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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1901
Page
4
The Scranton Tribune invites letters on current topics and states they must be signed for publication. It reserves editorial revision rights and notes space and pricing constraints for contribution acceptance.
A few days will determine whether the mayor of Cincinnati or the state governor holds decisive control over Ohba, shaping the future of the region. The unclear power struggle centers on jurisdiction and leadership responsibilities as key officials await the verdict.
The congress committee on hazing at West Point endorses a reform bill requiring the academy to suppress hazing, appoint courts of inquiry, and bar cadets involved from reappointment or service. It calls for reports by instructors, compelled answers under penalty, and war department coordination to enforce the rules. The piece notes cautious cadet support and warns against recurring abuse. An earlier South African peace commission story is dismissed as a transient bubble.
The piece analyzes British opinion turning against diplomacy with the Boers and supports relentless war for victory in South Africa while reporting Chicago building trades unions and contractors ending a protracted strike after a carpenters’ withdrawal, with arbitration as the new dispute channel.
The passage portrays a mature Englishman urged to remember loyalty to the empire in South Africa. It condemns Boer leaders for steering followers toward poverty and despair while calling for British supremacy to secure South Africa's development and unity, critiquing fans who promote the so called crime of Ty.
Dr. Rothrock, state forestry commissioner, advocates camps on state forest reservations for tuberculosis patients who cannot afford health travel. He seeks only permission, not funds, relying on private support to create temporary habitations in elevated, pure-air areas to slow the disease. A broader report notes insurgent actions in Moilo and other unrelated items including Kansas anti debt rhetoric and Carrie Nation tickets.
A fragment from a Worcester newspaper recalls jokes from the early 1880s about Youk ee men and Punch style humor. It mentions Senator Gear of Iowa and a temperance election anecdote, plus a dining room episode with clergy and a bishop.
Classified notice seeks a trustworthy colored male driver or porter or waiter for private service in Milwaukee area. Must be smart, active, and married. wages negotiable, near Brook Waters, South Side. Applicant William Henderson listed as contact.
Fin Leys Wash Goods Designers of high art fabric printing and weaving preview a new season display. Satin Liberties, Plisse for shirt waists, satin striped mousseline de soie, striped batistes, French foulards, Anderson's Scotch ginghams, Irish dimities and more offered with a special line at two cents.
An account quotes Foo M. Clevenger and others recounting how Denver, in planning a new territory, suggested the name Colorado then Montana as a possibility. Douglas favored Montana as the word for mountains, a proposal debated but not enacted during his lifetime, with the territory later named after his era.
A Washington correspondent recalls a public gallery exchange about taxpayer status and private luxury as speakers criticise decorum. The dialogue highlights tensions between citizen oversight and official privilege at a high profile meeting.
Scranton schedules list outbound departures to New York Philadelphia Stroudsburg Oswego Syracuse Montrose and others with intermediate stops and arrival options. Evening and morning trains connect Hoboken Northumberland Kingston Plymouth and North Scranton with multiple daily slots and return trains from Buffalo Syracuse and nearby points.
The notice lists Sunday trains from Scranton to Carbondale and Albany with times and fares. It mentions Pennsylvania Railroad fares to all points in the United States and Canada, with agents Burdion G Pa Albany SY J Woroes DPA Scranton Pa.
Incomplete timetable notes show trains for Hawley with the Erie railroad toward New York and Sewburgh. Scranton arrivals are listed for 1900 and 4 pm with uncertain details and misspellings in the fragment.
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