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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1895
Page
10
Senator William H Crane condemns modern drama for pandering to baser instincts and urges writers toward wholesome, hearted entertainment. The piece argues for theatre as moral yet entertaining and predicts a rebound to healthier stage offerings for all ages.
The Rochester Post-Express notes Rev Horace E Hayden of Wilkes-Barre adds major documents to Wyoming massacre history. His pamphlet includes Acts of Congress on Westmoreland defence, survivor petitions, and a key protection certificate linking Major Butler and Kayingwaurto to Fort Wintermoor’s surrender.
The piece extols Thomas Ingersoll’s portrait of Shakespeare as a universal mind. It recounts how Shakespeare imagined feudal life and human struggle, perceiving Athens, Rome, and Egypt, savoring philosophy, art, war, death, and spiritual longing through a boundless intellect.
The writer argues Sayenqueraghta led the Indiana during the Wyoming massacre, defending John Butler against harsher portrayals by earlier historians. The letter contends dialect notes support the identification and suggests historians grow more charitable as the event is studied.
The article notes celery tasting frostish for October, lettuce cutlery favored with powdered sugar for ice cream, Bavarian radishes served cold in thin slices, and terrapin expected to be plentiful despite calamities. It remarks roast beef as good as any abroad and venison turning leathery, with duck and apples enjoying popular demand.
The piece muses on regional cooking and modern eats with playful references to stuffing, onion, roast pork, apple dumplings, sweet potatoes, and chicken croquettes. It jokes about dining in Paris and the wish for inventions to ease cooking woes.
A dramatic 19th century vignette depicts a young woman pleading with her father over love while the stern patriarch enforces a strict honor code. The quarrel centers on choosing a spouse and the father's claim to moral authority over his daughter's choice.
An editorial argues that rising wages have not improved living standards due to wasteful spending. It urges discipline in saving and frugal living as the only path to personal and national prosperity, noting nine tenths of citizens live up to or beyond income and warning against conspicuous consumption.
The article recounts praising First Presbyterian Church choir work last Sunday with full houses and a repeat planned next week. It previews a summer season at Laurel Hill park with Gilmore's band, Madame Louise Natali, Victor Herbert and Myron Whitney, and an operatic program led by Richard Lindsay with a nine teen piece orchestra.
A reflective verse contrast of two paths by one man: the indomitable will meeting disaster with mastery and nobility versus yielding to sensuous temptations and drifting to insignificance. The piece invites readers to choose character as the source of future inspiration or damnation.
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