Scranton Tribune Note From Parnell Street Office
Scranton Tribune brief notes from Ton Pa edition list local notices and community items. Readers learn small updates about residents, events, and municipal matters in concise entries.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1896
Page
7
Scranton Tribune brief notes from Ton Pa edition list local notices and community items. Readers learn small updates about residents, events, and municipal matters in concise entries.
The notice urges support for McKinley and Hobart with a full slate including G A Grow, S A Davenport, W Connell, and others. It lists statewide and district candidates and invites readers to Canton to hear McKinley, highlighting low fare and worthwhile cause.
The Washington Post offers a generous tribute to Major McKinley praising his temperance moderation and patriotic purpose. The piece contrasts his conduct with his rival and notes the nationwide interest in his speeches with a large popular excursion from Lackawanna county despite hard times.
The Times Herald notes that nineteen silver and vague sound money senators face term expirations March 3 1897 and that states with retiring gold senators Vermont Hines Connecticut Wisconsin Iowa Ohio New Hampshire Maryland will elect gold standard men. With the gold ranks intact a four seat shift could change the currency vote, including a sound money Republican replacing Cameron of Pennsylvania.
Indiana will heavily back McKinley and elect a sound money Republican to replace Voorhees. Several states may also elect sound money senators, including Kentucky and the Dakotas. The surge could quash Popocratic claims to a senate majority and shift fiscal allies across the chamber. Ex president Harrison notes a rabid free silver senator would swim with the tide if public opinion shifts. campaign funds favor Sewall over Watson for home support.
The piece lauds Republican and southern money Democrats uniting for Morgan F. Williams in Luzerne, noting Garman remains a strong Democratic foe. It urges relentless Republican effort to secure Williams’s victory, warns of free silver pressure, and predicts a creditable Williams plurality if the race is fought to the end.
The Toronto Globe commentary argues class against class dominates American politics, warning of a future elite clash and predicting tariff battles, protections, and silver debates. It notes McKinley’s rise, Bryan’s influence, and shifts in middle western voter interest toward protection and reciprocity, while criticizing Bryanite rhetoric. It closes with local political notes on sheriff races and county commissioners.
The Globe argues against tariff reform citing Grover Cleveland’s warnings on corporate wealth and class conflict. It traces back to 1882 politics and notes Bryan’s use of Cleveland's rhetoric, predicting the decisive Indiana and Illinois battles over policy.
From the Post-Express the 18 percent campaign casts light on party endurance and leadership. The piece questions entrenched “regular organization” figures clinging to a party that no longer reflects its stated aims, predicting hollow pretensions and looming defeat. It criticizes the Buffalo and Brooklyn factions, urging a purge of discredited leadership to restore Democratic principles and voter trust.
The excursion leaves Scranton tonight at 7:50 p m with a round trip fare of 4 75. Return Sunday afternoon over the Alleghanies by daylight. A grand trip and a grand speech by the next president at Canton end. An aboard.
The Kansas City Journal questions Mr Bryan’s claim that the gold standard multiplies idle workers. It notes eras when labor demand rose under the standard and accuses Bryan of political maneuvering for labor votes, arguing he ignores historical facts.
The Beattle Post-Intelligencer notes U S railroad mileage has grown fivefold in thirty years, opening thousands of acres to cultivation. Wheat cultivation rose from 130,000 acres and 212,410 bushels to 400,000 acres and 47,104,000 bushels by 1805, while other nations expanded wheat areas. The result is a drop in wheat prices.
Reports from iron regions of Pennsylvania and New England cotton centers describe furnaces and mills reopening after slow periods. A rising demand for labor accompanies brighter prospects for both employers and employees as industrial activity revives locally and daily.
A damaged text fragment hints at a poetic tribute to a leader, noting scattered locks and the landscape altered by his absence. The lines evoke a somber, ceremonial departure with symbolic imagery of wind and scattering.
Amedius offers a whimsical forecast for Pritay dated October 6 184. Mentions practical cautions about lanterns and pedestrians and notes rising wheat prices as a notable topic. Celebrity mentions and personal cues appear in a playful but cryptic style.
One and all are invited to rest, relaxation, and sight seeing as sales staff showcase our Dry Goods offerings in this city. Ladies' tailor made suits are a specialty with fall and winter styles now in and ready for inspection.
A great kid glove deal from Foster's features heavy weight pique gloves for fall and winter. Previously priced at $1.50, the stock is being cleared at $1.00 per pair.
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