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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1902
Page
4
The notice describes advertising rates and policy. It notes Tribune welcomes signed letters on current topics and explains contributions may be edited. A flat rate for advertising is listed with six cents per line for classified ads and related notices.
The article lists Republican candidates for state and county offices, including Governor W Pennypacker and Lt Governor W M Brown, with other names for Secretary of Internal Affairs Isaac B Brown and congressional districts. It notes election day November 4 and commends George W Davis for pharmaceutical examining board appointment, praising his competence and party loyalty.
The Luzerne district Congressman Henry W. Palmer plans to seek re election praised as a capable leader with eloquence and practical experience. His work in debate and committee rooms marks him as a strong representative likely to bolster national prestige for his district. Wisconsin Republicans regret how Senator Spooner was treated at the state convention.
The New York Court of Appeals rules unanimously that a young woman cannot sue over her photograph used on advertising posters without consent. It holds no general right to privacy exists and notes no statute covers this case though acknowledges the publicity is disagreeable. The decision signals potential need for legislative change.
The text argues for stronger legal protection of privacy against intrusive illustrations of private individuals and public figures. It cites past Philadelphia and Atlantic City papers printing half tone images of bathers and other peopled scenes, noting the border of propriety and urging statutory privacy rights as a social duty.
A census study by Henry G. Kittredge surveys waste utilization projects turning refuse into value. It highlights perfumes from foul-smelling byproducts, waste heat powering engines, and New York steam digestion yielding fertilizers and greases. It notes sawdust profits from timber waste, pine leaflets made into forest wool, and Europe Oregon textile trials.
A medley of remarks and snatches of political chatter touches on science, colonial relations, coal costs, Japan’s finance view, Britain’s new premier, a La Follette boom, Cuban annexation, and a Long Island dare that ended in tragedy.
In a New York Times note the Irish client seeks to settle a debt by naming the best man in town. Captain Burton coldly asks for his endorser and suggests writing "J. BR. Burton" on the back to seal the pledge. The scene unfolds in Burton's law office after lengthy notices and a costly promise.
A fragment from Truman Roberts Andrews in Smart Set describes a man, a maid, and a gray cat on a wall. The maid scolds the situation while the catechist questions propriety as the man kisses one of the two present.
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