Township Directors Adopt School Book Changes at Special Meeting
Township directors and attendees reviewed book contracts and adoptions at a Saturday special meeting. The board replaced Ward's Rational Method with Butler Sheldon Co. materials and approved two thirds of needed quantities while Ginn & Co. won physiology and geography contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poster Township School Board
Zeistloft
Messrs. Bevan
Butler, Sheldon &Co
R. J. Dever
Ginn & Co
Butler, Sheldon & Co
Ward
Messrs
Saturday Evening Bout Ends Early as Ferry Upsets Mulhall
In Allentown, Wid Ferry and Charles Mulhall of Summit Hill fought at the opera house, booked for twenty rounds but halted after the third when a Mulhall seconds entered the ring. Ferry won the 825 dollar purse for Sterling Athletic Club as referee Patrick Burke declared the victor amid noted exchanges and dramatic action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulhall
Ferry
Merry
Hugh McDyer
Dick Jacquet
Lehigh
Carbon
Schuylkill
Columbia Counties
Wid’ Erry
Allentown
Charles Mulhall
Summit Hill
Opera House
Sterling Athletic Club
All Tigers
For Sale Six-Room House in Freeland Estate
Single six room dwelling on West Walnut Street property of Thos Davies Estate. Lot 7 by 146 feet with large stable and shanty. Well and tie. Apply for terms to W. E. Davies, on Ridge Street Coxe addition Freeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Walnut Street
Davies
Utiu
W. EB
Omridge Street
Coxe Addition
Freeland
Death of Prominent Polish Citizen Schwartz at 54
Joseph C. Schwartz a leading Polish figure in the county died Friday aged 54. For sixteen years he served as court interpreter in Polish Hungarian German Lithuanian and Slavish cases and founded the National Polish National Alliance in Philadelphia about thirty years ago. He was twice married with children Frank Schwartz Moskatis and Norman Schwartz, and his widow Miss Kuehn survives. The funeral was held in Wilkes Barre this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Schwartz
National Polish National Alliance
Philadelphia
Frank Schwartz
New York City
Moskatis
Mahanoy City
Freeland
Bell Case Goes to Court
James Bell of town was arraigned before Alderman Ileid enreled in Hazleton on intimidating Drifton shop workers during a strike. Prosecutor B A Oberrender presented testimony from Max Scudder Scott Young Pierce Johnson W L Frye and O D Fowler. The alderman found Bell guilty and fined $5 plus costs. attorney J M Carr filed an appeal. The company was represented by Abner Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bell
Ileidenreled
Hazleton
Drifton
B.A. Oberrender
Ile
Max Scudder
Scott Young
Pierce Johnson
W. L. Frye
0. D. Fowler
Tramps Cause Panic in Midvale as Looting Spreads
Tramps raided the village of Midvale near Wilkesbarre on Saturday afternoon, entering homes, taking eatables, and frightening women. Men armed after return, some tramps caught and identified by townsfolk, with threats of searing consequences for trespassers. Rail traffic stalled at Vosburg due to a landslide from a cloudburst above Tunkhannock. Debris blocked the roadbed. no trains for 36 hours. Also notes short testimonial ads for DeWitt’s Little Early Risers and One Minute Cough Cure from Grover’s City drug store, plus special rail fares to Cleveland for G A R encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midvale
Wilkesbarre
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Vosburg
Tunkhannock
Vosburg Tunnel
George N. Troutman
Trarleton
Orphans’ Court
I. P. Hand
John A. Opp
Plymouth
M. Crawford
Bethlehem
Mining and Mechanical Institute
Cleveland
Merrit's
Allentown
Chicago Bloomer
Christian Endeavor Society
Freeland Presbyterian Church
BH. J. Edwards
Drifton
John O'Neil
Foster Township
State Department
Stone
DeWitt
Graver
Franklin D. Vanhorn
Leona BE. Moyer
Ann McNells
South Street
Patrick McElwee
Birranton
Visitors from far towns fill local notes
Names and destinations fill the column as residents report travels and visits. David Sneddon and William Watson return from Scotland and Oakdale respectively, with several others and families tracing trips to Ireland New York Atlantic City Summit Hill and Philadelphia, plus continued gatherings at home in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Sneddon
Ebervale
William Watson
Oakdale
Scotland
Tillie Lewis
Nettie Neu- Burger
New York ‘City
J. Neuburger
William Conners
Campbell
Centre
Main Streets
Philadelphia
B.J. Keenan
John McGroarty
John J. Brogan
John O'Neil
Atlantic City
Anthony O'Donnell
Allentown
Main
Ridge Streets
A. G. Fetterman
Fanly
Front Street
Schuylkill County
Mitchell Delivers Union Address at Plymouth Parade
United Mine Workers held a large labor demonstration in Plymouth on Saturday with 3000 miners in processions, buses decorated, and stores closed. John Mitchell praised the union as stronger than ever, denounced coal companies blocking card examinations, and urged all mine workers including engineers and carpenters to join under a single unified leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Plymouth
John Mitchell
Mitchell
United Mine Workers’ Organization
United Mine Worriors
Memorials Remember Wilbur J Chamberlain of New York Sun
Freeland mourns Wilbur J Chamberlain a renowned New York Sun reporter who covered Lattimer massacre in 1897. Born March 12 1866 in Great Bend Pa he worked in Jersey City joined NY Sun in 1890 s prior to Spanish American War he died Wednesday at Carlsbad of brain and heart failure. Also notes public notices and a local death Georgine Miller age 40 of Lansford died from lockjaw after an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeland
Wilbur J. Chamberlain
New York Sun
Lattimer
Mr. Chamberlain
America
Carlsbad
Great Bend
Jersey City
Santiago
China
London
Local Notes From Freeland Report Hurt Wedding Trip
Freeland notes cover a July 24 wedding of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Skinner who survived a Michigan railroad wreck with no serious injuries. Also noted are political candidacies, a principal's illness, local business ads, a police sighting of youths, a baseball exhibition, a lawn social, tax collections, and a coroner’s mother death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Skinner
Battle Creek
Michigan
Skinner
Hattie Bute
Local Union Events and Picnics Announced
August events include Ball of Local Union No 1627 at Krause's hall with 25 cent tickets. White Haven Relief Association excursion to Mountain Park from Upper Lehigh and Sandy Run. adults 90 cents, children 50 cents. August 31. Local Union No 1653 picnic at Pairechild park August 31. Drifton Base Ball Club picnic at Ebervale grove September 2. Central Labor Union picnic with games at Public Park for Freeland area on Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
South Heberton
Krause
White Haven Relief Association
Mountain Park
Upper Lehigh
Sandy Run
Pairechild Park
Drifton
Ebervale Grove
Central Labor Union of Freeland and Vicinity
Public Park
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Ment
Relowiehs
Refowich
Rogers & Bros
Butterwick’s
Minnesota
N.W. Cor
Front Sts
T. Campbell
Currys
Dry Goods
K. J. Curry
South Centre Street
Star Shoe Store
Hugh Malloy
Walnut Streets
Foster Board
Elliot A. Oberrender
Dlifton
J. J. Mebrearty
O'Donnell
Supreme Court
Doudt
Eous Advei
ENTS
O. Buck
Beirne, Ark
Grover’s City
G. A. R. National
Lehigh Valley Ticket Agents
Katie O'Donnell
Hugh O'Donnell
Walnut Street
B. J. Mooney
Daisy Hunsicker
M. If Munsicker
Edward Dodson
McMonigal
Peter Timony
John H. Trevaskis
Georgine Miller
Lansford
A. Oswald
Elysian
Tigers Park
Tigers
Thomas Howey
Hirkbeck Street
Haston
Nancy Frantz McKee
F. L. McKee
Coaldale
P. T. Thomas
Sumterville
Ala
Grove Drug Store
Phila
Birkbeck Brick
Freeland, Pa
Gr Orion Stroh
Omice
Birkbeck
Oun M. Carr
Attorney-At-Law
Postofice Building
Oes McLaughlin
Brennan's Building
Centre St. Freeland
R J. O'Donnell
White Haven
Kane Building
Postotice
J. McBrearty
Maley
Birkbeck’s
Birkbeck Bret
B. Hayes
Washington Street
Holl Bros
D. S
Hess
Kerowich
Ype A. Buckley
Justice OF the Peace
Tribune Building
Main Street
Pia Fagg
Bend
Fr Hotage
Pop Lowlin
Megrue Supply CO
Broadway, New
Wm. Wehrman
Wwatchmakter
Central Hotel
Geo. H. Hartman
Centre Street
Depierro - Bros. Cafe
Gibson, Dougherty
Kaufer Club
Rosenbluth
Velvet
Mumin
Hennessy
Laubach
Vienna
B.C
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