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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1900
Page
4
The Tribune lists rules for letters to the editor and requires real names for publication. It includes a table showing insertion rates and payment for classified advertising published within the page limits.
Sam carries out a delicate tet Wy operation in the stock age of Porto Rico without delay.
Washington dispatches report Connell’s candidacy for a United States Senate and Colonel Quay’s support within party lines. The piece notes a potential nomination path via party rules, with emphasis on avoiding deadlock and ensuring prompt full representation. It also mentions Lord Kitchener as having limited hope.
The Chicago Times Herald argues against evading the Fourteenth Amendment. It compares voting rights in southern and northern states, urging either strict enforcement or repeal, and questions Mr Fryan and Mr Cleveland’s views amid unresolved speculation.
Senator elect Drury raises his pledge from 1000 to 5000 dollars for a Pittston Young Men's Christian Association fund to fund a new building. The plea underscores urgency of a home for the YMCA and warns against lax political honesty by urging public spirit and integrity in public office.
A editorial note warns the young men of the city about the lasting harm of factional feuds and stresses the need for a constructive lesson. It discusses a bill to raise fees for constables and policemen for court attendance as prosecutors, arguing pay offsets hardships and supports litigation in criminal court.
Commentary in London largely moderates toward the amended Hay-Paunce treaty provisions. Senator Lodge’s explanation is cited as easing English suspicions, arguing that England and the United States share coastal possessions, require equal canal use, and prefer relinquishing permanent fortifications while keeping control. Both nations should accept new provisions to end the old Clayton-Bulwer dispute. The piece notes broad U.S. resolve to build and defend the canal, with England’s interests aligned, and ends with a humorous aside about West Point hot sauce and Scranton coal.
Congressman William Connell of Scranton discusses Colonel Quay and state race prospects at the Lowheil Hotel. He avoids declaring candidacy for US senator unless Quay cannot be elected, praises Quay’s abilities, notes Washington support, and predicts a short Senate contest with a Democratic governor possible. Connell will attend the New Year’s Day campaign events.
A rustic fragment recounts a cobbler fashioning shoes from a mouse hide for a lover. The tale ends with a revelation that the lover resides in Chicago as the old man answers the question.
A series of dated shrugs into odd behavior and blunt humor. A cigarette fortune teller sparks mock prophecy amid a social walk. A Cuban garrison anecdote ends with a sentry’s near-miss. A teasing domestic scene ends with a grocery wagon prank and a reward tease.
A development notes five Talan steamships to be built to ply between Mediterranean ports and New York. Other items report varied data on population, customs, and infrastructure from across the world, including census efforts, fiscal figures, and transit projects.
A jumble of classified notices seeks salesmen and bookkeepers, lodging and loan offers, and ship recruitment while local rail and police topics discuss a inventor’s train safety device and Paris transit scenes. Names include CANDEX Mfg Co Savannah Ga and W A Tribune office, with references to N V Walker Connell building and 103 Wyoming avenue Scranton.
The article recounts early fire making methods with tinder and sulphur tipped matches, notes notable duels involving Tanae Corry and Henry Gratton, and mentions early scientific works and deaths at century's end including Laplage Amici Varnez de Ilaro and Edward Rutledge.
A dense listing of local transport options hotels lawyers and educators in Scranton Pennsylvania including rubber tired cabs carriages and several law firms Adams Reynolds Zeigler Proust and others with addresses and telephone numbers and education at the Lackawanna School announces a preparatory course opening in September led by Rev Thomas Ll D and principal AL ML M Conn
Train timetables list Sunday services to Cardendale, Wilkes Barre, Honesdale, Albany and points north. Fares show cents and dollars for routes to Carbondale, Ponnavivania, and central destinations with times after evening hours. Burdick, J W Choss oversee Albany line operations from Scranton and Albany, N Y.
Public timetable fragment from Lehigh Valley Railroad dated November 25 1900 listing trains from Scranton to Philadelphia New York White Haven Bethlehem and other points via different routes. It includes fare details express services Sundays and various intermediate stops with schedules and connections and notes on parlor cars between Wilkes Barre New York Philadelphia Buffalo and Susquehanna region.
Trains connect Erie with Wyoming Valley and Monier with New York and Newburgh via intermediate polls. Departures from Erie and Scranton listed with times around 0.90 and 0.10 p.m.
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