Political campaign notes and rural crime threat mention
The column comments on Mark Hanna and Wellington's opinions being unsuitable for print and notes the Democratic party delaying a state senate candidate. It praises Frank M. VanDevender as Register and Recorder candidate, then warns of vigilante violence in rural districts ending in death penalties for outlaws.
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Democratic
Frank M. VanDevender
Register and Recorder
Mr. VanDevender
Strausser gang terrorizes Elizabethville prompting manhunt
A depredation spree by the Strausser gang in Elizabethville Dauphin County prompts a posse to nab the derelicts. Phrom is wounded fleeing and Denatski awaits trial in Harrisburg prison while Strausser is confined in Sunbury jail. The piece warns local youth and notes political shifts in Maine Vermont and Pennsylvania ahead of elections.
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Denatski
Harrisburg
Strausser
Phrom
Sunbury
Vermont
Maine
Pennsylvania
McKinley
Victory Headlines Credit Republicans in Vermont and Maine
The piece notes Vermont and Maine Republican managers boasting of record majorities, while the New York Journal questions the strength of McKinley’s 1896 win. It argues that small, properly distributed shifts could have altered the outcome, and cites Maine and Vermont Republican losses and gains as pivotal.
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Vermont
Tom Reed
Maine
New York Journal
McKinley
Bryan
White House
Democrats Return to Party Threat to McKinley Support
The article notes Democratic defections to Bryan in 1896 and Republican lapses at the polls this year. It cites Vermont and Maine as examples and warns McKinley must counter a possible drift that could spread to Indiana and Ohio, threatening his campaign.
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Fitdtit
Bryan
Vermont
Maine
Mr. McKinley
Indiana
Ohio
Property owners sue railroad over forest fire damages
In Juniata County plaintiffs seek up to 25000 dollars for timber, fence, and building losses from a Sunbury and Lewistown division fire sparked by a locomotive. If successful, similar suits may follow across Pennsylvania against railroads for forest fire damages.
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Juniata County
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Sunbury and
Lewistown
Allentown Fair Round Trip Tickets Offered Sept 20
The Philadelphia and Reading Railway announces round trip tickets to Allentown for Thursday September 20 at a named rate. Return is valid only on the special 7 p.m. train Thursday and any train Friday September 21. A special Mt. Carmel train departs at 5 19 a.m. with fare 1 78.
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Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Allentown
Mt. Carmel
Jurors Drawn for Mt Carmel Civil Court Term
Jurors from Mt Carmel township and borough were drawn for the civil court term beginning Monday October 8. About sixty five cases appear on the trial list. Drawn Friday morning were Wm McKeon M Whalen Frank Reeder and Henry H Joyce Mt Carmel township Edward Mannon John Flynn and Robert Camp Mt Carmel borough.
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Mt. Carmel
Wm. McKeon
M. Whalen
Frank Reeder
Henry H. Joyce
Edward Mannon
John Flynn
Robert Camp
Brotherhood Men Discharged at Shamokin Yard
Richard Turnbach a fireman and William Wiest plus Oscar Moyer brakemen reported for work at the P. and R. yard in Shamokin Thursday morning to be told their services were no longer required. All were members of the Brotherhood of Trainmen and that is the only reason given for the discharges.
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Richard Turnbach
William Wiest
Oscar Moyer
Shamokin
Brotherhood of
Phases of the Earth's Development by Edward Renouf
Johns Hopkins professor Edward Renouf argues in Popular Science Monthly that during an early hot period the Earth's surface formed binary compounds such as hydrids borides silicides and carbides and the atmosphere held gases leading to powerful reactions. He describes calcium carbide reacting with water releasing acetylene and heat driving further decomposition and atmospheric jets of hydrogen and oxygen.
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Edward Renouf
Johns Hopkins University
Popular
Science Monthly
Eouth
His Whistle Charms Bees Endangers Farmer and Oxen
Henry Fitch a Mountain End farmer whistled while plowing as a swarm of thousands of honey bees settled on him and his oxen. His mother used a tin pan to drive the bees away, gathering them into an empty hive. Fitch stopped whistling and rested as the oxen resumed work.
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Henry Fitch
Mountain End
Death
St. Louis Republic
Fitch
Mrs. Fitch
The Marvelous Streets and Other Oddities
A brief, humorous survey notes the rise of colorful yellow journalism with a fake telephone portrait, a sensational accident image, and the year’s birth rate claim. It also describes a trick of infant statistics and a hospital maid’s accidental overdose tale ending with a sleepy boy.
Finishing Touches and Social Golf Amid Rheumatism
The cartoon caption features Mr Isanestein-Cohenstein-Well joking about social duties and golf while rheumatism flares. A quip suggests reframing rheumatism as gout when friendship and humor matter in daily life.
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Isanestein-Cohenstein
Tsanestein-Cohenstein
Puck
It Tells the Truth. A Woman's Mirror Insight
A Chicago Daily News snippet notes a woman learns truth through her mirror when friends fail to speak. The remark suggests self-knowledge through reflection and social commentary on honesty.
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Chicago Daily News
Church Services and Schedules Across Denominations
Town churches publish Sunday schedules with multiple services Bible classes Epworth Leagues and youth programs. Listings include Congregational Methodist Church of Our Lady St Stephen's Grave Lutheran Grace Reformed Primitive Methodist and Pentecostal meeting times and midweek activities.
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Congregational Tabernaclh
Cha
Perse Workers
Glass
Methodist Episcopal
Lund School
Epworth League
P. Mn
W. Houck
Church OF Our Lady
J. Vincent de Pa Society
A. Meuwed
Grave Lutheran Divine Services
C. EL
Special Excursion to Mauch Chunk and Glen Onoko
Special excursion to Mauch Chunk and Glen Onoko on September 16 via Lehigh Valley railroad. Round trip fare 90 cents. Train leaves Mt. Carmel at 9 a.m. and returns from Mauch Chunk at 6 p.m. and Glen Onoko at 6 15 p.m. For information consult Lehigh Valley ticket agents.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
Specia
Mauch Chunk
Glen Onoko
Mt. Carmel
Sa. m
Lehigl
Valley Ticket Agents
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