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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1898
Page
4
A German shoemaker Schmidt leaves a Montrose box to his heir. The box later yields 3135.50 in banknotes and coins after years as a geranium planter. Community items note funerals, church visits, railroad news, and local curios including a turtle versus cat clash.
Sporting notes report good hunting prospects with abundant quail partridge and turkeys, plus plentiful wild grapes attracting birds into valleys. Pheasants are tame near feeding grounds, squirrels vary by region, and rabbits remain active though season starts later. Domestic dogs hunt in fields as harvest ends, while nonmammal game remains scarce and difficult to assess.
At Louisville on Sept 24 Klatawa won the Sel bach stakes for 2 15 pacers lowering the world record to 2 00 percent. The Inter State Fair of New Jersey and Dallas Fair Races formed part of a busy three day program with unfinished heats from yesterday made up. Louiaville and Ward figures dominate the action as John Nolan scores in trotting and pacing events amid large crowds.
A New York Sun analysis cites official records to compare the cost of wars from the American Revolution to the Spanish conflict. It argues that modern wars, with larger armies and longer durations, incur vastly higher annual expenditures than earlier wars, illustrating the growing financial burden of sustained military mobilization.
The article lists prices for battleships and cruisers from the Maine at 2.5 million to armored gunboats and torpedo boats, noting the Maine cost about 200,000 to build. It cites transportation, coal, ordnance, ammunition, and ship equipment as major war expenses, with total war operation estimates around 500 million dollars and a naval supply bill near 1.5 million annually, doubling due to the war.
The article recounts a Civil War debate over honor for Admiral Farragut and Captain Bailey. Bailey led the first division up the river to New Orleans. the Senate debated praise based on Farragut’s report, which initially credited Bailey less. Farragut later admitted Bailey’s correct role, correcting the historical record and earning proper acknowledgment after correspondence.
A testimonial begins with Mire W. T Huntle of Dunduk Ontario praising a heart cure sold by Mute thewa Bros and W. T Clark. The ad claims relief within minutes and years of use without side effects, citing numerous testimonies and immediate relief after first dose.
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