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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1902
Page
4
The document lists a Republican ticket with Governor W. Price Ith and AM Thrown as Lieutenant Governor. It references secretary roles and內 various county and legislative candidates including A Vosberg and multiple commissioners and trustees. References to district representatives and election positions appear throughout with placeholders and misspellings.
The piece discusses Dr Reed switching support to Pattison, sparking debate on party unity and leadership. It notes objections to the switch, contrasts endorsements by Attorney General Elkin, and questions the impact on electoral outcomes and local races. It also mentions attitudes toward candidates for Orphans' court judge and party discipline.
The article extols Johnny A. Jordan from Lackawanna, a disciplined candidate for state senator, highlighting his education, legal career, and leadership qualities. It argues he would continue the predecessor Vaughan’s leadership, oppose machine influence, and bring credit to constituents. The piece urges voters to avoid anti machine candidates.
The piece accuses Weimocrat leaders and Republicans in Lackawanna county of manipulating delegate selection to seize the county commissioners office. It claims absenteeism at a deathbed event was exploited to advance Orphian court judge ambitions and describes reformers as hypocritical while stressing party maneuvering and expected cross party support.
The piece urges voters to support Penman and Morris and, for mine inspectors, Roane and Williams. It characterizes Republicans as best suited and calls for voting and working for the slate. It warns against listening to other aides and stresses competence of the inspectors.
The text attacks William Connell as a tyrant amid Democratic party criticism and promises a verdict next Tuesday. It shifts to medical advice praising bacterial testing for diphtheria and tuberculosis, urging Scranton to advance public health progress. It ends with a remark on reform and conflict abroad.
A Scranton native and Harrisburg legislator Eddy James earns strong support for integrity and energy. Despite partisan attacks over a miners hospital bill vetoed by Governor Stone, James remains a popular, reform minded figure admired for keeping his word and serving constituents.
Local medical community urges a city funded tuberculosis sanatorium and a barometry laboratory to test sputum samples. The plan would isolate patients during treatment and allow rapid microscopic diagnosis of tuberculosis or diphtheria, enabling prompt action by physicians and authorities.
The piece extols the Republican party, celebrating its global impact from freeing Cuba and Puerto Rico to building railroads and expanding schools. It cites wage growth, national wealth, and military and economic strength under McKinley and Roosevelt, ending with a light note on Halloween pranks.
From the Dunmore Pioneer Weekly voters declare Connell will be elected with a large majority. The piece argues the district backs a true representative over a controllable candidate and praises Connell as a self made, charitable public servant with broad appeal beyond party lines.
Letters to the editor from Wil ter J Ballard of Echenectidy New York argue that Democratic low tariff years show higher total income and that customs revenue favors high tariff periods. The exchange cites figures from 1897 1905 and earlier years to challenge protective tariff claims.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat reports a lasting friendship between Rev. D S Phelan and coal mine owner William Connell of Beranton Pa. The two car loads of anthracite from Faster mines were sent to Mount Carmel Church in Baden, stored safely in its cellars as a gesture of enduring friendship.
In a private chamber after court adjourned, Judge Mayer Sulzberger encounters a frantic young lawyer tearing through the room in search of a missing overcoat. The judge quips that in this court even overcoats are part of the daily proceedings.
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