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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1900
Page
2
In a seaside village Miss Nancy, beloved yet poor, hosts Roger Leslie the aspiring organist. He has won a post earning modest pay, while old Matthews’s estate will be auctioned next week, revealing a collection of curious, nondescript articles.
Miss Nancy buys a vase at auction for five shillings and learns it may be worth 1500 to 2090 guineas. Roger helps her sell it to Christie’s, they marry, Roger’s book is accepted by a publisher, and they settle at Rosemary Cottage near the sea with friends in a rising literary circle.
The article lists eight major mission bodies, four American and three British, as the seven great societies by annual expenditure and reach. It notes Church Missionary Society of London and American Baptist Missionary Union of Boston among the leaders, with details on their fields, budgets, and influence, and announces an Ecumenical conference in New York for ten days after April 21.
A playful exchange shows a fretful child begging to see the moon while a weary father suggests looking, then asks to glimpse the other side. The scene includes quips about love and a humorous jab at a failed proposal.
A collage of witty lines and cartoons from Collier's Weekly Harper's Bazaar and Chicago Tribune. Jokes range from a lecturer recalling a terrible accident to exchanges about debts weddings and gossip. The tone is light satirical and observational with multiple named publications.
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