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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1897
Page
11
From a Life magazine excerpt, a biographical sketch portrays George Washington’s early life, education, flaws, leadership during the Revolution, presidency, and enduring legacy. It notes his modest upbringing, cautious demeanor, mistakes in youth, military trials, and final retirement, highlighting his character and influence.
In New Jersey at Edison a vast plant worth about 82 000 000 dominates a 33 mile base of supplies. Ore is blasted in gneiss formations, crushed through five mills, and passed through magnetic separators raising iron oxide to 85-95 percent. The automated process produces a daily output of Bessemer in large cakes called Dirkuettes, with workers mainly supervising machinery.
A report shows the Bureau of Animal Industry inspects 46,917,474 meat animals for slaughter and stockyards last fiscal year. Postmortem inspections total 18,8427, with examinations of exported animals and animal health experiments. Total expenditure nears $60,000,000, highlighting the scope of agricultural inspection work.
A lengthy 1897 address lists prizes for singing recitals speeches essays and poems with donations from local patrons. It names competitors judges and deadlines for Works including English poems male quartets oratorios and short stories with adjudicators and prize notes.
The Ohio audience hears William A. White defend Kansas against popular delusions. He argues Kansas is mischaracterized and credits Kansans for voting freely, rejects populist stereotypes, and praises Republican reform, urging unity and vigilance in national politics.
A fragmentary quotation from Rev. Charles A Parkhiure describes a character as the sum of past thoughts actions and aspirations. The narrator asserts the character merges a lifetime into a present moment becoming a noble freed figure.
A fragmentary poem presents a portrait of a person shaped by nature and time. The speaker, attributed to John Hall Ingham, describes steadfastness, friendship, inner peace, and a calm spirit amid tempest, using vivid imagery of forests, sunshine, rivers, and stars.
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