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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1894
Page
4
An item entered at the Fortortica in Scranton concerns a Class Ail matter with details largely unreadable in the available text. The fragment suggests official processing or filing but lacks clear names, dates, or actions. Further readable lines are needed to specify parties involved and precise status.
The proposed measure would require immigrant examination by a board of inquiry to test allegiance to American government and any anarchist associations. It outfits the immigration service with agents and funds to deport or return suspected anarchists, with penalties for those already in the U S and for ship operators. Critics call it a first step amid weaknesses, while Wanamaker cites cost savings and hints at eventual one cent postage.
The piece surveys cost shifts in mail rates for periodicals and a critique of penny postage, then discusses bloodletting versus appendicitis treatments, followed by editorials on the Grady Committee and public probes. It also notes Gladstone’s modest view of his life work, remarks on Galusha Grow, tariff policy debates, and Yoran Shahboy’s multilingual lecture tour.
The Philadelphia Times derides Hines as shady while favoring Leisenring as Republican candidate in Luzerne and Lehigh races. Voter counts show Erdman renominated in Lehigh, and Kulp named for Congress in Shamokin district. Penrose weighs mayoral aims as state league politics loom in Harrisburg.
The Cranton Sunday News praises City Editor James Mitchell for his Camp Crawford Gettysburg correspondence. His indefatigable reporting from the Thirteenth Regiment encampment has entertained readers and shown excellent judgment in assigning him as correspondent.
A London contemporary reports an Enyfishman invention a clothes hook wired to a battery and bell rings when coat is removed alerting cloakroom staff. Proposal adds phono graph and telephone to call owner and a detective camera to photograph the thief reducing need for attendants and saving salary.
An essay on the permanence of printed news and the enduring record of history in newspapers. The piece reflects on how chemistry and ink fade, while newspapers capture the ferment of the era for future historians.
The article recalls Abraham Lincoln’s tariff views and contrasts federal economic thinking with contemporary politics. It notes Lincoln’s logic that American steel buyers create domestic value and questions why modern Democrats support a similar approach.
Private John Alien of Tupelo Mississippi is depicted as a prophet who accurately predicted the House action on the tariff bill. On July 18 he asked if the House would approve the Senate bill and answered with a blunt forecast of resistance, saying the House would “raise hell” until exhausted, then yield to the Senate.
Delegates to the county convention will be chosen September 4 1894 in Scranton to nominate candidates for Congress Eleventh district judge sheriff treasurer clerk of courts prothonotary district attorney recorder of deeds register of wills and jury commissioner. Vigilance committees vote September 1 1894 with two delegates per district for one year. Representation is based on last fall’s vote for Fell for supreme court. J. W. Browning Recruitry.
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