This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1902
Page
4
The Scranton Tribune announces its advertising rates per inch and policy. Display and classified pricing are listed. notices of thanks resolutions and similar pieces incur a six cent per inch charge. This notice is dated Scranton September 26, 1902.
A transcription lists Governor S W Pennytracker Lieutenant Governor M Brown and various state officials. It names Isaac B Brown Secretary of Internal Affairs John Gorri Mor ris and more. Election day is November 4 with a note on earlier firmness in the anthracite region and commonwealth.
The Joint Committee for the Promotion of Electoral Reforms in Pennsylvania circulates a draft Personal registration act. It would divide counties into districts with registrars and strict registration hours. Violations carry fines up to 1000 dollars and imprisonment. observers from parties allowed. The note ends by saying reform is easier to start than end a strike.
Resident Roosevelt argues tariff revision should curb monopolies and mocks Democratic free list plan as flawed. He notes no single protected product has a monopoly, citing Standard Oil in petroleum and coal roads in anthracite coal as examples of industry control separate from tariffs.
Arguments target tariff policy and monopolies with references to Standard Oil and coal trusts. The piece cites Roosevelt warning against destroying big corporations and supports government regulation over destruction, noting Democratic tariff proposals and reactions from leaders like Tom Platt.
OM Mann travels in New Zealand to study compulsory arbitration and reports a generally successful system that pacified labor disputes. He warns it may falter if widely adopted elsewhere and notes high living costs and limited extremes of wealth. The piece also touches on flags, Venezuela, and Arctic exploration as contemporaneous context.
The piece lauds Pennsylvania Republican spending policies and Odell's credit for cost relief, noting air ahead by Hay’s diplomacy. It contrasts Democratic measures, cites railorders for locomotives ten years out, and questions Virginia soldier disenfranchisement and Pattison’s Democratic ties amid waning imperialism talk.
Roosevelt learns of Baratoga events as Senator Platt faces a legislative dilemma. A committee asks for relief from a constabulary bill veto by Governor Odell. Platt, pale and shaken, questions the governor’s stance and then states in his calm manner that Roosevelt had been a good governor, signaling no intent to embarrass the legislature.
The USGS Gazetteer of Cuba compiled by Henry Gannett notes Cuba's area of 44 000 square miles with a population of about 4 million. Only 4 percent of land and 10 percent of farmland were cultivated, mainly in Matanzas and Pinar del Rio areas. central Puerto Principe had limited cultivation. Sugar cane dominated, with sweet potatoes and tobacco also grown. there were seven sugar mills with a daily capacity of 14 0 07 large. War and reconcentration estimated about 200 000 deaths between 1870 and 1898, reflecting depopulation impacts. The bulletin includes maps and 4 000 geographic names.
Harper's prints Bret Harte's last poem found after his death. Dated to the Victoria era, the verse reflects national mourning as Queen Victoria dies. The full poem depicts widespread funeral rites, flags at half mast, and a pervasive sense of sorrow contrasted with enduring stars.
The Tribune outlines that all subscriptions must be paid and handed in at the Tribune office within the week of securing them. Only new subscribers count, renewals from existing names are not credited, and the paper may reject irregular subscriptions after investigation. No transfers after credit.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.