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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1900
Page
7
Page lists vice president nominees and state congressional candidates across counties including Scranton and Lovant. Officials named include Copeland and Howard with other district endorsements and party designations.
The report notes a nomination for best man at Philadeshia Die Time with Charles Lmory Smith as the leading candidate.
Historic row unfolds as Contrailer Mid 3 Coler speaks at Illinois State University urging higher public honesty. Report alleges Mayor Van Wyck and afraid electoral forces in New York used trust stock tied to City contracts. Separate bonds case alleges comptroller favored a syndicate linked to Coler & Co. amid bid manipulation and scare tactics. Oregon Republicans push district gains as Bryan faces broader political terrain.
Reports from famine afflicted districts in India and Africa describe extreme suffering and hunger. Mayor Moir endorses the relief movement in Scranton urging citizens to contribute through churches, the YMCAs, or directly to Brown Brothers. The Bombay Guardian features famine queues and calls for practical aid including oats, corn meal, and condensed milk as essential supplies.
The piece urges rapid contributions of prepared foods for famine victims in India and East Africa. It notes Mrs. Phinney collecting a hogshead of supplies at 1502 Monsey Avenue and discusses compassion for starving orphans and field famine deaths, urging benevolence and reform of degree inflation in colleges.
In a clash of rulings Judge Lochren holds Porto Rico under constitutional protection by incorporation while Judge Townsend in New York rejects that view. Townsend says treaty law leaves Porto Rico distinct from statehood, with federal power to govern without uniform taxation and without full incorporation.
The article argues that sovereign power includes control over territory and treaties, warning a constitutional restriction could cripple the republic. It discusses the framers’ intent, the danger of limiting expansion, and the political climate, with side notes on contemporary figures and events.
Astrolabe casts 4.00 a m for Saturday June 16. A child born this day will note that recent primaries towed political prophets in Scranton to ahed their whisker. It is easier to stand prosperity than to get an opportunity to try. The dark horses did not kick up dust at the recent grindiries. Prepare to inquire regarding vice presidential possibilities.
A miscellany notes tea cords in Germany, a silver mime, candlestick measurements, and leniency toward murderers in Austria. It mentions Cuba colony plans, railway speed, religious forbiddances among Moslems, ancient Egyptian onion worship, and the cauliflower’s travel from Cyprus to Italy and England. It also cites ages of trees, rising medical women in Britain, British deeds at Cleone, vapor shingles in Japan, bread preferences in England and America, and huge losses on English, Australian, and global fronts.
A weekly letter discusses the rise of public ownership of utilities, noting popular support and corporate pushback. It cites President Cahoon warning private ownership faces grave questions and compares municipal versus private control, citing Dunville Tenn and other cities as examples. a study of twenty five cities contrasts outcomes.
The analysis compares private versus public electric lighting costs. It notes higher salaries under municipal management and suggests public ownership could lower long term expenses. A table lists prices for electric lights in twenty five leading U.S. cities with higher equipment costs in larger cities.
The article notes Professor Brandt V. B. Dixon of Sophie Newcomb college being named civil service commissioner in New Orleans. It also reports Rev. Henry A. Stineen chosen Southworth lecturer at Andover Theological Seminary to deliver six lectures on The Church of Today. It mentions Olive Schreiner supporter Mrs Espard, Jobyne Howland in Denver, and Rev. Richard Windyor speaking in New York about Christian sympathy aiding Indian villages, plus a shipload of Indiana corn feeding 3,000 people during a famine.
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