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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1902
Page
4
The Massachusetts legislature has decisively rejected a resolution favoring the election of United States senators by popular vote. The article notes Massachusetts was never known for facts while reporting the decision and hints at editorial commentary on the topic.
The six month strike in Scranton ends with negotiated settlement. Officials note minimal violence and no major loss of life while praising workers and Citizens' Alliance for maintaining order. City resumes business as capital and enterprise return, with Cuban reciprocity measures expected to pass in the Senate.
A historic notice lists city ordinance fares for hackney carriages in New York. It details charges for distance, waiting time, hourly hire, and additional half hours, plus Pennsylvania Railroad charges for quick conveyance near stations.
A column outlines New York cab fare practices with arbitrary pricing and explainers on extra stops and passenger charges. It notes women without escorts and wealthy men often face higher rates and calls for reform while contrasting views on Chinese inclusion in defense debates.
The will reveals Cecil Rhodes sought a broad Anglo Saxon Teutonic alliance shaping civilization. It describes an empire built from untamed lands and a continental link to English speaking culture, intended to inspire future leaders and influence statesmanship and scholarship for generations. Rumors also touch Neely, Cuban postal funds embezzler, possibly sick with consumption.
The article highlights Bishop Fowler's emphasis on businesslike common sense in church matters, arguing ministers need both devotion and practical judgment. It quotes his warnings against sanctification without reality, criticizes excessive goody-goody sermons, and notes Atlantic City plans to replace damaged frame structures with brick stone and steel edifices.
A public editorial urges a city charter to improve fire protection and declares Canadian authorities have denied claims surveyors tampered with boundary stones on the Alaskan frontier. The piece insists on evidence or apology to settle the issue.
The piece notes a Roosevelt letter praising Edward Everett Hale on his eightieth birthday in Boston. It contrasts Hale with Timoleon, lauds his life and writings, and mocks critics like Colonel Watterson. It also touches on Kentucky reformers, Arkansas Senator Jones and the cotton trust, and a Jersey million-dollar Wild West show.
A fragmented passage recounts a girl chasing fashion, a failed coat attempt, and a pocket-book mishap on a streetcar. It shifts to naval reserve jokes and a World War I era anecdote about a lookout confusing a harbor approach for a blaze, as told by the New York Tribune.
A young man, a believer in gar theory of disease, bought a liquid mixture to disinfect his clothes after hearing of a local measles fever case. He liberally soaked the garments and soon rode in an elevated car when an incident occurred with a passing streetcar operator.
A Philadelphia Times note recounts Michiel C. Plominn, a Pottepiile lawyer and former principal, telling a school anecdote. He notes a student solving algebra slowly, and a “George Washington” remark, with the boy retorting that Washington was president at Plominn’s age.
A crackly report from The New York World recounts Senator Kean of New Jersey leading a tour through a capitol committee room once housing the congressional library. The party spied allegorical images and joked they depicted typewriters rather than noble virtues. In a separate note, Little Clara's promotion to public school work earned her a perfect spelling paper, with her father later told of the flawless exam and her prideful lines.
An attendant asked a weeping woman if she was in trouble at Mount Vernon. She said she cried upon seeing him crying and replied the tomb of the Father of His Country was nearby, while noting the grave of the nation’s founder.
In the May Woman's Home Companion Mia Ellen Stone’s remarkable missionary experiences are recounted with unpublished pictures. Rev Dr James I Barton explains the Bulgarian brigand captivity and ransom. Other items feature Stewart Edward White’s Conjuror's House serial in the Saturday Evening Post, Gilbert Parker's forthcoming work, and analyses by Professor Gunton.
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