Sleeping in Church and the Higher Criticism
Reverend Blayer argues Sunday sermons on the higher criticism relax listeners and should be kept for scholarly minds. He notes even Beecher could illuminate the topic, while many preachers make it wearisome. a deacon’s quip about Brother Tompkins asleep ends the tale.
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Mr. Blayer
Wagoner Place
M. BE. Church
Morpheus
Henry Ward Beecher
Beecher
Dr. Reed
McKinney
Tex
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Dan Moses
Bradder Tompkins
Brother Tompkins
A June Bride Struggles With Kitchen Duties
A lighthearted verse describes a June bride who cannot broil a steak yet will learn to cook, dragooning her husband to take charge when meals burn. It ends with a satirical jab about prepaying subscriptions to secure an obituary notice.
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Will
Love Letter Marks Twenty Third Anniversary in Poverty
A Titusville Herald note highlights a letter from a husband to his wife on their 23rd anniversary. He recalls meeting twenty three years ago, laments poverty, and vows enduring faith, love, and partnership, stating they are richer in love than wealth could buy. He signs as "Your Lover" during their shared life.
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Wilkes-Barre
Jennie
Titusville Herald
And So Is Man A Rur alist Verse
A Missouri Ruralist snippet compares man and mule with mirrored traits. It notes shared manners, work ethic from eight to six, patience, occasional faults, and a fondness for contentment over style as Miss Cyntha Scott is referenced.
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Man
Ike
Miss Cyntha Scott
Missouri
The
Chicago Post
Public council must meet in public says city official
Officials urge open meetings, noting law requires Pittsburg's new city council of nine to conduct all business in public. The call follows broader push for transparency in public bodies handling citizen affairs.
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Pittsburg
The MERE MAN S VIEWPOINT A tale of ketching fever
A humorous piece traces a boy Willie as he catches every ailment from measles to ringworm and love, describing how each illness or small victory shapes his daily adventures. The essay blends rural slang with social commentary on youth and disease. It ends with a note on love as the final ketch, and a witty nod to Cupid as the true physician.
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Fatty
Peg Jones
Mother
Willie
Rasant
Georgie Waters
Frank White
Horace Dodds
John
Doc Brown
Dan Cupid
Henry Hoffman Escapes From Asylum
Henry Hoffman, awaiting trial for burglary, escaped from the State Hospital for the Insane Wednesday morning using a bone whittled key. Police and a large search party scoured the area but have not captured him. He has prior prison time and boasted he would not be taken alive.
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Henry Hoffman
State Hospital
Hoffman
Warren
Wilbert Held on Adultery Charge After Amann Trial Testimony
George J. Wilbert, cited in an adultery charge stemming from Mary Platte and Mary Miller information, was arrested by Constable Darius Magee after his Amann murder trial testimony. He pleaded not guilty before Justice J. E. Wheeler, posted $300 bail, with a hearing set for Saturday at 10 a.m. The case followed his remarks on being a married man with multiple spouses.
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Commonwealth
Amann
George J. Wilbert
Darius Magee
Mary Miller
Mary Platte
Wilbert
Justice of the Peace
J. E. Wheeler
Andrew
Mellon Divorce Case Rarely Noted in Pittsburg Press
A Pittsburgh divorce case involving Anfidrew Mellon and his English wife draws broad attention in Britain and America, but local Pittsburg papers largely ignore it. The wife seeks a public trial while Mellon pushes for secrecy, with overseas services reporting daily progress. Local editors show little interest.
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Pittsburg
America
England
Anfidrew Mellon
Summer School At University Of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania teachers enroll for six week session starting July 5 at the University of Pennsylvania. The program features a model school with eighty grades, a School of Observation, lectures across disciplines, gymnasium work, and special psychology courses. Dormitories, swimming pools for women, and scholarships supported by Mothers' Congress and other groups are planned under director Dr. A Duncan Yocum.
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
United States
Batavia
Elizabeth Farrell
New York City
University
Mothers’ Congress
The
Christian Temperance Union
A. Duncan Yocum
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Warren Mail
the Home Folk’s Newspaper
J.A. Larson
S. M. Sloan
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J. A. Larson
Warren, Penna
American Press Association
New York
Chicago
Hub
Kansas
Ann Newell
Boston Public Schools
Ann
Oil City
Joseph F. Smith
Washington
Andrews
Titusville
Byron Williams
Erie
DuBois
Methodist Episcopal Church
Joseph F. Berry
Charles W. Jamieson
Marguerite Jamieson
Bishop van Ness Yates
Hazel and
Third Streets
W. P. Nutting
Zem Zem Temple
Mystic Shriners
Burning Sands
Youngsville
Rochester
J. S. Lydiatt
Pittsfield
Brokenstraw
Big Eagle
H. T. Houghton
Barnes
F. E. Foster
Army Field
sReee
D., & A.V. Depot
Grace Maxwell
Fredonia
Columbus Park
Corry
Columbus
Israel
Rogers Israel
D. D
Diocese of Erie
Episcopal Church
W. H. Jones
Trinity Rectory
Trinity Memorial Church
Tidioute
Tener
Clarion Normal
Clarion State Normal School
Ritchie Smith
Harrisburg
Francis Harvey Green
West Chester
Warren County
Emma Christian
Sheffield
Maye Connelly
North Warren
Louis Lowe
Sugar Grove
Mellon
Macy
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