Christmas Buyers Store Offers Clothing and Dry Goods
Advertises a store's stock of clothing furnishings hats shoes dry goods and notions for Christmas gifts with emphasis on low prices and broad selection for relatives and friends.
19 Dec 1902
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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
1
Advertises a store's stock of clothing furnishings hats shoes dry goods and notions for Christmas gifts with emphasis on low prices and broad selection for relatives and friends.
A compiled notice listing attorneys lawyers and notaries in Freeland with offices on Centre Street and surrounding buildings, plus a brief holiday sales pitch for Merritt's store highlighting a large assortment of Toys Novelties Candy and more and inviting shoppers with promise of low prices and wide stock across two store rooms.
Hoffmans and Betterlys describe boycotts and mob violence during the anthracite strike. Witnesses recount houses smashed, attempts to burn homes, and crowds of 50 to 60 people, with testimony highlighting fear, arrests, and subsequent returns to work as the Strike Commission weighs evidence on reign of terror in the region.
Annual entertainment under the Good Will Athletic Association at the Grand Opera house on December 31 with admission 10 15 and 25 cents. Fourteenth annual ball of the Tigers Athletic Club at Kreil's ball with admission 50 cents. Minnesota's Best flour sold by A Oswald.
John J. Robinson received a pardon from the Board of Pardons after four prior reviews. He had been serving an 18 year term for the Barney Reich murder in Wilkesbarre since September 26, 1896, with Avoca as his home.
The funeral for the late Mrs Ellen McFadden who died Wednesday at her South Centre street home will be held at 9 o clock tomorrow morning. A requiem mass will be at St Ann s church with burial at St Ann s cemetery. She leaves husband Patrick McFadden two sons John J Gallagher and Charles Fr Haganey both of Freeland and a daughter Mrs George Snyder of Philadelphia.
J F Hanlon has been placed in charge of the girls free evening school to be opened in the Re Rowich building. Applications to join will be received at the school on Monday evening next. Plans await enrollment numbers before final arrangements. the conductor will arrive early next month and the formal opening will follow.
Arbutus Lodge 611 F and A M elects W M George Wilmot Jr S M George Ripple J W George Welch Secretary J H Trevaskis Treasurer H E Sweeny Representative to grand lodge Rev J W Bischoff Trustees A Oswald Samuel Salmon George Christian for the ensuing term.
The Crescents beat the Wilkesbarre Monarchs 18 to 11 at Krell's hall on Wednesday evening in a fast paced game. New Crescents uniforms impressed spectators while Captain Cope sustained a thumb injury but continued play as Nowak and O'Donnell led scoring with Welsh and Jacquot contributing.
James Gillespie, jailed two years for a crime he did not commit, has been recommended for pardon after proving he was in Sunbury the burglary night. The Luzerne Medical Society condemned the Nanticoke dam for sewage obstruction. District 9 miners re-elected officers. Five-dollar bill slammer scams warned. Mrs. M A Biddy appointed tax collector of Catawissa borough. Christmas trees appear with reasonable prices.
Local notes summarize two days of Freeland events and people. Councillor P G Gallagher credited with guiding miners case prep for the Strike Commission, while Luzerne mine inspector funding and district division plans are noted. Other items include gatherings, health updates, a broken arm incident, obituaries, real estate sales, wage rumor, and holiday preparations across Freeland, Drifton, Eckley and surrounding towns.
The Tigers Athletic Club of Freeland announces its fourteenth annual ball, calling it the best and largest social affair in the anthracite coal fields. The club invites guests to attend and promises a highly pleasant evening with efforts to ensure a memorable visit.
An inexhaustive exhibit of remembrance items appealing to the eye and giving pleasure. Visit our store at once for a wide range of Christmas offerings including neckwear, suspenders, socks, shirts, mufflers, sweaters, slippers, shoes, and stylish hats with seasonally priced items.
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