Miners Seek Unified Demands At Shamokin Convention
National President Mitchell, three district presidents, and a 21 member committee will carry miners demands to New York road presidents and major coal firms. The panel will decide on next steps if refused. convention may reconvene. Also a profile of Dynamite Dick King, a Boer War figure, now frail in New York. Growth of life insurance highlighted with Prudential's 26 year rise to assets over 48 million and over one million families protected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
Nichols, Duffy and
Fahy
New York City
United States
Prudential Insurance Company
Prudential
Newark
N. J
Ancient Bellows Sale Ad: Three Bells For Sale
Llanoeous Adve tor service lists three bells one large one medium and one small. Apply to Malinky Fern Street Freeland for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malinky
Fern Street
Freeland
Dynamite Dick King and Death of William R Stroh
Dynamite Dick King famed Boer fighter and dynamite specialist faces death after fever contracted in Delagoa Bay and deportation to the United States. He is expected to be moved to Schuylkill county. Also reported is the death of William R. Stroh at Mauch Chunk from Bright's disease at 44, with details of his career and funeral committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dynamite Dick
Schuylkill County
Freeland
Delagoa Bay
New York
John N. King
Johannesburg
South Africa
Winston Churchill
King
Pretoria
Blackwell's Island
John A. Hassell
West Eleventh Street
William Righter Stroh
House of Representatives
Carbon County
Mauch Chunk
Bright
Mr. Stroh
William H. Stroh
Second National Bank of
Schuylkill
P. A. Pilbin
Edward James, Jr
Lackawanna
John T. Harrison
Philadelphia
Jerry Roth
Lehigh
Philip H. Heil
Northampton
Stroh
Chas. Orion Stroh
Town
Home From the War Dinns Return From Manila
Henry Dinn and 800 Bernhard Dinns of Walnut street have come home from Manila with honorable discharges. Henry served three years as a private in Troop FF, Third Cavalry, and fought in major Philippines battles amid casualties and fever. William Urmack of Company K, Sixteenth Infantry, also returned after two years in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Dinn
Bernhard Dinn
Walnut Street
Manila
United States Army Service
Third Cavalry
Philippines
Mr. Dion
William Urmack
Sixteenth Infantry
Noted Lecturer from Illinois to Speak at Grand Opera House
Hon John G Woolley of Illinois will speak at Freeland Grand Opera House on Saturday evening April 26. Fresh from a Europe tour, he plans to lecture in 100 cities and towns. A committee of prominent locals secured him for Freeland and a large audience is expected. Woolley, national figure and former Prohibition party presidential candidate in 1900, will discuss My Own Country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Woolley
Illinois
Grand Opera House
Woolley
Europe
Freeland
Prohibition Party
United States
Freeland Happenings and Local Verdicts in Two Days
Local notes from Freeland report a $5,000 verdict for Mary Blotz against Lehigh Valley Rail road after a three day trial over her son’s death near Pond Creek. Weatherly wreck costs rise to 41800 with unclear liability. Other items include Palm Sunday services, train resumptions, a Three night Dot Karroll engagement, infant burial, a possum sighting, a broken arm at the YMCA gym, baseball league changes, normal school term start, operator change at Anthracite exchange, borough deadlock, rising meat prices, and a new organ for St Ann’s convent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Blotz
Freeland
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh Valley
Pond Creek
Weatherly
Christina Sherry
Fred Sherry
Stockton
Dot Karroll Company
Grand Opera House
Mary
Daniel McDyer
Jeddo
St. Ann's Cemetery
Willie Johnson
Matthew Johnson
Hazleton
East Stroudsburg Normal School
Gertrude Keck
Anthracite Exchange
Caroline Bonoma
Sisters of Mercy
St. Ann's Convent
Personal notices from Shamokin area names and moves
Thomas F. Welsh of Local Union 1939 spent yesterday at his home on North Centre street. Miss Lizzie May Johnson leaves for Philadelphia for several months. Miss Maggie O'Donnell of Walnut street departs for Hartford Conn. Mrs John Cannon of Allentown visits Freeland. Attorney Lynch of Mahanoy City visits Freeland relatives. Mrs Thomas Welsh returns from Wilkesbarre. Charles O'Donnell of Allentown visits Freeland. Mr and Mrs William Jones of Walnut street welcome a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Welsh
Shamokin
North Centre Street
Lizzie May Johnson
Philadelphia
Maggie O'Donnell
Walnut Street
Hartford
Conn
John Cannon
Allentown
Attorney Lynch
Mahanoy City
Freeland
Thomas Welsh
Wilkesbarre
Charles O'Donnell
Freeland Notices Mix Personal News and Local Industry
A collage of local items from Freeland includes Miss Curran entering the Sisters of Mercy in Wilkes Barre, railroad plans to replace wooden gondolas with steel coal cars, a Chester baseball club charity play planned for mid April, a birthday at the Kendall home, mine operations resuming as water recedes, a St Ann Cadet Society drum corps, visits from John Brogan of Utah, a new silk mill position for Rodney Shaffer, a newborn to Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy, and thanks for $75.60 donated to St Lasko's church fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Bid Curran
John Curran
Philadelphia
Miss Curran
Wilkesbarre
Sisters of Mercy Convent
D. 8. & S. Railroad Company
Chester Baseball Club
Freeland Opera House
Emily Kendall
Charles Kendall
St. Ann’s Cadet Society
John Brogan
Utah
John J. McCarthy
Hugh McNelis
Hazleton
Mary Bonner
Ebervale
Rodney Shaffer
Freeland Silk Mill
Daniel North
Woodside School House
Freeland
St. Lasko's Society
John Mibock
Peter Porlacs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Relowich's
WearWell Clothing and Shoe House
Refowich Building
T. Campbell
Curry
Dry Goods
E. J. Curry
South Centre Street
Geo. H. Hartman
Centre Street
Central Hotel
Oswald
Minnesota
N.W. Cor
Centre and
Front Sts
Star Shoe Store
Hugh Malloy
Luzerne County
Net Union
Washington Streets
Morris Wunates
Albert C. Leisenring
John Ginoaier
James Llewellyn
Robert Monroe
Board of Examiners
W. R. Stroh
St. Luke's Lutheran
St. Peter and Paul’s Slavonian Lutheran
St. John’s Reformed
John Rugan
David P. Jones
William Jones
Birkbeck
Drifton
Hartman's Market
Merrit’s
Hal
Orson Stroh
Birkbeck Brick
Joan M. Carr
Attorney-At-Law
Postoffice
George McLaughlin
Brennan's
Centre St. Freeland
R J. O'Donnell
Campbell Building
White Haven
Kane Building
Fohn J. McBrearty
McMenamin Building
Maley
E. Hayes
Washington Street
Hazelton Bros
D. S
Hess
Bell Telephone
Kerowich
Gesor
A. Buckley
Justice OF the Peace
Tribune Building
Main Street
Sbharman's Jewelry Store
Depierro - Bros. CA
Gibson, Dougherty
Kaufer Club
Rosenbluth
Velvet
Mumm
Hennessy
Schweitzer
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