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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1893
Page
4
The notice explains subscription terms for the Buckley newspaper and how to read labels showing paid status, urges prompt reporting if papers are not received, and notes arrearages must be paid on discontinuation. It lists officials and local places, ending with Freeland Pa October 30 1893.
A detailed Wilkes-Barre Times notice praises The Fairies Well at Music Hall with star Mr. Timmons and a strong cast. The Irish drama centers on a luxury upbringing, a mortgaged estate, a reforming father who dies in America, a villain’s plan to foreclose, and a waterfall scene in Condon Heights. The production is lauded for pacing, realism, and scenic effects, with repeats announced and a matinee forthcoming. The piece also explains the new ballot law simplifying straight-ticket voting and warns about potential invalidation for split-ticket marks. Subscribe for the Tribune.
A Freeland column notes readers eyeing plays at the opera house, with patrons rushing out during acts to drink. It warns saloonists about Sunday sales, mentions Ed Mulligan’s Philadelphia trip and a large whiskey shipment sold locally, and observes tepid political activity from Democrats on the North Side ahead of the election.
A 1890 story recounts an Italian woman who disguised herself as a man to work on a Pennsylvania railroad. She toiled to save money for her parents, was uncovered by a former neighbor, but her foreman allowed her to continue. She remained hopeful her family would soon join her in America. Also noted are local ads for wallpaper and painting, a reward for a missing rabbit dog, and a jewelry repair shop near the Central Hotel.
October 31 exhibition Pilgrims Progress by Rev Thomas Weightman at P M church Fern street adults twenty cents children ten. The Faries Well comedy at Freeland opera house admission twenty five thirty five and fifty cents. November 17 Ball of Eckley Social Club at Freeland opera house admission fifty cents. November 19 Tigers Athletic Club entertainment at Freeland opera house admission ten fifteen and twenty five. November 21 Hungarian masquerade ball at Freeland opera house. November 2 Fourth annual Jeddo Progressive Club ball at Freeland opera house admission fifty cents. November 29 and 30 Tea party and oyster supper Owena Council No 47 Degree of Pocahontas Cottage hall tickets twenty five cents.
An auction and sale notice lists a Centre Street Freeland house and lot with further particulars at the office, plus a West Washington Street lot between South and Fourth with contact for Freeland. A white hound Toby with brown ears and tail spot, scar under the neck, answers to Toby, is missing with a reward to Charles Dusheck Freeland Hee. A cheap sale offers a house and lot on the road from Freeland to Upper Lehigh below Harmony Hall. inquiries go to John Schnee Bir kbeck and Johnson, Freeland.
An antiquated market advertisement details Bonny Hour No 1 and a wide range of goods with prices, from meats and fish to cakes and staples like sugar, rice, oats, currants, and raisins. It boasts a large selection of dry goods, textiles, gloves, shoes, carpets, and furniture with promotional half-price offers on coats and parlor sets.
James McCool of 189 North Wyoming Street Hazleton Pa recounts years of catarrh reliefless, headaches, dizziness and throat drops, claiming Dr Riegel's treatment brought full recovery after failed efforts by Hazleton New York and Philadelphia physicians, and invites inquiries about his method.
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