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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1895
Page
4
The city boasts 18 104 residents and 12 000 school children with $90 000 in school property. It claims electricity cheaper than Niagara and urges new industries, noting growth since 1870 and 1880 but uncertain future prospects amid foreign policy tensions.
The 57 to 17 vote backs a measure creating a state custodian for public buildings and grounds headed to the governor for signature. Captain John C. Delaney of Harrisburg is named for the new post amid debate over religious intolerance, with supporters calling it a step toward economy and fair appointment regardless of nativity or creed. The article also notes forthcoming debates in Harrisburg where Charles W. Stone and Emory Smith defend bimetallism against Charles Heber Mark’s stance.
Sharp opposition at Mar-Tisburg to approving $1,250,000 in freed appropriations for Pennsylvania state normal schools on top of $2,201,979.72 already voted since 1867. Critics argue the state should not bear costs for teacher training and question whether normal school graduates are better teachers than those from private or local institutions.
The author argues against city training schools financed by public funds and state normal schools as essential to the free school system. He urges reform starting at the state normal schools, citing funding limits and opposing the Coyle mining bill which aims to create soft offices. the proposed changes should proceed promptly.
A Meikers port representative introduces a reform bill to reorganize elites of second class cities into four departments work charities safety and property. It proposes a mayor as director of public safety and a council structure shift with elected heads for public works charities and property and calls for accountability of executive and legislative bodies. The piece argues for a simplified single council system and cites Scranton Harrisburg and other cities as comparison points.
Scranton's prominence as a regional hub is urged with calls for the Superior court to sit there and for local leadership to address sanitation, funding, and administrative reform. Editorials touch on statewide legislation, religious influence in schools, and the need to remove ineffective officials while praising constructive progress in public work and education.
A fragment from J. A. Scranton & Son’s Republican presents Colonel Ripple as a premier commissary general and hints at a Hastings era trio, including Colonel Warren and Colonel Nipple, controlling the executive car in the county.
Daily orescope drawn by Amacchus the Tribune Astrologer predicts a child born this day will favor creased trousers and tazor food shoes. The reading hints a cautious nature, hints of waiting, and playful references to provincial figures and a poetic forecast for late February into March.
Harrisburg dispatch notes a Hastings presidential boom under discussion, with Governor’s stance seen as passive yet duty bound to Pennsylvania’s interests. It mentions a possible move to nominate a Hastings backer at the Republican convention, while state actions focus on education printing contracts and extensive staff appointments in the National Guard.
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