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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
6
Scranton area editorial staff publish a summary of city events and public concerns. The notice reflects community focus and ongoing reporting by the Scranton Uritune Publishing Co team.
On Ascension Day the issue revisits Frances Slocum known as Ma conaggua and the Lost Child of Wyoming. The piece links Slocum’s Hollow in South Scranton, her kin in Wilkes-Barre and the Vale of Wyoming with the region’s history. It also highlights a feature on Stella of Lackawanna with a portrait for readers.
An explanation of the enormous labor behind a large issue produced by five editorial staff members. The piece notes nine tons of paper, a 20 by 12 foot room filled, and about 150 columns read three times. It describes frantic editing, cancellations, and the moral of contributors who fear losing their best passages.
The piece extols Scranton as a place offering homes and happiness beyond its coal and mills. It notes churches, charities, schools, and college-bound Scranton women, praising religious, educational, and cultural high standards. It also mentions the Woman's Paper's pages on history, literature, art, and home decoration and a Young Women’s Christian Association section.
The writer explains that space limits prevented including bold ideas and original thoughts aimed to grace the edition with literary flair. They promise consolation to readers who were treated badly by the shortage of space and time.
The editors of Our Woman's Paper extend cordial greetings to readers as the paper debuts today and announce this is the only issue. They praise the bright contributions and hope the issue will be kept as a cherished souvenir in many homes.
Our Woman's Paper and the associated boards extend heartfelt thanks to the daily Scranton papers for help and cooperation in preparing the forthcoming publication. The Truth Republican Times and Tribune editors contributed time and columns, with Tribune facilities offered for use and business managers aiding advertising.
In a broad display of civic effort, wage-earning members contribute to physical culture and industrial articles to show Scranton’s care for all residents. The piece stresses that these indications reveal rich intellectual moral and social life, not a full catalog of city offerings.
A plea from Armenian victims demands relief as tens of thousands suffer massacres and deportations. The piece urges American Christians, especially American women, to fund and direct aid via Grace Kimball and Clara Barton, calling on readers to answer the cry for help and act as their brothers’ keepers.
The editor notes women today take on many roles beyond homemaking and sewing. It argues women should thoroughly prepare for skilled positions, such as chefs and tailors, to earn high wages. The piece emphasizes dignity of all labor and the need for competence, accuracy, and reliability.
The Scranton YWCA wants its own home to expand its work for young women. The issue explains the need for a permanent building and how churches support this mission, followed by Port Huron Mich adopting a curfew law to curb youth on streets after hours.
A speaker cautions against girls rushing into public occupations, urging home schooling and thorough preparation. She warns that unskilled entry lowers wages and harms all women’s work, citing stenography as an example and urging women to seek responsible positions after proper training and self-improvement.
The piece urges Spring Brook Water Supply Company Beranton Gas and Water Company and other water firms to unite against forest destroyers and to aggressively support reforestation and forest protection across the state.
The piece laments urban tree loss and calls Scranton residents to cleaner streets inspired by Honesdale efforts and Rothrock recommendations. It honors Frederick F. Kopff and Anna M. Drinker, urges support for forest protection, and appeals for grave plots for veterans before Memorial Day.
A botanist recounts collecting twenty three specimens on March 7 1894 and subsequent trips through May June with notes on Gaultheria Epigaea Trilum grandiflorum Cornus florida Attacus cecropia wildflowers and ferns. He describes blooms leaves seeds cocoons siliceous Diatomae and plant life around Scranton Binghamton Syracuse West Albany Lake Ariel Tobyhanna and Lake Co.
Lucy Bronson Dudley writes of the Columbine as a potential national flower noting its beauty and habitat. She links the plant name to its Columbia origin and cites its star shaped five petals and talon like spurs. Dudley recalls Scranton Flora writer and mentions a European sojourn with husband, now in New York.
The passage shows editors debating a poem to fill a page and naming several colleagues like Kennedy Gates Carr and others. A wary tone emerges as they discuss religion humor and creative constraint while a poet attempt unfolds amid witty exchanges and self aware commentary.
C R Pitcher rooms at 06 and it Goma wealth Building in Anton PA. W W Watson offices occupy the entire third floor of the New Traders National Bank Building.
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