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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1900
Page
1
A narrator recalls meeting a Virginia girl on a midnight Eastern Shore train after the Poco Moke fire. He boasts of his height and charm, praises Dora, and recounts a hotel dinner with oysters at Sullivan's Landing and peach brandy after a hungry day.
A traveler recalls smuggling two terrapin and a diamondback count aboard a train at Sullivan's Landing. The terrapins awaken amid peach brandy and a wary porter, prompting a comic midnight confrontation on the frosty journey.
A narrator recalls a midnight carriage anecdote on a train involving Sam the porter and a slipper throwing prank. He ends up meeting Mrs. Tupp and later describes their son Frederick, a remarkable, rapidly growing child who defied expectations and earned the narrator's pride and affection through years of close parenting.
A narrator recalls his son Fred’s Yale days from youth to college star to engaged adult. The piece charts Fred’s athletic triumphs, his confident persona, and the clash with his father over his marriage plan, ending with a humorous scene and a firm family call on their lawyer.
Christian Endeavor outlines the March 18 week topic by Rev. 8 H Doyle Torie on Jesus to Nicodemus. It explains the necessity of the new birth the agent Holy Ghost and the mystery of spiritual regeneration. It notes the proof is a changed life and poses questions for Endeavorers about their own birth again. The prayer meeting should be led by the pastor with Bible readings listed.
In northwestern Maine a small buck fed near a river bank for about a hundred yards. Startled by human scent, the nervous deer misguessed directions and charged toward a canoe, stopping within a yard before bolting into the woods. Forest and Stream.
W. K. Mahone recounts injuries from a Georgia Midland and Gulf passenger train wreck near Shiloh Nebula. He describes a 40 foot descent, engineer death, scalds, and skin grafts with pieces from Dr Jordan’s arm turning white.
A Staten Island ferry fire caused panic but brave women wearing balmorals and troopskirts leapt into the water. Their hoop skirts buoyed their clothes, keeping them afloat until救援 arrived.
A Christian Register meditation urges resilience and faith. It extols courage over fate, the value of every effort, and God guiding the many small acts that lift humanity.
A Philadelphia Methodist sermon warns that fear breeds alarm and ill advised relief methods. It argues fear unsettles judgment, weakens resolve, and widens the gap between enemies and friends, leading to forebodings and ruined plans amid distress.
A devotional note from Lutheran Observer asserts the same divine power that spoke the universe into being will fulfill promises of blessing. The piece emphasizes God's creative commands and the reliability of His future enactments.
A collage of quotes on women's experiences and attitudes from St Paul Dispatch Chicago News Denver Post notes. The lines suggest social expectations about dress faces and relationships and reflect on patience time and heartache in love.
Poetic meditation on six guiding imperatives I ought I must I can I will I dare I may. The speaker seeks divine teaching to discern which will governs action each hour, framing freedom and duty in a moral tense held by wisdom. The piece nods to Wisdom of the Brahmin.
The article reflects on Jesus teaching by the seaside and the call of Levi to follow, noting the broader church gathering across nations, with emphasis on Jesus choosing Matthew and the response of Levi. It discusses the supper at Levi’s house, the Pharisees’ objection to dining with sinners, and contrasts outward worship with true heart faith. It also covers fasting, the Bridegroom motif, and the new versus old covenants as the old man is replaced by a new creation in Christ.
Charles Francois Felu born 1830 in Waermade near Courtrai defied disability by painting with his feet. He began art study at 25 in Antwerp, copied hundreds of masterpieces, and learned to mix colors with a toe held like a thumb. He fed himself, shaved, and drank unaided though he never mastered buttonholes.
A digest of public figures including Dwight Moody and 50 reporters. Tiffany's 88th birthday. Archbishop Feehan’s flowers. Edmunds walking a mile daily. Alan Arthur travels between Paris and New York. Tennyson Jones and Byron Brown in Georgia. Matt W. Ransom’s cotton estate and landholdings in North Carolina. Collis Huntington on Virginia. Senator West’s Missouri-California misadventure. Bathhouse John Coughlin’s Boer support. Frederick Underwood’s Chicago era popularity. Dr D K Pearsons’ vast philanthropy and life income plan.
The article advises careful planting and long term care. Plant young trees under two years old, prepare well-drained soil, and prune by cutting limbs close. Deep planting improves moisture access and stability, while moss indicates wet or humid conditions. The apple market is nonlocal and can fetch good prices if stored properly.
Ruskin warns against worship of money and urges putting heart into actions. He cautions that enemies of self and God tempt with wealth. The vital question becomes how funds are used rather than how much is earned.
A guide advises washing the coffeepot daily to prevent spoilage of the infusion. Wrapping lettuce or celery in a cloth dunked in cold water and newspaper keeps produce fresh for days. After frying, cool fat slightly and strain it into a bowl to remove crumbs. For potatoes, a sharp thin knife prevents slipping and showing where pierced, unlike a fork.
Yellow stone park geysers are said to be gradually exhausted. Observers warn the Dead Sea may become a dry salt mine. Professor James E. B. Talmage cites irrigation as diverting more water from the four tributary rivers feeding the Great Salt Lake, Utah.
A blunt pencil, hidden under a desk lid, proclaims its lineage in a verse, tracing links from coal to graphite and denying ties to lead. The poem by Julia M. Colton, appearing in Outlook, notes the graphite family’s ancient forest origin, mining, and burial in earth with a crest, ending with a reminder not to confuse leads with graphites.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat tale details a secondhand dealer recalling a cunning swap. A Dickens enthusiast offered a rare volume for exchange, but the dealer swapped it for a mathematics treatise and kept the Keats copy, noting satisfaction with the ruse.
A Cornhill Magazine summary traces how the leading article evolved from tentative editorial notes in early 19th century papers to a regular feature that began shaping public opinion. It notes the shift from news-only focus of The Daily Courant to the rise of the leaded article and its role in politics religion and society.
A hardware firm story notes a young assistant bookkeeper praised by a senior partner during a shop inspection. The partner, warmly curious, asks what keeps him at work, implying diligent effort leads to reward in business.
A witty quotation compares nations and women, noting that when one woman buys a new hat others seek better, and when one country builds a warship others respond with bigger ones. The remark appears in a Chicago Times-Herald collection.
Mr. Penn Sir William Thompson tells the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph that the world will end not by fire but by frost. He predicts finality in ten million years, a claim met with chilly response from Mr. Pitt who calls it cold comfort.
In a map from the China Inland Mission it notes it is incorrect to say Yang-tse Kiang river since kiang means river. The statement emphasizes proper naming of the Yangtze for the major waterway.
A pithy Detroit Journal aphorism notes that some husbands imply women lack backbone, echoing biblical phrasing about woman made from man. The remark critiques gender stereotypes with a wry, satirical tone.
Mme Ceraski of Moscow reports a new variable star in Cygnus with magnitude between eight and nine. Its light varies dramatically over a 4 days 18 hours 45 minutes period, dimming to three magnitudes fainter at minimum and brightening 16 times at maximum. The pattern fits eclipsing variables like Algol, due to a dark companion crossing the line of sight.
The late Duke of Westminster, known to favor cremation, was cremated at Woking rather than buried. He is the first duke in England cremated, a fact said to have grieved the queen who opposed cremation.
Mme Patti displays 1 250 000 dollars in diamonds at Covent Garden war concert. Miss Habermeyer resigns Wellesley German post for Brooklyn Girls High. Josephine Brodhead wills 10 000 for a South Newmarket library if renamed Newfields. Miss Burggrat lets two suitors draw lots to decide marriage. Maud Gonne, Irish agitator, tall and striking in appearance. Sister Mrs Pilcher married to a British officer. Mary Rossiter manages Willard temple fund collections. in Chicago ensuring work. Kate Pier and Harriet Pier gain Minnesota bar admission. Caroline Pier Soane linked by marriage to a lawyer. Frank Be Buttle offers menus to New York Public Library.
Practical notes on planting timing for trees and vines, grafting, and soil preparation. Guidance covers grape variety selection, apple succession for home use, gooseberry rust treatment, pear and plum pruning, with a Cuba travel note on Root and Wood inspecting Pinar del Rio's tobacco district and Cuba's potential exhibits for a Paris exposition.
D. P. Johnson killed B R Carroll in Blackville after Carroll, once linked to the 6 year old Nix murder, killed James Bolin at Christmas. Johnson shot Carroll with a double barreled shotgun then finished with five revolver bullets and turned himself in.
Martina R. Adams Nixon argues that future punishment is not greater for deeds undone and condemns pride and social fear. She contrasts a child of depraved parents with a child raised in Christian surroundings, urging action and compassion over judgment.
Poetic line about birds of sadness flying overhead but not nesting in hair, attributed to Cath olize Universe.
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