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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1900
Page
4
The Scranton Tribune outlines its publication terms including subscription details and office addresses. It notes letters from readers may be printed when space allows, must be signed with real names, and are subject to editorial revision.
The article discusses Republican candidacy in Ket District with Ket candidates Thomar J. Reynolds and Jovin Scheer and notes broad interest in the coming campaign. It mentions party prospects, trust issues, and the silver question shaping voter attention and strategy.
The article outlines talk in Washington of renewed war taxation to fund costs abroad and domestic revenue shifts. It discusses potential duties on sugar refining, trade barriers, and a move toward direct taxation amid imperial realignments and postwar fiscal reform.
The text discusses guarantees for future actions, governance in a Dutch-influenced community, and the treatment of children under a peace framework. It critiques Kipling influenced proscription and retaliation toward defeated powers, and questions the independence dream and postwar reforms amid racial tensions in South Africa. It also notes Patrick Mean’s expectations about American approval of a new policy secretary’s approach.
A Washington monograph argues the United States now tops the world as a food exporter, led by meat, provisions, and grains. It details rising packing industry centers from New England to Chicago, the shift westward of the belt, and the expansion of cattle and swine production along with rail routes to eastern ports. It notes large foreign purchases and domestic protectionist policy shifts influencing trade dynamics.
Reading the era notes an American postage update: the flewt American postal Ja began July 1, 17, with 0 cents for a letter and 25 cents for a 410 mile letter. The piece links harbor strikes and business failures to protectionist policy and a stable currency, framing tariff support as pro prosperity.
A jaggedOCR fragment mixes a sales pitch for watches with a courtroom aside about a claim of equality to a chronometer. The piece then shifts to a Canadian voyage, a dog price debate, and several clipped anecdotes from New Orleans and Detroit papers, ending with a stormy note on Amos J. Cummings.
A guest questions a host about views on heaven and hell, prompting a peculiar exchange about climate of company. The tale recounts a prior ordination test and a bishop’s remark as the guest departs, noting the host’s humorous final pledge of five shillings.
A collage of snippets covers rules against distributing loose circulars at Philadelphia doors, age ranges for men and women, Iowa leads in financial institutions, a note on small banks, a German doctor on red hair, mixed local fuel price promises, and a quip about yawning as a cure.
We offer a full line of watches from all makes with a guarantee to pass. Buy from a reliable house that stays in business and stands behind its product. Our guarantee is as good as gold with prices as low as any.
Among the newest items shown the Charlar Glove is praised as the best on the market for the price and is fully guaranteed.
Teachers and superintendents seek affordable, substantial aids for class use in picture study. Prang Platinettes come in two subjects with beautiful, inexpensive reproductions. Prices are reasonable and the assortment complete.
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