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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1899
Page
5
A Sept 4 parade in Scranton drew many Civil War veterans and postal workers from across the United States to honor the judiciary and public service. The event showcased the dignity and spirit of the nation’s letter carriers and civil service members.
The text contrasts General Ott and Chenery Pur Ato Whe with General Funston on how to handle the Philippine insurgents. Ott favors sustained campaigns while Chenery calls for decisive victory and coercive measures. Funston supports cavalry actions but warns against peace overtures. The rebels evade and regroup, delaying surrender while American forces struggle to adapt to irregular warfare.
The piece argues that Chinese laborers who aided Americans in Manila should be granted citizenship honors but face exclusion under the Chinese Exclusion Act. It notes Admiral Dewey's recommendation and Congress inaction, urging New York officials to find a legal loophole or risk omitting parade participants and delaying the city’s commemorative events.
The writer argues that the country must renounce the vehement search for technical grounds and grant due honor to every man who served with credit under Dewar on the memorable May day of 1905.
The article argues Labor Day finds favorable conditions for workers with industrial revival spreading nationwide. It claims purchasing power of a dollar is strong, opportunities grow as trades expand, and both organized and unorganized labor should seize the improving tide to secure steady employment and income growth.
The Elmira curfew rule, now four months in effect, gains broad approval from residents and police. It reduces street wandering by children and prompts early parental accountability. only one arrest has occurred and the city expects continued enforcement.
A historical note describes how depressions follow by a pattern of bank suspensions and reduced investment, then gradual revival as demand returns and capital trust rebuilds. It warns the prudent investor who uses downturns to secure profits aids recovery and restores confidence, while markets react to panic and prospects.
The piece argues that widespread panic grips credit markets forcing enterprises to delay investments. It notes high interest, scarce capital, and cautious lenders as confidence wanes. Distressed conditions push mills to idle, jobs falter, and banks curb lending, deepening economic strain.
The piece notes advertisements in Chicago papers seeking men for housework as domestic help shortages rise. Free employment agencies report men accepting jobs daily with good satisfaction. Employers pay up to 20 percent more than for female labor, often shifting tasks once reserved for women. Some households must board staff or shift to hotels.
The piece blends prisoner yarns from Spanish captives in the Philippines with remarks on journalism and public sentiment. It cites Mr Kru ger and Mr Chamberlain’s ultimatums, comments on Klondike prospects, and a satirical turn on General Otis as a copy editor shaping war views.
The item lists various personalities including Mre Bland collecting materials for her late husband, Henry Irving linked to tea, a statue in Washington possibly of George W. Joe Han, and Carel Hendrick Kruger a Transvaal president relative. It mentions John Philp Sousa, Dr Azel Amee, Dr Kate Perry Cain, Colonel George Weetinghouse, Jomer Menry Breasted, Prince Francis of Teck, Kento Ohu, Mire Maloleo Mard Thatcher, and Lord Rosebery with brief anecdotes spanning America, Britain, and Asia.
A string of humorous and anecdotal vignettes from late 19th century papers. It covers an incident in Boston involving Mr D and a court contempt remark, socialites seeking society in summer resort talk, a Ruskin encounter with a London Lookout guide, wit attributed to Mark Twain, and a tramp’s request for sewing a button from the Chicago News.
A garbled recap mentions military lodging and rations in Germany, tea and sugar costs in England, ancient and modern devices, soap and glycerine bubbles, executions in Queen Victoria's era, US vineyard expansion, literary output by country, a Beotland summit road, a World Exposition cloud machine, a rubber cargo voyage to New York, Mormon settlements in Switzerland, world salt lakes, giraffe extinction fears, Jersey shore wildlife, ocean temperatures, Liverpool electricity plans, and scattered ethnographic notes from West Africa to New Ireland, ending with a reference to Nero of Alexandria.*
A fragment from a periodical discusses motives power and steam, a double force pump on fire engines, and a device called neospne resembling turbine wheels. It notes a Tennessee firm proposing vaults and a liquid-air charged system, with remarks from Revue des Deux Mondes on liquor shops and doctors’ roles in alcohol consumption.
A humorous poem fragment satirizes the automobile craze in Buffalo and New York sighting a future where horses become houses. The piece contrasts frontier lingo with urban optimism and ends with reflections on peace and progress from Henry K. Rowe.
The ad promotes the Star Automatic Paper Fastener as self feeding and improved with low prices. It also offers Planitary Pencil Sharpeners with a lead breaking free claim and a 16 day trial in offices. Numerous other novelties, blank books, and typewriter supplies are listed.
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