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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1902
Page
5
State officials announce an investigation into recent riots on Grand Street New York to determine if the Hoe press factory can also produce authentic goods. The lineup includes Governor W Pennypacker and multiple inspectors and district officials.
The New York Tribune argues the Shenandoah riot results from long tolerated peace breaches including intimidation of miners families and social ostracism. It blames official apathy for fueling strife and urges leaders to teach that the right to work equals the right to strike.
A Democratic congressional committee member argues American manufactured goods are sold cheaper abroad than at home. Surplus stocks are exported near cost to force penetration of foreign markets, affecting machines, bicycles, planes, and even pianos. The practice, he says, benefits foreign manufacturers as well.
The piece decries unequal ad rates favoring out of town advertisers and praises uniform home and foreign pricing. It notes a potential commission shakeup in Columbia District with Henry L. West of the Washington Post eyed for appointment, cited as highly capable and aligned with local needs.
The piece lauds Andrew Carnegies presentation of the Acton Library to John Morley as a fitting gift from a modern millionaire to a scholar. It notes Morleys early poverty in London, contrasts journalism with literary work and praises Morley and Actons collection as a source of enduring intellectual nourishment. It closes with a nod to local weather about locusts.
The article notes how cotton shapes daily life beyond textile use and compares its value to coal. It highlights the vast production across ten states, cites Theodore H. Price of 71 Wall Street as an authority on cotton statistics, and remarks that future production estimates are highly regarded.
A long discussion forecasts the 1902-3 cotton crop value from county returns, estimating about 10,721,048 bales and noting shifts in textile investment. It highlights New England and the South, with South growth in textile output and planned canal-led transport to spur Northern capital in Southern mills, aiming to broaden employment and improve social conditions, while addressing the evolving Negro question. The piece also touches Kipling and Tesla in brief asides.
The tale recounts Mark Twain encountering a mysterious man at Kay's Point who lures him to a printing shop and offers entry to a local paper the Weekly Progress. The stranger promises publication control if Twain writes his sharpest pieces and sends them for printing, implying a risky but profitable arrangement.
Fragmentary text recalls a New York scene with a supreme court figure, a lawyer, and townsfolk amid humorous misreadings and scattered dialogue. The piece hints at a man offering aid and a mayor boasting past visits as a tour through a city rumor mill. The mood is quizzical and local.
The passage recalls a bleak mood as winter bites and nature seems to warn of destruction. A speaker grumbles about seasons and fate, noting a looser, desolate landscape and a sense of divine judgment and labor under a massive monument.
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