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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1896

Page

2

Gold Rush Line Is Impregnable in Final Campaign Push

Chicago reports detail intense campaign planning as Republicans and Sound Money Democrats fortify their lines for the looming showdown. National figures like Hanna and Quay influence vote forecasts while speeches flood Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Iowa and the South. A Sunday parade plan by the Populists fuels controversy over desecrating the Sabbath and municipal permits may block such demonstrations.

Chicago Mark Hanna Bryan Indiana Michigan Popucrats Republican National Executive Quay Colonel Payne National Headquarters Payne Senator Quay McKinley National Committee

Snow Falling in the Far West Gridlock Weather Report

Reports to railroads show cold weather with snow in parts of the west. Burlington lines report rain west of the Missouri and snow in the Black Hills and Wyoming and Montana divisions. Sherman Wyoming records two inches of snow. Clairmont shows 10 degrees, Nemaha 48, average 46.

Omaha Neb Burlington Missouri River Black Hills Wyoming Montana Sherman Wyo Clairmont Nemaha

National People's Party Meets in Chicago on Oct 13

The national executive committee of the People's party held a meeting in Chicago on October 13. Senator Muller remarked that the boy orator has a sure thing. The report notes party discussions and potential candidacy implications.

Muller Chicago The People's Party

Butler Discusses Fusion Plans to End Meeting

Senator Butler told a reporter the meeting confined talks to fusion plans in Kansas and Colorado aimed at a swift end before night. He expressed optimism, claimed Indiana, Iowa, the solid south and west assure Bryan’s ticket, and denied any move against Watson or efforts to undermine Bryan’s candidacy.

Butler Kansas Colorado Bryan Indiana Iowa Maryland Delaware West Virginia Kentucky Texas Watson

Golden Eagle Order Reports Growth at Annual Session

Neading Pa Oct 1 The annual session of the supreme castle Knights of the Golden Eagle convened with representatives nationwide. Grand Keeper of Records W Culberson reported 1894 membership 9 224, receipts 176 765, paid relief 180 568, expenditures 400 141, assets 826 444, total increase 68 256. Temple degrees rose with 49 new temples and 3 484 members to 162 temples and 8 594 members, plan for grand street demonstration canceled due to rain.

Neading Supreme Castle of the Knights of the Golden Eagle United States W. Culberson Philadelphia

Satolli and Corrigan Tour New York City

Cardinal Satolli and Archbishop Corrigan conducted a sightseeing tour of New York visiting a cordage factory Waldorf hotel businessmen's club appellate court weather bureau Western Union building Aquilae building. They lunched at the Lawyers' Club with notable lawyers. Tomorrow he will visit Fordham Catholic college and meet provincial bishops at Archbishop Corrigan's dinner.

New York Cardinal Satolli Corrigan Waldorf Businessmen’s Club Appelate Court Weather Bureau Western Union Aquilade Lawyers’ Club Catholic College Fordham Catholic Club Archbishop Martinelli

Great Barrington Fire Devastates Town Center

Great Barrington Mass Oct 1 The blaze swept the town destroying the business district and gutting every building along Railroad Avenue The church block was destroyed and about sixty firms and many families were left homeless as telegraph and telephone lines were knocked out Estimates of damage range from 300 000 to much higher with the fire under control at daybreak.

Great Carrington Mass

No wedding if Bryan loses in Moselem Pennsylvania

Sarah Pergmann and Otto Baugh plan to wed in November only if Bryan is elected president. If he loses they will postpone the wedding until a free silver president wins. They say the would be groom could not support a wife on a gold basis.

Moselem Sarah Pergmann Otto Baugh Here Bryan

Train kills man as Bryan campaign passes through Daigiel

Edward Gibney, 60, an early settler, stepped in front of a train bearing candidate Bryan and companions in Daigiel Minn yesterday. He was instantly killed, his body hurled about 200 feet. The train did not stop and those aboard did not learn of the accident locally.

Mexico the ideal silver country

Governor Raymon Coral of Sonora, Mexico, and Secretary of State Ortes, staying at the Waldorf, argues against free silver. He says the Mexican silver basis and U S gold basis are fundamentally different, warns that adopting Chicago platform policy would bring disaster, wages pressure, and social strife, and asserts governments cannot force artificial value or global price isolation.

New York Raymon Coral Sonoura Republic of Mexico Ortes Waldorf Hotel Coral United States Chicago Bryan

Hypnotism Tragedy Shocks Atlanta Followers

A man in Atlanta became a victim of hypnotism two weeks earlier when a visiting hypnotist induced him to believe he was a dog and that his soul was stolen. He urged a young woman to marry him while under the spell, and his dementia worsened, leading to a writ of lunacy too late to prevent tragedy. The episode spurred widespread alarm as hundreds attended hypnotic seances, making it a city fad. An unrelated note mentions Nickel Plate Road sleeping cars.

Ing Osborne Atlanta

Three Orators Named for Republican Mass Meeting

Three better orators than Charles Emory Smith James H Hoyt and Dr Db Woodmansee who will speak tomorrow evening at the grand Republican mass meeting in the Frothingham theater are not to be found. The meeting will be open to all and every voter will find it worth his while to be there.

Irrigation fair opens in North Platte in world’s first event

North Platte Nebraska prepares for the first irrigation fair in history with fields irrigated for alfalfa corn and farm crops on the grounds. Buffalo elk and other plains animals roam a park area while a large man made lake fed by a forty mile irrigation ditch offers pleasure boating. The elaborate program for tomorrow promises notable attractions.

North Platte Neb Thia Lake

Will Burn Corn Instead of Coal

Oct. 13 in Chamberlain D a suggestion to burn corn as a substitute for hard coal this winter gains favor in many areas. Coal sells for 10 to 11 dollars per ton east of the Missouri and west of it. In the Black Hills region prices run higher. Experts say two tons of corn provide the same heat as one ton of coal, and the plan could keep thousands of dollars in state pockets.

Chamberlain Missouri River Black Hills Coal Trust

Mother Blinded by Infant Attack in Ohio

In Hicksville Ohio Mrs G Walsdorfer of Leo lost both eyes when her infant struck her eyes with its finger while she lay with the child. She was widowed three months ago and has five children. A son drowned in a well two weeks later and last week a fire destroyed her house.

Hicksville, O G. Walsdorfer Leo

Hypnotism Causes Murder in Atlanta Artist Kill

In Atlanta on Friday Ben Oeborne fatally shot Theodore Schrader, an artist, after a case involving hypnotism. The startling incident occurred in the city, with investigations ongoing and Oeborne facing homicide charges.

Schrader Atlanta Ben Oeborne Theodore Schrader

Presbyterian supper and entertainment at Drake's hall

The Presbyterian ladies plan a supper and entertainment in Drake's hall on Friday evening with a 25 cent price. Several local names appear in the notes including William Mainwaring and sister Anna of West Pittston and H L Edsell who visited Wilkes-Barre. A variety concert is announced for Monday night at BE Fallon’s rink to benefit Abel Jones.

First Congregational Church Weber's Rink Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Anthracite Glée Club John F. Taylor Robert Llewellyn Henry Bonna Amuel Evans Nellie Taylor Calvary Baptist Church Olwen Howells William G. Howells Abel Jones Fallon Old Forge Doyle Hyde Park Miss Evans Kingston John E. Evans Main Street William Reese Union Street Pyne Taylor the Presbyterian Church Drake's Hall William Mainwaring Anna West Pittston Friends H. L. Edsell Wilkes-Barre John Lurber Germany BE. J. Fallon Rink Finaily

Connolly and Wallace Advertise All Wool Blankets

The ad notes all wool white blankets available from Connolly and Wallace. It highlights a price around 75 cents per pair to spark interest in the blanket market.

Wanted and professional notices from Scranton paper

Classifieds list multiple help wanted positions and the names of law firms and businesses. Items include situation wants from a coachman and a young girl to an intelligent young lady or nurse, plus several attorneys and merchants offering services or offices in Scranton and surrounding streets.

L. Z Cedar Avenue South Bide City

Train Schedule From Scranton to Erie and Wyoming Valley

Effective Sept 2 trains depart Scranton bound for Newburgh and intermediate points in Erie Hawley and Susquehanna, with morning and afternoon departures at 7.05 am and 2.28 pm, returning at 11.23 pm.

Ahuroad Iys Comfort Scranton Philadelphia New York Pg A & H. RR Beers Ih P Lh. & W. R.A White Haven Hazleton Puntata Bethlehem Faston Reading Harrisburg Prinel Wilkes-Barre Rollin H LEE Pass Phila A.W. Nonnemacher Boranton Lackawanna Avenue Lehigh and Susquehanna Division Neerree Pittston Mountain Park Newark Elizabeth Ing Erin Reading Terminal Allentown Long Branch Coser Grove Lebanon Harrisby Pottsville Liberty Street North River Cary P Feadine H. A Baldwin Gen. Pass J. H. Olhausen Gon Erie Wyoming Valley New Newburgh Hawley and Son Burns

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