging
The Chicago News relays a humorous exchange where a chronic borrower greets an older acquaintance who says he has given up his worst habit, only to reveal his irony that he now “gave up giving up.”
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Chicago News
Vast Galician Salt Bed Rests Beneath Hungary
The largest mass of pure rock salt is reported to lie under the Province of Galicia in Hungary. It is described as about 550 miles long, 20 miles wide, and 350 feet thick, forming a vast subsurface deposit.
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Galicia
Hungary
The Nurses and Mr Quay in a Satirical Slice
A witty passage mocks a nurse patient romance and the wealth of Matthew Stanley Quay. It contrasts a handsome nurse with a stubborn patient and then skewers Quay’s poverty claim against his Beaver and Pittsburgh holdings, party ties, and Senate salary.
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Matthew Stanley Quay
Washington
Senate
Mr. Quay
Beaver
Pittsburg
Republican Organization
Pennsylvania
Soper the Optician and Jeweler on Third Street
An old notice highlights Soper the Optician and Jeweler located on Third Street near Oak, inviting patrons to visit for eyewear and jewelry services as part of a local business listing.
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Aden
Soper
Optician
Third Street
Oak
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Flea
John J. Laughlin
L. V. RK. R. Mt. Carmel
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Mt, Carmel
John Christ & Sons
Besifich
Creas John Shoemaker
Ork Street
Will H. Pensyl
FY Wong
Thada
Eel
North Sixth
Repaia
R Irvin
North Oak Street
Mount Carmel, Pa
Bobo
Peter A. Stief
Clothier
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