Trolley Car Narrow Escape At Lehigh Valley Crossing
Crowded trolley car from Hazleton barely cleared the icy tracks at Lehigh Valley station as an oncoming 72 o clock Wilkesbarre train approached. Conductor Wolf signaled passengers to jump to safety just seconds before the locomotive thundered past inches away. Two women fainted during rescue as the car escaped a catastrophe.
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Lehigh Traction Company
Lehigh Valley
South Centre Street
Wilkesbarre
Hazleton
Wolf
Highland Crossing
Lizzie Sippel
Jacquot
Christmas Services and Local Meetings Stir Hazelton
Christmas observances fill local churches with multiple masses and services in town while borough officials approve a holiday school break from January 2 to January 6 to aid vaccination recovery. Detectives costs in a Demurio murder case trigger taxpayer scrutiny as smallpox cases appear in Hazleton area.
Cousins Cannot Marry Under New State Law
A law effective January 1, 1902 bans marriage between first cousins. Passed by the legislature last winter, it became law without the governor’s signature on June 24, 1901. County recorders may not issue licenses to related individuals after that date. Tree ornaments at Keiper's.
Local readers greet returning relatives over Christmas
Patrick Brennan visits on South Ridge street after years in the West now based in Montana. Mahlon Neale returns to Upper Lehigh from Hartford. Mamie Hayes of Bloomsburg state normal school visits her mother. Clare McDonald of St. Cecilia's academy visits Scranton. The Wise family of Tyrone visit Jeddo. Goersch Jr of Muhlenberg college visits Allentown. Shalters visit Eckley parents. Ward home on furlough after cavalry enlistment. Kuntz returns from Mt. Airey seminary for Christmas. Sweeney, Yale student, home in Dilfton. Howard Albert from Philadelphia Pharmacy School home. Evans Jr from Bucknell. Calvin Albert of Cornell spending holidays locally.
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Patrick Brennan
West
South Ridge Street
Montana
Mahlon Neale
Tl. M. Neale
Upper
Lehigh
Hartford, Conn
Mamie Hayes
Bloomsburg State Normal School
8. E. Hayes
Clare McDonald
St. Cecilia’s Academy
Scranton
J. P. McDonald
Wise
Tyrone
George Wise
Jeddo
Charles Goersch, Jr
Muhlenberg College
Allentown
Birkbeck Street
Hugh Gallagher
John B. Keenan
Lost Creek
Schuylkill County
Charles Shalters
Reading
David James
Eckley
John Ward
Town
United States Cavalry Service
Fred Kuntz
Mt. Airey Seminary
Harry E. Sweeney, Jr
Yale University
Dlifton
Howard Albert
Philadelphia School of Pharmacy
Thomas Evans, Jr
Bucknell University
Calvin Albert
Cornell University
Pittston Teachers Reach Settlement Reopen January Sixth
Fifteen Pittston township school teachers end two week strike over 6750 back pay. Directors promise monthly salaries and gradual payment of past due amounts.
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Pittston Township
Peter Panella
Hazleton
Peon Haven
Eugene H. Blakslee
Mauch Chunk
Blakslee
Lehigh Valley
Hazard Wire Rope Works
Wilkesbarre
William of Germany
Herreshoffs
United Mine Workers District 9 Adopts Fees and Rules
The second annual convention of United Mine Workers District 9 adjourned in Mahonny City to meet next year at Minersville. It favored an amendment raising initiation to $10, allowed local discretion, endorsed eight hours work, and referred card inspection to the national convention. A junior auxiliary for state miners was approved.
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United Mine Workers of District 9
Mahonny City
Minersville
Local notes from Freeland report lodge plans and holiday events
Happenings over two days include Herbert O Averill of the Ancient Order United Workmen planning to institute a lodge in Freeland on January 1 and then move to Allentown. A Grand Opera house January 2 show Our New Minister draws crowds, St Anne's band played at the Tigers fair, with a fair open 1 to 11 pm and items on display for sale. Highland collieries to resume Thursday. No 5 mine Jeddo delays to Jan 6. Asa Rute recovering from pneumonia at parental home. Overalls from Sweet-Orr & Co at 5c and 50c sold by J Bellezza. Electric lights outage disrupts uptown shopping. Christmas wishes from The Tribune. Lehigh Valley line traffic resumed but delays persist. Wedding plans for Daniel Sweeney and Miss Mary Burke in Hazel Grove. Harry Yoch joins Hartman’s meat market.
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Herbert O. Averill
Order United Workmen
St. Anne’s
Highland Collieries
Jeddo
Asa Rute
Centralia
B.D. Rute
Walnut Street
Sweet-Orr & Co
J. Bellezza
South Centre Street
Luzerne
the Tribune
Pleasure events and fairs listed for December to January
December 24 to 28 features a Tigers Athletic Club event at Krell's Opera House. December 25 offers turkey and game shooting at the South Hatherton Sporting Club rooms. December 25 marks the Eckley Catholic church fair opening. January 1 to 18 covers the Loyal Castle No. 65 A. O. K. of M. C. fair at Krell's Opera House.
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The
Tigers Athletic Club
Krell’s Opera House
South Hatherton Sporting Club
Eckley Catholic Church
Loyal Castle
M. C
Krell's Opera House
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Borough School Board
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Preeland
Taxpayers’ Association
Capece
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Lattimer
Ffazleton
Stanhope
Conn
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Keiper
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Pottsville
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Lehigh Valley Ticket
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Front Street
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Trafic
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Hiazle Grook
Harry Yoch
Hartman
W. L. Butterwick
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Ventre Srovt
Merry Christmas
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Freeland, Pa
R. Thompson
Laubach’s
B. C. Laubach
Star Shoe Store
Hugh Malloy
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