Lehigh Valley Rail announces new schedules Nov 19 1899
Train times listed for Mt Carmel to Buffalo Scranton Wilkes Barre and other towns with departures to Philadelphia New York Centralia Shenandoah Mahanoy City Pottsville and Shamokin. Additional fast express trains to Philadelphia and New York. Also notes westward routes for emigrants and through baggage checks.
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Mt. Carmel
Buffalo
Scranton
Kimtra
Wilkes Barre
White Haven
Hazleton
Philadelphia
New York
Centralia
Shenandoah
Mahanoy City
Pottsville
Shamokin
Lane m
Mt, Carmel
Wilkesbarre
Wil
Watteton
Alentown
Wilkesvarre
Cowl
CILAS
Lee
Pass
R.B. Wilbur
Lehigh Valley
Chleveland
Cincinnati
Detriot
Chicago
Omaha
Francisco
Indianapois
Louisville
Stouts
Kansas City
Memphis
Nashville
Lobite
New Orleans
Philadelphia and Reading Railways Timetable Page 1899
Timetable lists trains from Mt Carmel to New York via Tamaqua Easton Philadelphia and Pottsville routes with weekday and Sunday departures, plus connections to Sunbury Milton Williamsport Atlantic City Cape May Ocean City Sea Isle City and Cape May service details. includes departure times and routes for various days.
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New York
Tamaqua
Easton
Philadelphia
Reading
Bor Pottsville
Tamaquias
Ida
Pottsville
Freekville
A. Mn
Sunbury
Milton
Willimsport
Abiska
Wodamy
Satnday
Mt, Carmel
PO Atlantis
Wook
Suntays
Oaxpress
Cape May
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Gestalt &T
Sweeuaved
Edson GD
Wareiss
Goal Sue
Geir
B An
Thuminal
Chiladele Elda
Platt's Reserved Stance Sparks 1896 Campaign Tale
A young reporter pressed Senator Thomas C. Platt for a political scoop at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Platt, famed for saying little, ultimately spoke at length, delivering a column and a half on politics as the St. Louis convention loomed and the Empire State’s 72 votes loomed large.
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Thomas C. Platt
New York
Mr. Platt
Platt
St. Lenis
Empire State
Fifth Avenue
Veryone
Stage talent winds through scarce female actors in reviews
Text notes women performers dominate the matinee trial plays with more mobile faces and variable bearing. It observes six to one more actresses than actors in talent rounds and notes fewer leading male roles while comely, capable actresses flood the supply and heroines are plentiful.
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Heobpegses
Discouras
Tue
Toren
The Spider's Appetite
A report citing Sir J Lubbock on spider feeding rates notes that at similar consumption a 160 pound man would need a fat deer for breakfast a steer and five sheep for dinner two bullocks eight sheep and four hogs for supper and nearly four barrels of fresh fish before bed
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J. Lubbock
An Excellent Prescription from Jewelers’ Week Ty
A light dialogue notes Dr Young advising throat protection amid social demands. Mrs Young-Echoes fashion prudence as a three-rope pearl necklace is requested for opera house occasions.
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Dr. Young
Mrs. Young
Inventing a New Lent Charity Draws Bronx Sighs
A fragment notes a Brooklyn figure deriding the idea of origin sin and describing a scheme to pass as charity during Lent. The remark underscores skepticism toward staged acts and moral pretenses.
Wealthy Senators Wealth Totals From Chauncey Depew to George Perkins
A list from the New York World names numerous U S senators and their personal wealth or business interests. It includes Chauncey M Depew New York railroad banker and politician with billions in various assets and other lawmakers such as William Clark Montana coal mine owner Marcus Haruna Ohio coal and rail lines Stephen Elkins West Virginia coal mines and railroads John Jones Nevada mining Redfield Proctor Vermont lawyer and financier James McMillan Michigan lumber Edward Wolcott Colorado mining Henry Lodge Massachusetts writer and more detailing wealth and occupations.
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Chauncey M. Depew
New York
William Andrews Clark
Montana
Marcus Alonzo Haruna
Ohio
Stephen Benton Elkins
West Virginia
John Percival Jones
Nevada
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
John Kean
New Jersey
Thomas Collier Platt
Express Company
George Peabody Wetmore
Rhode Island
Nathan
Scott
William Morris Stewart
Nelson W. Aldrich
Addison G. Foster
Washington
James McMillan
Michigan
Edward Oliver Wolcott
Colorado
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Indiana
Joseph Benson Foraker
William J. Sewall
Joseph Very Quarks
Wiscosin
Roles Penrose
Pennsylvanus
Mraneis
Warren
Wye
Yanehman
Migene
Maine
George C. Perkins
California
Ghada
Ceorre Shoup
Joseph Shimoniver
Oregon
N. Yo World
Whittier At Home And German Tip Customs Observed
A disjointed column blends recollections of Whittier at home with a discussion of German gratuities. It contrasts German daily tipping with courteous service from porters, boots, and conductors, noting a Saxony court ruling redefining customary gratuities as optional payments and detailing varied attitudes toward tips.
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Germany
Chemontiu
Saxony
Cremaicz
Odoce Hasteles
Sadoear
Ios
Che
Coe Sea
Artistic Screen and Society Scandals Blur in Late Edition
An article describes an artistically decorated screen by a woman, community help, and autographs collected in a week. It also notes Derald London society rumors about Sir Thomas Linton and Miss Stanley, revealing social intrigue and marriage questions surrounding the Shaw rock owner.
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Steygyttst
Vier
Sue
N. Y. Derald
London
Sir Thomas Linton
Shawrock
Miss Stanley
Jedy
Lady Jeune
Unclear Note Mentioning Fender and Chicago News
Fragmentary text references a wall and a Fender in a Chicago News context with quoted dialogue about a nature inquiry and a miss. The readable parts show no clear event, person, or date to summarize into a full news item.
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Chicare News
Poowie Looking Girl Miss Smythe Sought for Missing Sightings
In Harner's Bazar a passerby remarks on Miss Smythe described as a poowie looking girl. De Witt denies distance to home claiming he is a ward and cannot see far, noting he is sighted.
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Uptess
Miss Smythe
de Witt
Next to Grant at the Washington book shop tale told
A faulty OCR fragment recounts a Washington bookseller who sat next to President Grant at a theater. He recalls a tale of the night including a guard wife and a notable social moment, suggesting the woman still tells of sitting beside the President years later.
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Washington
Penneylvania Avenue
Faust
Pesca Marmuprent
Gen. Grant
Perfor Ieee
Phe Owent
Boon
Pernarded
Hull
Aish
The Confidence of Youth
A Chicago News column quotes a graduate who plans to study medicine despite acknowledged crowding in the field. He argues that pursuing medicine now will push others already in the profession to adapt and take their chances.
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Cammnel
Theolie
Chicago
Weather lore ties battles to sudden rains after cannon fire
Weather experts note heavy firing often triggers rain, even on clear days. The author cites Waterloo and Gettysburg where torrents followed tremendous cannon shocks, causing visible droplets in the atmosphere to fall.
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Waterloo
Gettysburg
France Suffers Excess Deaths From Infectious Diseases
A historical notice reports France losing about 240000 lives annually to infectious and contagious diseases, nearly twice the toll of the Franco‑Prussian war, highlighting a grim public health crisis of the era.
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France
Inferior on Horseback Meets Superior in Chinese Ceremony
A desolate scene in China shows an inferior rider on horseback meeting a superior. The inferior waits for the superior to arrive and dismount before proceeding, highlighting protocol and hierarchy in traditional conduct.
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China
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York
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John Christ & Sons
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John Shormaekrr
North Oak Street
Yvere
Orleanes
Prytenian Street
Rita Dike
Piapeace
Carey
Mead Res
Call Hamilton
Whittier
Friesdy
Roeper
Ritter Tyes
Amin
Trent Omerie
Cortes
Lin
Eerie
Lipton
Grant
Soper
Pennsylvania
Iifisa
Post Office
Hit
Zarmel
Pentta
Shi
Avas
Picton
Webster
Worcester
Wesster
TOD Werner Company
Akron
Obes
Werner
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