Northeast Pa. court action over color bias marks fifteenth amendment use
Round the region reports a negro waiter accusing RE Reynolds of Scranton of denying service due to race. Alderman Millar bonds Reynolds to answer in court, the first northeastern Pennsylvania case invoking the fifteenth amendment. Also note local deaths, injuries, strikes, and civic notices across communities including Minersville, Wilkesbarre, and Hazleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. O'Neill
Millar
RE. P. Reynolds
Scranton
Reynolds
Pennsylvania
Charles Buehner
Minersville
Kelper's
Harvey Culver
Wilkesbarre and Wyoming Traction Company
Laubach's
Leisenring & Co
Oak Hill
Wreck On Mountain Runaway Collides Near White Haven
A Jersey Central coal train lost air brakes and ran away on the mountain above White Haven. It crashed into another engine and four box cars at White Haven, wrecking both locomotives and several cars. The engineer and fireman jumped before impact. the fireman suffered a fractured knee cap and broken nose. No other injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey Central
White Haven
Wilkesbarre Record Company Wins State Charter
The Wilkesbarre Record Company secured a state charter with capital stock of 100000. The new corporation will own the Wilkesbarre Record, published now by J. C. Powell and F. C. Johnson. A large plant building will be erected to improve the Record, deemed the state’s finest daily outside Philadelphia and Pittsburg. Johnson and Powell hold controlling interest in the new firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre Record Company
Wilkesbarre Record
J. C. Powell
F. C. Johnson
Record
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Messrs. Johnson and Powell
Morgan Leads Record Coal Company Sale in Pennsylvania
A historic deal closes yesterday as J. Pierpont Morgan led a syndicate to acquire the Pennsylvania Coal Company for five million dollars. The purchase includes twenty two collieries and property at five sixty a share, with about ten million in quick assets, valuing the stock at eighty six. The purchase blocks an independent coal road project and strengthens the interests of major railways and alliances across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Coal Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Pennsylvania Company
Independent Coal Road
Tidewater
Erie & Wyoming Valley Railroad
J. P. Morgan & Co
Baltimore & Ohio- Erie Combination
Pennsylvania, Delaware& Hudson, Lackawanna
New York Central
Ontario and Western
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Reading
Freeland High School program and local events
The Freeland High junior class staged last night’s program featuring Select reading New England Weather by Miss Bid McGinley and a Successful Student address by Miss Alberta Loder. Orion Van Auken read Self Government, Mamie Hayes reviewed Kennilworth, and a school debate favored the affirmative on the steam engine versus the printing press. The event concluded with a one point affirmative victory. John Lesser and Miss Francis Schwabe were wed at St. John’s Reformed church, with reception at the bride’s home. Maj C B Coxe Post officers were announced, and Lehigh University President Drown spoke at the Mining and Mechanical Institute, in the company of Mrs. Drown and other guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeland High School
New England
Bid McGinley
Alberta Loder
Orion van Auken
Kennilworth
Maggie Boyle
Samuel Welsh
Kate O'Donnell
Lizzie Sachs
Gertrude Walp
John Lesser
Upper Lehigh
Francis Schwabe
Freeland
St. John’s Reformed Church
J. B. Kerschner
M. Schwabe
Third Ward
President Drown
Lehigh University
Drown
Mining and Mechanical Institute
Crown
Fire Apparatus Removed From City Fire Station
The Citizens' Hose Company moved all apparatus on Wednesday evening to the Municipal building fire room. Firemen and helpers are to repair there when alarms sound. Separately, St. Ann's band will run a dancing school at Yannes' opera house Saturday. girls under 16 barred. Grover's City drug store promotes DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a remedy for various skin ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover’s City Drug Store
BR. Mathewson
Duryea
Drifton
Coxe Bros. & Co
Eckley B. Coxe
Charles Reinbold
Jeddo
Citizens’ Band
Daisy Penington
Fairmount Springs
B.C. Laubach
Thomas Mulhearn
William McHugh
South Heberton
Hazleton
Stockton
Fishburn
Milnesville
Grover
Allentown
Tribune
Scranton
Hoban
Front Street
Citizens’ Hose Company
St. Ann's Band
Yannes’ Opera House
DeWitt
DeWitt's
Grover's City Drug Store
Untitled 19th Century Clothing Ad Fragment
An advertising fragment promises a premium pair of gloves with an overcoat and pressure of shoes or hat with a three piece boys suit. It also mentions a fine pair of boys box calf shoes with each boy's outfit.
Lost in Egypt at Lyceum Shines with Strong Talent
Theatrical review praises Lost in Egypt at the Lyceum theater. Harris, likened to Chauncey Olcott, wowed the crowd with a rich voice, while Parkinson also scored. The company is praised for fine individual talent and strong performances, with a crowded house hoped for a return engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Lyceum Theatre
Harris
Chauncey Olcott
Parkinson
Poughkeepsie
Christmas Benefit and Sporting Events at Eckley and Heberton
A list of December events includes a fair for St Marys Catholic church Eckley a Good Wills Athletic Association entertainment at Grand Opera House with 10 20 and 30 cent admission a shooting match by South Heberton Sporting Club at Birkbeck Street club rooms and a Twentieth Century Ball by the Tigers Athletic Club at Vannes Opera House with 50 cent admission. Also an ad touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure from Grover’s City Drug Store and a mention of NeuBurger’s Store with holiday presents and stock prices plus One Minute Cough Cure as a remedy for coughs colds and lung troubles from Grover’s City Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Randall
Tamaqua
Grover's City Drug Store
St. Mary’s Catholic
Eckley
Good Wills Athletic Association
Grand Opera House
South Heberton Sporting Club
Birkbeck Street
Tigers Athletic Club
Vannes
Opera House
Grover
Big Clothing Sale At Senies Philadelphia House
Large sale of clothing shoes and furnishings offers premiums to every buyer. Advertisement on this page lists all particulars. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are marketed as liver cleansing pills. Grover's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senie
Philadelphia
DeWitt's
Grover's City Drug Store
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rerowich
Clothing, Boot and Shoe House
Laubach
Lowney
Nuss
Freeland Opera House Co
Les
Harris & Parkinson's
McMenam
R. Thompson
South Centre Street
Geo. H. Hartman
Centre Street
Central Hotel
A. Oswald
William O. Forsythe
People’s Telephone Company
Wilkesbarre
Best Sc
Kolper’s
Jacob Baker
Pottsville
Ontario and Western Company
Pancoast Coal Company
Throop
Western
Central Labor Union
American Federation of Labor
Monroe County
Neal Gallagher
Sandy Run
Audenried
Foster Township
Anna Faux
George Sipple
Thomas Jones
Second Ward
Lizzie Stutzman
North Ridge Street
Donaldson
Jacob Williams
Crifton Fire and Athletic Association
Cross Creek Hall
Bernard McFadden
Villanova College
Edward C. Tuttle
Beaver Meadow Water Company
Marie McDonald
New York City
Grand Army
Maj
C. B. Coxe
Thomas Birkbeck
Stephen Crasher
John Wagner
George C. Cutler
Jacob Nagle
Candy Boyle
John Shafer
Asa
Pilla
S.sente
Birkbeck Brick
Peter Sherman
Nggth
Stratford
N. H
Grover's
City Drug Store
NeuBurger's
Today
En- Burger's
Butterwick’s
Rogers
Amandus Oswald
T. Campbell
Uer
Curry
E. J. Curry
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