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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1902
Page
5
A partial notice from New York OMeo lists a role agent for foreign advertising in Scranton Pennsylvania. It includes publishing policy on signed letters and editorial revision for contributions and references a flat advertising rate table for display and classified ads.
The Republican slate lists State Governor W Pennypacker and Lt Governor W M Brown with Isaac B Brown as Secretary of Internal Affairs. Legislative candidates include Joseph Oliver First District Joan Sclever Second District Edward James Third District and P A Philbin Fourth District. The editor recalls a past county treasurer bid overshadowed by Connell Fleitz Gibbons Ripple and Roche.
The call urges Republican voters to back Congressman Connell in the upcoming primary next Tuesday afternoon, stressing his proven service and district focus. It warns that opposition is active and personal motives drive much of it, urging prompt participation between 4 and 7 PM at regular polling places.
Hon. P. Austin, chief of the Treasury Department’s statistics bureau, predicted a future of immense American development. He spoke of vast water power, a canal linking Great Lakes and Atlantic ports, electric transmission to cities and farms, and a network of rail and sea routes connecting Alaska to Argentina, with steamships traversing every sea and reinforcing markets.
A speech extols American cable links and Pacific expansion, promising prosperity through exports and industry. It envisions the Gulf Coast islands under the American flag and cites Alaska, the Cori and Corita areas, and global reach from Arctic to tropics. It urges support for William Connell for another congressional term.
Judge White advocates a constitutional amendment to allow a statewide referendum on laws and constitutional changes. He cites Oregon’s model requiring petitions from 25 percent of voters, warns against easy access to petitions, and notes concerns about public engagement and potential influence on legislation.
The Providence Register extols William Connell as a model congressman, highlighting his rise from driver boy to bank president, his leadership and public service, and urging support over his opponent in the upcoming primary. It notes Connell’s steadfast stance during the Spanish American War and his strong ties to Lackawanna County.
The piece discusses potential future Venezuelan leadership and notes that tyrants rarely stay in power. It highlights Judge Taft’s Vatican negotiations as an example of lightweight diplomacy. It mentions Judge Penfield accusing Senator Bailey of falsification and notes the appointment of General Franklin Hell to Leavenworth as evidence that ability matters.
A fragment reflects on the Roosevelt era praising the president's tribute to the army while noting disquiet over morals in the Dishrow murder case and concerns about Puritan conscience within seashore society.
A man buys three pounds of meat for his wife but the cat eats the meat. He discovers the cat weighs three pounds and questions where the meat went, presenting a comic paradox about the missing meat and the cat. The tale appears as a humorous anecdote from Harper's Magazine.
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