Railroad Timetables for the B H Valley Railroad November 19 1899
The timetable lists passenger routes from Freeland to Weatherly Mauch Chunk Allentown Bethlehem Philadelphia and New York with various stops including Hazleton Wilkes Barre Scranton and Sandy Run. It notes departure and arrival times from Freeland and Philadelphia and identifies officials Wilbur Keith and Luther Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhigh Valley Railroad
Arrang
Pamenger Thane
Freeland
Weatherly
Mauch Chunk
Allentown
Bethlehem
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Handy Run
White Maren
Ilkea-Barre
Pittston
Scrani
Hazleton
Mauch Shank
Mahanoy City
Shenih
Mt. Carmel
Shamokin
Jerilie
Sandy Run
White Haven
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
All Pointedment
Alentown
Easton
Shenandoah
Pottsville
Hazieton
Haalaton
Iton
Kite Haven
Aston
Mt. Carter
Wilbur
Cortlandt Street
New York City
Oras
Lek
Keith
Local Social Visits and Staffing Moves Across Town
Misses Sheridan and O'Donnell of Mauch Chunk visited Miss Rose Burke on Walnut Street. George Vollmner moved from Freeland to Lehighton via Prudential. Mrs Dante Kilns and daughter Gora visit Councilman Kline in Carnalo. P J Breslin becomes bartender at Palace Cafe Minzleton. Fred Cawley gathering names for county directory. John Mulligan of Wilkes-Barre spent St Patrick's Day here. Birth: Vanauker couple on Main Street welcomed a daughter on March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
O'Donnell
Mauch Chunk
Rose Burke
Walnut Street
George Vollmner
Freeland
Lehighton
Prudential Insurance Company
Dante! Kilns
Miss Gora
Kline
Carnalo
P. J. Breslin
Palace Cafe
Minzleton
Fred Cawley
John J. Mulligan
Wikesbarre
St. Patrick's Day
Lynewood at Grand Opera House by Free Land Dramatic Co
Pleasure calendar notes Lynewood by Free Land Dramatic Company under St Patrick's Cornet Band at Grand Opera House. Tickets priced 35e.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynewood
Freeland Dramatic Company
St Patrick's Cornet Band
Grand Opera House
Local notices and events from nearby towns
Town notes report repairs at the Cottage hotel and the Weatherly bank question. Political shifts include B F Rute withdrawing from a Republican nomination. Mrs Carter injured after a church outing. Revival meetings led by Captain Branson at St Pauls church. Deaths include Christian Martin of Hazleton and Jerre Hess of Wapwallopen. Measles close Foster Township schools. fatality obituaries list Oscar Messinier’s son and Charles Curley of Girardville. A. Oswalds hawking hats, Freeland Dramatic Company rehearsals, and two Lebanon performances of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Post office at Breslau proposed. Jacob Schmaltz elected Hughestown burgess under scrutiny. Remains return from the Philippines. sixth Mining Institute benefit at Grand, Keystone Trio as entertainment. Multiple civil and municipal notices wrap the dense briefs.
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B. F. Rute
William Carter
Branson
St. Paul's P. M
Christian Martin
Hazleton
Drifton
Foster Township
Henry Wade Messimer
Oscar Messinier
George Pekar
Dorothy Polka
Bekley
St. John’s Slavonian Catholic Church
Ridge Street
Charles Pajeblank
John Burton
Salmon Iron Works
Weatherly
Hazieton
Halsey
Paul Boban
Pittston
Jerre Hess
Wapwallopen
Owen Fritzinger
A. Oswalds
Freeland Dramatic Company
Philippines
Montana
San Francisco
McAdoo
Amplres
Mining and Mechanical Institute Building Fund
Grand Opera House
Keystone
Breslau
Post Office Department
Penrose
Constantin Ruwinski
Ruwinski
Frank W. Wheaton
Republian
Jacob Schmaltz
Hughestown
Charles Curley
Girardville
Twentyfirst Infantry
Philippians
Martin Heffron
Henry Keene, Jr
William P. Seward
Shenandoah
Deaths of John Brady and Patrick Ward mark local losses
The Hazleton Standard reports the deaths of John Brady, longtime Freeland organizer and miner in the West, and Patrick Ward of Freeland, aged about seventy nine. Brady leaves two children and several siblings. Ward is survived by one son and five daughters. Funeral details note Colorado burial for Brady and St Ann’s church rites for Ward, with related local notices on St Patrick’s Day demonstrations, a Freeland cannon transfer, and medical and civic updates including divorces in Luzerne County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brady
Hazleton Standard
Freeland
Denver
Colorado
Old Sugarloaf
Harleigh
Ebervale
Beaver Meadow
Hazleton
James
Mary
Don Haggarty
Kate
Patrick Ward
Town
Washington Street
Tio
Ward
Michael
Andrew O'Donnell
Highland
C. Bohan
Wilkesbarre
Thomas Tilson
Thomas McGann
Philadelphia
St. Ann’s Church
St. Ann’s Cemetery
Luzerne
Conference Exiles Chaplain for Drunkenness
After a long formal session at Hazleton the Central Methodist conference reports on Rev. D H Shields dismissal from the army chaplaincy and a nine member court of trial is appointed to fix his status with the conference. The assembly also notes elections to the general conference and an anti cantene bill stance. The verdict sustains the charge of drunkenness and Shields is expelled from ministry and church membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Methodist Conference
Hazleton
D. H. Shields
United States Army
Shields
J. M. Black
E. M. Witman
George Reed
E. Turney
J. W. Rue
James King
Cree Extension Society
Congress
W. W. Evans
Sunbury
R B. Connor
Blounsburg
Chicago
Thomas Murray
Altoona
Herbert Ames
Williamsport
W. L. Woodcock
C. P. Speer
Chambersburg
John R. Rote
Danville
Arbitration Documents Move from Paris in Venezuelan Case
Over five tons of documents produced by England in the Venezuelan arbitration case have been removed from Paris. They required two large railway vans to transport them. The note on baldness claims few bald men die of consumption, and a reminder to watch the date on your paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Paris
Phila
Senie
Prop
Birkbeek Brick
Freeland
Labor notes on Coxe companies and Anthracite trade
March Anthracite Operators Association forecast shows demand uncertainty with 2,500,000 tons consumption estimate while stocks remain ample. Transfer of property from Coxe Bros to Cross Creek Coal Co for 1,289,700 in stock, plus new railroad yard work at East Mauch Chunk and potential CNJ strike action looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coxe Companies
Drifton
Anthracite Coal Operators’ Association
Lehigh Valley
East Mauch Mauch Chunk
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Maxwell
Reading Company
Schuylkill
Community asks for delegates to pay own expenses
The article notes a community being considered for delegates but the mayor cannot appoint without bearing costs. It reports Lehigh Valley Railroad appointments effective April 1 naming A. A. Heard, A. W. Nonnemacher, and George R. Chesbrough, plus the Elmira firm abandoning the Shamokin Neilson shaft after decades of losses. Lacemakers' Union members arrive to replace striking lace weavers at Wyoming Valley Lace Mills, while old coal dumps at Weatherly are torn down for a higher, more commodious structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Railroad
A. A. Heard
Cortlandt Street
New York
A. W. Nonnemacher
South Bethlehem
W. H. Gummere
George R. Chesbrough
Western
Buffalo
J. Langdon & Co
Elmira
N. Y
Neilson
Shamokin
Lehigh Valley
Lacemakers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Wilkesbarre
Brooklyn
Wyoming Valley
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Hed&lawake
Sunquehanna
Scauylkill
Jeddo
Eckley
Hazle Brook
Stockton
Beaver Meadow Road
Kean
Haareton Junction
Binewood Groteery
Traphicken and Deringer
Sundy
San
Oneida Junction
Harwood Road
Humboldt Road
Oneida
Sheppton
Hazleton Junction
Harwood
Cranberry
Tomhicken
Deringer
Sally
Unday
Tombick ‘N
Cranbodsz
Koan
Sheppwon
Joanesville
Audenried
P. Kk. B
Wilkenbarre
Harrisburg
Pointe Went
de Inger
Luther ©. Smith
Vananker
William Vanauker
Main Street
Nellie Gould
Medina
Ohio
Uncle Tom
Lebanon
Sivisoh
T ‘He
Academy
Lebanon Wines
St. Ann's Band
L. L. Randolph
Jersey City
Washington
Wilkesbarre Record
War Department
Davenport
Department
Fort Delaware
Delaware City
Del
Timothy Boyle
C. B. Coxe
Rose
St. Ann's Cemetery
Craig
Carbon County Court
Olyphant
D. Fowler
Hoyt’s
Boyle's
Bowman
Andrew Shumski
Reffenburger
Filler
Culp
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Bennett's Station
Emmons Blaine
McClure
Starry Fillmore
Pettebone
Fillmore
Phil More
John Williams
United Mine Workers of America
Retail Clerks’ Association
Barbers’ Union
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Shoemakers’ Union
Susquehanna Coal Company
Nanticoke
International Mining Congress
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Meyers
Mar. Stetson
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Barnum
Eva
Lone Star
Buck
Wing
T. Campbell
Centre
Laubach
Vienna
B. C. Laubach
Libor Winter
Front Street
Rooms Land 2
Ele
Acs Ae Ee
Attorney-at-Law
Postoffice Building
Ces McLaughlin
Brennan's
Freel
R J. O'Donnell
Campbell Building
Yen. A. Buckley
Justice of the Peace
Tribune Building
D* N. Maley
Main Steet
Birkbeck's
Birkbeck
E. Hayes
Hazelton Bros
Hess
Sooth Centre Street
Amandus Oswald
Wt. W. Cor
Front Sta
Depierro - Bros
Dougherty
Kaufer Club
Rosenbluth
Mamin
Nck
Rte
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