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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1896
Page
4
The Tribune remains the sole Republican newspaper in Lackawanna County, contrasting with other local outlets. Its stance highlights a unique political position in the region's media landscape.
The article urges support for Galusha Grow and Samuel Davenport as congressional candidates while denouncing the Senate and White House for delaying recognition of Cuban insurgents as belligerents. It questions the loyalty of procombine factions in Allegheny and calls for explanations of federal Cuba policy before adjournment. It ends by likening current politics to a local ball club in need of bold action.
A new Protestant Episcopal Church army emerges modeled on the U S Army framework led by Colonel H H Hadley as military director. Posts require rector consent, with ten officers per company and formal agreements governing establishment and operations.
The article outlines a Church Army like structure with officers sergeants and recruits from parishes under rector oversight. It describes paths from recruit to soldier cadet and potential promotions, and details traveling chariot and tally ho companies for urban outreach, discipline, and charitable work in New York slums.
The article discusses preferred monetary plank options in St Louis favoring silver to maintain parity with gold and opposing free coinage. It argues for robust currency, critiques reliance on credits, calls for higher per capita money in circulation, and links monetary policy to protectionism and trade balance. It notes English stance in a hypothetical US Spain Cuba war scenario.
An editorial notes the case of Rev. Fuller of Malden Massachusetts who after divorcing his first wife for desertion remarried, violating church canon. He was suspended from ministry, while the Sun argues that many Episcopal laypeople, including prominent social figures, are affected by the issue and its implications.
A white metal crank asks how more money can enter circulation while the gold man counters with a plan to exchange one gold dollar for sixteen silver dollars at the treasury. The silver man jeers at the suggestion, questioning the proposal’s practicality.
Senator Blackburn ranks Horace Greeley's remark on Grant's renomination as among the three most eloquent lines ever spoken. He places Christ's Calvary prayer and Napoleon's Egypt pyramid apostrophe ahead of Greeley's line about the country "devoured by the sword."
The Tribune of Scranton presents a twelve page Souvenir Knights Templar number with eighty four columns. Reports are praised as accurate, readable, and attractive. The staff of reporters and artists is credited to both the newspaper and Boranton town.
A 1806 Scranton Sun horoscope by Amacchus predicts a bicycling, carefree character with brisk movement and a fondness for satire of sound money. It envisions a child born today likely to rise in life and hints at public life themes through local figures and events.
A Washington Port item reports a Kentucky correspondent recounting a capitol debate between a sound money advocate and a silver supporter. The gold man claims free coinage would improve times, while the silver champion argues otherwise, illustrating the fiscal quarrel.
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