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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1894
Page
4
A local Scranton notice outlines a mail matter involving a post office or delivery service. The brief item signals an administrative action or inquiry with official offices named and a public deadline or next steps indicated.
City boosters tout Scranton as a healthy metropole in northeastern Pennsylvania with a 1994 population around 103000 and 20099 registered voters. They claim low electricity costs, strong school property values and 12000 pupils, plus $14 million in bank deposits and 700000 in school property value while urging industrial expansion and development.
The Elm Park church observes its first anniversary after two baptisms by fire and a hard-won rebuilding. The piece praises the church as a symbol of civic growth alongside new schools libraries and hospitals, urging readers to reflect on the power of religious and moral influence in the city’s progress.
Mayor Connell recalls a tale told to P A Barrett about a Boston cave in scare that claimed Scranton lives and property risk. He notes Boston readers were shocked while Scranton papers later revealed the Bellevue mine cave in and warned of danger.
The letter-writer rails at sensational reports and local faults from crumbling block pavements to lax fire codes and corrupt officials. Amid critique of space-rate pressure, California freight moves by mule train illustrate failed Interstate Commerce outcomes and pioneer logistics.
Hyde Park hospital funds appear, Lackawanna hospital funded, a premium high school, a hotel and several offices rise. New bridges, boulevard approaches promised. park project pending. need for paved streets and fireproof structures. Skepticism about rapid growth limits. light for Lackawanna, McKinley debates, and Philadelphia Inquirer plans praised amid expansion.
The piece argues jurors must decide guilt on facts not beliefs about capital punishment. It condemns moralizing the law and urges jurors to follow evidence, even if verdict risks hanging, noting lawmakers determine punishment. It frames the Bexek verdict as a test of public understanding of law and justice.
Local chatter from Bellefonte to Wellsboro covers Hastings politics and possible constitutional changes. Mentions Voorhers as ward reader, McClure on Hastings, Hinton chairing a Philadelphia session, and talks of a county control law, a forger’s alleged work, and a push for secret ballots at the state GOP convention.
The Post-Express roars for the destruction of the Turkish empire calling it a historic curse and urging the cleansing of its dominion. It declares the empire must be demolished regardless of which power gains the islands or holds key Constantinople and asserts long enslaved peoples must assert independence.
The Wilkes-Barre Record poses a series of pointed questions about city governance and culture. It asks why utility firms delay street repairs, why council candidates run for pay, and why parties fail to streamline elections. It denounces theater attendance, religious tensions, and petty church disputes.
The piece notes several men in the state with presidential ambitions and suggests sentiment may crystallize in two years. It urges the state delegation to stay firm and have its claims recognized.
The Harrisburg Patriot reports Lackawanna County now expects that its first execution in history will occur soon. The writer argues more hangings in the county would have improved its history.
A cavaleer and his horseman seek solace as echoes reply about rest in the grave. The dialogue turns melancholic with a lone snatch of verse declaring the grave provides peace for the speaker. Helnarion Heine’s attributed line echoes a somber mood.
The Philadelphia Record reports on Junior Brainham of Wyoming seminary who was attacked by seniors and later retaliated by injuring his tormentor. The incident has stirred strong reactions, quelling renewed pursuit of violent hazing methods for years.
The Wilkes-Barre Record notes Beranton papers agree on funding a paid fire department. Local journals, despite quarrels, unite for town interests. If similar pride existed elsewhere, the city could grow to about 100000.
The Philadelphia Record warns that the Nicaragua canal lobby uses British designs for a Central American canal as a patriotic trigger. The piece argues England seeks a chance to dig a canal and claims the threat is used to spur support for the Nicaragua scheme before Congress.
Representative Pare will introduce a compulsory education bill in Williamsport. If the bill is good it should pass, if not it should be improved before passage. The speaker argues the current plan is very weak and notes many children on streets during school hours.
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