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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1895
Page
4
The paper announces a weekly edition published every Saturday, containing twelve pages of news and fiction. It promotes a bargain price of one dollar a year in advance and notes delivery details and office locations in Scranton and New York.
An Washington dispatch argues that Britain may seize Nicaragua without US protest, while critics urge a firm response. The piece questions diplomatic understandings and warns that a powerful nation could overrun the small state, challenging the Monroe doctrine and demanding stronger U.S. intervention.
The article relays Mr. C. W. Fairbanks of Indianapolis asserting General Harrison is not a candidate for renomination and will not influence the next Republican national convention. He favors another eminent party member, with Allison McKinley Reed named as near friends, and notes Harrison’s preference for continued work over renewed honors.
George Mong writes from New York urging Cuban independence and annexation by the United States. He argues liberation will lower prices, end taxation, and expand the federation under a southern, pro US alliance while condemning tyranny and economic disruption in Cuba.
Rochester Post-Express notes President Cleveland disclaims responsibility for Secretary Morton’s interview. The piece critiques Morton's monometalism stance and mocks his prose, comparing it to Trilby and warning that his economic rhetoric could erode native speech.
The Scranton Tribune adds a Wilkes-Barre department with Colonel J D Laclar in charge, praised by Scranton Truth as a strong local uplift. The paper expands columns, aims to boost interest and value in its journalism. Also notes on international bimetallism debate and Phoebe Couzing's public grief unfold in related items.
A collage of brief clippings and quips from multiple papers including the Washington Star Brooklyn Life Chicago Tribune Philadelphia Record and Houston Daily Post. Snippets reference weddings fashions maidens transportation gin and light verse with stray jokes and social musings reflected in a chaotic collage of 19th century newspaper chatter.
Daily horoscope for Wednesday May 1 1896 notes a child born that day will love baseball bleachers and double plays while praising the Too Much Johnson club. Advice warns wary of gossip and business schemes as electric car strikes and a cautious approach to real estate loom. Projections touch on swindles and avoiding risky cash schemes amid day’s mood.
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