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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1897
Page
5
Ten pages from Scranton dated July 14 1897 report a Gretna camp honor bid with emphasis on repeating the feat and keeping its band in the field, noting this as a familiar achievement rather than a novelty.
The piece downplays reports of a Hastings Quay rift, arguing factionalism has harmed the party with two major rows in two years. It urges leaders to prioritize party interests over personal conflict and notes the Dingley bill as the current path to a miners strike settlement.
Alfred Wual ter, new Lehigh Valley Railroad president, succeeds Flisha P. Witbur amid Morgan control aims to intensify coal trade focus. Wal ter’s Coxe estate experience cited as fit to implement a centralized coal policy while Wilbur retires due to age and broader interests.
Editorial calls for tighter naturalization rules after criticism of lax practices in several counties. It urges public sentiment to support Pottsville regulations and insists on careful inquiry into applicants to ensure true fitness for citizenship.
The speaker argues against forced naturalization and asserts McKinley will be renominated. He says the nation should outgrow compulsory civic participation and that McKinley remains the people’s choice, driven by public demand rather than politician maneuvering.
The piece extols the Republican League of Clubs as a nonfactional party auxiliary that aided the urning national campaign. It credits the league with distributing literature, organizing meetings, canvassing doubtful regions, and mobilizing volunteers to secure votes. Leaders of the league stand apart from Washington ambitions, offering a model of party service and discipline.
The essay reviews the Benham case in Batavia and a New York murder, contrasting educated individuals like banker Benham and Miss Wiard with Thurne and Nack. It notes poisoning, illicit relations, and the failure of education and social progress to instill a sense of right and wrong, inviting reflection on civilization’s limits.
Florida passes an act creating a State Railroad commission with sweeping powers. The body can fix rates order construction of passenger stations regulate schedules and set arrival and departure times for trains.
The passage argues Florida's railroad commission would control rates and finances, requiring extensive reporting and open books. It cites economist Robert Porter and warns state socialism may deter investment, noting minimal local business and high rates. The broader critique questions the need for such centralized authority.
A Providence Journal report discusses Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells critique in the North American Review. It cites expense, hygiene demands, increasing social requirements, outdoor amusements, education, and bachelor comforts as factors deterring marriage. It notes many men marry in the old fashioned way but many women may increasingly delay marriage as well.
A reflection on hero worship and public feeling. An American traveler recalls a countrywoman reacting theatrically to a Browning portrait, while another scene describes a mourner at Mount Vernon weeping before a building near the tomb.
A distressed woman mourns at a tomb but is guided away after a mistaken location sighting. Mr leek pontly acknowledges the patriotism fueling her grief and clarifies the tomb she seeks is the opposite direction at a distant Washington site.
Representative William Connell of Scranton expresses sympathy with coal miners in the strike. He says operators forced prices down to unsustainable levels, leaving miners unable to be fairly paid. He supports orderly action and believes the miners' course may succeed.
The Philadelphia Press links the dawn of better times with a big strike, arguing that prosperity brings both employers and workers to miss opportunities. It recalls the Homestead strike of 1892 and notes that calm administrations and quiet periods mask latent labor tensions and potential disruptions in mills and mines.
Jr Pearsons says college presidents visit him daily seeking support with telegrams of birthday wishes and attentions. The piece argues this pressure biases instruction as professors must watch for new funding sources and donors.
In the Warren Mirror a nose party unfolds with a sheet cut to reveal a giant nose. Half the party hides behind the sheet as a comical display of various probosciaesion shapes appears. The outside group picks the nose and the chosen owner teams with his partner for the evening.
Retailer slashes prices to clear stock offering every shirt waist cheaper than manufacture. The sale features King and Derby brands with waists priced at 6c 85c 1.00 1.39 1.50 and 2.00 plus belts at reduced rates.
In a lively dialogue from the Indianapolis Journal a gentleman with a ringed countenance asks for one of the informers by mocking name. The other questions why they are called informers, and the speaker explains the reforming-green and red-coat wards to describe their changing roles.
A poem by Mary W. Corman in the Post Express laments a beloved departed soul. The speaker describes a pale Boatman guiding the recently lost to the eternal shore, offering courage against the surging sea and honoring the deceased with quiet, reverent imagery. The verse blends grief, faith, and transcendence.
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