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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1900
Page
2
Gerald Gordon, the new Peacedale school superintendent, meets Ellie Ellis the teacher amid unrest from a few disruptive pupils. She fears punishing them, while he suggests firm lessons and closer observation. Their exchange hints at budding romance amid school tensions.
Miss Ellis struggles to control a noisy class under a stern superintendent and gains the support of Gerald Gordon. After a tense term she admits doubt about her fit as a teacher, then Gordon proposes and reveals the board already re elected her, intending to marry.
The piece recalls Stephen Elkins of West Virginia, once a territorial delegate, who impressed James G. Blaine in Welker's restaurant. Blaine promised to hear him, launching Elkins’s political ascent and later marriage links to Henry G. Davis. Elkins became senator and Blaine ally, influencing Harrison’s cabinet appointment timing.
A friend asks if the play is immoral and the manager responds confidently that demand for tickets has been the smallest week since the house opened. The exchange highlights a rare lull in attendance at the theater with the manager assuring persistence.
Fragmentary verse describes a green wood glade and springtime spirits. It invokes Voam Vet'ting and a May promise with vivid natural imagery and archaic diction. The speaker calls on higher spirit contact and notes a patriotic bloom among flowers.
Special correspondence notes the Senate defeat of Mr Quay influenced by Democratic line and Hanna's stance. It debunks claims of White House or Postmaster General Smith pressuring Hanna and asserts Senate independence, with criticism of press speculation and constitutional questions surrounding stare decisis.
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