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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1900
Page
4
The Tribune invites space for letters on current topics but requires real names and editorial revision. Mentions school directors C Ferber and FE Fellows. Notes lack of formal announcement of Lilly Mason’s sympathy for Mr Hoar regarding the Narrett statement.
The Philadelphia Inquirer discusses wage patterns for miners during the Cleveland era, noting that soft coal regions saw wage cuts while the Lackawanna Valley maintained steady daily rates. It argues higher monthly pay results from better demand for anthracite and steadier mine operation, with broader plans to raise output.
The piece critiques a high society network blamed for shielding sins in the Molineux case and predicts pressure to close the matter. It voices concern over wealthy leisure classes molding vice and the danger to republican government, while contrasting Cuba’s American-led reforms as a positive counterpoint.
A Canadian Indians tale about unrest due to police removal for South African service is debunked. Investigations show many red men neither read yellow journalism nor follow the Boers conflict, countering sensational claims and Fenian raid narratives.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin reports Hon. John Wanamaker plans an early withdrawal as a candidate for the Senate to oppose Col. Quay. He will not abandon the fight but run a token bid to keep his strength for later battles and push anti Quay reform in the coming years. A New York Sun dispatch adds Wanamaker intends to run again in two years to seek the Penrose seat. The article links Wanamaker’s move to broader political strategy and Quinacy.
The essay rebukes Beveridge and Wolcott for pursuing aims tied to wealth and empire in the Philippines while defending their motives as constructive. It argues statesmen must balance material interests with moral duties and rejects calls to exploit natives or deny them share in development.
A collection of brief, light sketches including a countrywoman's London fog experience and its comical misunderstanding, wordplay about coal terms anthracite and bituminous, a lawyer’s suggestive plea for a client, a distracted surgeon and his lab, a parrot’s funeral, and a child's wry joke about Polly the bird becoming a bird of paradise.
A collection of oddities and statistics from around the world. Notes on Saxony workers earning one cent hourly in toy making, Mexico’s linguistic diversity, Argentine demographics, Nile rainfall absence between falls, a curious claim about a negro timing animals, European forests, and railway spans. It also mentions a French penitentiary whipping device, railways vastly outstripping Earth's circumference, Hussein’s freight cars, Indian railway passenger rates, Norwegian matrimony skill certificates for women, the Anglican Temperance society reformary project, and a census comparing bachelors and spinsters.
A collection of curious observations covers tobacco odor removal with hay, longevity of great men, a Japanese wedding ritual with burning toys, horse power vs motor freight, Swiss cheese origins, nitro glycerine powder danger, domestic silk prospects, Carl Braun’s silkworm project, Russian education budget, Canadian immigration trends, bed slat fastening in furniture, and an engineering clamp design for bed stability.
The text lists diverse personalities from church, military, diplomacy, science, and philanthropy including Rev. Henry Wilson of St. Augustine's London who raises over $10,040 yearly for charity, Major Anstruther Thompson described as the heaviest man in the British army, and various officials and scholars. It cites socialites, diplomats, and American church figures with brief notes on status, roles, and intrigues.
A humorous fragment notes a wealthy merchant on a frat trip to the Orient offering a mock tribute at a tomb and declaring gratitude for ancestral sin. A recruiting officer doubts a London car-driver applicant’s fitness for cavalry, prompting a witty exchange reflecting era humor.
Aunt Gertrude teases Tommy about growing a beard to hide his face while he jokes about washing less. In Philadelphia Press style a Brella remark and Bella exchange a playful note on a guest’s reaction to a picture.
A Chicago Tribune quotation contrasts riding a wheel with skating on Sunday. It notes wheel riders always go somewhere while skaters do not, and compares Sunday dancing as improper, framing the debate in a witty distinction about movement and propriety.
A quip from Leve land Plain Dealer depicts a humorous exchange about what one will eat with scraps. The brief joke features a bread slice asking about crust and a response mentioning cheese rind.
Mrs Kennedy remains as leader of the Name for the Friendless, with Mrs Matthews as acting president during her abroad stay. Mrs Watres and Miss Hawley gain recognition for plastic art and water colors, while Miss Mercereau shines in miniature portraiture studies. The YWCA Cooking School opens at 10 AM.
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