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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1894

Page

4

Election Feb 20 Notice in Scranton Tribune

The Scranton Tribune notes an upcoming election scheduled for February 20. Details on candidates and polling locations are to be announced by local officials.

A Study in Scarlet and Democratic Turmoil Across the Times

The piece critiques political rhetoric and journalistic ethics as it cites figures like Blount Hines and Tracey, mocks references to the Wilson bill, and contrasts Civil War memory with modern editorial disputes at Wilkes-Barre and The New Dealer. It notes public dissatisfaction with tariff debates and media behavior.

Times Tha Sams Democratic Andrew Carnegie

Insolvent Railroads in Receivership 1998 List

The Railway Age catalogs 1998 insolvent railroads placed in receivership and those foreclosed sold, noting 22,684 miles of track and $4.297 billion in securities, with $594.095 million in capital. The report signals the industry’s deep downturn and the widespread impact on U S rail systems.

Railway Age United States

Railroads in Receivership Show Burden of Debt and Decline

The report notes $73 917 000 funded debt and a total liability load far higher when floating debts are added. It excludes the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe with 9 844 miles under receivers and liabilities over $1 590 000 008, plus 1410 miles seized under force sale carrying $17 204 000 in assets. Over ten years receivers have governed 7 400 miles of railroads in the United States with liabilities over $5 700 000 000.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fee Unite States

Rockafellow Case Demands Candor in Business Ethics

The piece laments the Rockafellow bank scandal exposing long term deception that shattered depositors’ faith and moral trust. It contrasts aging figures Grant Stone and John Ruskin with the blurred lines between reputation and integrity. It questions heredity environment and success in explaining the enigma of immoral finance.

I. V. Rockafellow Bose Eldorado Rockafellow Frank

Patent Commission Plan for Expired Patents Prominent

The essay urges Congress to publish lists of expired patents to aid inventors and the public. It argues current practice shields ideas behind patents and proposes a public registry to reduce patent monopoly, while praising coordinated industry efforts like the Scranton Engineering club for fostering harmony and shared progress.

Seymour Congress Patent Commissiuen Scranton Engineering Club Itashar

Cartoons spark debates on Hawaiian policy and local politics

A columnist notes the lively return of political caricature as Grover Cleveland and others become subjects of cartoons in Philadelphia Inquirer and Irish World. He quizzes stock fish, suggests locating homes near Scranton, and mentions Wayne county leaders W. W. Wood and A. T. Searle amid Republican district debates.

Philadelphia Inquirer Grover W. W. Wood Wayne County A.T. Searle Wright Wayne Turd

Reflections on Declining Minds of Great Patriots and Thinkers

The piece cites aging statesmen and thinkers to ponder how intellect wanes with years yet health remains. It recalls Massachusetts figures like a former governor and speaker of the House, Lyman Beecher, Emerson, and Josiah Quincy to illustrate varied fates of aging minds amid national history and public service.

Massasschusetts National House of Representatives Boston Advertiser Boston United States Republic Great Britain Lyman Beecher Towems New England Ralph Waldo Emerson Josiah Quincy Harvard College

Falsehood of the McKinley tariff in Plain Words

The passage argues that three years of McKinley tariff experience caused general business malaise and ruin, describing the falsehood as perfectly conceived by human imagination, likening it to a snow statue mistaken for marble formed in a late March night.

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