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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1899
Page
5
The article lists mayor and treasurer candidates with several party nominees for a February 2 election day. It notes hopes a thorough vetting of the senatorial field will let Senator Mlinn Wirons assume the post.
The article argues that United States exports grow not from a single resource but from combined agriculture mining and manufacturing output. It notes farmers harvest wheat corn cotton while manufacturers supply machines and fabrics for foreign buyers, raising questions about foreign ownership of shipping and transport.
The Indiana General Assembly reviews a proposed anti trust measure defining a trust as any group of two or more entities to restrain production fix prices or otherwise limit competition. It authorizes enforcement actions by the attorney general and local prosecutors including charter forfeiture and dissolution for violations. The bill targets foreign corporations operating in the state that breach its provisions.
The article discusses laws to combat foreign trusts and conspiracies in business. It notes penalties for violations, including fines up to 5,000 and imprisonment, with daily breaches as separate offenses. It argues that proof of a trust’s existence can rely on general reputation and member involvement rather than written instruments. The piece condemns anti imperialists as showing failures of American civilization at home.
The National Association of Manufacturers, in its fourth Cincinnati session, advocates aggressive export policy and foreign trade study. It cites missions to South America Japan and Caracas warehouse as key steps, praising trade extension as core to U S economic progress.
The piece argues persistent watchfulness against house intruders and notes the difficulty proving mistakes by unwelcome visitors. It also suggests ejecting trespassers and maintaining vigilance. A political reflection contends Sampson and Schley should drop their feud, while mentions Dewey opposing Philippine annexation and calls for unity.
The column notes celestial forecasts for January 2 with references to a child’s awareness of politics at Harrisburg and humorous remarks about notable figures Chauncey Depew and Artlet Hopkinson Smith. It hints at forthcoming political maneuvering in February and a poet’s romantic prelude before marriage.
Washington correspondence in the Boston Transcript reveals contested views on American consular roles in the Far East and who deserved credit for Dewey’s victory. The piece examines Pratt Wildman and Williams and notes raised ships Iva de Cuba Don Juan de Austria and Castilla. It also discusses Havana climate, transit in Santiago and potential electric streetcars.
The passage discusses the immense gaps between stars and suns, noting telegraphic signals to the sun take minutes while replies would reach home after millennia. It suggests about ten planets per sun and posits at least twenty thousand separate worlds exist within the observable range, many likely inhabited.
The February Home Magazine will feature an in depth article by William M. Butler on Keeley and the Keeley wizard, based on rare access to Kens ley's Workshop records and Keeley company files. Tolstoy’s new novel, likely his final, centers on love across three life stages and supports funds for Canadian transport.
Si and Uncle Hiram discuss government and office seekers, claiming the system is grand while noting an influx of twenty office-hunters as the population grows, as reported by the New York Sun.
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