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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1900
Page
5
A legislative note criticizes Hon. William J. Smith of the Nineteenth ward for joining a caucus and then voting against the party line without warning. The warning stresses that such behavior damages public trust and risks political longevity.
The Scranton city government sees Gatths as chairman of the common council and Wagner as chair of select insurer, with Martin Lavelle unanimously re elected city clerk. Voters demand economy honesty and oversight amid growth. critics warn that those obstructing reform will face trouble. Senator Depew’s speech on the Puerto Rican tariff is noted for context.
John Covert, U.S. consul at Lyons, describes European workingmen's aid societies in France. Citizens may form societies with government approval, deposit funds in government bonds, and receive pensions funded by the state, with deposits and limits detailed, including annual pension rules and totals from 1851 to 1908.
The article explains two pension plans tied to reserved capital with varying daily yields and long term incomes. It cites example deposits of 100 francs or 1900 for a three year term showing earnings at ages 60 and 65. It notes the French system as a form of industrial life insurance and critiques government behavior in public funding.
The Times urges extending rural free delivery to Lackawanna County areas including Jermyn Archibald Olyphant Dunmore and Taylor while noting boroughs qualify automatically by postal volume. It cites Congressman Connell’s attention to the matter and links rural service to greater trade between boroughs and townships, predicting broader prosperity. A remark on Mr. Webster Davis’s secret weighs in as local commentary.
The amended bill sets subsidies for ships: vessels launched before January last may receive up to 1 6 million annually for ten years, those launched after receive up to 1 6 million for twenty years under conditions. Subsidies apply to ships in US foreign trade or US domestic trade under navigation laws. Salt and steam vessels receive per entry credits with limits, plus graded allowances based on tonnage, distance, and speed. New sections cap compensation by vessel class, limit annual expenditures to 9 million, and restrict Atlantic Gulf trade to 70 percent of funds while Pacific trade may use remaining. Ships launched after January 1, 1800 get ten-year full compensation with a decaying 5 percent per decade thereafter.
The article debates direct subsidies to revive US ocean carrying, contrasts with foreign subsidies, and favors measures to reduce dependency on foreign vessels. It notes opposition from speculators and urges public disapproval of disreputable exhibitions on Lackawanna Avenue.
Detroit Post Office storyteller Charles F. Swan recounts the death of Dennis Houlihan a public contractor and ex alderman immigrant from Ireland who rose to wealth and political favor. The funeral drew many business and political friends with floral tributes and a bawdy Irish epitaph filled with humor and sorrow. The widow laments and gawps at the mourning room ornaments including a hopeful animal anchor emblems and musical emblems. The piece connects to a doctor and a farm anecdote about Lake Geneva and Lake Leman with comic misunderstanding.
In the English House of Commons a well known grandfather amuses his granddaughter with a quip about his white hair and old age. The child asks if he is Noah or Shem or Ham, and finally insists he must be Japhet, prompting a playful but evasive response from the elder.
In Household Words an anecdote shows a wife keeping books to save money, reporting a fictitious profit of sixty dollars in a month while the husband discovers no cash. The couple debates whether to stop the books or complain to police as they suspect a theft.
A collection of social notices and honors includes Adelina Patt playing zither banjo for friends, Queen Victoria bestowing honors on Baron Cromer, and Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener with limited heirs. It also mentions Harvard bequest from Caroline Brewer Croft, and various achievements by Indians and Americans in education, medicine, sports, science, and public service.
The article reports novelist Paul Leicester Ford planning marriage to Miss Kidder of Brooklyn, noting observers' surprise given his curvatures and prior works. It also mentions a discussion by Archibald Holden on plumbing myths and travel temptations, and previews the Young Women’s Christian Association gymnastic exhibition at Was School auditorium on Tuesday evening, April M.
A humorous exchange notes that boxing lowers man to the brute, with witticisms about being brought to the level of the four and a joint debate. The banter contrasts a solemn man and a red nosed man in playful newspaper talk.
A jumble of short dialogues from Chicago and other papers features quips about speech, swift elephants, circus trains, fashion remarks, gossip on new golfers, and a puzzled uncle asking about prim letters. The fragments hint at light humor and social chatter across era newspapers.
A local dealer promotes a full line of watches from all makes with a lasting guarantee. The seller condemns short lived agents and asserts their stay in business with the guarantee as good as gold and prices matching the lowest.
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