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Newspaper
Friendship Weekly Register
Location
Friendship, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1889
Page
5
Publisher lists advertising rates and terms with spacing issues. Rates include price per square inch and per line, with extra charges for more than ten words. Notices and business ads have restrictions and penalties described in garbled text.
Multiple church notices list services and events from Baptist and Sacred Heart churches. Rev. W R Batowis and TL Novus set service times including Sunday and Thursday meetings, with prayer sessions and catechism invitations. Congregations at Al Catror led by Gafney announce preaching through April with Sabbath reminders. Sacred Heart notes morning mass every other Sunday with a rector and approaching feast day.
A tattered remnant piece covers Flo rence recounting an old war tale and a sermon about heaven. It includes obituaries for Katharine Poller of Wiscoy and Aunt Kate, notes on local politics and investigations, and references to civic issues and a public notice section.
The item describes a company holding exclusive U S and foreign rights for a talking phonograph doll that recites poetry and sings. It lists international orders, domestic sales plans, and brief business notes alongside assorted local notices and agricultural briefs.
A drummer visits a store and learns a grocer substitutes Circus soap for Tulip, underscoring the risk of deceptive pricing. The grocer admits Tulip sells less but favors higher profit Circus, urging customers to demand Tulip to avoid being sold inferior soap for the same price. The appeal warns buyers to insist on Tulip.
At the New York Press Club dinner on February 27 Chauncey M Debew praised broad journals but warned they rarely admit errors. He urged newspapers to be mirrors of truth and to acknowledge when they are misled, citing a historic example from the London Times.
Thos Majer, the engineer in charge of the excursion train on the Mad Ran night wreck, lives at East Mauch Chunkard and faces a forthcoming trial. He recalls the crash with trauma, saying he cannot sleep and that witnessing passengers roasting to death drove him to despair. He faces possible penitentiary time as the case moves forward amidst courtroom applause.
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