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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1899

Page

6

Week of prayer services at Providence Presbyterian Church

The Providence Presbyterian Church plans prayers Monday through Friday next week led by Rev. Georgy B. Guild. Tuesday evening features a men’s service with George Mahy addressing the YMBA, and the Workers Band will present. Friday anchors a preparatory service for the Lord’s Supper on Sunday January 15.

Providence Presbyterian Church Ev. Georgy B. Guild George Mahy Your Men's Christian Association Whittemore Providence Fea Providence Church

Religious News Notes Sunday Services and Meetings

Sunday services and meetings are announced at multiple congregations. The Young Women's Christian Association hosts a Sunday service at 4 5 am, with all women and girls invited. Baptist Ministers Conference meets Monday morning for devotional reports. Rev John Cavanaugh preaches to Free Methodists in Swingle's hall at 2 90 and 7 50 pm. First Presbyterian to observe communion tomorrow. Rev Dr McLeod delivered a preparatory lecture last evening. Railroad Department Y M C A hosts a song service Sunday afternoon at 4 2 46 o'clock for railroad men and families. Bennie Throop donates a telephone for the rectory. Penn Avenue Baptist Church evening sermon by Rev R F Pierce on the topic World Growing Matter of Worse. local remarks note concerns over corruption and church decline.

Baptist Ministera’ Conference John Cavanaugh Swingle's Hall Dunmore First Presbyterian Church Dr. McLeod Railroad Department Young Men's Christian Association Bennie Throop Penn Avenue Baptist Church R. F. ¥. Plercve Diecusa Homie Emi Venn Avenue Baptist Church Robert F. Y. Pierce Moetlever Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor American Memorial Tabernacle Mission Fiist Baptist Church Scranton Street F. Matthews Dr. Beddoe Saving People's Meeting North Main Avenue Baptist Church Hev. W. G. Watkins Jesus CC. B Green Ridge Baptist Church W. J. Ford Shiloh Baptist Church Center Street Sundoy School Young People's Union Z. H. Bell Jackson Street Baptist Church Brother Parry Thomas de Gruchy Tople Alfred Roberts Grace Reformed Episcopal Church Wyoming Avenue Mulberry Street Union Bible First Church of Christ, Scientist Adams Avenue Sumner Avenue Church Foster Band of Hope F. W. Whippen United Evangelical Church Capouse Avenue C. D. Moore Keystone League Christian Endeavor Society P.m People's Prohibition Church Dr. Bird Morell's Hall Breaker Street Green Ridge F. H. Smith

Tomorrow's Services Across Craze of Religious Groups

A long list of Sunday worship schedules from Episcopal Saint Luke's parish Saint Mark's Dunmore East End and South Side missions to Baptist and Reformed churches. It notes rectors senior curates and pastors, service times Holy Communion morning prayer evening prayer Sunday school and sermons. Various locations include Taylor Presbytery American Memorial Tabernacle First Baptist Scranton North Main Avenue Green Ridge and Shiloh Baptist among others.

Saint Luke's Rogere Isriel EB. J. Haughton M. B. Nach St. Luke's Church St. Mark's Dunmore Olyphant David’a Churen Edward James McHenry

City Acquires Rare Double Barrel Cannon for Park Display

The Mitchell Thunderbolts’ historic double barrel cannon now belongs to the city and will be mounted at the head of College Avenue Park near the Confederate monument. Inventor John Gilleland created a chain linked pair of cannon balls designed to mow down a line of troops. a test near Athens caused chaos before the device vanished five years ago. Neumyer traded the relic to the city for an old bell after recognizing its historic value and potential for visiting soldiers.

Mitchell Thunderbolts City Hall Captain Barnett College Avenue John Gilleland Athens Gilleland Neumyer

Remarkable Pennsylvania Cat Loves Cigars and Beer

In Susquehanna county a Glenwood man keeps a cat that adopted him after a storm. The feline enjoys cigars and beer, even biting off cigar tips, prompting a wooden holder. The piece also mentions a bird-eating frog, railroad notes, and local curiosities from Scranton Tribune briefs.

Scranton Tribune Susquehanna William Thompson Glenwood Pennsylvania Mr. Thompson Thompson Thomas’ Fosmer Thomas

Religious Services Schedule Across City Churches

A city-wide church notices column lists pastors and service times for St. Mark's Washburn and Fourteenth, Holy Trinity Adams and Mulberry, Zion Mifflin, St. Paul Short, Christ Cedar and Hoech, St Peter Prescott, Emanuel Reese, Grace Madison and Mulberry, Park charch, Simpson, Providence, Hampton Street, Asbury, Howard Place AME, Mosroaw, Elmhast, Clark's Summit, Second Presbyterian, Green Ridge, Washburn, and other congregations. Each entry notes sermon times, Sunday school, Luther Leagues, Epworth Leagues, and revival or evangelistic services.

St. Mark's Washburn Fourteenth Streets A. L. Ramer Fh. D Luther League Holy Trinity Adams Avenue Mulberry Street C. G. Boleker Paistor Christ's Church Cedar Avenue Hoech Street St. Petera Prescott Avenue J. W. Randolph Serviere Suneday Emanuel Reese Street John Kowala Grace Lutheran Madison and Mulberry Rev Foster

Playwright Reunion Prompt Sparks Mixed Reactions

A fragmentary dialogue hints at a reunion about a play’s reception. The exchange between a playwright and a friend reflects nostalgia and curiosity over the work’s early performance and ongoing interest.

Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Praised as Real Remedy

The ad asserts that cheap elixirs merely soothe and do not cure chronic coughs. It touts Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral as the practical physician’s prescription and a true remedy, not a producer’s gimmick.

van Buren Ark Ayer J. E. Wright Chester, Ark

Plays and Players On The Move In Early 1900s Theatrical Scene

Hoyt's A Dog in the Manger will be staged at Park theater Bouton on March 2 with Coyne DeVese and Gunning. A new light opera by Clifford Page and Chester Fernalio to debut in London. Robertson and Campbell divorce prompts her own company and Irish political play on Parnell. George H. Broadhurst's The Last Chapter features Edger Davenport and a large American cast set Southern California. New Century Theatre London aborts plans as Miss Mingshem Archer Robins withdraw.

George H. Broadhurst California New Century Theater London W. H. Missinghem Wiliam Archer Mies Fleabeth Robins

Sir William Jenner

Sir William Jenner dies in his eighty fourth year noted as leading physician of his era. He served as queen's physician for decades and was uniquely honored as a baronet K B and G CB. Renowned for medical teaching he distinguished typhus from typhoid and studied pathology to ease royal duties and public health. He maintained a strict, tea fueled routine and avoided social invitations while devoting his life to medicine.

William Jenner Wis Jenner Tim Ilinera

Lucy Larcony Movement Across the River Poem Fragment

Fragmentary verse recalls longing and mortality as the speaker stands on a shore. The speaker seeks reunion with loved ones across the river, asking if enduring memory can outlast mortal names and if farewell can await a quiet, eternal shore. The piece invokes recollection, love, and the life-wiver river guiding toward the departed.

Fidelvan Lucy Larcony

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