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Freeland Tribune

Location

Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1894

Page

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Freeland Notes Mix Personalities and Local Happenings

Correspondents from Lehight, Eckley and Highland share arrivals, moves, paydays, and social notices. Updates include church business, mine foremen changes, job shifts, visitors, and rumors of collieries operating half time, with reflections on local politics and a mix of short anecdotes and notices.

Leisenring Will Leaves Major Bequests in Philadelphia probate

The will of E. B. Leisenring, admitted to probate in Philadelphia, leaves Annie W. Leisenring one third of the estate and residence rights, another third to Mary W. Leisenring and a potential future child, with minimum totals of one million dollars for wife and child. Benevolent gifts include to St. Luke's hospital, Presbyterian hospital, and several churches. gifts to the Mauch Chunk and Audenried churches, the Young Men's Christian Association, and a five year annual grant to the poor of Mauch Chunk. Additional bequests go to several private individuals, including $200,000 to Dr. Wentz’s wife and $100,000 to multiple Wentz family members, with other smaller gifts. A separate entertainment program and local school notes conclude the column.

E. B. Leisenring Philadelphia Annie W. Leisenring Mary W. Leisenring St. Luke’s Hospital South Bethlehem Edward B. Leisenring Presbyterian Hospital Thirtyninth and Market Streets First Presbyterian Church Mauch Chunk First Presbyterian Church of Audenried Upper Lehigh Young Men’s Christian Association John L. Wentz John L. Kemmerer Gertrude Kemmerer Daniel Wentz Edward L. Wentz John Leisenring Edgar Twining Rebecca Leisenring Emily William Herpel

Local and Miscellaneous News Items Briefly Read

Roan train dispatch office moved to Drifton new building. Jeddo couple wed in Mauch Chunk. Campbell’s meat market planned for Centre and Main in Campbell’s building. Lehigh Valley engineers paid after strike. Gold quartz discovery near Lehighton prompts Penn Forest Coal and Mining Co formation. Local weddings and miscs include Harleigh pair in Hazleton and a bid for a Hazleton Phon event. Ninth Regiment to Philadelphia for McClellan monument unveiling. Death of Rev E Hazard Snowden at 95. Lehigh Univ trustees donate 3500 for electrical equipment. Hazleton hosts large Freeland/Knights of Malta delegation. Wilkes-Barre Home for Aged Women opens new $15000 facility for 36 inmates.

Roan Drifton Godfried Deisler Jeddo Mauch Chunk Sarah Skeath James P. McNelis Campbell’s Walter J. Douglass Lehigh University Milling and Mechanical Institute Silver Wave Lodge Knights of Pythias Cottage Hotel Lehigh Valley John H. Rice Wilkes-Barre Lehighton Penn Forest Coal and Mining Company Edward Garis Sandy Run Matilda MacFarlane White Haven Buffalo Lakes United Mine Workers Schuylkill County Order Philadelphia George B. McClellan E. Hazard Snowden Fortyfort Presbyterian Church Michael Lynch Harleigh Sarah McGinty Hazleton Slatington Baldwin Hazleton Standard Coxe Bros. & Co Silver Brook Goodbart Gertz Ridge and Front ‘Streets Wmn E. Oberrender Oberrender Bethlehem Kekley B. Coxe Dlifton Freeland Knights of Malta Power of Opera House Philopatrian Club Hazle Hall

Personalities on Tour and Local Moves Across Cities

Misses Mary and Lizzie Kelly of Philadelphia vacation with parents on Ridge street. Thomas Evans Jr of South Heberton leaves for Bucknell University. Insurance agent J W Russel moves family from Philadelphia to Freeland. Rev C W Twing and wife visit at Mr Twing’s Brooklyn parents. Agnes Carr, four years and seven months, daughter of John and Bridget Carr, formerly Freeland, born October 6 in Philadelphia. Ice cream and confections offered at low prices by Lau.

Mary Lizzie Kelly Philadelphia Ridge Street Thomas Evans, Jr South Heberton Bucknell University Lewisburg J. W. Russel Freeland C. W. Twing Mr. Twing Brooklyn N. Y

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