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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1899
Page
5
The Scranton Tribune invites readers to submit short letters on current topics using the writer’s real name. Space permitting, the paper will print as many as possible, reflecting community voices with identifiable authors.
The issue lists judicial appointments including J May Hown of Laneneter and Jobiah VW of Mhiladginhin along with Lt Col James T Barnett of Washington. Election day is set for November with local text obscured and unclear references to public works and funding.
Yesterday's election completed the reorganization of the Thirteenth with Colonel Wath leading a modernized three battalion unit. The piece lauds the regiment's wartime and peacetime roles, pledges funds for a new armory in Pittsburgh, and notes the unit's consolidation as a symbol of enterprise and expansion for the century ahead.
Dr. Leman Abbott argues in Outlook that America must act from a duty to protect life and property in the Philippines, establish order, and build stable government, treating suppression of armed resistance as a constitutional obligation rather than self interest. He links this duty to Cuba and the Philippines and warns against neglect or forceful neglect of rebels.
The text argues anti-imperialists err in labeling the Lugon war as conquest. It frames it as restoring order in a US-responsible community, with future decision by competent islanders once order, peace, law, and self-government are established and liberty defined.
A sarcastic remark from Harrishire hints that Dr. Swallow remains near the political scene’s edge, signaling a possible comeback or renewed involvement in public life. The exchange underscores ongoing speculation about Swallow’s future role.
The Rochester Post Express presents tables showing Civil War era pensions totaling 2,425,709,146 dollars paid to soldiers widows and dependents. A second table lists interest on national debt alongside pension appropriations, highlighting the era’s high government payouts and debates on generosity to soldiers versus lenders.
The Surgeon General reversed earlier opposition to a women’s army corps, praising nurses who served and saying he is unrestricted in sending nurses to Manila. General Otte reportedly opposes expanding relief beyond fifty eight, while the medical department favors raising the total to four hundred with one nurse per ten patients.
The piece discusses sending nurses to care for sick soldiers abroad amid harsh conditions, noting many Cuban war nurses remain under contract. It contrasts imperialism with anti expansionism, mentions local politics, court cases, and satirical riffs on figures like Bryan, Vanderbilt, and Hoar.
An association of hazy reminiscence and imagined mischief unfolds as James or James Waerledt recalls family absence and near burglaries while his father returns on a porch, prompting a humorous exchange about past town misdeeds and a Roosevelt meeting with photographer George G. Rockwood. A flashback reveals Rockwood recounting his early studio near Thirtieth Street and Broadway and a playful tease from Theodore Roosevelt about a boy who once threw stones.
A Chicago Chronicle page interviews a downtown smoker and a youth about cigars and personal responsibility. The youth boasts he would own the building if he saved ten cents a day. a lawyer explains redress after a street injury. the exchange ends with a quip about the law being defective.
A father insists on blunt honesty with his children, boasting that his strict method—using a trunk strap—teaches honesty even at a cost to both parent and son. He argues such a luminous example could shape a boy into an honest man, though overdoing it risks harming his future in learned professions.
Butterman a famed mining man in the Rocky Mountain region testified in a Nevada mining case. An attorney pressed on ore type described as kidney lumps asking if the pieces were as long as his head. Butterman replied they were oblong and not as thick, prompting smiles from the attorney and judge.
A humorous poem from Harper’s Bazaar provoking thoughts on the early auto and its nameless dilemma. The verse ribbingly questions what to call the motor vehicle, suggesting terms like Keroseneocart and Electrocart while poking at its fuel and power.
A collage of wartime and medical prose details surgery fantasies and a hunter’s gun lore. It blends surgical bravado with fatal outcomes and personal anecdotes of weaponry from rifles to to a Krag and a long brown gun. The piece juxtaposes grandiose medical feats with grim death and personal memory.
A collage of quirky snippets from multiple papers notes domestic humor. Maud’s failed Pipetnes moment draws family attention as Ida’s questions and playful banter appear amid house hunting, landlords, and neighborly jests in county papers.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note shows Maria and Sam debating church attendance on a hot morning. The line marks Sam’s aim to set an example for the neighborhood's newcomers, aiding their first Sunday in town.
In a fragment from Deiratt Journal a minister is described as fighting the devil with fire and likened to a homoeopathic doctor of divinity, presenting a vivid, exaggerated portrayal.
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A garbled survey lists King Oscar of Sweden salmon fishing and Cannes stays under Count de Hava. Baroness James de Trothschild and Lord Robert Cell are named among European aristocrats. It mentions Nagaroni in Paris, Edouard Fou, Juliette Dedu, and Charley Santley as a knight commander. References to Queen Nitulle, King of Greece, Herbert Spencer, and Pope Leo appear amid curious notes on estates and honors.
Star Automatic Paper Fastener offers self feeding operation and continual improvements. Prices are stated as lower than ever while Planitary Pencil Sharpeners remain available. Free 16 day trial in office. Also advertised are novelties in office supplies, blank books, and typewriter supplies.
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