State Normal School offers free tuition and new facilities
The State Normal School at a Delaware Water Gap Mt Pocono location offers Regular Normal Courses plus Music Elocution Art Drawing Water Color and College Preparatory work with a chance to save a year. Tuition is free under a new state law boarding is 1.50 weekly with heating light laundry included. Improvements include a gymnasium electric light plant and a new harmonization hall with recitation rooms. Fall term opens September 8 as advertised by Orion Stroh McLaughlin and others.
End of Strike Near as Operators Weigh Settlement
Settlement rumors surge from insiders as anthracite operators plan a dignified end to the Pennsylvania strike. Miners, united for weeks, hold firm and anticipate a settlement by early September, with talks in New York and Philadelphia reports predicting an agreement before September 1.
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Pennsylvania
Uxlt
Coal Road
New York
Shamokin
Pleasure Notes Excursions and Ball Announced
August 23 excursion of White Haven Relief Association to Mountain Park with fares for adults 90 cents and children 60 cents. September 9 a military ball under Loyal Castle No. 65 A. O. K. of M. C. at Krell's hall admission 50 cents.
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White Haven Relief Association
Mountain Park
Loyal Castle
M. C
Krell's Hall
Socialists Deliver Addresses At Freeland Ball
Several hundred attendees heard W. R. Dettrey of Nuremberg and Charles L. Moore of Philadelphia address the Socialist mass meeting at Krell's ball. Charles Jacquott led the session, and organizers predicted strong vote gains for Socialist candidates locally, with many recruits from former Democrats and some former Republicans.
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Socialist Party
W. R. Dettrey
Nuremberg
Charles Jacquott
Central Labor Council of
Freeland and Vicinity
Freeland
Democratic Party
Death at White Haven Sanitarium
John York of Mt. Carmel died yesterday at the White Haven Consumptive Sanitarium after five months of treatment. Doctors had warned that recovery was unlikely, and his death marks the first male death at the facility since it opened, though many patients have improved and been discharged.
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White Haven
John York
Mt. Carmel
Flick
Mr. York
Brother Dead in the West
Mrs. Ruth A. Dodson of Walnut street received a telegram Saturday afternoon reporting the death of her brother John L. Stewart at his Fruitland Iowa home. He disputed that he was killed by a railroad train. Funeral arrangements may be in Fruitland or Wilkesbarre where he spent early life. Stewart moved west forty eight years ago and became a prominent Iowa citizen. He would have turned 75 yesterday. He was a widower with no children.
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Ruth A. Dodson
Walnut Street
John L. Stewart
Fruitland
Iowa
Dodson
Wilkesbarre
Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Loyal Castle
Knights of Mystic Chain
Order
Freeland
Rachel Morgan
W. R. Morgan
Adams Street
O. G. Langford
Freeland Cemetery
J. J. Curran
Dubuque
John Mitchell
Charles E. Coxe
J. M. Hocklander
P. W. Hocklander
Silas Chase
Sayre
Frank McGettrick
Candy O. Boyle
Priceburg
Lackawanna County
Joseph Ferry
Mia
Daniel Ferry
Upper
Lehigh
St. Ann's Cemetery
Coray Quits Politics After Long Career in State Service
Rep Elisha A Coray of West Pittston anti Quay leader in the last legislature retires from politics and will devote his time to religious work He says he will not seek the assembly or any public office again and is active in the YMCA movement in the state Ice cream all flavors at Merkts.
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Elisha A. Coray
West Pittston
Anti-Machine
Coray
Young Men's Christian Association
Assembly
Local Notes Recap of Freeland Sports and Incidents
Ball Players Ill Treated Berwick game ends in a melee after a police assault on a Freeland boy. Freeland and nearby workers defend themselves as Berwick supporters clash with a vengeful crowd. Also: murder suspect Paul Tomehak arrested in Hanover township. County party affairs set dates for conventions. Philadelphia papers merge. price cuts. Local births, deaths, and society updates fill the rest of the column.
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Good Wills
Berwick
Freeland
McGeady Announces Birth of Son
Birth notice states Mr. and Mrs. John McGeady welcomed a son.
Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy touted for rheumatism
Advertorial note recounts Col William J Harvey a Wilkesbarre city council president once crippled by rheumatism. credits Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy with his recovery after trying various treatments abroad and at home. Claims claim cure for rheumatism and uric acid kidney related issues. promotes 50 cent and $1 bottles and free sample by mail from Rondout New York.
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Col
Wm. J. Harvey
Wilkesbarre
David Kennedy
Col. Harvey
D. Kennedy
Personal Notices From Philadelphia Area Readers
Personal notes report many locals traveling or visiting. Nurses, relatives, and friends from Philadelphia Germantown Centre County and Scranton are listed visiting family, attending funerals, or spending vacations in Atlantic City Manayunk Sea Isle City and Brooklyn with names including Mrs Gertrude Wise Mr George Wise William Boyle James Thompson Rev J B Kerschner Rev G W Korscheer Mrs Harry Hagen Miss Margaret Brennan Mrs Bart McClennan Mrs John Fallon Candy Boyle Miss Josephine Campbell C O Stroh Mrs Crellin Hugh McGarvey George Wilmot Peter Timony Peter R O Donnell and Miss Morgan.
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Freeland
Henry George
A. Rudewick
Tees
W. F. Boyle
Mra. T. Campbell
Wenner & Sons
H.C. Koons
E. J. Curry
Candy O. Boyle
Pee B Davis
Fortunato
Teeters
Norris & Phillips
Denen
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Thomas A. Buckley
George Krommel
Chas
Orion Stroh
William Krell
Frank O'Donnell
Andrew Hudock
George Lewick
William Jeans
J.J. McMenamin
I. Refowlch
Mike Clevers
Edward Murphy
M. Merrit
Hugh Malloy
William Dougherty
DePierro Bros
Jos. NeuBurger Estate
HH. M. Braslin
John Bellezza
John Fisher
Samuel Sente
James A. Christy - Sees
W.L. Butterwick
John M. Carr
William Birkbeck
H. Albert
George Sippel
George Hartman
John C. Boyle
John Shigo
August Brueningsen
W. E. Martin
Andrew Polka
Stephen Hadock
Andrew Zelenik
John Broderick
M. E. Grover
J. B. Shelhamer
Peter Yorl
Cash Saaeee
Andrew Enos
Pry George Malinky
Albert Novak
M. Moses
Joseph Gres
Gertrude Wise
Germantown Hospital
Philadelphia
George Wise
Joddo
William Boyle
James Thompson
J. B. Kerschner
G. W. Korscheer
Centre County
Harry Hagen
Margaret Brennan
Preeland
Bart McClennan
Chestnut Street
Manayunk
James Carr
John Fallon
Scranton
Mia
Candy Boyle
North Ridge Street
Josephine Campbell
Atlantic City
C. O. Stroh
Crellin
Sea Isle City
N. J
Hugh McGarvey
Mahanoy City
Walnut Street
George Wilmot, Jr
Upper Lehigh
Brooklyn
Peter Timony
Peter R. O'Donnell
Miss Morgan
Nellie Campbell
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Mt. Pocono
Us Chau
E. L. Kemp, A. M
Prin
Has
Land
Birkbeck Brick
Gree McLaughlin
Brennan's Building
Centre St
R J. O'Donnell
Campbell
Freeland White Haven
Kane Building
Postoffice
Apes J. McBrearty
McMcowmin Building
South Centre Street
D* N. Maley
Birkbeck's
Birkbeck
KE. Hayes
Washington Street
Bone
Hazelton Bros
New York City
Hess
Bell Telephone
Herowich
Hos. A. Buckley
Justice OF the Peace
Tribune Building
Main Street
A. Oswald
Dea
Minnesota
Centre
Front Sts
T. Campbell
Curry
B. J. Curry
Boyle
David R. James
Cambridge
South Shenandoah
Philadelphia Record
Eureka
Standard Oil Company
Aneous Advertisements
M. Pasternak
South Street
Willian Higgins
Merkt's
Freeland Boys
Berwick Police
Daniel Sweeney
Bliss Mine
Hanover Township
Paul Tomehak
Democratic County Committee
W. S. McLean
Philadelphia Times
Philadelphia Ledger
The
Press
Elysian
Workingmen’s Alliance
Hazleton
B. J. Ferry
Select Council of
Young American Social Club
Honey Hole
Lizzie O'Donnell
Katie Gillespie
Crifton
Blockleys Hospital
James O'Donnell
Walnut
Washington Streets
Raymond Meyers
Freeland Electric Light, Heat and Power Company
St. Luke's Lutheran Sunday School
Lehigh Valley
James Edgar
Mauch Chunk
Dusheck
Edward J. Holland
Shenandoah
Rev. Swartz
Maggie Gill
Couucil
Wilkesbarre, Pa
Geo. H. Hartman
Centre Street
Central Hotel
Pia
Wm. Wehrman
Laubach
Vienna
B. C
Depierro - Bros
CAB
Gibson, Dougherty
Kaufer Club
Rosenbluth
Towk
Mumm
Hennessy
Schweitzer
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