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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1900
Page
1
The ad highlights a wide array of dolls in Laubach's toy department. It promises a perfect paradise for children with hundreds of other holiday novelties and assorted toys at affordable prices. The display is said to be much larger inside than visible from the outside.
A retail notice promoting felt slippers and shoes for men and women, with Jersey Loggins for ladies and children, fancy colored boots for babies, and rubber goods priced to please. The ad invites all to call and browse and welcomes customers whether they buy or not.
Freeland occupied with Christmas activities and local events. Notable items include the death of Rev. James E Vaughan at 36, a Mines cave-in at Merritt Oakdale No 4, union discussions by Merritt Management, water shortages impacting coal companies, and regular holiday observances in churches. Also mentioned are appointments, local commerce, and a county mercantile appraiser appointment.
December 31 event at Yannes Opera House hosted by the Tigers Athletic Club with 50 cent admission. Also an ad for One Minute Cough Cure from Grover's City drug store claiming quick relief for coughs colds croup bronchitis grippe and throat and lung troubles urging immediate help when life is in danger.
A series of short notices lists people visiting relatives or spending Christmas in the area. Hon John Lessenring heads to Philadelphia for the winter by special train from Upper Lehigh. Elizabeth NJ guest Patrick O Donnell visits North Ridge Street. Various locals from Lansford Freeland Drifton Bayonne Allentown and Wilkes Barre are mentioned with family and holiday visits or travels.
Superintendent Patterson and Dispatcher McTaggart drove a mail car of the Scranton Traction Company yesterday. The car ran over the lines and operated only a few hours. Company agents in big cities recruit nonunion workers while strikers’ committees meet trains bringing in replacements from New York. Forty imported men arrived at nine last night and, after a company dinner, agreed to join the strike. The union claims victory. the company aims to run with nonunion staff.
A Good entertainment report from the Grand Opera house last night under the Good Wills Athletic Association. The minstrel segment featured 8. BE. Woodring and James Bell as endmen with Morris McClellan as interlocutor and several young men and ladies. John Boyle of Lansford contributed several songs.
The United Mine Workers gain strong support in Panther Creek valley as locals organize, with initiation fees rising to five dollars by year’s start. Meetings are held Sundays after noon to accommodate night workers. Freeland gears up for the Twentieth Century Ball by the Tigers Athletic Club, promising grand decorations at Vannes' opera house next Monday evening.
A blaze at about 6 pm Monday swept through the Wyoming Valley lace mill third floor mending department in Wilkesbarre. Officials suspect incendiary origin. 8,000 to 10,000 pairs of curtains were in the area, with about 1,000 burned outright and roughly 3,000 damaged. rest soaked. Loss to curtains estimated at $5,000, building damage around $800. 160 of 275 mill workers are on strike. replacement workers from Brooklyn filled the jobs.
The Morey Literary Society of St Ann's convent school presented Friday's afternoon program featuring recitations by A Reilly and LB Gillespie, essays by A Mulreany Nelile Meehan and M Dever, readings by Nellie Timony Anna Gaffney Anna Denneny M Jacobs, vocal solos by Anna Bonoma Grace Sweeney, organ preludes by M B Johnson and M D Johnson, a story by A Denneny, a critic by L Furey, and a question box closing the meeting.
Thomas Jones and Lizzie Stutzman wed at the bride’s home with Rev I Marshall officiating. Harry Reinsmith and Zemrie Trantor, both of the Hill, also married by Rev. F Marshall. Allentown couples Daniel McLaughlin and Bid O'Donnell wed tomorrow at St. Ann’s church. The Span of Life play praised for six years of success appears at the Grand Opera house tomorrow. Peter Sherman credits Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for relief from indigestion. Grover's City drug store carries Kodol and Merkt's offers candy and fruit assortments.
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