School Board Fixes Tax Levy and Accepts Auditors' Report
The borough school board met last evening with nine directors present and elected James J. Brobst to the board. They fixed a 13 mill levy for building and authorized a list of books and supplies for next term. The auditors’ report was read and approved, and several bills were paid. The meeting included committee appointments and preparations for the upcoming high school commencement.
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Brogan
Boyle
Brennan
Buckley
Fetterman
McGoehan
McHugh
Shelhamer
Slattery
James J. Brobst
Shellamer
McGeehan
Kline
A. Oswald
B. F. Davis
George S. Christian
Peter Timony
Jonah Evans
O'Donnell
Progress, Press and Tribune
Bernard Boyle
George H. Hartman
Electric Light Company
Cos
St Anthony’s Day Observed by Italian and Tirolese Chapel
Tomorrow the St Anthony’s Italian and Tirolese chapel will hold special services for St Anthony’s Day with a high mass at 9 a.m. and an informal celebration through the day. Evening activities include a Krell’s ball dance hosted by the young members to raise funds for the chapel building, with DePierre’s orchestra providing music.
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DePierre
To Fix the Sliding Scale Announcement by coal company
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company announced under the eighth award of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission a sliding scale of wages for miners based on average white ash coal prices reported to the Bureau of Anthracite Coal Statistics. Monthly price calculations will be completed by an accountant named by a Third Circuit judge and paid by the coal company.
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Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
New York
Perth Amboy
Edgewater
Bureau of Anthracite Coal Statistics
Third Judicial Circuit
United States
Bank balance sheet excerpt from Luzerne County bank report
The document lists cash items due from banks and bankers loans and discounts investment securities real estate and fixtures miscellaneous assets and capital accounts. It records dividends paid deposits subject to check and amounts due to banks as part of a 1903 financial statement sworn by cashier B R Davis before notary A C Van Alen with directors signing.
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State
Pennsylvania
Luzerne
KR. Davis
A. C. van Alen
H.C. Koons
A. Rudewick
John Shigo
Ordination of Three Local Men Planned for Priesthood
Two well known local youths Edward J. Gaffney of South Centre Street and Patrick J. Gallagher of South Ridge Street will be ordained in the Catholic Church. Gallagher will be ordained in Baltimore next Tuesday with his parents present and assigned to a Colorado diocese. Gaffney’s ordination is set at Scranton Cathedral on July 8 with his family attending and a curate position in the Scranton diocese. Patrick J. Gaffikin, formerly of Nanticoke and Freeland, will also be ordained in Scranton and assigned to the same diocese. Their first Mass is hoped for at St. Ann's Church, arrangements pending.
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Edward J. Gaffney
South Centre Street
Papegree Gaffney
Patrick J. Gallagher
South Ridge Street
Conneilman
William Gallagher
St. Mary's Theological Seminary
Baltimore
Gallagher
Colorado
Gaffney
Scranton
St. Ann’s Church
Patrick J. Gaffikin
Nantcoke
Freeland
Hoe
Commencement Exercises At Grand Opera House
The high school commencement will be at Grand Opera House on the evening of the 25th. The program includes Overture by St. Ann's band, songs by Class, salutatory Heroism of Women by Laura Wieter, orations on Education of the Laboring Classes by James Gallagher and Disadvantages of Too Many Advantages by Thomas Rohrbach, essays by May Evans Sarah Kuntz and Kate Sippel, valedictory on Character of Napoleon Bonaparte by John McDonald, diploma presentation, and an address to be delivered by a noted educator if secured by Principal E F Hanlon.
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Grand Opera House
St. Ann’s Band
Laura Wieter
James Gallagher
May Evans
Thomas Rohrbach
Sarah Kuntz
Kate Sippel
Napoleon Bonaparte
John McDonald
E. F. Hanlon
Death of a Young Woman Ella Meehan at 19
Miss Ella Meehan died at her parents home on South Washington street after a long illness linked to a wagon fall injury. She had surgery in Philadelphia with limited relief and passed away at 7 am. Survived by parents Patrick and unnamed mother, three brothers, four sisters. Funeral Monday at 9 am with requiem at St. Ann's Church. burial at St. Ann's Cemetery.
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Ella Meehan
Patrick Meehan
South
Washington Street
St. Ann’s School
Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia
Daughters of Mary Sodality
Leo Columbian Literary Society
St. Ann’s Church
St. Ann’s Cemetery
Park M. E. Church Hosts John Wesley Day Anniversary
Park M. E. Church led by Rev. J Swartz observes the 200th anniversary of Methodism with Children Day events. A morning sermon marks the occasion and an evening program by Sunday school children invites attendance.
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Park M. BE
Rev. J. Swartz
John Wesley
Park Church
Tarpine Cost Cited At $1.50 A Year
A brief notice states the cost of Tarpine at $1.50 per year. The report notes the annual charge as the standard fee.
Freeland Local Notes and Community Happenings Recap
In Freeland and nearby areas, notes cover Foster township school district finances with light indebtedness but high taxes due to a strike. Delano school board deadlocks over a treasurer and risks court intervention. Other items include church ordination moves, a St Ann’s school entertainment set, a borough council meeting on road extension, local employment changes, a tax rate rise in Middle Coal Field District, saloon sale negotiations, and various hires and announcements from local businesses.
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Foster Township
Tigers seek game with Hazleton at local park
Base ball notice reports the Tigers aim to arrange a late tomorrow afternoon match with Hazleton All-College at the local park. It notes the Balaklava club schedules two games next week at East Stroudsburg and Penn Argyle, and Crescenta park work is suspended due to bad weather. The Tigers’ Reading visit is postponed to the 20th inst.
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Tigers
Hazleton
Y M C A Schedule And Sale At Local Store
The Y M C A announces regular boys bible class Saturday at 3 and gym for boys 4 to 5. A men's meeting Sunday at 3 30 with the topic Comfort. Also advertised is a sale of screen windows and screen doors at lowest prices at Birkbeck's.
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Birkbeck’s
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Main Street
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Hess
North Centre Street
Bell Telephone
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Centre Street
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Lentz
Brs
Creer
Total
SDS
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A. Lentz
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Foster
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George MH. Hartman
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Fred Horlacher
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Hazleton, Pa
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Gray
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Washington, D. C
St. Anthony's Day
Iscellane
Citizens’ Bank of Freeland
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Jane Ls
Kuntz
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Upper Lehigh
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Jenkins
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Anthony Rudewick
John Burton
C. Koons
Lee Dusheck
Sonn Shigo
H. C. Koons
Charles Dusheck
B. R. Davis
Andrew Bhigo
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Havana
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Prof. C. F. Co
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Battle Creek
Mich
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Vienna
B. C
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