Pittston Priest Denounces Long Engagements in Sermon
St Johns Catholic Church preacher D J Manley of Pittston Pa condemns delaying marriage. He cites parishioners rushing to wed and disputes reports that men should act soon. He recalls Advent period rules and notes only two marriages were announced despite rumors of many engagements.
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St. Johns Catholic Church
Pittston
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Epidemic of Matrimony Expected at St John’s Parish
The speaker cautions against hurried engagements and urges restraint. Despite a 1706 family parish, only seven marriages were solemnized last year. Father Manley oversees a magnificent church and 2 large parish, with time for couples to consider their vows before wedlock.
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Prodigal Son Harry Preston Dies After Bromide Dose
In New York Brooklyn, Harry G Preston, estranged from his rich physician father Henry G Preston, died at the parental home within an hour of a bromide dose. Coroner Henry J Brewer cites cardiac paralysis and uraemia as the cause. The businessman’s backstory notes a 10 year marriage to Bertha Langsden and troubling history.
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York
Henry G. Preston
Brooklyn
Harry G. Preston
Greeneave
Ilenry J. Brewer
Harry
Hie Steans
Bertha Langsden
Pennymeon
Japan
Yoon Preston
Norwich
Conn
Preston
Grant's Mills
Oelawara County
Ayalt
Fire Swept the Hold of Transport Meade
A fierce blaze gutted the hold of United States transport steamer Meade on the eve of sailing for the Philippines. Three men were killed and many injured before control. cause uncertain with suspected spontaneous combustion. Cargo lines damaged, departures delayed. Maj. Devel and Gen. Fupston will inspect the vessel.
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Fupston
Ade
San Francisco
Philippines
United States
Mehue
Music at Cooking Event Showcases Paterson Demonstrator
Harry Clair Shelby, famed gag demonstrator from Paterson, N Y, presented a meat and cooking demonstration at Fletcher Place M E Church. An orchestra of 44 performed while Shelby explained, with ED Bert Allen directing and Mrs Herbert Atkinson at the piano. A supper followed and more demonstrations are planned at other churches and at gas company events next week.
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Harry Clair Shelby
Paterson
N. Y
Fletcher Place
M. E
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Herbert Atkinson
Shelby
Evershing
Ovent
Tennsylvania
oFhe Gas Company
Practical Wireless Telephone by Self-Taught Sacramento Attorney
Eugene Gray Soule, a Sacramento attorney, claims to have built a working wireless telephone system after six months of experiment. He demonstrates two six-inch induction coils, a one-half horsepower motor, and a ten-volt generator to transmit and receive over more than a mile without wires. Soule asserts the device can enable farmers to call workers from afar and allow New York businessmen to converse with London colleagues without cords.
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Scrippa-McRar Press
Eugene Gray Soule
Sacramento
Cal
Soule
Iran
Muregni
Mr. Soule
Bt. Saute
Marconi
Washington Officials Tied to Imperial Trust Swindle
In a sprawling fraud tale from New York, inspectors link the Imperial Trust Company swindle to bank ties and high court figures. Six men including Walter Fernald, William Leary, and Foster Hooper face arrest, with White’s vast cash stash and offshore securities suspected.
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York
Pele
Edratilee
Viectyra
Scholle
Imperial ‘Fraster Company
Montacmuresh
Depsey Cit
Hoomon, Vietins
Urean-cailed
Nw Phaty
Panke
Jacobs
Imperial Truster
Is Vietims
Jet S. White
Imperial Trust Company
Wini
Convern
Daza
Washington
Congress
Imperial Trustee Company
Clyde Cott
Robert G Ruxton
Frederick Watg
William V. Leary
Foster Blooprr
Ruxton
Broadway
Cott
Vanderbilt Building
Warugh
Imperial Truster Company
Philadelphia
Hooper
John J. Lordan
Kesper
Nassau
White Am Colt
Are Colt
Colt
Imperial
White
Irive
Ansonia
Consall- Gated Exthanes
Timothy HM Leary
Trapedoy Corielyon
Boston
Leary
Abauc
Rite Insurance
Thors
Insurance Ogert
Tim
Pelle
Most perplexing crime in Oregon history
Special to The Sun Grants Pass Oregon December 12 18xx in a sensational murder case N O M Janvinas was shot in his cabin near Granite Hill. The accused man Jone was sentenced to hang. Blaich Roeteris the betrothed confessed an unnamed motive involving Jennings's daughter Dora claimed she and sister and brother killed Janvinas to cover for an alleged unnatural father. Dora testified she and her brother helped with the weapon then Dora’s trial followed but failed. a retrial was ordered. Public sentiment urged a full probe into the crime.
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N. OM. Janvinas
W Fle Whaledaleep
Biren
Cvidenes
Jone
Mani
Blaich Roeteris
Bors Jennings
Viettin
Dora
Roomma
Red
Jen
Furies
Noverts
Bialun Jaspers
Whiting
Dara Tentnes
Trisl
Dora’y Bullt
Mflerinus
Millions For Water Reform In New York Rumors
A century‑old New York water plan faces scrutiny as costs balloon. The Easterly Basin project at 6 million dollars is halted while the Jerome Park reservoir design is questioned amid contractor losses linked to John McDonald and Onderdonk. Plans for a 10.9 million anti pollution plant join broader outlays pushing total water works above 200 million.
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Aqueduct Board
Questors
Jerome Park
John BR. McDonald
McDonald
New York
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Subway
Enmtarly
Jerome Park Reservoir
Donald Onderdonk
Lee
Tracy
USA
Nana Ware
Mets
Vie Udyite
McCiriturs
New Water Commission
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Thin Mitra
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Merwe
Burr
Hering
Freeman
Chief Water Commission
Sears
Aqurdnet Board
Coursporation
Delaney
Ant Fontnion
Merrill Death Mystery Deepens In Oregon Case
Portland special reports outlaw Merrill who escaped Oregon penitentiary on June 3 may still be alive. Dr. Lee, former penitentiary superintendent, questions Tracy's killing claim, calling the found body likely that of a tramp and suggesting accomplices may have staged Merrill’s death to mislead officers. The theory links Boo Merrill and Wagoner to spreading the tale.
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Ore
Dave Merlni
Oregon Penitentiary
Lee
Mer- TH
Tracy
Mr Too
Merrill
Washington
Boo Merri
Wagener
Hon Merril
Deatt
Sayre a Volunteer Sets Out His Duty View
Warren G. Sayre of Wabash a former Indiana state representative and critic of the treasury outlines in a Wabash newspaper his independent stance. He asserts he has not canvassed for delegates and will not campaign for renomination, claiming a legislative education earned through his county’s Republicans. He argues experience may aid resisting treasury cuts while noting reform measures deserve careful consideration.
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Warren G. Sayre
Wabash
Indiana
House of Representatives
Treasury
Wabash County
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Bunvass
Wabash J
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Ho Folds
Sayre
Wabash, Ind
Waiter Miller to Quit at Astor Restaurant Says Report
Special to the Sure. New York report claims Charles Miller, reputedly the nation’s best waiter, intends to quit after his September anniversary to enjoy his Pick Slope Brooklyn estate. Miller denies quitting though friends say he told them of plans after ten more years. He earns about $80 a week. other waiters near $12 a day, with stories of wealth and changing roles at the kitchen and counters.
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Attor House
Charles Miller
United State
Pick Slope
Brooklyn
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Sory
Speedly
Henry Briggs
Stoven
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