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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1899
Page
5
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The October 11 1899 issue lists candidates for state offices with Justices of the Supreme Court J May Brown and Josias Re Adams, State Treasurer James Barnett, Lieutenant Colonel, County Commissioners John Courier Mornus and John Penman, Auditors William F Johns and Asa Kieffer. Election day set for November 7. The Scranton Tribune notes improved circulation and business, praising its readers and advertisers.
Opinionated editorial criticizes calls for U S intervention between England and the Tronevacl. It condemns pressure on President McKinley, warns against entering foreign quarrels, and urges Britain and Moorish forces to settle their own dispute, noting Aguinaldo’s evolving stance.
A discussion argues that temperance reform shows encouraging signs despite persistent alcohol industry growth. It cites rising employer support for sobriety, fewer public drunken incidents, and expanded moral education, while urging stronger law enforcement and public resolve.
The Times marks its fourth anniversary under Mr. Lyncht with praise for rapid growth and enterprise. The paper notes disagreement on some points but offers season’s compliments and respect for the milestone.
Lieutenant Colonel Barnett’s remarks at Lebanon praise the Republican candidate for state treasurer and warn against Dem-ocr at opposition, asserting Republican prosperity and labor support. The speech defends governance, condemns radicalism, and highlights William Flinn as a key local figure tied to campaign funding.
Postmaster General Smith marks Chicago’s thirtieth anniversary of its federal building and cites dramatic growth in postal receipts from 841s,897 to 6,161,007 in a decade, nationwide receipts rising to 19,772,220 with expenditures at 72,998,807. He notes wealth and deposits swelling, thrift rising, and national manufacturing value leaping from 3.7 billion to nearly 12 billion.
The piece reflects on rapid industrial and foreign trade growth, noting trade rising from 428,000,000 to nearly 2,000,000,000 and arguing that much of this income goes to labor. It questions whether progress will slow and defends American expansion as freedom and progress, urging the Democratic reply to McKinley’s era and criticizing factional calls for intervention in the Transvaal.
The excerpt recalls James Whitcomb Riley and Nye joking aboard a railcar, a farmer misidentifies Riley, and a tale of a crafty Kalifax lawyer who fears a receipt. An Indian from the Mian tribe pays a debt after the lawyer’s misunderstanding of a receipt.
The snippet reviews a string of oddball vignettes from various papers. A scientist and farmer discuss crop rotation and its link to whisky production, followed by a tale of a deceitful claim and a domestic dispute. The tone blends humor with rural misadventures and local color.
Professor Charles G. TD Roberts meets a French artist in New York before leaving for Europe. The artist asks in French if Roberts speaks the language. Roberts replies he understands spoken French but cannot speak it. Carl Haeuser recalls a friend who wears shabby clothes yet prospers from selling genuine indelible ink and an ink eradicator.
The passage outlines assorted 19th century notes: a New York printing tally, mercantile wages, a Chattanooga plow firm buying milling gear, and Danish post redirection bids. It mentions Miners’ reform, New Zealand mill outfits, and global curiosities like tributes to ancient anesthetics and military rank progressions.
The text notes electricity powered street sweeping in St Louis with a rear broom driven by electricity. It mentions Germany expanding toy machinery production and a state run toy school at Gronhalotdon. It also describes a planned tunnel under the Moorthy river near Calcutta with a river depth of about 24 feet and a tunnel length of 6.875 feet.
An Allen Preuss inspired proposal notes a company plan to foster industrial welfare across cities and villages along its line. It praises the effort as commendable, aiming to support lands and workers while boosting local enterprise and employment.
An imperfect fragment lists rites and fees for birth, christening, marriage, and death events with scattered figures for ministers, doctors, and undertaker fees. The text also hints at an obituary notice and social notes in a two column spread.
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