04 Jun 1902
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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1902
Page
1
A sales pitch touts dress footwear with the smartest patent kid shoes available. It emphasizes value over fashion, claims no fancy prices, and asserts customers save money at this store compared with others while offering durable, stylish lines.
Freeland school board elected Slattery to run the board again,Buckley and Isaac named secretary, Timony treasurer, and O Donnell to serve as solicitor. Bond set at 20000 dollars. salaries fixed, first Thursday meetings kept. other districts also reorganized with new officers. Foster and Hazleboard boards reorganized with new officers and solicitors. McAdoo board failed to organize due to mine-strike-related absences.
The strike widens as engineers and pump runners join miners in Pittston Carbon dale Wilkesbarre Shenandoah Tamaqua and Pottsville districts. Concessions offered at Williams Fishback Silverton Lytle but unions order workers to stay out. Oneida saw a scare in town. Coxe Bros. Erie operations suffer. Philadelphia Guardsmen monitor unrest as foremen and clerks face layoffs. August Fletcher killed near Shamokin en route to Hazleton.
Monday's borough council session saw absences and new leadership. Bills for electric light street work and audits were approved or referred. The water company bill was sent to a committee to base charges on consumption. a public park use was granted for August 16. Fourth of July parade plans were set. public hall use granted to United Mine Workers during strike. Oaths of two special policemen filed. police expense approved. brick sales adjusted to include freight. The 18 mill tax rate unchanged. preparations for drying hose table and filing cabinet ordered. Council adjourned to hear progress from the special light committee.
In this region workers show high activity as trains arrive for watchmen roles or to replace strikers. Dozens sent from Philadelphia to serve are returning home, agents claim at the miners’ expense to drain the union treasury, though some insist on paying their own fare.
At St Ann's school last evening the commercial class received final exam percentages. Listed are students and their averages including Bid Herron 95.4, S DePierro 95.14, A Powell 94.5, James Thompson 94.4, Grace Sweeney 94.445, Nellie Quinn 93.%, Charles Reilly 93.9, Mary Green 93, A Gallagher 92, C B Breslin 91, John Boyle 88, C Welsh 88.4, Mary Cross 83.4, Annie Deoneny 83, Hugh Mulloy 80.
Happenings of the past two days in Freeland and surrounding areas note a county exam for permanent certificates in Wilkes Barre on June 30 at 9 am with extra branches by June 14. Obituaries, local moves, church services, and a trolley line extension appear alongside a mining institute address, utility outages, and fires surrounding Luzerne County communities.
English speaking men with three or more children over 14 can find steady work for both boys and girls in New Jersey cotton mills with inside outside factory work. Offers good homes at low rent and fresh vegetables at moderate cost. Single women wanted with free transportation. Address Mayuractar ge P O Box 1592 Philadelphia.
An advertisement touts Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy as a universal cure for kidney liver bladder and blood diseases. It cites patient letters from James Lettuce of Carujoharie and praise from Dr W T Morse and other physicians. The text promotes pricing 1 bottle 5 bottles and free trial samples by mail.
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