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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1905
Page
2
A long sermon critiques the “halfway churches” serving boarding houses in a major city. It argues these churches lack experienced leadership, fail to recruit effective workers, and neglect the urban poor. The speaker pleads for establishing a proper downtown church that truly serves families and workers, with organized missions and steady attendance.
A sermon and essay urge pastors to establish "halfway churches" to reach drifting youth and women in boarding houses. The piece argues for top quality young ministers from seminaries, sustained by church support, and warns against neglecting these outreach efforts as conservative churches fight decline. It recalls a Palestine travel anecdote to stress urgency.
Public notices advertise the Christian Endeavor Convention in Baltimore from May 4 to 10 with travel plans from Pittsburgh to Baltimore including special excursion trains, rates, and return terms. Also included are real estate and sale notices, farm for sale near Shelocta, and a nine room house for sale on South Sixth Street with utilities and updates.
A brief entry lists WW Patternonly as General Manager and W Boyd as General Passenger Agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad, indicating senior leadership roles within the company.
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