Mining disasters and deaths touch Wilkesbarre area
A string of tragic incidents and notices from the Wilkesbarre region includes David Williams injured by a premature blast in the Delaware mine at Mill Creek, Martin Malinski dying in Wilkes-Barre Hospital, and Mine Foreman Thomas R. Williams fracturing his leg after a rock fall. John Conway loses a hand in washery machinery. Frances Van Norstrand dies after an 18 month cancer illness. Ebenezer Flack receives unanimous call to Latrobe pastorate. Miss Nello Lenahan returns from Europe with interview with Pope Leo. Insurance losses paid for large Wilkes-Barre fee include Weitzenkorn & Sons 40000, Langveld Bros ???, Simon Long's Sons 10000. Woltankorn Sons plan ore repairs and addition with electric moving stairway. Three new smallpox cases surface in Plymouth with quarantine. Emergency hospital convalescents rise to 12. nine on road to recovery. Ben Davey Jr., Wilkes-Barre architect, dies at 34 after consumption. wife survives. Dying man from Wilkes-Barre who attended Grand Opera House performance suddenly succumbs to apoplexy.”
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David Williams
Delaware
Mill Crock
Martin Malinski
Plymouth
Wilkesbarre City Hospital
Thomas R. Williams
Nanticoke
John Conway
Ashley
Frances van Norstrand
Wilkesbarre
Tor
Ebenezer Flack
Plymouth Presbyterian ‘Church
Presbyterian
Latrobe
Nello Lenahan
Europe
Pope Leo
Tinsurance
Weitzenkorn & Sons
Langveld Bros
Simon Long's Sons
New York City
Woltaenkorn Sons
Frere
Ben
Davey, Jr
the Deeased
Pleasant Ll
Miles Jack's Creek
Grand Opera House
Fearful Digestion Cure Ads Stir Wartime Readers
A fragmented, era style advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe, non patent remedy for indigestion. It argues fear of embarrassment deters misuse of cures and features testimonials from Jon Chreaten of Hayiela Minnesota and Farrer Peck & Roberta of Pittston. The copy emphasizes the product as a digestion aid rather than a laxative or strong medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universaly
Stuart
I.-C. Chreaten
Jon
Hayiela
Minn
One Min Le Coven Cire Claim For Cough Relief
An advertisement notes immediate relief for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles. It touts safety and child friendliness and lists Farrer Peck and Roberts Pittston and West Pittston as distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dames
Belle River
Farrer, Peck & Roberts
Pittston
Weat
Erie surveyors seek a shorter line between Port Jervis and Lackawaxen
A survey crew aims to cut 12 miles and remove heavy grades and ridges by laying a new line from Port Jervis New York toward Lackawaxen Pennsylvania. Tramps robbed a farmhouse near Forkston Wyoming, taking a revolver and a gold watch with about $110 in cash. The culprits were captured and await trial in Wyoming County. The New England banquet in Scranton features Rev. Joseph Twitchell and Charles F. Littlefield among speakers. Ex-attorney general Hensel will discuss The Pennsylvania Dutch. A. A. Fuller will share Irish topics. A health ad touts Electric Bitters as a cure for gall stones and stomach issues. For rent and sale notes advertise stores and dwellings, plus Wilkes Barre dentists pioneering painless dentistry at 22 N Franklin St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Port Jervis
Sackawaxen
Wiliam Lee
Forkston
Wyoming
New England
Toon
Scranton
Joseph Twitchell
Hartford
Ann
Connecticut
Charles F. Littlefel
Maine
Nelson Dingley
Congress
Ral Hensel
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
A.A. Fuller
Wilkesbarre
Pittston Railway Gauge Sees Mixed Rail Activity
In a fragmented report, details surface about railway movements linking Pittston and nearby towns, including Chicago and Wilkes Barre areas. The brief notes a June timetable, freight and passenger services, with unclear consignments and station stops at Waverly and New Bern.
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Pittston Railway
Ontook
Chicago
Pty Teal Trom Waverly
Wilkes 9
Neweb Srene
Piiteton
Pe.Nor
Lawamf
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Luzerne
Aumana
DR. James
The
Commonwealth
Omething Irish
Mra
J. B. Hunt
W. C. Price
J. H. Houck
D. Stroh
West Pittston
Albany
N. Prankdin St
Difleutt
Phono
Red Star
Main St Pittston
Lis Adler, Bros & Co
Ro. N.Y
B.oppinheimer
William
Market Street
Mayer
Urare
Thos, Elkinton
Hindephin Pa
Xmas
Antrim
Xaas
Lion
Koit Shaw
Randkerchisfo
Globe Warehouse
South Main St
Eermn
Reguar
Cove
Aisses
Brown & CO
Peni
Smn
Smith
Utisbu
Philadelphia
Acranton
CRAY
Gazette Printing Office
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