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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1899
Page
4
A short town notice mentions the Post Office in Scranton Pa and a foreign advertising base agent. The Tritone invites signed letters from friends to comment on current topics and pleasantries. Colonel Bryan is questioned about changing stripes like a tiger in this era.
The article laments Dr Phillips quitting as principal and urges Board of Control to allow professional leadership. It argues Scranton High must run on professional lines not amateur caucus meddling, warning public opinion will not tolerate another personnel hunt and naming a Tammany figure as Croakes among backers.
Arrangements near completion for Cuba’s first census to gather data on each inhabitant by January 1. Cuban operators under U S supervision will collect names ages sexes colors trades and more with penalties for falsification. The move aims to guide civil governance and reflects U S influence in postwar Cuba.
The article discusses how to handle Admiral Dewey after his hero status fades and suggests creating a permanent naval policy board headed by Dewey to guide broad naval development and recommendations. Congressman Foss of Chicago, in London, backs this idea as a practical path after his Philippine Commission work.
A proposal favors naming Admiral Dewey to lead a general board of experts to coordinate naval expansion. The plan aims to align growth efforts across boards and bureaus, with Dewey’s rank and reputation offering advisory strength. Congress is expected to fund more naval programs, increasing the need for informed public study of naval topics.
Bryan plans a Kentucky stop that could serve as a prime advertisement for the inventor of the bullet proof jacket, signaling a high profile publicity opportunity.
The American Economist cites mid-summer Treasury records showing growing customs receipts and rising bank deposits as proof that the Dingley tariff boosts protection and spurs a broad revival in industry and trade. Exports in manufacturing and mining rise, while raw material imports adjust under protective duties as the new fiscal year begins.
Treasury officials plan to resume circulating gold certificates suspended during the Cleveland era. The measure would inject several million dollars in paper currency to support the vast postwar barley trade and reflect restored protection for American labor and industries. Boers claim peace opposition while keeping well supplied with cartridges.
Editorial discusses a Conservative report proposing government pensions for all applicants meeting age and conduct tests. It weighs political appeal against risks of encouraging incapacity and imposture, and favors industrial or voluntary pension schemes over broad state provision.
A miscellany of quoted lines and fragments from Spectator and Denver Post reflect on divine guidance, Chinese epigrams, and a rancher's dreams crushed by drought. Poetic snippets explore faith found in daily life, silence, and hardship, with illustrative notes on wisdom and fate.
Fragment from a Chicago Times-Herald item notes a man with a bottle beside him for two weeks, contemplating unattainable heights and riches, implying a mood of despair and unreachable aspiration.
A collection of light sketches and tales. Hannibal Hamlin’s bald joke in Maine elicits a sharp rebuke from a fellow member. a rural justice of the peace applies a sharp correction over a bribery charge. Spurgeon stories test student preachers. John Bates’s tongue tied mattress advice. a New England tale of a speaker’s misread sermon and a deaf mother awaiting her son’s salute.
A collage of brief portraits spans politics, arts, science and industry. George W Cable pursues a Boutherh novel while Sarah Bernhardt guards her age. Ex Governor J Bradford Prince guards idols. William Durant nears eighty three as a long time journalist. James Clark celebrates a hundredth birthday. General Wheeler tours Manila bound to a revised Santiago Campaign history. Roentgen slated for Munich University transfer. Farjoon composes music for Vioretta and his sister writes the book. Various others hint at long careers, royal titles, and enduring public roles.
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