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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1895
Page
4
Publication details for the Scranton Pennsylvania newspaper The Tribune Publishing Company New York Office Ireland Building Frank and Jay managers listed with no Sunday edition noted.
The platform asserts the American people favor bimetallism and calls for gold and silver to be used as standard money under legislative provisions. It seeks to maintain parity of the metals so the purchasing and debt paying power of the dollar remains equal across silver, gold, and paper.
Editorial argues against diverting 100000 from public school appropriation to churches. It notes 4 to 1 million in idle state surplus in banks and urges using surplus to support essential expenditures rather than cutting school funds. It warns fiscal restraint would disfavor Republicans and jeopardize the great public schools. It calls for drawing on surplus to cover emergencies until revenues recover.
The article discusses Professor Laughlin arguing for gold monometallism yet questions the practicality of demonetizing gold. Citing Boetbeer and the U.S. Mint, it estimates global gold and silver production and argues the world’s gold stock may be large enough to affect monetary value while noting gold remains largely confined.
The text argues against placing final redemption solely in gold and warns of empowering money princes. It advocates international restoration of bimetallism and notes U S lag in pursuing it has spurred domestic efforts toward a silver gold standard.
The piece surveys a possible adjustment to the silver coinage and a pause in monetary reforms, arguing a temporary shift could ease division over gold and silver standards. It notes silver bullion gains, potential reopenings of mines, world mint activity, and broader labor policy shifts amid party uncertainty.
Monroe County labor groups met in Rochester to adopt twenty one resolutions. Political aims include referendum law proposals direct vote secret ballot universal suffrage and abolition of executive veto. Social aims cover reduced work hours public ownership public employment protections and prohibition of child and convict labor.
An apparent administration organ claims Secretary Gresham aims to bolster public support by demonstrating strong American spirit and patience. It critiques Cleveland’s handling of foreign policy and Hawaii, questions state funds and schools, and notes regional issues from Pennsylvania to Pittsburg, urging firm domestic resolve.
A poem by F. L. Branton laments endless abuse and neglect from a harsh loved one. It describes a weary, tearful figure who finally finds quiet release as kindness arrives in death, with expressions of love, remorse, and acceptance.
The Philadelphia press notes the Barr compulsory school attendance bill, final shape by conference committee, requiring sixteen weeks of schooling for ages 8 to 14, with attendance officers and truancy measures. It emphasizes a school census to be taken by assessors in spring, and argues the reform is a major advance deserving enactment without delay.
He combined a peculiar mix of traits and chose hard work over leisure. At a young age he pursued mechanics and built a foundational text. Studying in Philadelphia, Troy, Paris, and Freiburg, he became a leading authority on geology and the era’s greatest coal operator.
The Philadelphia Press urges Pennsylvania to lead as the leading Republican state at the eighth annual Republican National League convention in Cleveland on June 19. Delegates are being elected and Pennsylvania should show the strongest attendance and leadership. Also notes interest in water power development at Wallenpoopack falls Hawley with New York capitalists taking an option on nearby land to power generation. A Washington Special reports U.S. population around 70 000 000 at start of May 1895. Eugene Field columns anticipate a Grover Cleveland book dramatization after Trilbut ends.
Amacchus the Tribune astrologer schedules a May 15 daily reading noting a 148 a. m. astrolabe price and a 1.29 a. m. moonrise. The forecast deems the day neither clearly lucky nor unlucky for finances and mentions a newborn girl’s amiability, plus a jab at Hewitt’s Taylor horse cooking and warm Cuba conditions.
A Washington Star excerpt uses a nursery rhyme to warn children about trolley cars and staying indoors. It contrasts a parent Brown with a child Johnny, then shifts to a Judge exampling a coat theft scenario from a Tit Bits piece, illustrating humor and misperception.
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