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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1898
Page
4
A historical notice from Scranton Pennsylvania dated October 7 1598 records a second class mail matter matter altered attine office. The fragment notes an official postal action with regional reference and date.
Governor William A. Stone and J. F. P. Gobln lead the ticket for governor and lieutenant governor. James W. Latta named secretary of internal affairs. Superior Court judges include W. W. Porre and W. D. Porter. Samuel A. Davenport and Galusha A. Grow vie for at large congressional seats and William Connell for Congress. F. W. Gunsten and Joan J. Ronarts, M.D. listed for coroner and ward roles. George Ek Stevenson noted as surveyor.
The document lists Senate Twenty Dist James Co Vaughan and House First Dist Joan Re Farr Second Dist John Scheuer Je Third MatheieN C Mackey Fourth Dist Joun F Kynolds.
The speaker promises to serve with honesty and humility, correcting abuses, ending wasteful investigations, and uniting supporters and opponents under the common good. He stresses that the people, not parties, matter and pledges daily public duty with God’s help. The Scranton Times is criticized for sensationalism and fake money controversy lingers as a ghost story.
The Soldiers' Relief Association of Scranton has paid out over fifteen hundred dollars and cared for sixty families of enlisted men. A meeting resolved to wind up by November 1 so discharged service heads may return to ordinary life.
The State Firemen's association selects Scranton for its next convention praising the city’s capacity to host large events and its volunteer fire department. Officials promise to keep out rowdy elements seen in Wilkes-Barre and to ensure a respectful, well managed gathering in October 1899.
The piece denounces a pledge violation by Scranton supporters clashing with Beranton’s past generosity in Willkes-Barre. It notes pressure from Wilkes-Barre and local firemen, while Judge B N Willard leads Republican county efforts with energetic campaign operations and a countywide program of literature and public meetings to follow.
A stressed editorial voice argues for expanding American commercial reach across two oceans while ensuring fair trials. It critiques delays and twists that deny due process and the chance for a just verdict, highlighting the tension between striving for economic gain and upholding legal rights.
The piece discusses cheap living advocates and a sanitarium study feeding 600 people on eighty five cents weekly with vegetarian rules. It argues for a varied liberal diet including fish and meat for economy and social impact, praising General Wheeler for speaking kindly of fellow officers.
A hostile Minnesota island stand shows how limited troops are kept from action by policy. Native tribes wield strong weapons with government alcohol aid as soldiers wait to be overrun before defending themselves. The piece also notes alarm over Coin Harvey becoming Democratic general manager and the push to attract gold Democrats.
The Pittsburg Times cites Colonel Henry Hall on Hawaii as a strategic naval and refit point while noting the broader debate over annexation. Comments on Cuba Porto Rico and Aguinaldo reflect investor caution, with critics arguing real development requires time and capital. General Boynton’s remarks on the canteen system clash with YMCA efforts, as discourse turns to Spain and Dewey’s expansionist stance in a lively Philadelphia press scene.
The Century Magazine marks fifteen years since its first War series and promises a new war series on the recent conflict. It highlights feature pieces on “The Negro as a Soldier” in Collier's Weekly, a “Trans-Mississippi Exposition” with Indian portraits, and Colorado’s festival week. It notes three prizes in the Century’s tent story, pep and essay contest won by young women, with two Vassar graduates and one Smith graduate among the winners. The magazine plans three annual $20 prizes for BA graduates to pursue writing within a year of graduation.
A humorous verse fragment mocks royal missteps with a mock dialogue between a Dowager Empress and the Emperor. Nonsense street talk and garbled phrases hint at a playful political satire featuring imagined scenes and unlikely plans.
The essay explores the rise of iron and steel, noting vast production advances and the central role of steel in tools, ships, and industry. It cites Gustav Liedenthal's view on a potentially short steel age and discusses fuel limits, future energy sources, and the enduring progress of civilization despite prophecies of ruin.
The New York Sun lauds Theodore Roosevelt as the man who best embodies the war era impulse toward full national realization. He is presented as young America in its best sense, aggressive and courageous, unshaken by obstacles, ready to lead the nation into a broader career with vigor and self confidence.
A fragment from the New York Evening Journal quotes a young woman and an elderly man in a humorous exchange about a newly reprinted image and a joke about photographing on leather, reflecting a gossip column tone of the era.
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