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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1899
Page
3
Curiosity grows over a half piece in Perry Bros window as patrons debate its meaning. While you ponder its significance, consider that Perry Bros repairs violins guitars mandolins and other instruments with no cheap work.
An anniversary service is planned tonight at the Resete mission. A report notes a drunken and begging arrest of James Widlthwie on Saturday afternoon by Mitchell. Donations are acknowledged for the homeless, with names and small sums listed. A window break was reported on Lackawanna Avenue at Mathews building. A band concert is scheduled for this evening in front of Bon Ton cafe with an open air programme.
Fragmented OCR text references a clearing house and mentions days of the week and numbers. details are unclear and not fully readable. The piece seems to record totals, debits, and debt figures with scattered codes and placeholders.
Former Surantonian Anhur Mirtin, once of this city, was cited in a mining company matter. A 10 year old girl, Dennis Bien, remains missing after leaving home Friday afternoon. Aldermen Weilson and Gowell heard cases on Saturday. A court minute described a disturbance last night involving a sergeant and patrolmen.
The report by the Insurance Department summarizes policies issued and in force. It cites Pennsylvanian life policies totaling 745 million dollars in coverage and 1.77 million policies, with industrial and small amount policies included. Data cover companies operating in Pennsylvania and other sites with significant totals for 1998.
Louis Tullerston and Michael McDonald prepared for execution by the electric chair at Ring Sing tomorrow morning. The inmates, who rented today and were visited by Pather Creedon and two Sisters of Mercy, faced the sentence with composure. Tullerston, a colored man, was convicted of killing his common law wife by choking her. McDonald killed Rene Titus in New York on May 4, 1888.
A man named Saddler allegedly killed a woman in Wevorge Le Cune county afternoon after a dispute. Police report the suspect is at large and may face charges. witnesses place motive and indicate a staged scene at a chapel.
The Penn Avenue Baptist Church sermon by Rev. Robert F. Pierce argued against infidelity and skepticism. He contrasted Ingersoll and other infidels with Christian faith, praising genuine piety and warning of infidelity’s appeal and moral cost.
A Mrs Genrave M. Johnson of Jonespone praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after months of worsening health and spells, noting early improvements after the first bottle and urging others with female weaknesses to try the remedy. The piece also comments on ideas from Mr Ingersoll and Mr. Connell about justice, truth, and virtue.
Rev. and Fr. Mathews of Piret Baptist Church preached on The Death of a Comet and the Law of Man, using Robert Ingersoll as a comet metaphor. He cited Proverbs on paths and death, portraying the heavens as calm while warning against fear and misused reason.
Rev HA Grant delivered an address at Nay Aug Park praising Robert G. Ingersoll. He extolled charity and brotherhood, urging action to combat social vice and ease human sorrow through kindness and civic-minded leadership.
Mrs. Ervin Prentiss reports severe female troubles worsened despite three doctors. She used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills and the Senstive Wash with strong praise for the remedies.
The Plymouth Congregational pastor spoke on Why I Am Not an Infidel citing recent death, noting curses fade and blessings rise. He argued faith, spiritual life, and mystery must be partly revealed, praising Christianity and denouncing infidelity as decline yet offering hope in the gospel.
Rev. William Elgar preached on A Woman Who Was Determined to Know the Truth at Providence Methodist Episcopal Church, comparing the Queen of Sheba’s quest for truth with seekers today. He urged personal testing of Christianity and noted Jesus as a greater King than Solomon while recounting the queen’s audience with Solomon and gifts given.
A committee of prominent Pennsylvania Lutherans and officials prepare to welcome the tenth Penneylvania volunteers arriving in San Francisco from Montana in August 2006. The event includes special arrangements with the water department and a projected distribution of over 20,000 items to attendees, with government officials in attendance to extend greetings.
Rochester Ind July 30 three hundred men with bloodhounds event surrounding 400 acres of timber in a bid to locate Nelle Berger who left her home with a man on a pretense of farm work. A young woman believed to be Misa Berger and another man were seen by berry pickers entering the timber.
Horace N Allen served as United States minister to Korea and arrived recently on a Western mission. He aided Korean leaders during a political disturbance in Seoul where several prominent figures were attacked. Through his diplomacy he gained the king’s trust and was made court physician, while also noting his role in Western medical and missionary work.
Religious notes report Rev. Fley of Plymouth Cong Church preaching on infidel doubts. Rev. J. Bwoet of Aimpean Methodist Episcopal filled the pulpit after a ten days' vacation. Rev. W. de. Guest of Fleetville supplied North Main Avenue church yesterday. Rev. G. J. Atrich of Grace Reformed Episcopal preached at Grace Church.
Fragmented prose narrates shipping, cargo, and wreckage on sleap's wharves with dreamlike imagery. It ends with a refund pledge for Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar and a monetary test payment from J G Bone & Bon, Dunmore and Scranton, Pennsylvania, amid obscure names.
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