Metropolis of NE Pennsylvania Claims Cheap Power and Growth
The piece extols Elevation above tide at 740 feet and a thriving city with an estimated 184,000 population and 20,599 registered voters. It highlights school value at 90,000, 12,000 children, and bank deposits averaging 10 dollars. It lauds cheap electric power versus Niagara and urges new industries, noting 1894 population estimates and a tribute to Captain William Kellow as a civic loss.
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Pennsylvania
Niagara
United States
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Novel industrial senate proposal sparks debate on strikes
A March Social Economist piece outlines a plan to curb strikes by placing labor and capital on a bi‑partisan industrial senate with delegates from both sides plus a proposed mutual union. It argues public welfare should govern wage and condition changes, while warning of idealism and a clash with agitators and unequal power. The Harrisburg Patriot cites rising murders and stagnant executions to question deterrence by capital punishment.
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Social Economist
Industrial Senate
Capital punishment debated as a check on murder
The author argues capital punishment fails as a deterrent since one executed killer is often replaced by others. It cites General Hastings as Pennsylvania governor, noting his independence from faction and caution about effects on national conventions.
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Hastings
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Indignant Philadelphia Doctor Demands Stricter Car Rules
A Philadelphia physician writes that public transit rules fail without enforced penalties for spitting and other offenses. He urges conductors to quietly reprimand violators, banishing repeat offenders from cars and imposing penalties to restore passenger dignity. The piece attacks the spitting habit and notes Congress adjournment mood amplifies public frustration.
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Philadelphia
Promoting Science and Reform in Scranton and Indiana
The piece laments limited public funds for street cleaning and questions ward-grab politics while urging Scranton scientists to form an academy around the Lacoe coal plant collection. It notes Indiana’s Nicholson temperance bill restricting saloons and argues for open, above-board operations with no screens or free lunches.
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Indiana Assembly
Nicholson
Saloon Policy Debate and Urban Reform Echoes
A column discusses licensing after Prohibition era ideas, argues saloons should be treated like other trades, and critiques civility in print. It notes Scranton fire service needs, street cleanliness, Quay's Harrisburg trip, Cromwellian analogy, Platt vs Mayor Strong, and a downbeat outlook on Grover.
It Is Their Own Affair. Local debate on new county lines
The piece discusses potential creation of a new county in southern Lucerne and northern Schuylkill. Voters would face taxes for a courthouse jail and county officials within a smaller area, with outsiders bearing no costs. Costs to start and sustain the new county would be substantial, but not borne by those outside its borders. An Original Race War, From the Atlanti Constitution, humorous vignette contrasts a turkey and a dog in a race story with regional dialect dialogue.
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Lucerne
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Turkey
Alpine Club Mystery Named by Chicago Skyscraper Writers
A Detroit Free Press column notes Chicago clubs adopting the name Alpine. The gag centers on the lack of mountains in Chicago and odd club rooms on a skyscraper top floor with a non functioning elevator after midnight.
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Detroit Free Press
Jack
Chicago
Sam
Political Gossip on Morrisburg and Harrisburg Scene
In Morrisburg and Harrisburg reports discuss Republican internal politics. State Chairman Gilkeson may face opposition at the party’s organization, with ex officio officers likely reelected and Benjamin F. Haywood named as treasurer candidate. Hastings eyed for possible presidential bid, amid general favorable talk. Senator Quay’s visit stirs rumors. his next moves center on Pennsylvania politics and the Kiine bill’s fate in the legislature.
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