Republican ticket names and election details
The ticket lists state offices including State Treasurer J. 8 REACOM Westmoreland and Auditor General Levi G McAuley Cheeter County along with local Scranton candidates for Sheriff Clerk of Courts and other posts. Election day is November 2. A demagogue urged Attorney John M Garman to protest hearings held by Justices Lynch and Bennett at Wilkes Barre instead of a full hearing by the judges.
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J. 8
Reacom
Westmoreland
Levi G. M'Cauley
Cheeter
Bheriff
Clarence &. Pryor
Scranton
Distile
John FR. Jones
Blakely
John Copeland
Carbondale
W. 8, Langstaff
Thomas P. Daniels
Charles Hubster
William K. Beck
Moscow
Charles Wiggins
John M. Garman
Hagleton
Judes Lynch
Hennett
Wilkes-Barre
Justices of the Peace
Buch
Indiana Methodist conference aims at church government reform
The Indianapolis session of the Indiana Conference of Methodists plans a strong protest against episcopal autocracy and calls for reform. Clergy argue bishops have life tenure and vast sway, with large salaries and travel costs. Debates over presiding elders power, representation, and general conference governance loom, amid praise for the church's growth and calls for prudent change. The piece also notes Republican positions on law, order, and prosperity.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Methodist Episcopal Church
No Chance for a Kick
Editorial in the Detroit Tribune argues against Austrian indemnity demands over the Hingleton affair. It asserts U.S. law enforcement decisions are sovereign and foreign powers cannot seek redress for citizens killed in U.S. actions. It says Austrian subjects in Pennsylvania would face the same legal consequences.
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Detroit
Mich
Tribune
Hingleton
United States
Kiven
New Orleans
Hagleton
Pennsylvania
Democratic Societies of Pennsylvania Cancel Convention
The annual convention planned for Wilkes-Barre is called off due to district disturbances. The committee cites it would be unwise to convene in a region described as disturbed and harassed. Wilkes-Barre, center of the strike district, hosts Editor Sam Tierd and a prominent club, with the city facing misfortune.
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Democratic Societies of Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Tarre
Wilbert-Barre
Sam Tieyd
Howlere
Tydeo Blair Named Surveyor General of Utah
A notice profiles Tydeo Jacob TR Blair appointed by President McKinley as Surveyor General of Utah. Blair has served in Congress, minister to Costa Rica, Wyoming Supreme Court Justice, and Salt Lake County probate judge. A Salt Lake Tribune tribute notes his straight methods and hints at skill in surveying while joking about his poker past.
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Tydeo Jacob TR. Blair
McKinley
Uteh
West Virginia
Congress
Costa Rica
Andrew Johnson
Grount
Supreme Court of
Wyoming
Salt Lake County
Supreme Court
DN Nye
Truir
Jude
Nye
Salt Lake City Tribune
Utah
Jodie Blair
Scranton Notes Thirteenth Regiment Vanquishes Lattimer Women
The text asserts Scranton has confidence and recounts the Lattimer women's defeat by the Thirteenth Regiment during a marching encounter. The line emphasizes a decisive show of strength by the regiment over local performers.
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Scranton
Thirteenth Regiment
Providence Plans Night School for 600 Newsboys and Bootblacks
Rhode Island city licenses six hundred bootblacks and newsboys under police supervision. About one hundred miss school, so a central city school will run five weeks daily with morning and afternoon sessions and a five thirty evening class. Police will round up children due in class. The plan echoes Wickes-Barre’s Boys Industrial association work led by Mrs. Henry W. Palmer aiding youth education and moral uplift. Mr Higgin opposes spiritualism as a moral guide.
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Providence
R. 1
Wickes-Barre
Boys' Industrial Association
Henry W. Palmer
Rochester man attempts folding bed mute plan ends in divorce
A Rochester man named Hazleton tried a new method to silence his talkative wife after a mixed drinks party using a folding bed. The plan shut up both wife and bed but led the wife to file for divorce, highlighting the failed scheme.
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Rochester
Hazleton
Grief and promises in a troubled marriage debates and almanac prognostications
A Pittsburgh column mixes domestic disputes with comic judgment, detailing a husband seeking to avoid a folding bed scorn and a wife threatening arrest for a divorce after infidelity. It blends humor with husk and bone prophecy forecasting a harsh winter and storms for late 1897.
Lawyer Lenahan Serves Notice in Lattimer Case
Attorney John Lenahan served notice on the prosecution counsel in the Lattimer investigation. He rejects using the case to gain political advantage through stump speeches. Rumor says several theology students vow to go to missionary work soon, with a preference for the Windike mission.
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John Lenahan
Lattimer
Commonwealth
California prune crop worth twenty million seen this year
The tale notes California prune crop value estimated at 20 million dollars this year. It mentions the boarding house mistress eyeing the situation with fixed attention but provides no additional named entities or context.
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California
Barbering Done on Scientific Lines
The Providence Journal reports a Baltimore barber shop planned as a pioneer using antiseptic science. It describes sterilized tools, bare arms, antiseptic soap, and sterilized towels to prevent transmission of germs, arguing for the dignity and practicality of a modern antiseptic shop in the barbering trade.
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Providence Journal
Baltimore
Kormes
Bacilli
Dallimors
Pew
Ezekiel
Shahbbiah
Oliver Bain
Louis XI
France
Higland
Tts
Wisdom of Debs and Pittabure Dixpatch Debate
Dele rejects talk of torches and dynamite from supporters. He says mob violence is murder and distances himself from the call to action.
Quiet leader restrains mob rhetoric amid tension
The article notes the leader shows little patience for hostile talk from followers. He stops provocative language quickly, perhaps to avoid uniting dangerous minds against his plans or to preserve safety and order. He appears calmer and more prudent than the fiery supporters behind him.
Louise Michel Driven From Belgium At Syracuse Fest
A Syracuse publication reports Louise Michel, the French anarchist, expelled from Belgium and warned against entering the United States. It laments her anti government stance and urges authorities to deny entry to anarchists who aim to incite labor unrest and violence.
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Syracuse
Louise Michel
Bolgium
Brussels
United States
Generalis
Porie
America
Iteelf
Paling
Lauise Michel
Race War Controversy Over Negro Federal Office Holders
In Springfield Union commentary criticizing southern hostility toward black federal appointees and defending the right of eligible citizens to hold office. The piece condemns attacks on black postmasters and urges protection of civil rights against lawless violence while asserting the administration must appoint capable individuals.
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Hoginaville
A Few Straws From the American Economist
The New York post office records show about ten thousand more domestic money orders paid at the general office in the first two weeks of August this year than last. This indicates many non New York buyers are now purchasing from New York merchants, signaling a wave of national prosperity for free traders.
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New York Post Office
New York
Gold Rush Echoes From California to Alaska
The San Francisco Chronicle argues modern journalism did not spark exploration. compares the Klondike rush to California gold fever fifty years earlier. It notes that 1849 1850 California appeared as an unknown land and argonauts faced real dangers, regardless of new papers.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Klondike
California
Alaska
Apapere
Hypnotism under scrutiny in New York town
The Baltimore American warns that amateur hypnotism has caused trouble in a New York town after a professional visit. It argues the dangerous, poorly understood practice should be checked and that only skilled scientists ought to experiment with such vague and uncertain powers.
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New York
Bryan Remarks Prompt Thought on Rights
The Chicago Times Herald notes William Jennings Bryan asserts he cannot help thinking in a remark about rights. The piece mocks his claim by saying he has not helped anybody in thinking.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
New York Man Marries Widow After Suicide Attempt
A New York man who attempted death by his own hand last week married a widow the following day in Chicago. The coincidence astonishes observers amid a period of prosperity.
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Chicago Times-Herald
New York
Another May Will Burst In Showers
The verse laments fading summer and youth as roses fade and twilight falls. The speaker questions the end of warmth and beauty, yet asserts hope for another May with renewed growth and singing birds. The poem closes with anticipation of renewal and gay countryside in Boston Evening Transcript.
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Barnard
Boston
Evening ,Transcript
Like melancholy days Washington Star poem lament
A fragment from the Washington Star presents a lament about melancholy days and autumn dreariness. The piece contrasts sorrow with a fleeting sense of content as the blustery season arrives, noting quiet that follows the breeze and the barren landscape.
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Washington Star
Three Great Specialties On Sale Ten Days
FOR FINE Dress Goods offers a ten day sale featuring three specialties. First, mixed cheviots strictly wool and AI cloth for general wear at 1.98 per dress pattern. Second, jacquard and camel’s hair effects in imported cloth at 3.35 per pattern. Third, crepon effect novelty saltings in latest color combinations at 4.85 per dress pattern.
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Beranton Tribune Loli
Na Ay
Tribune Publishing Company
William Connell
Ally
Republican Party
Republican Papers
Austria
Fentherry
Higging
Debs
Springfield Union
American Economist
Baltimore American
Coldsmith
Lackawanna Avenue
Jardinieres
the Clemons
Ferber
Lacka. Ave
Lewis, Reilly
Davies
Burt's Shoes
Laird, Schober & Co
Blipes
Philadelphia
Wyoming Ave
Edison
Terete da
Henry Belin, JR
Dupont
Commonwealth Building
Scrapton
Ford
John B. Smith &Son
W. Mulligan
Pittatog
Plymouth
WM. T. Smith
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