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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
4
The Scranton Tribune outlines letters rules requiring signed real names and editorial revision. It also clarifies an article in Monday’s Tribune about a stringent food law labeling an advertisement, stating Grand Prize and Atlantic and Pageline brands contain alum and asserting no reflection on their quality.
The board of health and school authorities unite to push stronger measures against infectious diseases. Proposes authoritative health officers for each city section, broader use of police for disease information, public volunteer appeals, and printed hygiene guidance for scarlet fever and diphtheria. Invites reader suggestions while urging rapid, decisive action.
A county table by Clerk Lianlels for the state board of charities details a year of Lackawanna criminal court activity ending last June. It notes population about 150,000 and estimates guilt rates, with only about 1 percent conviction across petty and quarter sessions, many cases ignored by the grand jury, leaving costs to the county. The piece critiques crime ratios and state burdens on taxpayers.
Citizens decry the levy increases and the slow progress in addressing alleged laxity at public works. The piece notes local leaders ready to act to improve conditions while taxes continue to climb year after year. A curious report hints Aguinaldo’s arrival in Mexico City, suggesting mixed cable dispatches and confusing stories.
A Cuban graft scandal provokes calls for decisive action led by Leonard Wood. The piece argues corruption in the revenue service and custom houses demands reform, praising Wood’s insistence on impartial justice and bold cleanup of Cuban officials, while warning opponents. A closing hyperbolic line contrasts with a distant Alaska boundary note.
An editorial argues the seizure of American flour bound for Lorenzo Marques in South Africa was a mistaken act. It claims the move risked provoking U.S. public opinion, set a dangerous precedent for England’s wartime food imports, and could complicate diplomacy if Britain entered a wider conflict.
The text notes potential losses to exporters from seizures and expects prompt English reparations and a disavowal from London. It mentions Kipling and war poetry, the habit of writers behind the scenes, a life-prolonging elixir pursuit, Buller’s denial about Pretoria dinner, Hindu astrologers and predictions, and temporary candidacy gains amid current events with Lawton in the Philippines.
The piece sketches a collage of vignettes from cultural and political circles. It mentions John Luther Long recalling a summer at a New Jersey resort and meeting an intriguing stranger at Sea Bright, plus anecdotes about Mrs. Gilbert of the Lyceum theater and Justice Harlan with Chief Justice Fuller.
The piece argues that public officials face social and professional sanction for misconduct while private buyers and social circles reward those with favorable status. It questions how public power shifts if voters and parties shield the powerful while social prestige protects wealthier buyers. The tone critiques societal hypocrisy in political and economic circles.
The piece argues that public corruption thrives on unequal moral judgment between buyers and sellers, with buyers favored when wealthy and sellers impoverished. It notes social and commercial incentives often override political forces, urging a more equal distribution of disgrace to curb corruption.
Allen Langree depicts Paul Kruger in a vivid portrait noting his rugged features and a claimed act of thumb amputation with a hunting knife. The piece contrasts Kruger’s bravery with alleged dress carelessness and recounts family ties and marriages, detailing his wives Du Plessis and the large brood of children near Pretoria.
A collage of copied items notes demographic ratios in England, medieval glove history, US imports and exports, Eskimo ice cream, Pekin towers and drums, Great Lakes shipping growth, Franco German telephony talks, a distant Thmilos elder distance, and a London indexer training forty women over years while indexing 45 volumes and many periodicals.
A poetic eulogy marks the passing of Gunes in a ceremonial farewell. The verses speak of a final journey into the void and past, with a solemn call to honor a long life and bid him goodbye with bier hearse and pall.
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