Boy Saved From Trains By Quick Thinking Edgar George
In Wilkes Barre a boy named Corbett narrowly escaped being cut to pieces by a south Jersey Central flyer when his foot was caught on a guard rail near Parsons station. Edgar George, a clerk for Lehigh Valley Coal Co., steadied the boy and pried his foot free as the train bore down. The scene was tense but George acted with courage, lifting the boy and shielding him until the engine passed, earning praise for his quick forethought.
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Edgar George
Lehigh Valley Coal Co
Wilkesharre
Parsons
Corbett
Parsons Station
Ays
Nainty
George
Settlement Talk Aims to End Rendham Shiner Strike
A committee met yesterday with striking shiners at Rendham collieries to discuss the three months long dispute sparked by yardage cuts and timber-setting compensation alleged to violate the anthracite strike award. Officials expect a settlement after the conference. Taxes are ready including a one percent cut in city and school taxes if paid before July 4, 1906.
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Rendham
P. Wadagee
Timely Dose of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters Promoted
A vintage advertisement touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion dyspepsia costiveness biliousness and heartburn. It claims the tonic has proven merit in thousands of cases and urges readers to try it when tongue is coated and stomach unsettled.
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Mostetter
Peck's Bad Boy Returns in New Walt McDougall Cartoons
Walt McDougall brings back Peck's Bad Boy with new humorous pictures to debut Sunday June 10. The strip begins with the Boy introducing his little sister to the grocer as the first scene, promising fast and furious humor with each following panel. The North American also reports continued demand for Amelia E Barr's The Man Between and notes the new serial will run in the Sunday edition.
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Walt McDougall
Peck
Oing
Ming
Amelia E. Barr
Hoe
Deadly Serpent Bites and Old Time Cures Featured
A column blends notices from a patent medicine ad for Bleetrle Bitters sold by Mayo's Pharmacy and West Pittston druggists with assorted local items. It mentions a railroad clerk victimized by stock holdings, a restaurant with full menu and late hours, comments by Champ Clark on dueling, and a curious London Times tale about a Constantinople man who drank corrosive substances for years.
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India
A. Brown
West Pittston
Turkey
London ‘Times
Constantinople
Simar
unclear fragmentary text about hair tonic and Dandrocide effects
Fragmentary OCR line describes a hair tonic glow and references Pandrocide and Dandrocide with mentions of growth and supply. Seems part of an illustrated bot image and unclear context.
Pittston Board of School Control meeting notes
The Pittston Board of School Control met last evening in the high school room presided by A T Walsh. They scheduled a June 18 on foot tour of school buildings to inspect properties and plan repairs. They approved a tax duplicate and discussed the graded night school and pending actions. The meeting also named standing committees including Supplies, High School, Course of Study, Text Books, Night School, Printing, Building, Auditing, and Discipline.
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WHS
Pittston
John Kearns
Pittstan
Joyce
Frank Flannery
Curry
Allen Burke
Walsh
Mangan
Gowan
Powers
Newcomb
Tu High School
Stoan
Manan
Smiles
Schwab
Connell
Lavelle
Jordan
Reilly
Fordan
Cawley
Quinn
Doyle
Kearney
Tufty
Loughney
Relley
Langan
Murphy
Lavelie
Evil Eye in Shakespeare’s Richard II Influence of the superstition
A Notes and Queries note argues that Shakespeare subtly employed the evil eye belief to explain Richard II’s seductive power over others. It cites Globe texts I, II, III and other passag es where terms like infection devil and demony eye surface, suggesting contemporaries linked Richard’s charisma to supernatural influence.
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Shakespeare
England
Elizabeth
Richard
Lim
Ann
Ann Nevil
Gloucester
Anne
Margaret
Duchess of York
Two Gentlemen Meet a Silent Kentucky Recluse
Two travelers in Kentucky hill country halt near a cabin and encounter a lean solitary man, who speaks little. The scene hints at isolation and frontier life as they exchange brief observations while time seems to stand still in the clearing.
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Hill
Kentucky
Ormer
Hamaulay
Little boy drowns after bridge accident in Bradford county
A Tuesday night tragedy in Bradford county ended when Timothy White driving from Athens to Smithfield township lost control near a washed out Walcott creek bridge. His three year old son slipped from him as the carriage tipped into six feet of water and the boy drowned. the aunt reached shore while the body was recovered at daybreak downstream.
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Bradford County
Timothy White
Athens
Smithfield Township
Ark
Walcott Creek
Pebble in Head Cited After Scalp Injury
Sterling, a Sayre restaurant keeper, suffered years of terrify pain until a customer opened his scalp with a pocketknife and a pea sized pebble was removed. He links the wound to a shallow water dive during the betching season at Catherine, N. The doctor then failed to cleanse the wound properly, leaving a foreign substance.
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An, Sterling
Sayre
Sterling
Catherine
John Fisher Dead at Bald Mountain Community
John Fisher, 50, long-time Bald Mountain resident and farmer, died after a year and a half illness. Survived by wife and children Ida, Harry, Daniel, and Gideon, plus two brothers. Interment in Deafness Cannot be Cured ton. Fisher endured stomach cancer with fortitude and was deeply respected for his kindness and help to neighbors.
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John Fisher
Bald Mountain
A. M. Kresge
Mr. Fisher
Ida
Harry
Daniel
Gideon
Local Trade Pitch Urges Quick Orders for Savings
A terse advert urges readers to place orders now to maximize value. It pitches immediate purchasing, promises lower prices, and frames the exchange as a mutual gain where the seller seeks money and the buyer seeks goods.
Sacks and Brown Offer Summer Suits and Accessories
Stores advertise men and boys summer wear including suits at 12 and 15 dollars, tropical worsteds and serges from top makers priced 10 to 22 dollars, ready today with hot weather clothing. Features include washable boys suits, straw hats, negigee shirts with soft collars, linen mesh underwear, belts, suspenders and lightweight hosiery.
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Hast
Schafner & Mared Benjamin & Co
Sen Peck
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