Wedding Day Doubts Shake To Be Bride Eleanor Godfrey
Tom Grant faces marriage to Eleanor while confessing love for Edna Cross. Edna rebukes fate as wedding preparations proceed amid tension and comic banter. The scene centers on two women, Eleanor the bride to be and Edna, with Jack Winston as the lifelong confidant and rival, all set against a colorless morning and a nervous groom.
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Edna
Eleanor
Eleanor Godfrey
Tom Grant
Tom
Jack Winston
Jack
Thomas Kemp Grant
Ife
Tsay
Vern
Edna Cross
Hlicanor
Wedding Mixup Solved by Typographical Error
In a Brooklyn Times tale, Eleanor weds Jack Winston by mistaken invitations caused by a printer error. Tom had planned the bachelor dinner and ring while Edna was the intended bride. Jack explains the mix up, revealing Tom’s engagement to Edna, and Eleanor’s mother questions the ceremony as Jack settles the matter.
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Morithe
Tom
Eleanor
Edna's
Jack
Jack Winston
Edna
Man
J. H. Wadsworth
The
Brooklyn Times
Tor Alee
Nervy Young Man Seeks Rich Merchant's Daughter
A nervy suitor confronts a wealthy father asking for his daughter's hand. He claims instant love, cites a park sighting, and pressures a rapid arrangement before meeting the daughter, with the father remarking on the man's nerve. The tale ends as a Judge’s comment frames the scene.
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Ellen
Maria
Judge
A Smile from a Stranger
A short reflection on the uplifting effect of a stranger’s smile. It notes how a suiting face and a friendly expression can brighten weary hearts, spread hope, and offer courage, suggesting daily life would improve with more smiling faces in public.
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Success Magazine
Fat Colony Bill and the State Farm Plan Debate
A Century essay recalls a New York farm colony bill proposed by charitable groups to replace workhouses with state farm labor, noting Albany's indifference. It cites Holland and Belgium success, Thiers on railroads, Swiss experience, and a revived bill backed by New York railroads to curb tramp damage. The piece argues progress advances through self defense against social evils.
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New York
Albany
Holland
Belgium
Thiers
Louis Philippe
England
France
Switzerland
Hebberd
New York State
Col. Pang
Baltimore and Ohio
United States
America
Model Heathen Marriages in Family Bond Argument
The article argues that heathen and tribal systems show marriage rooted in family and offspring. It notes paternal child support in Mohammedan practice, female divorce rights among Shawanese, and tribal norms where childbirth or family unity defines wedlock. It contrasts these with Western views on endowments and equal divorce rights.
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Westermark
The Personal Self vs the Corporate We
A sermon decries corporate collectives as lacking conscience and warns that group power dissolves personal responsibility. It argues conscience remains personal, urges individuals to resist mob mentality, and stresses that legal systems seek to bind shared conduct to individual accountability.
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Christ
Felonious Shooting Arrests In Butler Township
In Butler Township Buller charged with shooting at officers Harry Young and Mia Katherine Kimmel jailed. Special officers McKee and McBride served a warrant at the Young house on Mercer road where occupants fired on them. The couple held the house overnight as shots thwarted efforts to reach it. Next day George Rogers and Aaron Fisvitz arrested the pair without resistance.
Murder Mystery Deepens With Second Body Near Tracks
Washington coroner W H Sipe began examining the death of an unidentified man found two miles from Scenery Hill. A second body was discovered 15 feet away in dense brush, suggesting three men involved. A revolver and a wrapped handkerchief were found near the first corpse, with three hats indicating multiple fatalities.
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Washington
W. H. Sipe
Scenery Hill
Monongahela & Washington Railroad Section
Judge halts suits over two cent fare law for railway
Wilkes-Barre judge freezes county actions against Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton electric railway after ruling two cent fare law reduces profits and is not yielding adequate return on invested capital. Company contends the low rate cuts earnings, and the court agrees.
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Wilkes-Barre
Fuller
Veterans Meet at St James Hotel Guests from Carnegie and Pittsburg
Rochester survivors of Company HH 139th Pennsylvania volunteers were entertained at the St James hotel by J M Hays. Guests came from Carnegie Webster Pittsburg and Beaver counties. Fin McDonald of Webster, a drummer boy, sang patriotic airs.
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Rochester
Pennsylvania
St. James Hotel
J. M. Hays
Liberty Street
Pittsburg
H. F. Collier
Carnegie
Webster
Beaver County
Open Grave for Paper Shamokin Heirs Claim Big Inheritance
In Shamokin the heirs of John Rupp, who died in Numedia in 1888, opened his grave to obtain the deceased’s birth certificate. They allege a direct German relative left twenty million dollars, with government custody awaiting legal heirs proving claims after the papers were found.
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Shamokin
John Rupp
Numedia
Germany
Quaker City Opens $10 Million Municipal Bond Issue
Philadelphia officials opened bids for a new municipal loan of 10 million dollars to bear 4 percent interest and redeemable in 20 years. The issue was heavily oversubscribed with three syndicates bidding for the full amount and others for smaller portions. Premiums offered rose as high as 3.59 dollars per thousand.
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Philadelphia
Judges Must Not Be Swayed by the Mob
A civic exhortation warns against letting public clamor steer the judiciary. It argues law must reflect well reasoned state justice, not the instant will of the majority or press. Trust in independent courts to uphold official duty even amid populist pressure.
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Judicial Department
Independence party seeks nomination in Pennsylvania
The Independence party filed its initial nominating papers in Harrisburg with James Wheeler of Philadelphia handling the filing. A separate Independence party exists in Pittsburg. Deputy Attorney General Cunningham returns from Europe and will address capitol cases, including a motion for a new trial for Sanderson, on October 6. Westminster College fills vacancy by naming Owen W Mills of Clark University to biology chair. Homestead school board approves one drinking cup per pupil to curb disease. Johnstown plans $500000 debt increase for water system improvements amid relief efforts following a local water famine. petition from 100 Ward 17 property owners asks the state to force the water company to act.
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Independence Party
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
James Wheeler
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cunningham
Europe
Capitol
Sanderson
New Wilmington
Westminster College
Owen W. Mills
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
A. D. Howard
Johnstown
Johnstown Water Company
Seventeenth Ward
Todd
Water Company
Town Fire Destroys Half Pioneer Section in Reynoldsville
A 25000 dollar barn fire in Reynoldsville started in M C Coleman’s barn and spread to three other barns and a drug store. Fire departments from Du Bois arrived to battle the blaze threatening East Main street. Adjacent vacant and occupied properties were doomed as flames consumed the drug store and nearby buildings.
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Reynoldsville
Bulding
James Spry
Lucas
Old Offender Faces Speak Easy Charge in Philadelphia
80 year old Rose Brennan tottered before Magistrate Beaton to answer to keeping a speak easy at 1628 Philip street. Police sergeant Lenahan testified to purchasing 16 drinks of whisky at the Brennan grocery, noting prior arrests for illegal liquor sales but no previous convictions. Brennan held on $1,000 bail for trial.
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Philadelphia
Rose Brennan
Beaton
Philip Street
Lenahan
Lamp Explosion Fatal Near town
Erie reports a kerosene lamp carried by Mrs. Anthony J. Schmidt exploded at a summer home west of the town at midnight. She died after burns covering head to foot and loss of sight. She died at Hamot Hospital.
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Erie
Anthony J. Schmidt
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Shiremanstown
Mechanicsburg
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Rhensburg
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W. L. Wiest
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Fred Kleffman
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