Easton silk mill wrecked by wind storm
45 years ago a destructive wind storm wrecked the big silk mill at Easton causing 96000 in damage. The item notes local residents visiting, a sale by BR Schlabach, and various town happenings including a Nazareth company treasurer praising management. Also mentions Mary Mack in Bethel Alaska and a Barnum Bailey gorilla incident at Binghamton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pred Rice
Bethlehem
Mie Pred Wunderly
Eugene Boyer
Catasauqua
R. O
Beitel
G. J. Wimmer
Macungie
Clinton Dereamer
Philadelphia
Easton
BR. J. Schlabach
Agricultural Works
Ohio
John George
W. H. Rice
New Drop
Mary Mack
Bethel
Alaska
W. R. Keifer
Alumni reunion and local visits noted in Blairstown area
Eighteen years ago Miss Mary Miller attended the Blairstown Academy alumni reunion. L A Meyers bought a Metz Master Six touring car from J A Ryan Son. Charles Knauss and Oscar Brong hiked to Brodheadsville and visited relatives. Mrs Thomas Keller and son from Easton spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs John Werkheiser. The Misses Florence Leila Buss and Hilda Hagenbuch visited Bethlehem on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Miller
Blairstown Academy
Tragic Austrian Crown Prince Rudolf Mystery
A January 1689 hunting lodge tragedy in Vienna ends with Crown Prince Rudolf and his belle Marie Vetsera dead by gunfire. Friends found the scene, speculating suicide or murder as decades of dynastic scandal shadowed the couple and the throne. Rudolf’s arranged marriage to Princess Stephanie failed to quell his love for Marie. The deaths stunned the empire and historians debate the true cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolf
Prince Philip of
Coburg
Marie Vetsera
Vienna
Franz Joseph
Marie
Hapsburg
Austria
Bes
Local Notes From Nazareth and Bath
Miss Edith Mack head nurse at Lake View Hospital Bridgeton N J visited town with her mother Mrs E T Mack. Several locals including Harry Gower Ralph Fry Jesse Kreidler and Edward Navarre were Budd s Lake visitors. Grover Foltz resigned as Nazareth Waist Co machinist. Ellwood Unangst Nazareth lost a new Ford coupe to auto thieves while his sister Mae traveled to Philadelphia Sunday. Ground broken for a Catholic Church on Washington St Bath with a six month completion goal. Charles Hann of Point Phillips bought a Ford touring from J H Fulmer Nazareth. Rev Beer delivered a strong sermon at Bushkill Centre Church on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Mack
T the Lake View Hospital
Bridgeton
N. J
E. T. Mack
Harry Gower
Ralph Fry
Jesse Kreidler
Edward Navarre
Budd’s Lake
Grover Foltz
Nazareth ‘Waist Co
Victor Stark
Lititz
Philadelphia
Ellwood Unangst
Nazareth
Unangst
Mae Unangst
Washington St
Bath
Charles Hann
Point Phillips
J. H. Fulmer
Naz‘th
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John Reinecke
Schuylkill Haven
Richard M. Johnson
Mable Miller
Hecktown
Milton Hellick
Smoketown
Edelman
Belfast
Dutchey
Whiskers Protective Association
New York
Wallace Rhoads
Union Hotel
Stockertown
Barnum & Bailey
Binghamton
PET
Park Pool
Item Office
Asher
Crown Prince
Beer
Bushkill Centre Church
Pennsylvania
DR. W
Main Street
Nazareth, Pa
Redie
Hummel
Pwlam
Tunein West Daily
H. Gross
S. Main St
Nazareth, Pu
Wina New Hudson
Trroughan
America
Igang
Wa-tn. W
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