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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1893
Page
2
A collage of old items including subscription notices, civic roles in Wilkes-Barre and Freeland, and orchestration of news from Philadelphia. Highlights include centennial attendance figures, Thanksgiving timing, theater advertising shifts, and commentary on counterfeiting and currency reliability.
In a tense altercation at Saints Repose in Ward's Mistake, Shon McGann accuses Pretty Pierre of taking his wife Lucy Rives. Pierre reveals Lucy is his wife, the two men gamble to settle the dispute, and a fatal exchange ends with Pierre mortally wounded, Lucy dead, and Shon enduring the aftermath.
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