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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1900
Page
4
Editor Richard O. Byxbed notes space for short signed letters on current topics. The paper comments on the Nethersole play Sapho being toured by road companies including one heading for Beranton. It argues policing actors won t improve public morality while many respectable readers fund the performances.
The letter urges Lackawanna voters to back four lawmakers proven in good government and party integrity. It condemns Wanamaker aligned insurgents who bolted and allied with Democrats, warning they seek political autocracy and spoils. It notes Harrisburg battles and asserts independents are needed for honest governance. It adds Island of Sulu status shift, to the relief of slavery-objectors.
In a Harvard Club address Hon. John P. Long extols public service men as noble as private ones. Gov. Roosevelt echoes, praising the Eighth and Ninth Commandments regarding politicians. A letter from John Hay denies any secret US alliance with Great Britain, while Edmund Clarence Stedman retires from Wall Street to devote time to literature.
The passage notes Macrum has spent more time banking than writing poetry, leading to an unusual present state. He now plans to retire to his ranger and try to look pleasant, wearing fine clothes and enjoying the occasional haircut as he steps away from prior pursuits.
The lower house faces a Monday vote on a bill establishing a civil government in Puerto Rico with a 2 percent tariff with revenues shared locally. The issue tests expansion policy and a stand against equal treatment with states, aiming to protect mainland labor from foreign competition. The Republican leaders urge a strict territorial approach, signaling broader plans for the Philippines and pressing a Saturday caucus amid high interest in the upcoming decision.
The American Federation of Labor seeks a bill to strip equity jurisdiction from federal courts to curb injunctions in labor disputes. Attorneys draft the measure, aiming to end govt by injunction while preserving contempt defenses. A jury trial demand clashes with contempt prerogatives. stray notes stray into a street hole incident.
The city of New York pays 6000 in damages, a price that may spur better street repairs and prove a municipal blessing in disguise. Wyoming county oil prospectors report little excitement with pay dirt claimed from a gold mine near Conesee in the western state. Amid England's busy press, David Alfred Thomas contends with re fighting the Jameson raid yet again.
Observers note managers struggle to find plays deemed sufficiently provocative without drawing police scrutiny. The quirks of weather threaten crops from peaches to Bermuda onions, while some urge opinion on the Puerto Rican tariff. Rumors swirl around General Cronje and foreign grievances against Britain.
Abstract of an address by Hon. Jacob Gould Schurman, president of Cornell, at the Union League Club banquet in Chicago. He argues the United States must seek new world markets for its expanding production, urges opening Africa and Asia to American trade, condemns Monroe doctrine complacency, lauds open door in China, and extols diplomacy enabling American control of an interoceanic canal and the need to study Oriental needs for commerce. He warns Europe’s partition of Africa and risks to American industry if markets remain closed. The address links scientific progress, invention, and rapid production to the imperative of global trade expansion and strategic influence.
A historical passage argues the United States embraced territorial expansion from the Philippines onward, framing it as destiny and a necessary evolution of the American republic. It credits Dewey, Otis, MacArthur, and Lawton, and cites an international agreement as securing a lasting role for the United States in world affairs.
A survey of prominent people including A. C. Ewinburne, Burr, Bates, Cole, Platt, Bashford, Forbes, and Smith. It mentions end of Confederate senators, a Dutch portrait of literary and political figures, Huntington and humanitarian honors, and an impending publication by Count Nigra.
A collage of old newspaper verse contrasts ancient combat with modern violence and civilian danger. It jokes about dynamite law limits and civil behavior, then skewers fashion and speech in a satirical tour through Washington Star and Chicago Record verses.
In Woman's Realm opinions on beauty and performance spark debate about the Birakeech Opera company. The piece questions appearance standards, stage ethics, and crowd expectations, noting a cake walk and city council member among performers while reflecting on social trends and youth activities.
We offer a full line of watches guaranteed to pass inspection. Buy from an established, reliable house not a transient agent. We stand by our integrity with a guarantee as good as gold and prices as low as any.
A collection of varied notes on animals travel costs railways timberland prices and commerce. Mentions whales in the gulf stream railway engines mileage timber valuations American millinery spending land sales and a Buffalo street car barn under construction using discarded rails. Also reports sewing machines sent to China and Chinese women adopting sewing machines.
The article announces the opening of Finley’s spring line of New Foulards and Challies for 1900. It highlights a shift from dark colors to summer-appropriate shades including blues greys heliotrope and fawn in Natural Foulard and Liberty Satin finishes.
Our Charlies are too handsome to describe and our assortment now is broader than ever before. Limited time due to scarcity in finer grades. Early buyers will enjoy the best selection. See our exhibit this week.
Teachers and superintendents seek substantial inexpensive aids for class use. The article promotes two subjects with complete assortments and very reasonable prices, highlighting value in these reproductions for educational use.
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