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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1902
Page
4
The flat rate for advertising is six cents per line for cards of thanks and resolutions of condolence. A table lists the price per inch for insertions within one year. The Scranton Tribune issue from November 25, 1902 notes this rate and begins with a greeting about digestion.
An early copy of Bishop Spalding's Socialism and Labor and Other Arguments is reviewed. The bishop critiques socialist remedies while arguing real improvement depends on religious and moral conditions, condemns worship of money, and urges virtue over materialism in American politics and journalism.
The piece rails against vice as a mildew on mind and urges revival through religion and education. It notes a bishop’s call for woman suffrage and a new party focused on temperance, virtue, and moral uplift, while capitalism graft and strikes shape the public mood.
The speaker defends the Monroe doctrine as the United States’ plain rule for Latin America, warning that any European war against republics invites consequences. Venezuela’s instability and potential German pressure are cited, urging readiness to uphold the doctrine or risk global mockery. The passage also notes Napoleon III’s failed intervention in Mexico as a lesson.
The Colombian government under Concha delays the Panama canal talks, blocking progress as Secretary Hay reports no cabinet progress and negotiations are halted. Bogotá’s patience and diplomatic maneuvers are tested while Concha insists on terms that shield fundamental national interests.
The piece argues for building the Panama Canal over Colombian consent, condemns Colombian obstruction, and cites U S emphasis on Panama as the only viable route. It notes Chile Colombia secret pact, warns against other powers, and mentions Latin American tensions and Venezuela’s Castro.
President Eliot argues in World's Work that the church and its ministers have fallen in public estimation since the Civil War. Its control of education has diminished, and some branches cling to archaic ideas while others rely on pomp and ceremony. Overall the church shows little readiness to embrace universal brotherhood and simple gospel preaching.
The New York ban argues equal propriety in condemning laboring men for jury duty and for National Guard service since jurymen, like guardsmen, may be required to enforce the law against violent strikes.
From the Rochester Post Express the piece urges the nation to insist on full facts a permanent settlement of differences and removal of all sources of dissatisfaction and injustice to end the coal strike dispute.
A Washington Star piece notes an observer finds the day a fine, shifting performance. Morning shows charm, evening lacks, yet the overall scene remains a pleasing transformation from autumn green to summer gold with moments of sorrow and glee.
A fragmented column recalls a Lady taken by a brigand and a dramatic sequence of loves and misfortune. Amid reports of a millionaire, a valet, a maid, and a cook, the narrative hints at a forthcoming book and a nation of curious readers.
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