Interstate Telephone franchise clause sets six month operation
The common council accepted a Judiciary Committee amendment to the Interstate Telephone franchise ordinance. It requires actual operation with 200 subscribers within six months and a $10,000 bond, guaranteeing faithful observance. the plan may be enforceable but lacks underground wiring requirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Judiciary Committee
Interstate Telephone Company
Pwhile
Presidency and Monroe Doctrine Critique in Congress
The text condemns a president for political infamy and a bullyish stance undermining the United States commitment to the Monroe Doctrine. It urges Congress to investigate the policy and criticizes Cleveland for implying leniency toward a misconducting leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Cleveland
Mars Inhabited? Debate Rages Over Atmosphere And Canals
Professor Holden of Lick Observatory argues Mars lacks an atmosphere capable of sustaining life and rejects canals, while Professor Coles using the Electric Eye claims surface features and possible heavy atmosphere with vast valleys and lakes. Photographs suggest portions of Mars may be habitable with towering vegetation and luminous gas exhalations, sparking wide interest in the planetary question.
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Professor Holden
Lick Observatory
Mars
Himalayas
Coles
Mara
Holden
Lick
Silver and Gold Standards Spark Financial Debate
In a cobweb of opinions the article weighs bimetallism against gold monometallism, querying if gold alone can be primary money and noting risks of demonetizing silver. It cites figures like Secretary Morton and Senator Allison, critiques Cleveland policy, and links future rail electrification to monetary theory. The piece also touches US foreign policy, currency stability, and political figures amid a flood of commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John V. Farwell
Chicago
England
Sahyshe
United States
Scotland
Bank of England
Great Britain
Farwell
America
Daniel
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland School
Morton
Cleveland
Allison
North Pole
Senator Morgan on Britain in Nicaragua crisis
In Washington Star interview Senator Morgan critiques Britain’s actions in Nicaragua, likening John Bull to old aggressor games and warning that UK claims harm American interests and prestige. He criticizes pretexts for intervention and asserts American sovereignty and caution are at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Cleveland-Gresham
Nicaragua
Great Britain
Congress
Washington Star
John Bull
America
United States
Australia
Cyprus
Egypt
Alaaka
Samoa
Germany
Venezuela
Hawaii
Hatch
England
Amusing Bits From Old Papers On Love And Humor
A collage of lighthearted vignettes and quips from 19th and early 20th century papers. Poems about courtship mingle with humorous exchanges on marriage and domestic life, including lines from Williams Weekly Life and other periodicals.
Nightlife banter turns to sleepwalking cures
A humorous exchange features a doctor and a bishop discussing dances and ideals with a playful jab about somnambulism. A reader asks about a sleepwalking germ to force her husband into more exercise, highlighting light society gossip in Harpers Bazaar style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weill
Kaifer
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Mins Pinkerly
Finest Ever Seen Souvenir Title Praised by Allentown Hotel
The Scranton Tribune receives and commends the illustrated souvenir The City of Scranton and Vicinity and Their Resources Illustrated. Victor D. Barner, proprietor of Grand Central Hotel, calls it the finest publication ever seen by them and plans to share it on their reading table.
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Allentown
The
Scranton Tribune
Scranton
City of
Victor D. Barner
Grand Central Hotel
Daily Horoscope for Friday May 3 1895
Amaccus Tribune Astrologer predicts a child born this day will reveal strength in a British lion stance over a small country. A daughter may be sought after if her father clips quarterly coupons. Avoid legal quarrels and do not join the Scranton postal service without proof of Cleveland votes.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cincinnati
Tribune
Amaccus
the Tribune Astrologer
Nicaragua
Welsuwaseer
Hogan
Oscar Wilde
Makins Cage
Mme. Modjeska
Russia
Ajocehus
Scranton Postal Service
Cleveland
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Milton
Bergnton
Triune
York
Prank & A 'Rmy
P. Kingsbury
Pres
Man
E. H. Ripple
Eco'vamo Treas
Livy & Richard
Boston
W. W. Davis
W.W. W. Youngs
Rev. Manca
Poranton
Ratea
Peninsylve
Tae Weeey Tomer
Lee Avery
D. L. and
W. Btatlon
Hoboken
House
Senate
Informaco
Earth
Detroit
Merchant Farwell
Scribner's
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Edward Gray
Japan
Wandling
Quay
Queen Victoria
Washington
Denest Kilss
F. Ll. Stanton
Senator Morgan
Mosquito Coast
Waller
Williams
Mamma
Mary
Papa
Joseph Hag
God
George Washington
Tammany Times
New York World
Galveston News
Robbins—Higbee
Radford
Robbins
Atore
Charles
Harlem
Washneton Ave
Sais
John Fairman
Children’s Department
Samnters
Spalbing
C. M. Florey
Wyoming Aybhue
C. A. Building
United States Bonds
Banking House
U. 5
U. S
William Connell
Geo. H. Catlin
William HL. Peck
George H. Catlin
Alfred Hound
James Archbald
Henry Belin, Jr
William T. Smith
Luther Keller
Clemons, Ferrer, O'Malley CO
Lackawanna Avenue
Maloney Owl and Manufacturs
W. Collins
Safe Deposit Vaults OF the
Trust & Safe Deposit
Lackawanna Ave
Weber
Guernsey Bros
Wyoming Ave
Nottoa Bakery
Foote & Sabar CO
Eureka
Washington Ave
DR. Hill & Son
Albany
Seth
First National Bank
Edison
North
Washington Avenue
First Presbyterian Church
Hull & CO
Nana
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