Trouble Over Rock Breasts Ends After Jeddo Meeting
A committee from G B Markle & Co conferred with Superintendent W H Smith Jr in Jeddo to settle pay for rock in No 5 colliery. About forty breasts affected, rock thickness 3 to 14 inches. Agreement to inspect affected places tomorrow by two mine foremen and two miners, with work resuming pending final settlement. Also Jan school board notes on finances and tax reports. bills approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Markle & Co
W. H. Smith, Jr
Jeddo
No. 5
Smith
Freeland Borough Democrats Hold Primary for Delegates
The Democrats of Freeland borough set a primary on Saturday January 12 from 4 to 7 pm in each election district to elect delegates for conventions at Cottage Hall on January 15 at 7 20 pm. The borough will nominate candidates for borough ward and district offices with a specified delegate representation structure. John McCole chairs the Democratic committee with Philip Miller as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeland
Cottage Hall
Democratic Committee
John McCole
Philip ©. Milter
New Officers Named by Clifton Fraternal Groups
Camp 147 of A F of Clifton installs officers for the coming year with O T Richards as president and George Fowler as vice president. The Good Wills Athletic Association elects officers led by M Johnson as president and Daniel McBrierty as vice president. The Young Men's T A B Corps appoints John J McNells as president and John White as vice president, with multiple other officers named across the groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
O. T. Richards
George Fowler
W. ©. Gibbon
J. H. Trevaskis
O. D. Fowler
John Hughes
M. J. Welsh
James T. Lewis
William Baskin
George Wagner
Good Wills Athletic Association
M. Johnson
Daniel McBrierty
C. E. Breslin
Young Men’s, T. A. B. Corps
John J. McNells
John White
John McElwee
James Brennan
John Branigan
John McCole
Harry Gallagher
Dynamite Dick King A War Hero In Transvaal
J North King a nephew or ex Senator King from Schuylkill county, famed for daring exploits with dynamite, joins the Boers in the Transvaal. He previously ran stripping operations in Freeland, earning a nickname for explosive expertise. Reports say he derailed trains and blew bridges as he harasses British forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. North King
King
Schuylkill County
Transvaal
Freeland
South Africa
Fire at Goeppert Stable on Walnut Street Quenched Quickly
A small blaze was found last evening at 7 o'clock beside A Goeppert’s large stable on Walnut Street. It started from dumped hot ashes and gained headway before help arrived, but fire crews quenched it before serious damage. A messenger alerted authorities, DePierre Bros. box 32 key was used, and alarm was nearly sounded when the fire was reported under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Goeppert
Walnut Street
DePierre Bros
Jas B Mackie to star in Grimesey Me Boy Wednesday
Theatrical notice highlights Jas B Mackie in Grimesey Me Boy and The Cellar Door themes with Bernard sisters Louise Sanford and Louise Sanford, Chas W Chase, and supporting acts. Also features Quo Vadis dramatization by Chase and the song Lady from A Hot Old Time.
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Jas. B. Mackie
Grimesey
Mackie
Hmoyt
Bell Boy
Bernard Sisters
Louise Sanford
All
Comediennes
Edgar Selden
County to build courthouse plans cut to single front
County commissioners decide to relocate the courthouse design from four fronts on the Public Square to a single river front site. Wilkesbarre Board of Trade offers inducements for a tinplate mill furniture manufactory pottery and a typewriter maker. If all come, total employment around 1200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre Board of Trade
Brewery Architect Robert K. Clark Dies in Philadelphia
Architect of the Freeland Brewing Company project, Robert K. Clark aged 47, died Thursday night at his home 938 North Twenty sixth street Philadelphia. He had visited the town often since his engagement and made many warm friends here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert K. Clark
North Twenty-sixth Street
Philadelphia
Mr. Clark
Freeland Brewing Company
Phoebe Riley
Upper Lehigh
Dlifton
Nellie O'Donnell
Town
John Leisenrings
Bright
Frank 8. Thome
Erie
Cora Cruse
Revere
Missouri
J. W. Bischoff
W. McKee Thome
Jeddo
Keiper's
Henry Hincer
North Ridge Street
Episcopal Hospital
Sarah McNulty
Hugh A. Shoylin
Peter Schnee
Miners’ Hospital
Hugh Boyle
Sugar Notch
P. F. McNulty
Bernard McFadden
Hugh
Villanova College
Thomas Campbell
George Zeistloft
Drifton Shops
Celia Faltze
Sunbury
Burgess John F. Boyle
James P
Sayers
Christmas Mass Marks Greek Catholic Celebration in Town
The Greek Catholics celebrate Christmas with midnight mass at St Marys Church on Fern Street. In observance of the holiday, Markle & Co. and Coxe Bros. & Co. collieries are idle today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Church
Fern Street
Markle & Co
Coxe Bros. & Co
Local notes from Freeland recount misc incidents and moves
Freeland brief items record the G. B. Markle & Co. Funeral Fund paying death benefits to James Dougherty’s relatives, local officials calling for the United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis, injuries and moves of residents, hospitalizations, travel between towns, and minor civic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Markle & Co. Funeral Fund
James Dougherty
McAdoo
Jeddo
Mitchell
The
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Legal notice for Carr business services in Freeland
John M. Carr promotes prompt handling of all legal business from the Postoffice Building in Freeland with G Ren McLaughlin listed as contact or partner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Harvey
Foster Township
Charles A. Harvey
John M. Carr
Postoffice
Brennan's
Centre St
Freeland
McMenamin Building
South Centre Street
Justice OF the Peace
Tribune Building
Main Street
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Refowich
Clothing and Shoe House
Kibo Kid
the Clock Tobacco Co
Anton, Pa
William Schwartz
Hazleton and Vicinity
Geo. Krommel
Birkbeck and
Walnut Streets
Laubach
Vienna
Amandus Oswald
N.W. Cor
Hugh Malloy
Foster School Board
Lentz
Harrisburg
State Department of Schools
Hoffman
Joseph Handling
Ginn & Co
Kemmerer & Co
Reuben Booth
Lewis H. Lentz
John Fisher
G. A. Woodring
Mrs. Weaver
M. VF. Keenig
Coxa Bros. & Co
Upper Lehigh Coal Co
Lehigh Valley R. R
Butler, Sheldon & Co
J. A. Whitman & Co
George B. Hindson
Pennsylvania School Journal
Grand Opera House
Freeland Opera House Co
Lessees
James B. Mackie
Grimesey Me Bcy
Grimes
Teddy
Hoyt
Grrimesey
Menamin's Store
de Witt
Grover’s
City
Chas. W. Chase
Henry Sienkiewicz
DeWitt
DeWitt's
Grover
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Reading System
George T. Miller
Shickshinny
Methodist Protestant Church
Grover’s City
Pittston Young Men's Christian Association
Thomas Gilson
Delaware and Hudson Coal Company
Plymouth
Grover’s City Drug Store
Stephen Kruppa
Laubach’s Bakery
Bernard C. Gallagher
Altman
Colorado
Pond Creek
Nellie Jenkins
Carbondale
Rey. I. Marshall
John McGeady
Genero Bonoma
White Haven
Hugh Gallagher
Anaconda
Montana
John Turnbach
Birkbeck Street
Drifton
Son
H. W. Haworth
Phila
Senie
Birkbeck Brick
Freeland, Pa
Hal
Orson Stroh
Land 2
Attorney-At-Law
G.ren McLaughlin
R J, O'Donnell
Campbell Building
Ovea
Kane Building
Jobs J. McBrearty
Birkbeck
M. S. E. Hayes
Washington Street
Hazelton Bros
New York City
D. S
Rerowich
Hos. A. Buckley
Geo. H. Hartman
Centre Street
Central Hotel
T. Campbell
Galli
Curry
E. J. Curry
St. Ann’s
Eckley
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