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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1899
Page
4
In Scranton August 24, 1999, The Scranton Tribune notes the National Retail Grocers' Organization and John D Rockefeller’s Standard Oil fighting sugar and matches trusts, urging cheaper living for the poor. It invites letters from readers under real names.
The author reviews Hugo Munsterberg s September Atlantic critique of US Germany tensions. He argues the misreadings stem from mutual antipathy not hate and urges Germans and Americans to understand each other, while noting American idealism and press caricature of Germans. The piece cites immigrants, public attitudes, and Bryan.
Latest proceedings show Dreyfus ranked highly in his early military college year but heard an examining board member boasted of giving him a low mark to keep a Jew from the headquarter post. The testimony underscores persistent prejudice in France's case.
A war of words critiques the French army as the nation clings to martial identity. The piece argues deep roots of patriotism skew judgment, stating the army becomes a hollow symbol while Dreyfus battles for justice amid public bias.
In a French context the authorities’ refusal to elevate M Guerin to martyr status signals strength rather than weakness. The failed bid for notoriety is mocked as the crank’s act loses heroic aura when shown isolated and behind locked doors lacking Sunday mutton.
The piece warns that a China Japan led alliance could reorganize Chinese military forces and alarm European powers over a potential yellow war cloud. It cites British Egypt’s reforms at Omdurman and Japan’s established leadership as a deterrent. It closes noting Adirondack hunters shot this season with no deer fatalities reported.
The article debates the 1897 fire laws in Pennsylvania. It notes constitutional challenges to wardens duties and counties duties to pursue violators, cites historic fire losses, and argues reduced timber losses may reflect fewer forests rather than stronger enforcement.
Despite lurid reports of disturbances Paris is believed to become calm enough to handle American dollars over the counter on the opening date of the world exposition.
The Chicago Tribune reports Bourke Cookran once served as a porter for A. T. Stewart. Bliss Perry, newly named editor of the Alluntic, held English literature professorship at Princeton. Ime Dilsy Cook, town postmistress in Oklahoma, may not rush marriage plans. A statue for Dr. William Pepper will stand in the University of Pennsylvania garden and be unveiled in September. Mire Anson Jones, Houston widow of a Texas republic president, marks her eightieth birthday and presides over the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Mrs. Ruthbone, wife of Major Hales Ruthbone, helped organize the Daughters of the Revolution in Ohio. Bowker T. Washington argues South’s heartland shows better conditions than French poor. John Gully, once butcher and prizefighter, rose to British MP. Speaker Gully earns 25 000 dollars annually. Captain E. Rows Smith, youngest captain in the Spanish American War, earns another captaincy. son of Captain AM Smith, Civil War veteran, lives in Washington, Indiana.
A Pennsylvania Republican gathering discusses Judge Archbald, the anti-Quay faction, and expected nominations for supreme and superior court. Delegates from Allegheny favor Beeber. others back Barnett and Brown amid a broad push for reform and fiscal prudence.
The Transvaal hosts seventy four gold mining companies. Hand sewn boots use nearly two thousand stitches per pair. Persian gourmands consume ten thousand pounds of snails daily. Portugal’s queen has a royal M. P. D. The iron mining sector in England employs over 1700 people. Berlin courts apply lese majesty law to a version titled Ale and Gott recited by Captain Cogh.
Anon presents a poem about the poet chasing distant beauty and the fragility of spring, followed by a prose verse urging writers to boil down thoughts for readability. The piece ends with a blunt editorial admonition to be brief and crisp for publication.
A vintage ad touts the Star Automatic Paper Fastener with self feeding action and improved design plus Planitary Pencil Sharpeners claimed to never break lead. It offers 16 days free trial in offices and mentions a wide range of office supplies, blank books, and typewriter supplies.
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