Railroad timetables show late 19th century line details
Valley Railroad service lists passenger trains between Freeland and New York with multiple stops including Weatherly Mauch Chunk Allentown Bethlehem Easton and Philadelphia. The Susquehanna and Seavoy? Skill Railroad timetable cites Drifton Hazleton Junction Harwood Road Oneida Sheppton Tombicken and Deringer with morning and afternoon departures and connections to electric traction. Ads offer three Freeland Silk Mill Company bonds and two percent bonds of Freeland Overall Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervice Valley Railroad
Fprerland
Weatherly
Mauch Chunk
Allevitown
Behleham
Aston
Philadelphia
New York
Sandy Ston
White Haven
Wilkes-Barre
Pittston
Scranton
Hazleton
Allentown
Bethlehem
Easton
Mahanoy City
Shenandoah
Euston
Sandy Run
Mt. Carmel
Shamokin
Freeland
Potteville
Ashland
Pottsville
Mauchubank
Ion
Kite Haven
Kullin I
Wilbur
Corttlandt Street
New York City
Chas
Lek
Pamongor Apont
Cortlandt Street
York City
J.T. Keith
Eee DeLawning, Susquehanna and Seavayskill RaiLroad
Drifton
Jeddo
Eckley
Hazle Brook
Stockton
Beaver Meadow Road
Kean
Hazleton Junction
Harwood
Cranberry
Tomhicken
Deringer
Unday
Oneida Junction
Harwood Road
Humboldt Road
Oneida
Sheppton
Carly
Unday, ‘Treina Leave Deringer For Tombick ‘N, Oranberry
Hazieton Junction
Stocktom
Hasle Brook
Jeanesville
Audenried
P. K.s
Wilkenbarre
Sunbury
Harrisburg
JITH
Luther
Mayo and Champlin Gems Draw Big Crowds in New Brunswick
The Mayo and Champlin company drew record audiences at Grand Opera House New Brunswick New Jersey with Charles K Champlin star and Layura Wood Emma Warren Pauline Seymour in new plays and special features under Professor J W Davidson. Tickets 10 20 30 cents. Freight deal offers $12 or more to Niagara Falls via Lehigh Valley Railroad. sale December 30 for travel through January 2 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunsches
Mayo & Champlin
Charles K. Champlin
Metropolitan Theatres
Layura Wood
Emma Warren
Pauline Seymour
Edgar C. Mayo
James S. Garside
Guy Leslie Lewis
Richard Eastman
Ray White
R. Blodgett Wrrickson
Tommy Maskell
Nmber
J. W. Davidson
Champlin
George Wood
New Brunswick
N. J
Grand Opera
Freeland
Niagara Falls
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh Valley Ticket
Community briefs reflect holiday happenings and local events
The White Haven Relief Association gave $60 to Upper Lehigh families last week. Berhard Dunn bought the Woodring hotel in Butler valley for $1,800. Foster township schools held Christmas entertainments. US Express reports heavier year end business. Markle & Co. coal mines paid employees, boosting town tills. Young Men's Corps fair attendance rises. nightly amusements planned. The Board of Pardons denied commuting William Penn Bowman’s life sentence for murdering an Arabian peddler near Wilkesbarre. Coxe ladies sent gifts to Laurytown asylum for patients. Rev. Fitzmaurice of St. Gabriel’s marked 44 years in priesthood. The Gunner’s Mate drama comes January 6 with praised scenery. St John’s Reformed will perform Santa Claus’ Triumph at 7:15 p.m. A shooting match at James Christman’s East Butler offers turkeys and Chester pigs with a free supper. Boer recruiters may visit Schuylkill county next week. New Year concert at Grand Opera House features Boston Concert Company and local talent. tickets selling fast. A Wilkesbarre man visited ex Representative Gruner in Eastern penitentiary. Gruner, serving for his step-daughter’s murder, shares a cell with two others. a pet rat motif noted. Mrs. James Brogan of Brooklyn died at her sister’s Oakdale home. aged 38. funeral at St. Ann’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinvne
White Haven Relief Association
Upper Lehigh
Berhard Dunn
Woodring
Butler Valley
Foster Township
United States Express Company
Markle & Co
St. John's Reformed Sunday School
James FP
Christman
East Butler
South Africa
Schuylkill County
Transvaal
Christian Endeavor Society
Grand Opera House
Boston
Gruner
Eastern
Griner
James Brogan
Brooklyn
James Fisher
Oakdale
Brogan
Thomas Cosgrove
Freeland
St. Ann's Cemetery
Break-in at McAdoo General Store Thieves Take $160
The Manhattan Grocery Company store at McAdoo, owned by Patrick Givens, was entered by prying open a door and goods valued at $160 were stolen. The building was unoccupied overnight, proprietors returning to Haeleton after closing. No clues yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
Patrick Givens
Manhattan Grocery Company
Haaleton
Man Jailed Over Breach of Promise Case in Wilkesbarre
Edward Armstrong of Wilkesbarre is jailed after Mrs Emma Kelly accused him of breaking a promise to wed. Kelly says Armstrong courted her and proposed around May 15, then pursued another woman. A $5,000 damages claim led to his arrest and incarceration. Other local nuptials noted include Irimenial Matters wedding by Rev Klingerman, Madeline Palmer and Charles Bakewell wed at Bryn Mawr, and more engagements and marriages in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Kelly
Edward Armstrong
Wilkesbarre
Armstrong
Mrs. Kelly
Beans
Thomas V. Klingerman
Amelia Jones
Freeland
J. B. Kerschner
Madeline Palmer
Palmer
Charles M. Bakewell
Bryn Mawr College
Anthony Kennedy
Drifton
Bid Boyle
Jeddo
Charles J. Gallagher
Celia McDevitt
Hazleton
William Blackwell
Dora Bredbenner
Conrad Hoch
Mesina Shearman
Holiday Students Spending Break Across Colleges
The list notes students taking holidays at home from Stroudsburg Normal School PX O Donnell PA University Philadelphia along with Daniel and Peter Timony William Lawlor Holy Cross College Worcester MA Joseph Wagner Richard Cunningham Louis Ortner Frank Roberts Lehigh University Bethlehem Daniel Boyle Sacred Heart Academy West Chester NY George Shigo Thomas Campbell John Bouer Matthew Broderick Bernard McFadden Villanova Miss Clair McDonald St Cecilia's Academy Scranton Miss Nellie Campbell Philadelphia Victor Oswald Franklin Marshall College Lancaster Stanley Winfield 8 Oberrender Kingston Seminary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Owens
Aquilla Johnson
Stroudsburg Normal School
O'Donnell
Pennsylvania University
Philadelphia
Daniel
Peter Timony
William Lawlor
Holy Cross College
Worcester
Mass
Joseph Wagner
Richard Cunningham
Louis Ortner
Frank Roberts
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Daniel Boyle
Sacred Heart Academy
West Chester
N. Y
George Shigo
Thomas Campbell
John Bouer
Matthew Broderick
Bernard McFadden
Villanova
Man Fires Revolver in Barbershop Accident Kills Man
In Mt. Carmel a barber shop scene ends in tragedy when Peter McManahan, to prove the revolver unloaded, fires at Michael Coyle after two unloaded demonstrations. Coyle dies from a head wound. McManahan surrenders and is released after witnesses call it an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carmel
Peter McManahan
Michael Coyle
Coyle
McManahan
Coyless
Borough Council Considers Fire System Bids
Friday council session approves two more bid sets for borough building plans. Fire system proposals include United States Fire Police and Telegraph Company 1850, Wink Hawg 1300.75, Kiley & Co 1360, Gamewell 1. Council to reconvene Thursday to review bids. Widow Hughes family illness aid requested. sanitary committee tasked. Hats and caps go to A. Oswald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Fire, Police and Telegraph Company
Wink & Hawg
Kiley & Co
Gamewell Company
Smith
Hughes
Fifty years on the same track Myer’s coal road career ends
J S Myers of Gordonville Schuylkill county retires December 31 after fifty years as a section hand on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The piece notes his entry in 1850 when the state owned the road and mentions related coal and railway labor topics including mine owners liability, wage shifts, union activity, and strikes affecting Lehigh Valley Coal, D L & W, and local collieries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Myers
Gordonville
Schuylkill County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Banquet notes and holiday visits across Philadelphia and Berwick
Dr H M Neale attended a Clover Club banquet in Philadelphia with Sir Henry Irving. Mr and Mrs W W Peoler of Philadelphia visit Mr and Mrs B R Davis. Miss Annie Goeppert of Brooklyn spends holidays with her parents on Walnut street. B J Keenan of Upper Lehigh visits Summit Hill relatives for Christmas. Miss Rubina Mackey and Grace Palmer visit county seat friends. Mrs William Williamson visits friends in the Wyoming valley. Peter Magagna attends to business. Prof W L Houck spends holidays in Berwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Neale
Clover Club
Philadelphia
Sir Henry Irving
W. W. Peoler
B. R. Davis
Annie Goeppert
Brooklyn
N. Y
Walnut Street
B. J. Keenan
Upper Lehigh
Summit Hill
Rubina Mackey
Grace Palmer
William Williamson
Wyoming Valley
Peter Magagna
New York
W. L. Houck
Berwick
Decorating Yannes opera house for Tigers Club ball
The eleventh annual ball of the Tigers Athletic Club at Yannes opera house is being decorated with daily work continuing until completion. Electricians will place wires for arcs and lights tomorrow, and plans indicate the Friday event will look more handsome than ever. The club members aim for the most successful ball yet and are determined to succeed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yannes
The
Tigers Athletic Club
Strange Disease Raging in Columbia County
Physicians in northern Columbia county report a perplexing malady spreading through Madison township with sudden high fever and burning thirst. Some doctors fear spotted fever while others admit uncertainty. A shooting match for turkeys and fowl will be held at Kronse’s hotel in South Heberton on Christmas afternoon with prizes for competitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia County
Madison Township
Kronse's
South Heberton
Detectives Seek New Hearing Over Wilkes Barre Mountain Murder Reward
Detec tives Quigley and O'Brien push for another reward hearing in the Wilkes Barre mountain murder case. The old explosion at a Hungarian boarding house killed four of fifty nine inmates while burglars took valuables. Previous arrests included Shaffer and Miller couples. Shaffer confessed and got twenty years, Miller died in prison after being convicted. McGroarty awarded $6,000, court blocked payment, and he now returns to preside next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quigley
O'Brien
Wilkesbarre Mountain
Frank Shaffer
Nelse Miller
J. Miller
Shaffer
John 8
McGroarty
Montana
Christmas Warning on Free Ads for Coal Firms
A Tamaqua Register critique argues that press reports claiming coal firms need 3,000 workers are misleading. It says vacancies offer only sporadic work, and current coal traffic is inflated by production curbs and price strategies. The piece warns against luring miners to return or newcomers to the region, noting sufficient labor present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamaqua Register
Complete Line of Holiday Goods Now on Display
A Freeland clothing house advertises a full holiday assortment including neckwear suspenders mufflers gloves and umbrellas. It touts popular prices and a special sale on suits overcoats and boys knee pants suits at Phila One-Price Clothing House 8 SENIE PROP Birkbeck Brick Freeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phila
Senie
Birkbeck Brick
Freeland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Freeland Silk Mill Company
Tribune
Seach
Tis
Geme
Conneil
A. Oswald
Supreme Court
David McFarland
Pond Creek Coal Company
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre
McFarland
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Road
Nanticoke
Glen Lyon
United Mine Workers
Hyde Park
Hampton
Connell
Duryea
Congress
T. R. Martin
Simonpore
Colonel Martin
Martin
Woodward
Ferris
America
Thespis
Bon Ton Theatrical Company
Cupid
Leyburne
Emna Bunting
Wellsboro
Ohio
James Durkin
Jeanne Ashbaugh
John Dunn
Hymen
Bessie Ashbaugh
Bon Tons
Frank B. Shatters
Blanche Clever
Norristown
Luzerne
Maine
William Cosgrove
Havana
Texas
Washington
B. P. Cosgrove
Darling Street
Young Cosgrove
United States Navy
Havana Harbor
Alster
Ella
Mooney
St. Mary's Church
Krouse’s
William Fox
George Brehm
Freeland Opera House Co
Lessees
Gems Repertoire Company
Centre Street
Georion Stroh
Birkbeck
Free
Ohn
M. Carr
Attorney-at-Law
Postoffice Building
Grease McLaughlin
Brennan's Building
Centre St. Freeland
R J. O'Donnell
Campbell Building
Buckrey
Justice of the Peace
Tribune Building
Macey
Main Street
Birkbeck’s
Washington Street
Peetta
Telle Ae
Hess
South Centre Street
Refowich Building
Eee
Libor Winter
Front Street
Butterwick
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