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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1899
Page
4
The Tribune reports on a board of control meeting Friday night and the choice of a new high school principal. It notes the candidate’s height and weight as implied signs but emphasizes the principal’s primary duty to maintain order and oversee both school and board activities.
The Paterson inquiry exposed widespread underage work in mills as inspectors uncovered dozens of children hidden inside factories. In one silk mill sixty two young workers were found while others fled through rear doors. Investigations urge stricter enforcement to ensure educational rights and end parental complicity.
Report states General Butterfield, head of the reception committee, has lost his speech from overstrain during the Dewey demonstration. The incident prompts fears of similar collapses should Dewey return home after his May Day exploit.
An article denounces Emma Goldman socialist views on marriage and normalization of free love, warning of dire effects on the republic. It also cites Bellevue Hospital New York as reporting mosquitoes can transmit malaria and cause fever in a city resident.
The text explains how malaria may be conveyed by a mosquito bite with the malarial germ entering the bloodstream. It notes infection via the mosquito’s stomach and injected contents during feeding, urging readers to avoid mosquito-infested areas and warning of summer resort horror if untreated.
Government entomologist Dr. L. C. Howard will present in Columbus, Ohio, next week and endorse the Saffron journals. He notes the so called kissing bug exists in science for 20 to 75 years and is more common this year due to climate and sensational journalism.
The Afro American council in Chicago expels Tender Booker T Washington amid faulting color prejudice and unresolved leadership questions. The article cites tariff law impacts, urban revival in Danville and Schuylkill Haven mills, and charity drives for veterans, while noting New Jersey justice fears and New York farmers facing drought despite local water-shed protection concerns. the Jersey coast described as a health resort.
The piece attacks Philadelphia anti imperialists and the Dewey name usage while contrasting Aguinaldo’s aims with American expansion. It notes Ken tucky anti Goebel efforts falter over whiskey questions and warns of Dawson City liquor prices and conditions.
A satirical note questions Belmont’s influence on a potential running mate for the Nebraska Democrat, while aside commentary mocks the Dreyfus affair’s political blame and references a West African malaria lab and court figures in a scattered column.
A miscellany notes artificial cotton in Austria and a regu lar police absence in New York before 1840. It reports on German women in factories, Spaniards leaving Cuba, the empress of China's wardrobe, and statistical claims on deaths among women versus men. Other items cover auto journals, lifeboat rescues, municipal ownership of plants, royalty in military roles, plant species, and early chemistry data.
A court scene recounts Judge Grover during Wyoming circuits who started at seven, worked long hours, and allegedly mended clothing between sessions. An observer notes the supposed routine spurred a rumor about his boarding and work ethic.
In 1882 Senator Cameron told Senator Davis he would run in 1896 on the free silver platform, predicting the silver issue would dominate. Davis doubted a nomination in Minneapolis for that year, but Cameron pressed ahead, a prophecy echoed later as Bryan won the nomination.
A staff officer bringing a parrot home from the West Indies keeps it as a war trophy. The parrot dies under the orderly's care, and a companion famed for diplomacy comforts the officer with a grim pun about the bird being dead.
A Paris opera rehearsal tale shows Jenny Lind and Lablache trading humored gifts as she sings. A Kent farmer tale contrasts diligent Jerry with idle Wille who earns a shilling for Willie after a day’s work. Oklahoma’s George Miller runs the 101 ranch with 480 acres and a Five Dollars Fine sign for trespassers.
A humorous tale from Paris prints shows the Prince of Wales and an equerry at the Louvre as Americans bet ten dollars he is the prince. The equerry responds with the title Earl of Chester to mislead the bettor, who later learns the alias. The anecdote ends with a note about Don Cameron and his stenographer.
A fragmentary transcript shows a tense line where a speaker instructs Billy to fetch a gun after noting a prowler near the house. The speaker vows to defend the home if a burglar returns, asking how to cock the weapon. The dialogue conveys fear and determination in a rural setting.
A fragmentary dialogue hints at a peculiar conversation about a man named Candor and promises of a cure tied to money. The excerpt references a summer scene with Maud and a golf anecdote, ending with a claim that a remarkable production is forthcoming and that the source has not denied its statements.
A Philadelphia North American excerpt captures a father doubting his daughter's love and a suitor arguing he understands her well. The exchange centers on trust and compatibility in marriage proposals.
A fragment from a Chicago Tribune exchange hints at misread pronunciation and a joke about wealth and weight, reflecting a casual vernacular moment rather than a formal event or person. The brief dialogue contrasts riches with heavy taxation in a local newspaper voice.
A scrambled quotation from early 20th century papers portrays a flirtatious question about maintaining youth, a savage bachelor’s curt reply to cease using it, and a remark by a wary man about Driyfus’s extenuation. The lines reference roles on a general staff and suggest social tensions in wartime era discourse.
The ad touts a Star Automatic Paper Fastener that fastens papers quickly and improves with each revision. It claims prices are lower than ever and also markets Planitary Pencil Sharpeners with a 16 day free trial in offices. The notice mentions other novelties in office supplies and a large stock of blank books and typewriter supplies.
A collage of aphorisms and aside lines from Chicago Record Detroit Journal and Life magazine. The snippets touch on fire safety advice and personal sentiment with a humorous aside about a black eye and a neighbor.
Derver Evening Post describes Mah Mary of Arkanean beauty as sought by cowboys and nabobs, admired for her hair and silver threads, with a tongue in cheek ode to her allure and a boast of a thousand heads of cattle and beef on the flee.
A brief verse from Donahoe's Magazine quoted by H F Griffin contrasts twilight forests with a May song. The poem yearns for spring despite night winds and shadowed woods, highlighting violet eyes and a tender glow in the greenwood.
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