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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1899
Page
4
A February 6 1899 notice in Scranton announces a second class mail matter inquiry seeking an agent for foreign advertising. Public notice appears at the Post Office in Scranton, Pennsylvania detailing the matter and filing requirements.
A list of Republican nominees includes Mayor James Moi Treasurer Thomas R. Brooka Controller and other positions with names such as Lon Courier Morris George H. Sitpres and Wil ym Jones. Election day February 21 referenced amid notes on war department leadership changes in case of another conflict.
Amid war talk and shifting public mood the piece notes Democratic advantage, Republican resistance, and party strength in motion. It cites leaders and factions including Aguinaldo influenced by army statements and upcoming contests shaping the political landscape.
Report claims Moire legislature calls for Senator Hale to resign after voting against ratification of a peace treaty. Critics accuse him of defying constituents, the president, and fellow leaders, arguing his stance betrays representational duties and public trust.
The piece reports a complaint about a regulation requiring travelers to declare every item before landing in the United States and submit to a two hour search by customs inspectors. The process exposes personal belongings to public gaze and is condemned as brutal, with critics arguing it forces perjured statements and intrusive examinations of clothing and effects.
The piece critiques customs and treasury practices seen by onlookers at a luggage incident, noting frustration with the taxes and procedures. It contrasts American mercy with harsher European methods, citing Commissary General Eagan and President Cleveland in a tone of political satire.
Representative Hopkins of Tiinels pushes a bill to place the decennial census under a federal department accountable to the president. The plan would select enumerators from Congress, provoke civil service opposition, and aim for yearly population reports rather than a ten year cycle. It argues for a permanent, science based census reporting to population and commerce.
The former Chicago Despatch publisher Joseph Dunlop leaves Jolie prison after a 21 month confinement. The case highlights the volatile reach of press power and editor influence, showing public sentiment about law and journalism in Chicago and Scranton. He faced conviction after defying laws and fought his case with noted counsel.
A garbled Washington style dispatch reports on convicts used in county service and food supplies, political infighting, and a range of speculative notes. It mentions Mrs Moore and Mrs Vermuele, a skipped Hispano theme, mine yields in Colorado and Arizona, and a dubious assessment of senators and public trust amid a disaster affecting Filipinos.
A commentary warns readers against depending too much on handbills and back numbers in politics while noting Andrew Carnegie achieves more through his own broad newness and vision.
The Tribune Astrologer offers a midweek forecast noting a child born today, remarks on street cleaning efforts, and reflections on reform politics and advice. The entries mix whimsical clues with local civic mentions and general fate commentary.
A London correspondent outlines the British Parliament expenses totaling over a million and a half dollars a year including the Lords and Commons salaries. The piece also notes John D. Rockefeller as the richest man, with vast holdings in Standard Oil and related interests, plus brief remarks on naval salutes in Sitka and library cataloguing costs at the University of Pennsylvania.
The article notes a proposed North Dakota bill requiring years of residency before divorce to curb rapid solicitations for swift divorces. It discusses New York missionary conference plans for 1906, Squirrel Inn preparations, and mentions notable figures linked to Plymouth Church and its musical legacy.
A drummer riding through a religiously charged southwest Georgia county encounters a sequence of ominous road signs directing him to turn, repent, and seek mercy. He pleads for mercy, but after a final exhortation from bystanders he spurs away and hurries toward a railroad to escape the perceived hellish roadside moralizing.
An assortment of quotes and ad snippets from papers like the Boston Traveler and Washington Star shows social banter about proposals and bore jokes. It notes a Germain paper listing a health claim ad and a funny line about a bakery kiss.
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