Notable Local Events and Memorial Day Observances
Henry W. McKelvey leaves Chicago ad pay of 1 75 per Mise Norma Crawford speaks at Hasleton on Memorial Day recalling a past visit. I Stephen Belce, son of Butcher Belce, passes state pharmacy exam. becomes qualified pharmacist. Daniel Sullivan, Bloomsburg priest, offers first mass at St Columba church with Rev Father McCann present. College of Music summer term starts July 21 for six weeks at 33 dollars. Henry B Moyes invites inquiries for home-like schooling from Freeburg. Old Hunlock Creek blast furnace, built c 1825, torn down by D L & W Burrill Co. ore shipped via canal from Danville to Baltimore. stone used for Hunlock Creek bridge abutments. once operated by the late Hon. L B Rupert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Sullivan
Bloomsburg
St. Columba’s Church
Father McCann
Philadelphia
Permon
College of Music
Schoool of Music
Henry B. Moyes
Freeburg
Hunlock Creek
Danville
Baltimore
L. B. Rupert
Pleasant social notes from Plymouth area
Mr Frank Harris visits cousin R H Bardo while Mrs William Greenly recovers. Ezra Thom Harrison leads Sunday School. Greenly buys a fine horse. Pine township couples Frank Love and Lela Greenly wed by Rev Bishell. Apple crop outlook favorable. Iola visit by John Johnson and family. May Greenly buys sewing machine. H H Shultz of Bloomsburg visits May Greenly. One Who Knows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Harris
Plymouth
R. H. Bardo
William Greenly
Ezra Thom
Harrison Greenly
Frank Love
Lela
May Greenly
B. F. Cadman
H. H. Shultz
Bloomsburg
Misa May Greenly
Italian Leader Arrested in Luzerne County Fish Dynamiting Case
Dominick Stravato, dubbed leader of an Italian gang tied to wholesale fish dynamiting on the Wapwallopen Creek near Wilkes-Barre, faced Alderman Donohue after May 4 testimony. Sixteen suspects involved. Stravato fined 190 dollars and costs with six months imprisonment. warrants planned for fifteen others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilegal
Luzerne
Dominick Stravato
Donohue
Wilkes-Barre
W. B. & H. Railway
Wapwallopen Creek
Cornelius Garrison
Walter McClusky
Arno Stackhouse
G. W. Garrison
Stavato
Hazleton Sentinel
Supreme Court Sets New Bar Admission Rules
The Supreme Court on Monday issued new rules creating a Board of Examiners to review all applications for admission to the court bar. It outlines student terms six semester course, examination process, board operations, secretary and treasurer roles, expenses, and possible rule changes. The current rules stay in force until the court acts on board recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Samuel Dickson
Philadelphia
William Scott
Allegheny
Simon P. Northumberland
Robert Snodgres
Dauphin
William A. Hensel Labosater
Jatghis
Operators Preparing to Protect Mines
An effort is underway to call out all the men and firemen to guard mines and protect property. The action aims to compel a coordinated defense against potential threats and disasters in the mining sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wto
Coal strike talks warn of flooded mines and wages
Officials warn that prolonged stoppages could flood many Schuylkill Lehigh and Wyoming mines making pumping impossible. A past plan tied wage rises to coal prices. if revived it could raise earnings by up to 25 percent, though no union backs the old scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuylkill
Lehigh
Wyoming
Mitchell
Supreme Court Declares Free Bridge Law Unconstitutional
Justice Mitchell affirms Luzerne County Judge Wheaton on the free bridge law, deeming the 1899 act unconstitutional. The opinion notes mandamus limits, the need for clear title and notification, and warns against altering county powers without explicit legislative direction. Judgment affirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Mitchell
Wheaton
Luzerne County
Hoffner
Commonwealth
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Timetables May 1992
Trains to New York Philadelphia Reading Pottsville Tamaqua Williamsport Danville Milton Catawissa Rupert and Atlantic City listed with weekday and weekend departures from Bloomsburg Philadelphia Reading Pottsville Tamaqua Williamsport Catawissa Rupert and Atlantic City divisions. Parlor cars on express trains. Officials Garret Weeks note provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomsburg
New York
Philadelphia
Reading Pottsville
Tamaqua
Williamsport
Danville
Milton
Catawissa
Rupert
Easton
Reading
Pottsville
Atlantic City
Chestnut Street
South Street Wharf
Cape May
Ocean City
Chestnut St
South St
Tbe
Liberty Street
W. A. Garret
Edson J. Weeks
L. Supt
L. Pass
Illinois invests in corn research at University of Illinois
The Illinois legislature commits 10 000 annually to the University of Illinois for seed corn study. Professors Hapkins and Samuel bolster a rising interest sparked by farmers institutes elsewhere, with many showing keen attention to seed corn breeding and field trials. The funds promise far more than immediate results, marking a beginning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Mairow
Hunt
Hapkins
Samuel
Inlinois
Pennsylvania Railroad Timetable May 25 1902
Timetable for Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia New York Baltimore Washington and western connections. Eastward and westward trains listed with departure times, stops, and through coaches. includes Sunday and weekday variations and through Pullman sleeping cars. Officials J Hutkinson and J R Wood sign.
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Sunbury
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Delphia
Buffalo
Hoiday
Pullman
Baltimoro
Emporium
Hiie
DuBois
Canandaigua
Hyreene
Rochester
Niagara Falls
Erie
du Bois
Bellefonte
Tyrone
Pittsburg
Philadelpia
Lock Haven
Bellefonte Tyrone
Clearfield
Fer
Coac
Renovo
Elmira
Williamsport
Hazleton and Wilkesbarre
North and West Branch Railway
Protecting spring hogs with early pasture and drainage
Joan M. Jamison argues in Ohio Farmer that improved shelter drainage and early turnouts to blue grass pastures reduce pig distress. Ringing hogs prevents rooting, allowing rye and clover to establish, reducing milk feed needs and supporting healthier stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan M. Jamison
Ohio
Hood Farm to auction Jerseys and Berkshires in Lowell
Hood Farm of Lowell Massachusetts announces June 11 and 12 1902 sales of 180 Jersey cattle and 125 Berkshire hogs. A large portion are young calves offering affordable choice for dairy farmers. Catalogues with herd details will be mailed to interested parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood Farm
Jerseys
Berkshires
Sullivan Rail Timetable Effective January 27 1902
Northward and southward Brooms runs timetable listing departures from Bloomsburg Orangeville Benton and Jameson. Trains 1 3 5 2i and 22 show daily times with connections at Orangeville and Jameson for ville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooms Runs & Sullivan Rail
Bloomsburg
Orangeville
Benton
Jameson
Orange
Ville
Pruning Cherry Trees Advice From a Garden Column
The article argues against heavy pruning of cherry trees. It advises minimal, careful cutting after transplanting and during early growth, endorsing a low head of three to four feet. It recommends maintaining shoots on the trunk by pinching growing points to protect the trunk and shade the trunk from sun.
Dangers to young chicks in summer from several predators
The text notes high chick losses in summer from multiple causes. It mentions dogs hawks rats and other predators as threats and states the family rat is especially destructive. It adds that even a chicken sitting on a nest may be harmed by companions and that cats cause significant damage.
Worn Out Stars and Earth's Role in Evolution
The article muses on solar system examples of late stage stars and likens planets to worn stars. It notes the Moon’s barren surface and air scarcity, and treats Earth as another exhausted celestial body explaining enduring questions about evolution and life in a broader cosmic context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solar System
Earth
Popular Science Monthly
Cured Cancer Claim Sparks Medical Stir
Elizabeth West Virginia druggist G W Roberts reports a case of a long incurable cancer cured by Electric bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He says the remedies expel poisons, heal blood diseases and skin ulcers, with renewed vitality. Sold by C Kleim and J H Mercers June 4 1900s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Roberts
Elizabeth
W. Va
Bucklen
C. Kleim
J. H. Mercer
Antarc tics early explorers face brutal gales and scarce provisions
Professor Borchgrevink recounts the first year on the Antarctic continent noting double food needs for inland travel due to the elevation and frequent gales. He describes winds over 40 mph in many days and some above 100 mph, making existence as hard as movement, with sledge journeys forcing shelter under snow as supplies ran down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Borchgrevink
Independent
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures Scald Head in Old Town
A reader from Old Town Virginia praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for curing their daughter’s scald head. The ad promotes it for cuts burns ulcers eruptions piles and more. Available for 25 cents at O A Kleins and J H Mercer’s drug stores dated June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. N. Bevill
Old Town
Bucklen
O. A. Kleims
J. H. Mercer
Great Unknown Revealed at Scott Dinner in 1827
Sir Walter Scott finally disclosed his pseudonym The Great Unknown at a February 23 1827 dinner party. Lord Meadowbank learned the secret and proposed a toast to the great unknown causing nationwide chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Walter Scott
Walter
Lord Meadowback
Meadowbank
Scott
Cyclist and hens barred from German church yard
A village church notice in Buecken proclaims in large letters that cyclists and hens are forbidden to wander around the church yard. The sign reflects local rules for church grounds in the small German parish.
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Buecken
Immigration shares by country of origin
Germany provides 25.8 percent of foreign born arrivals, Ireland 15.6 percent, and England 8.1 percent, according to the latest figures.
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Germany
Ireland
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry W. McKelvey
Chicago
Mise Norma Crawford
Hasleton
Stephen Belce
Butcher Belce
State Pharmaceutal Board
Ayer
F. A. Soule
Billings, Mont
Ist
Lowell
Mass
First National Bank
Penn.a
E. W. M. Low
E. B. Tustin
J. M. Staver
E. F.carpenter
J. H. Vastine
Louis Gross
Myron I. Low
Geo
Robbins
Unis
Jerry Saltzer
Main Street
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York City
Locsawanna Railroad
Bloomsburg Division
Scranton
Bellevue
Taylor
Lackawan Duryea
Pittston
Susquehant
West Pitts
Bennett
Hicks Ferry
Briara
Willow Grove Ane Ridge
Chulasky
Weer
Cameron
Northumberland
Cameron Sewweer
Case Danville
Oataepee
Seaweeer
Rupease
Bloomsbind
Eae
Aemieee
Ties Ridge
Willow Grove
Briar Creek
Beach
Teeees
Shickshinny
Aeeee
TA Hunlock’s
Jouseituee
Nanticoke
Aweeeree
Avondale
Ae Sete
Plymoutr Paanee
Kingston
Wilkesbarre
Bees
Lackawanna
Edwin M. Rine
Wen Pass
Eeere
Alexander Bros. & CO
Feo
Peal Medicine CO
Cleveland
Moggh Brothers
Reading Railway
Sapolio
New-York Tribune Farmer
Farmer's
New-York Weekly Tribune
Union
The
Republican
NEW York Tribune Farmer
W. H. Brower
W. H. Riddell
P.S
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia & Erie R. R. Division
Northern Central Railway
East Bloomsburg
Hazleton
Best Boomsburg
Hutuainson
J. R. Wood
Hood Farm Auction
Es Parker
Ely
Sam
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
H Munn & Co
Scientific American
VE Co
Genemen
Watson McKelvy
Postoffice
Pril
Dr. Pierce
R. E. Seco, Esq
Eastern Ave
Toronto
Ontario
Frien
Common Sense
R. V. Pierce
Bo, N
Cena
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