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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1902
Page
5
The Tribune outlines advertising rates per line with a rate for display space and minimum measurements. It notes a paper reading position and a stated inches measurement for a display area, along with charges for cards of thanks and acknowledgments.
The Scranton Tribune reports 1901 production of 2 820 pages or 271 456 inches of reading matter, with other papers like The Republican 2 752 pages and 266 378 inches. The Times totals 2 854 pages and 240 086 inches, Truth 2 742 pages and 204 327 inches. The Tribune notes steady gains across departments despite business disturbances and calls 1901 its most prosperous year.
The piece reviews a prosperous year with strong gains in benevolence and education, notes advances in science and public health, and discusses canal route politics. It highlights a price dispute over the Panama and Nicaragua canals, with Hepburn criticizing delays and lobbying, and covers New York liquor debates and local option prospects.
Fragmentary text stresses honesty integrity and caution as old fashioned but strong safeguards for a happy new year. It underscores prudent conduct as essential to long term prosperity and stability for the people.
Six part owners of a Pike County game preserve are charged in federal court with repeated breaches of Pennsylvania game laws. The secretary of the state game commission leads the prosecution, promising a thorough trial. The note adds that Germany again favors cash over real estate in Venezuelan dispute settlements.
Professor Haupt warned that an Isthmian canal could not be realized early and would require vigorous public opinion to force Washington action. The Scranton Engineers' club heard the canal commission lecture three years ago and noted ongoing jockeying by congressional powers. Election frauds are described as neck and neck with ballot-box issues in Cubs.
The Tribwuw editor discusses international revival and the impact of foreign trade on domestic power, noting rising deficits and scrutiny of debt figures. Projections show 7,000,070 less in lith than previously, with a net rise to 14,000iire and a 20 percent shift in credit among survivors.
In a vivid anecdote from The Outlook, a crowd confronts police at the Masonio temple fire scene near a hotel on Pith Avenue. A masked man in a great Ulster is identified as General Grant, who reacts by shouting for order as a police officer is restrained. Grant’s aura of dignity contrasts with the crowd’s tension, leaving the officer chastised and Grant unafraid, inspiring a renewed reverence for his legacy.
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