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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1902
Page
4
New York Office address and printer matter details plus Tribune policy on signed letters and editorial revision. Includes display advertising rates and a note on charges for cards of thanks and similar notices.
The 1902 Scranton Republican ticket lists state and county offices including Governor S W Pannypacker Lieutenant Governor W M Brown and Secretary Isaac B Brown. It also names federal and local candidates with district designations and urges continued advertising through the dull season.
A Washington editorial denounces Democratic attacks on U S army officers in Cuba as baseless misrepresentation. It argues such polemics harm national unity, noting officers endured hardship for the country while political rivals seek to discredit the administration and its foreign policy. It defends the army as the people’s force and condemns partisan smears. It also references the Colombia canal treaty and sovereignty notes, stressing U S support for Latin American stability.
A Washington representative notes delays by officials who demand a complete mailed report before proceeding. The slow process risks falling behind as Colombia’s cooperation remains unclear. The plan to allot four dollars a week to idle mine workers could spark trouble if promises are not kept.
The new pensions chief, in office nearly three months, enforces the law without partiality. He selects promotions by merit from top three candidates and screens pension attorneys, warning against sharks. He addresses veterans in Rangas and gains cheers for his stance.
The passage muses on justice ministers journalists and politicians in a fragmented summer frame. It mentions Fitzpatrick Verne Henrissey Kitchener and General Wood with vague tones of eclipsed reports and fading voices as the season nears a focal point.
Peter C Beers of Jefferson township sues Clarence B Woodruff Edward Foster and Emory Woodruff over rights to culm from a former Pennsylvania Coal gravity road On request the court ordered a temporary injunction to stop trespass and pollution pending further proof Judge John P Kelly took the matter under advisement
Three trespass actions filed yesterday seek damages for flood injuries. Delaware and Hudson Co. faces two suits brought by Valentine Bliss and J G Hufnagle for properties on the Lackawanna river affected by riverbed obstructions. Bliss runs a silk mill at Priceburg. Hufnagle owns a submerged plot with many houses.
Marie Frear and Johanna Lobeck lead a suit against the executors of Judge Handley and associates claiming damages for the gas explosion that destroyed the Merchants and Mechanics bank building and the adjoining Lobeck property on Lackawanna Avenue on August 4, 1900. Attorneys Frear and Ballentine & Howell represent the plaintiffs.
Mayfield files trespass suit against Temple Iron company seeking 2000 dollars alleging culm from Edgerton colliery dumped into Edgerton Creek. Creek bed filled, high water overflows banks, flooding streets. residents plan to join with claims for damages.
The wills of Harvey Cooper Johanna Davis and Bridget Flynn were admitted to probate. Letters testamentary were issued to Ann Augusta Cooper Sarah M Shelley and John B Davis.
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