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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1894
Page
4
A Scranton newspaper column rails at bridges projects and park votes while attacking Democratic and Republican figures. It discusses municipal growth, taxation, and job creation rhetoric, praising Mr Grow and Governor Flower, criticizing Hoke Smith and the Wilson bill, and previewing Daniel B. Strong's free trade address.
The article argues the ballot law causes confusion at municipal elections and notes the law, not officials, bears blame for misinterpretation. It references press reaction on political ballots and questions of medical testimony in murder cases affecting justice.
Civic editor rails against Democratic frauds and municipal corruption while urging voters to back Mr Grow as a remedy. He cites MeKane conviction as a warning and warns that reform must come from capable hands to restore trust in government. Senator Mukpay shifts focus to Troy amid political restlessness.
A fragment argues residents have begun overstepping as private watchers, claiming earlier recognition of this principle would have saved the city millions in municipal revenue and removed the stigma of being the worst governed city in the western hemisphere.
Mr Archer condemns the excess of street poles in Scranton describing them as greedy, mislocated, and unsightly. He advocates a surface conduit system inside a curbside trench to reduce maintenance and improve aesthetics, urging councils to act for a permanent fix.
Hon Myron B Wright of Susquehanna County represents the Fifteenth district including Susquehana Wyoming Wayne and Bradford counties He rose from a Forest Lake farm to bank clerk and cashier His party secured renomination and election to a second term and he is a candidate for a third term The piece also notes George W Stout famed potato worker puzzle editor Arthur H Collins a caramel manufacturer and writer with literary interests.
A speaker declares it is the duty of physicians to drive from the medical field the men who disgrace it. Hesitation by respectable doctors harms the profession. The Lucerne County society should act at the next meeting to remove the community’s murder-for-money subspecies.
A Carbondale leader notes a marked drop in passenger traffic between Carbondale and Scranton over the past few weeks, signaling evidences of reform pressures affecting regional travel and commerce.
An OCR fragment promotes PHO-RE-NOS as a cure with encouragement to ask a druggist for treatment. It mentions tobacco habit and social inconveniences and cites a loose address in Sevanton, PA, with garbled wording and unclear methods.
Baltimore to New York City report shows 40,081 families comprising 200,701 people are unemployed and 44,911 families lack assistance.
Ambiguous copy from a New York Advertiser notes Adlai Walter’s persistence in seeking votes amid uncertain support. The misrendered text mentions a political figure and ongoing campaign efforts without clear events or dates.
Captioned snippet shows a quirky exchange about a Neapolitan basket carried on the head. The line assigns a nickname Say Jeanette and notes a mispronunciation or playful call and response during a laundry task. The brief humor centers on the basket and the fair Neapolitan remark.
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