Resignation at Drifton Mine Foreman and Local Notables
The resignation of P. M. Boyle as mine foreman at No 2 slope took effect on Saturday George Ernest will succeed him until changes are made. A pocket book containing over 12 and papers belonging to Frank Dever of Freeland was found and returned to the owner James Leonard. Numerous local residents and visitors are mentioned with small items from daily life including travels, parties, and local events. A mysterious shooting occurs at Beaver Meadow injuring Paul Lazzar, with Luke Kask suspected amid an old feud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Boyle
George Ernest
Derringer
Boyle
J. J. McCarthy
Freeland
Coxe Addition
Frank Dever
Ridge Street
McCarthy
James Leonard
Diamond
Pottsville
Mary Reilly
Harleigh
John O'Donnell
John Boyle
Constable Hook
N. J
Patrick Brogan
Butler Valley
Beaver Meadow
Paul Lazzar
Luke Kask
Lazzar
Coxe Bros. & Co
Hazleton Hospital
Assilant
Kask
Local News Briefs Highlight Education and Community Notices
A collage of items lists bargains at John Smith's and Fackler's fresh bread, Laubach’s picnic supplies, and a medicinal claim for Orange Blossom sold by Amandus Oswald. Hazle Brook’s teacher appointment, the Gough succession ballot, and Brislin’s election are reported with ballot counts and voting shifts. Dugan family death announced in Philadelphia with funeral plans. Veterans enrollment declines after encampment figures. Reading Company fire at Boston Run endangers 500 workers. Gibbon property repurposed for wallpaper and painting services. Scranton Sisters plan a large seminary at Green Ridge replacing St. Cecilia's academy. Dayton review praises John R. Cumpson’s Merry Cobbler performance with young dancers and singers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Fackler
Laubach
Amandus Oswald
Little News Briefs From Wilkes Barre Area
Snow briefly fell Friday morning in the Wilkes Barre region. Naturalization day is set in Wilkes-Barre court. Reading Company shops begin ten hour days. Wilkes-Barre resident John Pollack patents a coal separator and screen. Berwick fair offers 1500 dollars in prizes the last three days this week. Mrs. Daniel Spade, Highland pioneer, buried at Laurytown. Weatherly silk mill closes. 500 workers idle. Silas Woodring and Cassie Keller wed. Father Mathew event in Lansford October 10 features D J McCarthy as speaker. J R Franz Cumpson thriving in German comedy The Merry Cobbler. Tigers end season. no more games. Y M T A B Society plans sixth annual ball October 10 at the opera house. St John’s Slavonian church to hold regular services. Rev. Ligday moving from Nanticoke. Charles Conaghan, Buck Mountain murderer, spotted at Mt. Carmel. detectives pursue $200 reward. Ladies Relief Corps attends Mrs. Birkbeck funeral in Wilkes-Barre. William R. Jeffrey opens Keystone House in Zemany’s building. plans large hotel business. Michael McHugh, Laurytown patient, escaped hospital then recaptured at Weatherly. James O’Brien, longtime detective, rehired by Lehigh Valley Railroad. Julius Barasch brings fall line from New York. ready-made suits and coats. James A. Sweeney ill in Allentown. he traveled from D C for his mother. Old Liberty Bell exhibit may travel via Lehigh Valley Railroad, or return via Pennsylvania Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. O'Rourke
Philadelphia
John Shelhamer
Portland
Oregon
Peter Roarty
Drifton
Wm. Stranix
Frank Gillespie
Mary A. Harvey
Williamstown
Bridget O’donnell
Upper Lehigh
Larence McFarley
Hazle Brook
Hugh Connors
Sandy Run
Wm. Coleman
Silver Brook
B. J. Carr
Matthew
Wilkes-Barre
James Shearon
Patrick McKinley
Patrick
Army of Benedicts
Eckley
Shamrock
Jamey Gallagher
Beaver Meadow
St. Mary’s T. A. B. Society
St. Mary’s
Reading Company
John Pollack
Berwick
Daniel Spade
Highland
Laurytown
Silas Woodring
Freeland
Cassie Keller
H. A. S. Benner
D. J. McCarthy
Father Mathew
Lansford
J. R. Franz Cumpson
Tigers
T. A. B. Society
Opera House
St. John’s Slavonian
Joseph Ligday
Nanticoke
Charles Conaghan
John Brislin
Buck Mountain
Mt. Carmel
Ladies Relief Corps
Joseph Birkbeck
William R. Jeffrey
Keystone House
Zemany
East Main Street
Michael McHugh
Weatherly
Conaghan
James O’brien
Interstate Detective Agency
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Julius Barasch
Jacobs & Barasch
New York City
James A. Sweeney
Hazleton
Allentown
Sweeney
Washington, D. C
White Haven
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ladies coats at Smiths and a Freeland house sale
Full line of ladies coats at Smiths. House and lot for sale in Freeland near South Heberton with further particulars at John Schnee, Birkbeck and Johnson streets. A white hound named Toby with brown fur and a black spot on tail is missing. reward offered to return to Charles Dusbeck, Freeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toby
Charles Dusbeck
Freeland
Upper Lehigh
Ee Any Hall
South Heberton
John Schnee
Birkbeck and Johnson Sts
Vland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jeddo
Kekley
Theune
No. 2
John
Thomas Melly
Weal Dale
John Kennedy
Carbondale
van Reese
James
Hazle Township
Richards
Thomas
Kerry Gow
Hazleton Opera House
South Side
Mary Boyle
Plains
Mollie McHugh
Mamie Haggerty
John Johnson
Bridget Coll
Eckley Clippings
Alfred Sully
New York
United States Circuit Court
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Coal and Iron Companies
Jeoddo News
Charles A. Boyle
Robert Boyle
St. Ann’s Cemetery
Celia Gillespie
Marie Boyle
George Weigand
Oakdale
James D. Mack
Priceburg
Freeland Opera House
Meyer's Jewelry
Central Hotel
Young Men's
Division 19
Freeland Opera
Lewis A. Riley
Logan
Centralia
Lentz, Lilly & Co
G. B. Newton
Lehigh
Lehigh Valley Company
Reading
Riley
Newton
Hall
F. J. Crexry & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
C. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Ohio
Fannie Siddons
Monroe
M. J. Gough
Foster Township
James Brislin
West Hazleton
Brislin
Hanlon
McHugh
Hough
Charles Guscot
Stockton, Meneeley
Snyder
Barton
Gough
Foster
Lattimer
Hugh Dugan
Presbyterian Hospital
Grand Army of the Republic
Indianapolis
Boston Run
St. Nicholas
Mahanoy Valley
A. A. Bachman
Young Ladies’ Seminary
Scranton
Sisters of the Immaculate Heart’ of Mary
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Green Ridge
St. Cecilia’s Academy
St. Cecilia's Academy
William O’ Hara
Merry Cobbler
John R. Cumpson
Cumpson
Emmett
Dayton
Journal
Dwyer
Wilkes- Barre
Smith's
New York Clothiers
NEW York Tailors, Jacobs & Barasch
Centre Street
Pii
E. Ie Or
Front Streets
Depierro - Bros,cake
Gibson
Dougherty
Kaufer Club
Rosenbluth
Mumm
Hennessy
WM. Wehrmann
Five Points
Srr Et
D. Hayes
Birkbeck
M.,arees
Walnut and
Pine Streets
Orson Stroh
M. Carr
Attorney-at-Law
Franklin Street
Alex. Shollack
Washington and
Walnut Streets
Libor Winter
Front Street
Wren A Pea Pond
A. W. Washburn, Rudder
Pine and Johnson Sts
Condy D. Boyle
Rochester
Youngling
Centre - Street
Meyer
C. B. Payson
Dentris T. Freeland
George Fisher
Walnut Street
Brod Land
H. W. Monroe
Camppee’s Burpixa
Cenrae Street
Cottage Hotel
Main
Washington Streets
Owen Moyer
A. Goeppert
Washington House
Centre
T Ennan
Kantreet
St. If. Depot
J. P. McDonald
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