The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-28
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k-=5S year, but when it does
lSGKSNI come it is apt to disarrange
:, things. The small boy can
bear testimony on this point, and so
can the doctor. This week Thanks
giving got in it's work in The Citizen
office, and instead of going to press
on Thursday afternoon we go to
press on Wednesday, and that pre-
vented our spending Tuesday on the
streets of Hawley, which is a depri-
vation not at all to our liking. In
order to furnish a Hawley depart
ment it is necessary to gather infor-
nation, ETC., at long range.
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Banker Mangan Remembers
The Daily Avalanche.
incidentally banker Mangan re-
marked the other day, when refer
ring to some matter of local nature
that pointed to the yesterday that it
occurred when Charley Savage ped
died the Daily Avalanche in Hawley.
1t isn't Charley Savage any
more. For many years it was Mr..
C. P. Cavage, and for a long time it
has been County Controller Charles
P. Savage, of Lackawanna, whose
home is on Cherry street in the mo.
G. section of Dunmore. AS to the
DAILY Avalanche % the writer should
know something about that, for he
held down it's job of local reporter,
and as it was his first work along
that line, he carried the burden of
the whole business on his young
shoulders.
That was away back in 1876, the
year when everybody went to Phila-
delphia to attend the big Centennial
Exhibition, when the Democrats
were running Samuel J. Tilden for
President, and the newspaper busi-
ness was a different proposition from
the publicity line of the Twentieth
century as it is pursued to-day. The
"Avalanche'' was the happy
thought" of the publishers and pro-
prietors of the late Sunday Free
Press, F. A. Beannish and j. c..
Coon, the former the most virile
politician that ever "did things" in
Scranton, and the latter the most
versatile newspaper man that had
up to that time moulded public
opinion in the Lackawanna and
Susquehanna valleys. The Avail
anche" was Democratic in politics,
and the thought back of the enter
prise was that if Tilden won out it
would become a great factor in local
politics. 1t was published morn
ings.
On the night Of election everybody
was excited The returns indicated
the election of Tilden, and Coon set
the heading for the article claimin 6
the election of the "Sage of Gram
mercy Park" New York. In the
boldest letter that would make. an
exact line he said "NOW, WE'VE
GOT EN-" And under this was
about half column of sub-headings
of claim and boast.
The next day the outlook was not
so rosy. There was an element of
doubt in the political air, but there
seemed warrant for claiming every
thing" and again Coon set the cleo
tion news heading. He reduced the
size of the first line, but he made
the heading more intense, and it
read, "NOW, WE HAVE GOT 'EM!"
The Avalanche was a 4-page
paper, six columns to the page. 1t
went to Hawley on the old "Pion-
eer" leaving No. 6, Dunmore, be-
tween and o'clock. 1t took a
little over hours to make the run.
"Chet" Potter was the conductor of
the Pioneer" and Charley Savage
was the newsboy. At that time
Hon. John e. Barrett was the city
editor and reporter for the Scranton
Republican. There was no E. & W.
" railroad. Telephones, electric
lights, bicycles and such like were
undreamed of at that time and SUI
perstitious people were quoting
Mother Shipton's Prophecy" and
asking each other what they thought
of it.
Oh, the fate of the Avalanche: Ger
tainly! One night shortly after the
election, when it was quite sure thai
eve" hadn't "got 'em," an alarm oi
fire sounded when everybody wa;
out of the office getting supper
Somebody had been careless with
kerosene oil, and it had been spilled
on the floor. There was lot o.
waste paper back of boiler. Fire
had started in that paper; but the
firemen were right on the job, anC
the flames were extinguished with
out burning the office out complete
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however, and Charley Savage onl!
had opportunity to sell it in Hawle!
for a few weeks. People wanted i
while it lasted, but it was too goot
to last very long. 1t was too bad
however, that it didn't die natura
death, but met its fate like an In
dian captive, at the stake.
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Certain Erie Employees
To Be Uniformed.
The writer was informed on goo
authority that all men employed b
the Erie Railroad Company who re
ceive more than $1.25 a day are t
dress in Erie uniforms. The gat
tender at the West Hawley CROSSING
we learn, has received orders to "b
measured" and soon he, and Others
will be wearing new regulation tog
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