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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1896
Page
4
Since street cars began running on Washington avenue dust nuisance has risen. Each car raises a cloud of dust and blows into pedestrians faces. The community asks what steps the city will take to address the problem.
A Chicago expert argues hypnotism does not causally incite crime and that subjects remain moral agents under hypnosis. The piece cites Hayward trials and notes hypnotic influence fades when moral standards are challenged, while popular sensationalism misrepresents the state. It also references tariff impacts on labor from 1888 to 1896 studies.
The text notes 53,448 idle hands under McKinley protection and argues for tariff reform. It mentions Senator Sherman’s alleged anger at joining the cabinet, while asserting many Republicans do not share his sensitivity.
The piece surveys how Mississippi and South Carolina restrict voting to disenfranchise many male citizens and argues for constitutional remedy. It cites the Galveston News urging Congress to reduce state representation and electoral votes to reflect unequal turnout, urging action by the next administration.
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle lists four killed and twenty five severely wounded as part of a partial tally from the 1896 football season. It omits minor injuries and those from riots, noting the list is incomplete and argues football may be worthwhile if conducted with safeguards and discipline akin to prize fighting.
A lighthearted Minooka anecdote follows a man insured by graveyard policies who, thought near death, receives a voyage to Ireland to test his luck. He returns buoyed by health, marries soon after, and ascribes his revival to rotgut whiskey and a steerage crossing. The tale mirrors broader questions of wealth and rumor in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton circles.
Mrs. Mc Dermott arrives in Scranton to confer with Mrs. C. B. Penmark Miss Susan Dickinson and other Scranton Women's Paper authors about adding a Scranton page. Proceeds would aid the Commercial Travelers Home. Attorney M J Welsh shines in criminal court with seven wins. Whist revival falters in Wilkes-Barre as locals resist a tourney.
Detroit Tribune reprints Percival St Benson jokes from Senator Sherman reminiscences. The quip heavy piece mocks politics and social foibles with parodied dialogue and punchy lines. It blends1920s era punch lines about bishops, matrimony and mobs through playful satire.
The narrator recalls loving Donna Hel, calling her Hella-Donna and Saint Sarona. After marriage to Alurgaret Holmes Bates, the poem notes her poisoning of his life and enduring devotion amid a transformed name sequence.
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