Beav er Meadows Legacy and Early Lehigh Railroading Tales
A veteran railroad worker recalls forty plus years with the Lehigh Valley and Beaver Meadows lines. He describes wooden rails, mountain grades, Penn Haven Junction operations, and early coal transport to Lehigh Canal boats. He notes winters, deer and beavers along the route, and the shift after opening and subsequent abandonment of the old Penn Haven path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehiga Valley
Beaver Meadows
Eliest
Lehigh River
Penn Haven Junction
Penn Haven
Philadelphia
Forties
Berwick
Tamaqua
Abner Houston
Black Creek
Lehigh Railroad
Fire destroys Berwick Paint and Mineral Works
Friday afternoon a blaze consumed the Berwick Paint and Mineral Co works on the J. M. Fairchild farm, destroying buildings and raw ochre, with losses about $3 500 and an insurance of roughly $2 000. Incendiary suspected. Also notes on local residents and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwick Paint and Mineral Co
J. M. Fairchild
Flo Smith
Front Street
Allen Molst
Danville
Roselle Gortner
Selins Grove
Minnie Gortner
Marketsteet
Messia
Claude Bower
Harry
Victor Miller
Catawigsa
W. W. Staylor
Philadelphia
B. F Evans
Lucy Cortright
A.inka A
Girard estate sues in ejectment over West Mahanoy land
Philadelphia acting as trustee under Stephen Girard's will filed an ejectment action against Winfred Cleary and twenty others for a large tract in West Mahanoy Township. Defendants claim twenty one years of possession and a legal title, while Girard agents believed a lease held by the Clearys. Hearing began before Judge Bechtel at Pottsville on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Philadelphia
Stephen Girard
Bechtel
Pottsville
Winfred Cleary
West Mahanoy Township
Girard
Clearys
Measles Epidemic Rainy Week Aims to Diminish Joy
The notice reports a measles outbreak with many cases, a family of Sones affected, and church meetings continuing through the week. It mentions a free bus to the Christian church meetings and a call for attendees, urging progress in the era of new electrical inventions and oil drilling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sones
Christian Church
Derr
the Sentinel
Property boundary description of Bloomsburg brick factory lot
Legal notice describes a brick factory site in Bloomsburg with a detailed boundary survey along Port Noble street and the Pennsylvania Canal, including an engine and boiler room and all machinery and fixtures. The notice notes a balance from all sources for the Bloom Poor District for the year ending January 1, 1902 with William E. Hartman as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloom
WM. E. Hartman
Bloomsburg
Port Noble Street
Pennnsylvanis Canal Company
Pennsylvania Canal Co
John Galligan
Ienes Bloomsburg National Bank
Bloomsburg National Bank
Ys Ng
Oomsburg
M. C. Woodward
Edward Shoemaker
Ellis Ichae
E. B
Avis
Anna Muffley
Mrs. Eckenroth Ll
Lydia
Pda
Erie
Sie" Gratitda Harley
Adaellington
We Millard
Rs. E. Fowler Seteeee Weweee
Samuel Stills
Mary Thomas
Wilson Dodson Wate Ween
Chrisman Tee Eeew Ee Eenne
Oe T Brown
Jos. Fausey
Mbo
Tsichael
Mrs. M. ’ Matthews
Julia Brow
Elizabeth Eckenroth Teeeeene
M. Vans Semen Ewes
D. Renne
Esley
Ee Engle
Jno. Dillon
James Bennett
Oney Neces
Outrom Geo. Mooney
Ollows
Mrs. Gray
Hagenbuc
A. Eckenroth
Frank Harrington
Audihands
L Haenbuch
BOYD
Ug. Co
Jacob Ran’ TZ
I. Henbuch
D. Rom
Mont
Senaels
Lee Cagee
Fishingcreek
Eenee
Angille Poor Disenbuch
I. Herwick
Hagenbue
D. Pee ‘Muncy
I. Hester
Reneon
Harter Phann
I. R. Wolf
Scott
Treimain
Isaiah Hagenbuch
Chandice
Kline
F. E. Miller
Vanderstice
Moore
G.H. Moore
Danville
Clarence
R. Co
J.J. Brown
W.H. Henrie
Beyon
Benson's Porous Plasters Advertise Weather Relief
An October promotional piece extolls Benson's Porous Plasters as cures for coughs, colds, rheumatism, and more amid harsh winter forecasts. It urges readers to buy genuine plasters from druggists or by mail order for 25 cents, touting nationwide delivery via Seabury & Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
Seabury & Johnson, Mtg. Chemists
N.Y
Dissolution sale cuts deep on muslin silks and coats
A Columbia County merchant announces near final closure with drastic price cuts across yardage and fabrics. Unbleached muslin 6c per yard, silks and canton flannels discounted, capes and coats marked down, kid gloves 25c to 75c range, and ladies suits and coats slashed to bargain levels as stock dwindles.
Dissolution sale on gloves mittens and fabrics
Catalog lists golf gloves and kid mittens at fractions of a dollar and various mittens and wool items discounted in a dissolution sale. Yard goods include dark prints and calico with prices slashed. remnants must go with historically low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Child’s
Simpson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Glen
H. W. Paden
Isadore Cohen
Mesers
Bruce Dreisbauch
Bundy
Martz
M. F. Fossleman
Williamsport
Bright
Ezra Housenick
J. H. Catterall
Wilkes- Barre
Miss Kilne
Riley Kline
Chestnut Street
Willdunner
Huntington Mille
Tom Brittain
Norman Crawford
Lime Ridge
Chas Farringer
Espy
Mr. Waite
Florence Koch
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Evangelical Church
Reilly Kline
Floyd
Ray Nuss
B. H. 3. Literary Society
Jackson Harman
Ruth Kurtz
Laurietta Byeland
Robin McAnall
Arthur Conner
Harry Shannon
Bertha Stuart
Nescopeck
Herbert Henry
Della Hampton
Alice Hagenbuch
Forest Fenstermacher
Marie Nichols
Edna Kepner
Jerry Rudy
Robi
Kepner
Maude Shoemaker
Conway Paden
Julius Caesar
Conway Dixon
Edward Steck
Maude Rough
Florence Lowry
Nora Smethers
Mabel Sherwood
Gerldine Belles
Helen Crispin
Bessie Stackhouse
Roselle Gartner
Gertrude Gilroy
Rev. Albeck
Berwick Personals
Girard Estate
Diata
Tah
Derrs
Treas. Cr
Sere Sale
Court of Common Pleas
Columbia County
Pennsylvia
Geo. B. Loekwood
Bloomsburg Canning Company
Daniel Knorr
Miller Att Y
Kase
Mather
Maser
Ieee
X. Miner
Miathather
J. M. Rote
Artman Col
Bal
Dun
Wilbur TaGeach
Greanwood
Isatah
Hagenbuch
Joe
Peter
Hughesville
Niversal Medicine Co
Broadway
New York
Aharter
Prothonotary’s Office
American Hall Association
Aristes
United States
County of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Alfred B. Garner
Lezal Gu
Shani Sioa
Stedicing CO
Ohio
Moran Blootmann
Bloomebure
I. W. Hartman
Bloomsburg, Pa
Children’s Coats
Cae
Children’s
J. W. Hartman & Son
Greene Consolidated Copper
LA Cananeas Copper Company
Arizona
Frederick A. Tritle
Charles D. Cramp
E. A. Darling
Greene Consolidated Copper Company
Cananea
Montana
Mexico
Cananeas
Green Consolidated
Cananeas Copper Company
Greene Consolidated
la Libertad
el Ultimatum
la Gananeas Copper Company
Libertad
Anaconda
Calumet
Hecla
Butte
Boston
United Verde
ISOM
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