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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1897
Page
4
Fragmentary text from Scranton area newspaper dated August 27 1807 mentions several garbled terms and references to documents and matter notices in Scranton Pennsylvania. The legibility is too poor to extract clear events or names.
State Treasurer J B Bracom of Wesmorelane and Auditor General Levi G Mcaul e y of Cheater endorse at large a platform from the National Convention of Democracy in 1806. Mintform plank adopted August 24 1807 by Lackawanna Democracy.
The Republican state convention will unify the party with qualified nominees and a clear platform. State Chairman Elkin’s speech is praised for frankness and urging strong support. Scranton expects crowded public schools next month as larger facilities are seen as increasingly necessary.
Governor Griggs of New Jersey condemns overlegislation and calls for restraint in lawmaking. He warns against referendum on general laws, cites flawed legislative processes, and highlights General Duffield’s logarithmic table project as a model of public-spirited work for the common good.
A speaker urges careful reform of laws through biennial sessions, wider public discussion, and input from experienced lawyers. He cautions against unnecessary changes, warns against overreaching experiments, and stresses accuracy, prudence, and respect for established customs in lawmaking.
A crowd of about ten hundred gathered at the Grangers' plente in Carlisle on Thursday, countering the belief they have died.
The case centers on William Rooney who shot Alphonse Pecard after a cruel hoax involving a letter from a supposed Miss Selheim. The public sympathy leans toward Rooney, while observers say the prank sparked the crime. An Italian prince allegedly sealing Mt. Elias is cited as a contrast to American claims of superiority. An Illinois official blocked President McKinley from a Grand Army encampment, deemed a misguided act.
A Mr McKinley camp visit triggered an insult risk after an orderly barred his carriage beyond lines. Elmira men faced revenue agents for selling an untested whiskey secret at twenty five dollars a head. A hotel breakfast pledge to the president and Mark Hanna drew striking workers into a breakfast inducement tale.
A satirical miscellany mocks politicians and a Boston public works comeuppance. It lampoons a fruitless ghost story, explains public services in Boston, and defends government role in schools libraries and safety programs.
A Cambridge scholar outlines a imagined Bostonian day to show how statutes and public regulation touch ordinary life. From water and food to schooling, housing, transit, and office life, public authority touches nearly every detail of daily routine.
The Charleston News and Courier weighs the mob punishment of rapists and argues lynching offers no remedy. It blames race mixing and subservience for ongoing violence, urging more dignified justice while citing Lincoln and divine judgment as cautions.
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