Power Behind the Throne Arrives in Freeland Tonight
Ed Holland and his company arrived from Cortland New York after an all night trip. They present The Power Behind the Throne, a noted romantic drama, for the first Freeland performance. The company is well received and critics praise the play as top in its class this season. The contract pays 450 dollars, the highest single performance guarantee in the county. Seats remain on both floors, and sales show strong but not yet sold out.
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Mildred Holland
Cortland
N. Y
Freeland
Opera House
Mine Fire at Summit Hill Rages Forty-Two Years
Tremendous efforts are under way to extinguish a mine fire burning since February 9, 1859 at Summit Hill. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company mine, at Nesquehoning, catches gas explosions and floods with coal dirt and culm to flush into the workings, reducing the fire at about thirty to forty tons daily, in hopes of choking it off.
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Disappearance resurfaces in New Castle tale of Abner Davis
In New Castle, Pennsylvania, the vanished Abner Davis from Nanticoke resurfaces after more than fifteen years. His father and relatives pursued searches but found no trace until last Saturday, lifting the long-held belief of death. Davis Sr. had died years earlier and left a $100,000 fortune to be divided among heirs.
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New Castle
Abner Davis
Nanticoke
Mr. Davis
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Promoted by Grove City Drug Store
If people knew what we know about Kodol Dyspepsia Care it would be in nearly every household. The ad claims the preparation digests food without stomach effort and offers relief from fullness belching and sour stomach, urging readers to buy from Grove City Drug Store.
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Price Inc
E. C. Dewitt &Cor
Chicago
Grover’s City Drug Store
Missing son demands legacy from long vanished father executors face query
The executors have paid the money to other heirs. Dr Dan Evans of New Castle a former Nanticoke resident is among the executors. He was approached Saturday by young Davis who revealed himself and demanded the legacy his father left. Davis, a globe trotter, has offered no reason for his sudden disappearance and 80 years of silence.
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New Castle
Nanticoke
Young Davis
Davis
Scranton Unions Stage Nine Hour Day Request at Lyceum
At the Lyceum theatre in Scranton last night union members from machinists blacksmiths patternmakers and machine shop laborers staged an event for city shop superintendents and foremen. They presented a nine hour day proposal after speeches and a farce satirizing opposition to labor reforms.
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Lyceum Theatre
Scranton
Thurmond pair buy Kinney cafe in Charleston for 10000
P. E. Gallagher and R. F. Hodges of Thurmond W V according to the Thurmond Herald last week purchased the Kinney cafe in Charleston for ten thousand dollars. The new owners name their hotel The Stag and offer a royal welcome to Freeland people in the area. Gallagher is a former regional resident and brother to ex Burgess IE. P. Gallagher. Friends in the region wish him success.
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R. F. Hodges
Thurmond
W. Va
Thurmond Herald
Kinney Cafe
Charleston
the Stag
Will Send Body Home The War Department Notice
Will send home the body of Thomas Welch, private in Company H Nineteenth Infantry, from the Philippines to Freeland. He died of fever last December. Unclaimed soldiers will be buried in the San Francisco government cemetery. Also includes ads and notices about Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and John Kendrick Bangs features in the Philadelphia Press, plus a public notice that A Oswald will close at 8 PM starting April 15 except Saturdays.
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Third Ward
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Philippines
Freeland
Nineteenth Infantry
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Government
San Francisco
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Jimmieboy
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Christopher Columbus
A. L. Spafford
Chester
Mich
Grover
City
A. Oswald
Political shakeup at Pottsville county almshouse shocks party leaders
A regional upheaval unseated all April first appointees at Pottsville almshouse after clashes between John F. Horgan and Edward Kester. The board shifted to Henry Becker with Kester backing him. Separate notes report a local preacher calling Sunday funerals unnecessary, a long-standing pile condition cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, and assorted town news including strikes, court actions, and corporate changes in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre.
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Almhouse
John F. Horgan
Edward Kester
Kester
Henry Becker
Happenings in Freehold and Surrounding Towns
Local briefs report Washburn suing C Pardee & Co for 10000 for injuries from a pomp ride. Union No 1519 UMW held successful first hall at Yannes Opera House. Child Henry Cunnius, 6, died. funeral to be held. US Express adds new wagon from Halpin shops. Building on West Walnut Street breaks ground for a 20 by 42 foot residence for Robert A. Lentz. Laubachs moving to Wilkes-Barre. county seat new home. Hearing in Shovelin's office nearly halted by a fifth altercation between attorneys McCarthy and Smith. After July 1 stamps not needed on many financial instruments. Keiper’s soda ad. John Probert relocate to West Main. Rev F Marshall moving to Cunningham property East Main. Army recruiting at Hazleton has only one enlistment. mines busy. Funerals of Gallagher and Brogan crowded. Stetson’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company drew fair crowd. specialties good. Petition to LV Railroad to restore noon Wilkes-Barre train gains signatures. Infant Marley buried at St Ann’s. Old watch repaired at Wehrman’s. Traction cars to run tonight for playgoers. late hours possible. Addition to L C Smith’s residence at Drifton. Coal seam at Hazle Brook assures years of work for J S Wentz Co. Market frontage at Hartman’s improved by paint. Henry Hinkle leaves for Newark to carpentry work. Lenten devotions at St Ann’s on Wednesdays and Fridays. Wyoming Street in Woodside addition vacated by court rule. Ollie Koch becomes clerk at H C Koons store.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin” Company
Grand Opera House
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Wilkesbarre
Patrick Marley
Jeddo
St. Ann's Cemetery
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