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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1894
Page
4
The item notes mail status with Scranton Pennsylvania designation and second class mail classification as processed at the local post office. It records the mailing method rather than a broader event or named subjects.
The list presents Republican nominees for statewide and district offices including Governor Walter Lyon Auditor General Amos H Myln Buc Affairs, and regional candidates such as George F Huff Scranton Arch Tlerle of the Courts District Attorney and Prothonotary. Also named are WM Hopkins Jury Commissioner T Matthews Vaughan Parr Connell O Malley and Vaughan for legislative seats.
The city boasts an estimated population over 104,000 with 12,000 school children and 760,000 dollars in school property value. It touts low power costs, a favorable site elevation, and hints at expanding industry, while criticizing Oakford alley sewer lessees as liars.
The Tribune argues against the Truth's support for Judge Smith, contending his short tenure and lack of strong new reasons make him inferior to Judge Archibald. It questions the motive of nonpartisan support and urges voters to consider substantial qualifications and experience. An aside notes Thanksgiving football chatter between Yale and Princeton and holiday fare.
Mr Singerly’s response to Hon T V Powderly’s moderate stance fires a violent personal attack. The piece questions Powderly’s claim to champion Pennsylvania workers and accuses him of preying on them for years, noting the Knights of Labor repudiated him to save their organization.
The article attacks Powderly and the Record for exposing economic humbugs, condemning Democratic leaders in Lackawanna County for slander and gutter tactics. It criticizes imported mercenaries and campaign sewers, predicting lower campaign money but sharper rhetoric.
The article profiles John R. Jones a Republican candidate for district attorney in Lackawanna County. It praises his lineage, education, and honesty, urges voters to support him and the Republican ticket, and calls for Beat the polls early. It also notes other candidates Clarence Pryor for prothonotary and John H. Thomas for clerk of the courts with implied endorsements.
A political notice endorses Republican Thomas D. Davies for county treasurer promising safe taxpayer funds and praising his humble beginnings and integrity. It also supports Williams for register of wills, Alexander Connell for state legislature, a South Side resident, and Charles Heuster for recorder with notes on qualifications and public service.
A political tract rails at the Democratic Party, arguing discontent in the South after Fort Sumter, condemning proclaims of Democracy for causing ruin and high expenditure. It questions what excuses a Democrat would offer to voters, workers, and farmers suffering in what it calls a tariff era.
A reflective piece questions who can stay in a nation when wealth shrinks under a waning mood and political shifts. It contemplates escape to foreign lands to shed identity and endure honest regret for past follies, challenging cries of misrepresentation as a dusty dodge.
The piece praises Charles Emory Smith for eloquence in politics and cites his Wilkes-Barre address on American liberty, industry, wages, and education. It comments on taxation, Democratic critics, and calls for reform in Luzerne county leadership amid political tensions.
From the Ohio State Journal a treasury statement details government revenues and outlays from 1800 to 18M with balances indicating excess expenditure over revenue in most years. The record highlights expenditures surpassing receipts during administrations until mid century.
The document notes revenue excesses over expenditures through 1906 to 1909, totaling 27 years in review. It cites a peak excess of $120,001,535.11 in the year after the war, then a drop to $2,971,674 the first year of Cleveland's second term, with democracy not fully controlling government yet.
Amos Cummings and Judge Campbell discuss the hardships of a political career in a large city. Cummings longs for trout fishing while Campbell imagines a virgin forest to bury his identity in a witty exchange.
The speaker Candidate Singerly contends that the Democrats’ governor candidate is a long time insider. He criticizes other contenders for cowardice, trickery, debauchery and debasement. Comparisons may be clearer when the election returns arrive.
A New York World item laments petty partisan tricks aimed at elevating Morton by vilifying Howard. The piece condemns Secretary Carlisle for letting himself be used as a tool in this baseless effort and accuses him of weakening the law and public trust.
Translated verse describes a Japanese beauty likened to Fuji in winter snows. It details features from hair and skin to elaborate dress and cosmetics, including chignons, rouge, satin, crape, brocade, a brown velvet girdle, large bow, white stockings, and tortoise shell accents, amid a nostalgic Belle Époque tone.
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