Notable Local Obits and Ailing Figures Across Susquehanna
A roundup of deaths and health news includes Mrs. Patrick Conery of Forty Fort, Mrs. Dr. A Spencer of Dallas, and John Armstrong of Kingston who died from cancer. Ebenezer Pettebone, once of Dorranceton, was killed in Michigan. Emma Tisch of Wilkes-Barre died of typhoid after seven weeks. Reitz and a boy perished from gas in a lime kiln office. Bishop Warren to preach in Wilkes-Barre. Multiple civic and industry items follow, including water plant sale in Newark and railroad developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Price
Wilkenbarre
Patrick Conery
Forty Fort
A. Spencer
Dallas
John Armstrong
Kingston
Scranton Capitaliate
Newark
Bishop Warren
M. E
Wilkeebarre
Ebenezer Pettebone
Dorranceton
Michigan
Jeddo Coal Co
Harleigh
W.W. Lewis
Lesth Bom
Centralia
Eeer
Kiernan
Pareons Catholic
Paterson
N. J
Alex. Craig
Scranton Tribune
H. M. Neale
Upper Lehigh
Luzerne County Medical Society
Allen Reitz
East Allentown
R. BH. Sayre
Bethlehem Steel Co
Archibald Johnston
Democratic State Committee
Harrisburg
Wilmerding
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Emma Tisch
Louis ‘Tisch
Wilkesbarre
George Ball
Thomas J. Davis
Minersville
Anderson County
Tennessee
Lehigh Valley Management
Bernice
Dushore
North Scranton
O’donnell
Rees Watkins
Providence
Thirteenth Regiment
Wales
Scranton
Bishop Hoban
M. J. Kelly
Eckley
Francis Cansson
Plains Parish
J. ¥. Hussie
Freemansburg
Bethlehem
Lizzie Gerson
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Tunkhannock
Montrose
John B. Jennings
Mehoopany
Jersey Central Railroad
Josephine Meyers
Wesley Rogers
Hawley
Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad
Lackawaxen
John P. Kelly
J. W.W. Clark
Jacob Ellman
P. F. Ryan
Georgetown
William ©. Powell
William Ziegler
Duryea Stabbing Left One Wounded and Two Arrested
Michael Willis, 27, a Duryea laborer, is hospitalized with fourteen knife wounds after a Tuesday morning stabbing on Pettebone street. Martin Krieunio and Michael Tabulis, both from Duryea, are jailed on murder charges. Krieunio allegedly held Willis while Tabulis hacked him. police seek warrants and a hearing before Squire Gilboy. Krieunio, though serious, is not in immediate danger. Willis identifies the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Willis
Duryea
Connell Mine
Pittston Hospital
Martin Krikeunio
Michael Tabulis
Pettebone
Wilba
Krikcunie
Tabale
Rittle
Squire Gilboy
W. H. Gillespie
Erikeunio
Fifth District Democrats clash over delegates at St Aloysius Hall
Two factions in the Fifth Legislative District clashed at a district committee meeting in St Aloysius Hall over the election of three State delegates. The meeting produced two claimed slates and a split committee, with the dispute set to continue at the State Convention. Ed Schussler promotes new incandescent burners for gas jets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Legislative District
St. Aloysius Hall
Thomas H. Hopkins
John H. Mullin
Patrick Finn
John A. McNamara
Hoban
Avoca
Hopkins
John J. McHale
McNamara
Diestrict
Messrs
Peter Conlan
Plains
William Curran
M. N. Donnelly
Finn
Conlan
Curran
Donnelly
Patrick McDonnell
Thomas Murphy
John Connell
John J. Hart
Edward Barrett
BE. J. Burke
John McLoughlin
Charles Hoban
Patrick McAndrew
J. P. Quinnan
M. W. Seer
M. E. Walsh
M. Dillon
John E. Kinney
John Brazeil
Ed. Schussler
Fire destroys five Hawley buildings center of town
A Sunday evening blaze consumed five two story frame buildings in Hawley including Freeman & Sons clothing store Peter Smith liquor store W H Bigarts variety store Dr Cooks dental office and residence and M I Barretts residence. Several stables and outbuildings were destroyed. Estimated loss 80000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawley
Freeman & Sons
Peter Smith
W. H. Bigart
Dr. Cooke
M. I. Barrett
Local neighbor endorsements for Morrows Kidneoids in Pa
Mr and Mrs John Schappert of Wilkes Barre Pa report their twelve year old son’s kidney pain eased after using Morrows Kidneoids. The yellow tablets cost fifty cents a box and are sold at local drug stores including J H Houck's. Manufactured by John Morrow & Co Springfield Ob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
John Schappert
Lehigh Street
Wilkesbarre
Morrow
J. H. Houck
John Morrow & Co
Springfield
Central Coal Mining Company Applies for Charter in State
Application filed at the State Department in Harrisburg for a charter of the Central Coal Mining Company. John B. Law and J. N. Thomas of West Pittston lead a group with three Philadelphia gentlemen to mine soft coal in Clearfield county near Westover. The venture plans 700 acres purchased with options for 1,700 more, four veins B C D E, drifts, coke ovens, and a mining village. Capacity targets of 500 tons daily by July 1, 1900 and 1,500 by January 1, 1901. Capital stock $100,000, bonded for $100,000. Law to be president and GM, Thomas treasurer, Philadelphia partner secretary. Proceedings set to begin operations once chartered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Harrisburg
Central Coal Mining Company
John B. Law
J. N. Thomas
West Pittston
Philadelphia
Clearfield County
Westover
Cambria County
Cambria
Clearfield
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Beech Creek Railroad Company
Newton Coal Mining Company
Exeter Machine Works
The Court House Question and the Eye of God Theme
A Wilkes-Barre Record item notes the county’s dilemma over building or repairing the court house and the Judge Woodward ruling. It then shifts to a sermon praising the human eye’s wonders, detailing its anatomy, functions, and the all seeing eye of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Hay
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Co suit over $100000 breach
James W. Oakford of Scranton, attorney and coal operator, filed a trespass suit last week seeking $100,000 damages from the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Co. He says he obtained an option on a large culm bank at the Nottingham colliery in Plymouth and the company reneged on the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Co
James W. Oakford
Scranton
Oakford
Nottingham
Plymouth
Milk Tea Claims Health Cure for Headache and Skin
An advertisement by Frank Gordon promotes a herb drink named Milk Tea that allegedly cures headache indigestion and constipation. It promises clear skin and a money back guarantee with a 50 cent price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gordon
Obituary notices from Wilkesbarre and Plymouth area
Obituaries report Mrs. Jane Shoemaker widow of Elijah Shoemaker died in Wilkesbarre after paralysis at 79 born in Steuben County New York resided in the valley since 1840. Rollin Ashley Plymouth bookkeeper for Parrish Coal Co died suddenly of heart trouble aged 48. Charles Roessler one of Ransom’s oldest residents died after long illness at 85 born in Germany, early Ransom settler. Abraham Brinker born Monroe County 1809 died in Wyoming after long farming life. seven of ten children survive. Funeral in Ransom Wednesday at 2 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Shoemaker
Elijah Shoemaker
Wilkesbarre
Steuben County
N. Y
Col
Wyoming
Shoemaker
The
Presbyterian Church
Rollin Ashley
Plymouth
Parrish Coal Co
Carbon County
H. H. Ashley
Charles Roessler
Ransom
Germany
John Roessler
Andrew Landsaddle
Elizabeth Roessler
Abraham Brinker
Abraham Rinker
Monroe County
Abraham
Eatonville
Wyoming County
Susanna Young
Emily Conley
Martha A
Lewis Rinker
John W
Michigan
Jacob Kresge
Scranton
Abram
Mary E
E. D. Farman
Tunkhannock
Charles Vaughn
Predicts a Warm Winter by Goose Bone Prophet Elias Hartz
Elias Hartz aged 84, a goose bone weather prophet, predicts the mildest winter on record. He cites three identical white bones with slight purple tips indicating cold in March, but asserts the winter will be no winter at all. He notes fifty years of testing with no failure and expects little snow or ice until March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Heaven
Alps
Mont Blanc
Mount Washington
New England
Boung Brook
St. Frotobert
Katrina
Elias Hartz
New York Sun
John Weasley
John Wesley
Wesley
England
Cornwall
Northumberland
Lancashire
Berkshire
Augustine Birrell
Scribners
No More Charity for Theological Students
The Atlantic editorial attacks indiscriminate charity to theological students, arguing that board and room funded by others invites idlers, harms professional standards, and undermines religious training by replacing merit with easy fellowships and pauperizing the ministry. It warns wise educators fear for college professorships as such fellowships proliferate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William DeWitt Hyde
Atlantic
Christian Ministry
Loyalty to His Employer and Blood Donation
A young man donates blood to save his employer, illustrating heroism and the value of good blood. The item promotes Houstetter's Stomach Bitters as a diges tive aid to produce red blood and health, ending with a local ad for domestic sewing machines at Emigh's on Water Street Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heroima
Houstetter
Emigh’s
Water St
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NEW Soft Coal Company
Court House
DR. Talmage
Louis Klopsch
Washineton
Arctic
Gulf
Archibald Alexander
Charles G. Finney
George Whitefield
Martin Luther
Adrian
Samson
Christ
Bartimeus
John Milton
Zusculapius
Havelock
India
Cawnpur
Nana Sahib
France
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All Seeing Eye
Earl of Bridgewater
Charles Bell
Coruna
Waterloo
Bridgewater
Herschel
Fraunhofer
Archangel
God
Eye of God
Beecham
Mrs. Jane Shoemaker
DR. Greene
Caroline Chases
Creat Por Gowees Rees
Lane
Greene
Westna St
New York City
Chilvers Coton
Ann
William Hill
Alec Harriet
Mark Xifi
William F. Sands
United States
Seoul
Mye
Korea
Pier
Clarence Greathouse
Sapolio
Eee Galdiai
Ben
M. N
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Altea
Ladies’ Watch Chain
Lion Copper
Elaine
Betoni Woolson
Toledo
Ohi
DR. James
Century Cook Book
Behaanyeane
Liza
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