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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1896
Page
4
A miscel section highlights a well-funded, weekly bargain lineup including Contalne Twelve Handsome I of Newn and Ficti Thare Ismed Evert Satunday. The Abm ond Well-Fututed Miscel group receives strong recommendations as the best value in advance.
Congressmen at large Galusa A Grow of Susquehanna and Samuel A Davenport of Erie listed for the November 3 election date.
A proposal to grade and pave Mulberry street to Prescott avenue is discussed as vital for linking the Nay Aug area with the city. The plan would unlock 8 000 to 10 000 new residents and 2 000 to 3 000 homes, boosting business and land values. The piece notes the Democratic National Convention is six weeks away with no clear nominee yet.
The senate was set to vote on the Butler anti bond resolution challenging future issuance of Interest bearing US bonds without congressional authority. The measure, viewed by critics as political, ties to Cleveland and Carlisle and recalls past finance controversies involving a Wall Street linked bond raid. The piece argues the act resembled plain thievery and criticizes the administration's role and partners.
Opinion pieces contrast Queen Victoria's ceremonial role with the reduced prerogatives of modern monarchs. The author questions future rulers, cites England's financial constraints, and predicts how a new king might handle public influence and state matters.
Scranton readers learn of the fourth Summer meeting at the University of Pennsylvania July 6 31 housed in Pennsylvanias buildings. Five departments offer lectures on ancient Rome psychology music botany chemistry and mathematics with a distinguished slate of lecturers from Penn Yale Harvard and more. Costs for licensed teachers run 50 to 75 dollars with higher ranges for others. The notice also promotes West Philadelphia extension offerings and notes President Gilmans potential move to lead Greater New York public schools.
A Chicago Times-Herald commentary argues that immigrant debt to the nation is vast and the recent influx from specific countries raises concerns. It cites statistical figures on European emigration, shifts in Hungarian Italian Russian and Polish immigration, and notes many arrivals lack trades or employability. The piece urges exclusion of illiterate paupers and supports federal education-based reforms to improve immigrant character.
A Washington Post article by J. H. Embry extols Cuba's longing for freedom from oppression. It contrasts Cuba's chained past with a future of liberty, wealth, and national sovereignty, invoking Patrick Henry's liberty or death as a rallying cry.
The passage outlines McKinley’s role in shaping the tariff bill, noting that five provisions were in the original submission, while forty three later revisions were added under his influence. It cites numerous changes to duties, including raised rates in agriculture, metals, woolens, and cotton, and calls the 1890s tariff the least tariff measure enacted, a product of his planning and leadership.
A fragment argues that increased debt and interest costs reflect mismanagement. It claims no excuse exists for more debt in peacetime and condemns Democratic control of government, referencing the era around 1890s politics and policy.
A critical summary claims three years of Democratic control have produced rising debt and spending. It cites June 18 to April 1, 1589 figures, projecting a total interest burden of $6,005,900 after bond issuance ends in May. The piece frames this as incompetence and compares debt to major wars.
The Philadelphia Press notes the first time in party history a Democratic national convention approaches without a canvass for the presidential nomination. New York has no candidate and the New York Democrats have no unified choice. In the West two to three candidates remain but show little traction. no one wants the nomination.
The passage urges each nation to legislate for its own interests and people. It argues that when governments nationalize and protect their industries and citizens, Americans discharge their duty and can safely extend the principle to other nations.
A collage of quips from the Philadelphia and Washington papers, mixing political and social satire. The Indianapolis Journal notes a wanderer’s confession about misusing funds, a wedding tale, and a line about a worker released after a brief sentence, all in a wry, late 19th century tone.
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