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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1895
Page
4
B F Gilkeson issues call for a state convention to meet August 7 at an unspecified location for nominating a state treasurer and six Superior Court judges plus handling other business. Delegates by counties and total delegates 289, with tariff as a running issue in politics.
The piece argues Democratic newspapers ignore rising U S wealth from 1860 to 1890, per capita income, and wage totals in manufacturing, contrasting with Republican achievements. It cites Patrick Pattison on Australian ballots and calls for pure, intelligent, incorruptible suffrage with ballot reforms.
The article notes Scranton offers more breathing room per house than cities like New York and Philadelphia. It praises new residences on expansive lots near city outskirts, providing elbow room for children to play and grow, and contrasts Scranton with crowded tenement towns.
Dr Wilder challenged germ theory and Dr Kijanizin of EKleff reports experiments with sterilized air and food for small animals. An apparatus kept animals alive for days while air and food were nearly free of microbes, gelatin plates showed no colonies during tests.
Sterilized animals showed reduced nitrogen assimilation and rapid weight loss. In many tests, subjects exposed to air devoid of living microbes died within minutes to days after experiments began, suggesting microbes are essential to life and not all microbes are harmful.
Hasleton writer reports Senator Quay told John McCarthy in Philadelphia he will not oppose the Governor Hastings appointed all Republican Superior court judges. The Eaton Free Press notes Quay’s mind change may be influenced by Judge Wickham and his fears of jeopardizing a nomination.
Daily horoscope column comments on a July 6 1896 date with playful notes about Scranton baseball weather, street commissioner Kinsley’s career, and civic praise for the Scranton Tribune. It includes light commentary for readers and a notice praising the paper’s editorial quality.
The Republican Party of the Second legislative district meets July 16 1895 at 2 pm in arbitration rooms at the Scranton courthouse to elect two delegates to the state convention in Harrisburg August 24 1895. Election of delegates occurs July 13 between 6 and 7 pm at regular polling places with district delegation listed by ward and division. Vigilance committees are asked to govern themselves accordingly.
Notice of a Republican meeting in Dunmore on July 13 at 4 p.m. to elect two delegates to the state convention in Harrisburg on August 2. Election districts and ward-by-ward representation are listed for Archbald Blakely Carbondale townships and boroughs including Dunmore Mayfield Elmhurst Olyphant Throop Winton and other districts with ward and district counts and a vigilance committee chaired by A JONES and secretary RAMUEL D JONES.
Clarence M. Florey, sporting goods dealer on Wyoming Avenue, offers a uniform cap and belt with every ten cent baseball or bat to keep boys engaged. Among the hustlers is Mr. Florey.
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