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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1899
Page
4
The Scranton Tribune prints short letters from readers on current topics, with the writer’s real name required for publication. This notice is dated September 22, 1899 in Boranton.
State Supreme Court Justice Hay Brown of Lancaster to oversee Superior Court duties, with To btatl Adams of Philadelphia as State Trencover, and Lt Col One James E. Harnott of Washington as election day. The grand jury praised the prosecutor for steering the docket away from trivial criminal matters.
The correspondence between the city controller and the city solicitor argues people must accept higher taxes as debt and wasteful spending threaten municipal stability. It claims current income covers expenses only with reform, faulting waste and weak leadership while urging residents to demand accountability.
The piece argues American rule in Cuba left justice unchanged and highlights reforms in sanitation and public works. It describes General Ludlow’s suppression of a libelous paper, critiques the Spanish legal system, and previews Governor Mount of Indiana’s roads exhibit illustrating improved highways, tolls, and rural access as a model of republican governance.
The text contrasts Anglo Saxon fair adjudication with a rapid American intervention. It praises a swift action in Cuba that bypassed slow methods and renewed the principal cause of reform, winning favor with intelligent Cubans for being manly, wise, and time saving. It questions when Washington will implement reconstruction.
A pointed editorial urges Hon. John D. Long of Massachusetts to resign from control of the Navy Department, arguing Maryland politicians should take charge instead.
The U S Department of Agriculture advances tea trials in South Carolina and Wyoming to find suitable sites for irrigation aided growth. Under Charles J Shepard's leadership results from Pinehurst show rising green tea output over years, with aim to reach commercial quality using artificial moisture during summer.
The piece notes experiments yielding 10 cents per pound and potential 25 cent profits with irrigation and larger operations. It argues U S foreign purchases total about 15 million dollars yearly and domestic tea could cut imports, boosting national independence and savings. It also quotes Francis de Presvonse on Dreyfus and reports a Philadelphia animal trainer injured by a leopard while earning free publicity for shows.
Philander Johnson writes from the Washington Star about a farmer who spreads cash on oats corn wheat and other bets on horses and weather. He notes the long wait to know results and calls farmers among the sportiest people on earth while planning to recruit hired hands for a mentioned email amute mente.
Madame Antoinette Bierling toured the Bombay presidency with Pandita Ramatch drawing thousands of hutives to her voice. Locals offered two begging bowls, one modest for Punilia and an enormous one for her own use, amid a mix of reverence and superstition regarding political donations.
A compendium of notes on global statistics and curiosities including merchant marine tonnage, horse values, automobile cruelty warnings, a New Zealand caterpillar plant, dental gold usage, Belgian organ grinders, amber electricity origins, Captain Paul Jones burial, early typewriter innovations, and military and population details from West Point to Russia. It also covers gold production projections, rifle demonstrations, census name rankings, and global well depths with U.S. locations.
A collage of trivia covers dairy feed experiments with sunflower cake and sour ensilage, palmistry warnings influencing a girl’s despair, Dreyfus pardon reactions, National exposition imagery, Transvaal claims, Dewey celebration chatter, Esterhazys and reed birds signaling seasonal shifts.
A narrator and a guide discuss a city scene as dynamite blasts and gunfire erupt, with guards and rioters amid a damaged hotel. The dialogue reveals fear, warnings, and a plan to endure, ending with a character recalling old days and choices between danger and daily gambling.
A poetic fragment by Mirng C Parsons references fire files and a blue floor. Roy and May are invoked with imagery of gimlet holes in heaven to let glory through.
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