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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1900
Page
4
The Scranton Tribune explains its policy for letters to the editor and printing conditions. It notes a Philadelphia Inquirer suggestion that, the day before Christmas, every streetcar passenger pay an extra cent to create a Christmas gift for street railway workers.
The piece argues for gradual municipal reform via a bipartisan standing committee of citizens to nominate good men in each party. It stresses working within party structures, leveraging majority desire for clean government, and avoiding futile independent movements. It notes the obstacle of securing busy volunteers but affirms public spirit and measured, practical progress.
Binghamton officials endorse using the criminal code in schools to teach youths what constitutes crimes such as burglary robbery and larceny and the corresponding penalties. The proposed text outlines theft definitions and punishments from ten years in prison for over twenty five dollars to shorter penalties for lesser amounts.
The piece discusses raising juvenile crime penalties and teaching the criminal code to youths. Chief Moore supports longer burglar penalties up to life with weapons present, while opposing voices warn against exposing youths to crime details. The writer notes no end to South Africa and the Philippines troubles, and that Billy Mason remains at peace with the administration.
The annual governor’s report to the Interior secretary highlights Arizona’s 105000 population with 5000 annual growth, 100 million property value, 3.85 million taxed acres, and large forest and mineral assets. It notes 21000 students, compulsory education, and strong schools and university, plus a 20 million annual mineral output and pine timber reserves.
Editor argues Scranton faces a critical municipal crisis due to corruption and inefficiency. A nonpartisan citizens’ committee is urged to guide reform, avoid party factionalism, and promote responsible governance to spur growth and stable taxes. Strong entities include Scranton, municipal government, and the proposed committee.
The article urges plain talk on the canal treaty to safeguard U.S. interests. It stresses joint presidential and Senate responsibility, constitutional limits, and a national policy of an American canal with open access, urging careful, unified negotiations.
The issue notes a festive eight page edition with a cover designed for appeal and a range of holiday articles and announcements. It praises the journal’s rejuvenation, enhanced color printing, and the editor’s efforts in presenting literary and cultural content in a district paper.
A quirky line asks what memory is, suggesting a playful, partly garbled explanation tied to forgetting and a term Mugu. The fragment hints at a riddle-like view of memory rather than a formal definition.
A dense colonial style help wanted and notices page lists stenographers and typists needed with varying salaries, positions and addresses. It includes requests for a bookkeeper, a dressmaker, a housekeeper, and a woman seeking a suitable position. Also ads for salespeople and a marine corps recruiting office.
A compact recap of late 18th and early 19th century events noting plagues in Syria Egypt and Constantinople and a population drop in Little Russia. It mentions Methodism under John Wesley and artistic revival in glass painting, Meyerbeer as a child prodigy and guitar improvements by Celio Anwig. It lists notable figures born then across arts science and politics.
A dense list of names and addresses in Scranton items various professionals, shops, and services. Architects Edward Hi and Brown, Dr I C Lyman, real estate lenders, lawyers Willard, Replogle, Jessup, and Patterson, plus establishments like Elk Cafe and Lackawanna rail area appear amid scattered notes and contact details.
Train times dispatch from Scranton to Carbondale Honesdale Wilkes-Barre and Bethlehem via Lehigh Valley and Delaware, with through tickets to Albany Philadelphia and New York. Timetables include local and express trains, weekend and holiday adjustments, and ticket offices at Scranton Lackawanna Avenue.
Finleys highlights exclusive designs in a Christmas week sale. French handmade pieces feature intricate embroidery and elegant detailing for refined ladies.
Timetable effective Sunday November 4 lists North Rowe trains with departures at 10 40 am 2 20 pm 4 00 pm and 6 00 pm and arrivals at Scranton Carbondale and Cadosa. Connections available to Utica Oswego Norwich Rome Oneida Middletown Walton Sidney. For information consult ticket agents J C Anderson Gen Pass Agent New York J E Welsh Traveling Passenger Agent SONESTON.
A fragmented timetable mentions Sinan Toe in Edna on September 17 1900 and intermediate points to Bevanton with Erie and New York lines. It records departures and arrivals such as Beran ton at 1d m and 245 Treing arriving at Bevanton around 0.00 and 0.10 p.m.
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