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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1899
Page
3
A Scranton shop invites postal workers to visit as a base for rest and sightseeing. Clerks offer attentive service, no purchase pressure, and free delivery within 200 miles. Special weekly bargains aim to attract visits.
In Spare Moments a London lawyer narrates a perilous night aiding Miss Blanche Pickering as she fights to thwart murder and a forged will. Jackson and Cooper plot to seize her estate. a pistol, a revolver, and a sharp scream alter fate. Cooper is captured, Jackson dies, Miss Pickering is exonerated and later marries Avery. The narrator keeps the will and revolver as keepsakes.
James Kearney of 1255 Sanderson Avenue reported his horse and buggy stolen from in front of Hohrwisser’s bakery on Penn Avenue yesterday around 8 PM. Two men on Franklin Avenue were found with the rig at 7:40 PM and jailed for questioning.
In Englewood a neighbor’s alert attempt to guard Mr Anderson’s home leads to a mistaken arrest as a burglar. A stranger claiming relation to Anderson is held by officers until Mrs Anderson confirms the mix up, while the true owner arrives to clear the scene. The tale ends with the neighbor mocked for his vigilance.
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