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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1896
Page
12
Firework makers offer extravagant pieces from $7 bombs to $1,350 cultural sets. Descriptions span paratrooping rockets, dragon mines, and water works, with notes on Chinese firecrackers and a growing torpedo trade.
A passenger on a railroad train endures a stare from a tall veiled woman who asks if the other’s complexion is natural or enamel. The exchange ends with the fixed gaze resuming after a brief, odd inquiry about enamel makeup.
The article lauds McKinley for attracting many warm friends and being genial, kind, unassuming, and honest. It notes broad respect and confidence across parties and asserts he would be an honest, upright, and conservative chief magistrate if elected. The piece closes with Republican party congratulations.
The Cleveland World notes the Republican party aims to be a stable silver and gold party once bimetallic currency is secure. It calls the party the advocate of prosperity and cites Senator Hoar in Paris agreeing the union of the two metals is near, in the presence of civilized powers.
A profile of Richard Bland, Missouri lawyer and congressman, describing his freemarket coinage stance, his reputation as a steadfast yet plain speaker on silver, and his role in shaping the 16 to 1 free coinage platform. The piece covers his career, debates, committee leadership, and the political dynamics surrounding his presidential bid.
The article notes 12 million voters in 1892 and projects 12 500 for 1596. It discusses one more state voting than four years ago, but bans on suffrage in the South, especially South Carolina and Florida. It cites 16 000,000 voting age males in the United States with aliens removing 1,160,000 and more denied by legal constraints and constitutional limits.
A humorous tale recalls a meeting between Governor Talbot and General Butler at a charity ball in Massachusetts. Candidates for governor, party rivals, posed on the platform as the crowd debated the race and a floor marshal asked Butler to dance. Butler refused saying he would rather make others dance.
A vintage ad touts Dr. Humphreys No 24 for brain fag debility and nervous weakness and No 10 for dyspepsia indigestion with a promise to build up the system. It notes a Rose Cold remedy 77 and offers a homeopathic book mailed free. Sold by druggists or prepaid. container price $1.00, trial 25 cents. address 111 William Street New York.
An advertisement for Munyon's catalog of health products listing cures for rheumatism digestion kidney to back pain headaches and more. The text promotes quick relief prices and credits a Philadelphia address with free medical advice from Professor Munyon.
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