Local notices and obituaries from Wilkesbarre district
Mrs James of Plymouth recently underwent an appendicitis operation. Delegates elected for the Young Women’s Christian Association at West Chester Normal School will attend the International convention at Silver Bay Lake George after the current term. Luzerne county Fifth District Democrats plan a June 18 convention for legislative candidates. Hanover township appoints James Leist to the new school board. Wyoming Seminary track team takes second at Syracuse. Colgate wins, Rochester third. Obituaries report deaths of Mrs Mary McGeever and Oliver Kurts. Kurts, 60, died of apoplexy. David G Davin, formerly of Ashley, dies in Sayre at 64. Local graduates listed from Gathigh School. Accidents include a Susquehanna Coal Co shaft incident, a pole worker badly burned, and a 12-year-old heart disease death in Wilkes-Barre. James workers meeting in Nanticoke shows labor enthusiasm. Court notes and minor crimes headline local legal actions.
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Democratic Committee
Luzerne County
Plymouth
Hanover Township
James Leist
Lee Park
Wyoming Seminary
Syracuse
Colgate
Rochester
Michael O'Neill
Attores O'Neil
Wilkesbarre
Jim
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Joseph McGinty
Mra
Mary McGeever
Newtown
Wilkesbarre Township
Oliver Kurta
Jersey Central Locomotive
Ashley
Arte Sram
Ac Unual
Kurts
le Inightoo
Hiserne
Brotherhood of Lacomo
Masonic Order
Youn Peo
Gathigh’ School
Marion le Davenport
Bile Jayne
David
Edward Kramer
Lena. Durbl
Saul Hinge Lees
Hugo
Gensel
John Ladies
Netlawk
Stamey Mot
Emma Bueden
Balin M
Folds
G. Heffernan
Mary. Wi
Mabelle H. Hachlander
Nelle Worthington
Susquehanna Coal Co
Nanticoke
Christian
Freeland
F. M._Koslowski
Boe
Benjamin Ely
Wyoming Valley ‘Traction Co
Arthur ‘Trethaway
Wil. Kenbarre
Jin Madison Gunderman
Shlekaninny
Constablecher
Fo Gery
First National Bank
Shekshinny
L. Z. Seward
Smouiters Hall
Wil- Thaa HE. Owen
Wan
New Bourth
Reuben W. Risley
Forty Fort
Ham
Daniel C. Teed
King
Reed
Aesautt- Sa
Jesse A. Aiden
Foster
Republican County Committee
Atchael Conway
Itvery Stable
Wan Pata
Conway Wan
Oud Park
the Traction Co
Hanover Townadi
Wilkesbarre IL
Local Meeting Delays Demand for Wage Increase
A party at Valley Junction postponed a vote on a wage increase pending a June decision to see if the company will grant the raise voluntarily. In Plymouth a superintendent narrowly avoided injury when a car and streetcar collided in a tight roadway. Horner and family escaped harm. Wilkes-Barre electric lighting changes from open to closed lamps without council approval prompted a resolution to restore old lamps, with City Solicitor McHugh stating the company will not be paid for lighting until the lamps are replaced.
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Tang Valley
Tsk
Frank Hoftner
Plymouth
Ato
Mobile
Indy
Horner
Witkenbarre
Aldo
Knights gather in Stroudsburg for Malta Temple ceremony
Knights of Malta from various states plan to meet in Stroudsburg on Wednesday to mark the corner stone laying of the Malta Temple of St John's Commandery. Shortstop Divens of York and Alter of Lancaster were suspended for two and three days, respectively, after a fight in York last Friday. Nine miners burned in a gas explosion at Brazeville Gas Coal Co. near Monongahela Saturday night. boss Crawford Linsey and fire boss James Mucklevaney among victims, feared sight loss for both. Child missing near Berwick found safe that evening. town mobilized for days. The article also notes a firemen convention, county fair dates, and other small town incidents surfacing in the region.
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Knights of Malta
Eliates
Stroudsburg
Malta
Brazeville Gas Coal Co
Monongahela
Crawford Linsey
James Mucklevaney
Jacob Kindig
Berwick
Trampa
Joe
W. Welns
Tunkhannock
Five County Firemen’ Association
County Agricultura Society
Carlie
Nix
Hutier
Hanover
York County
Wreath
Eaward DeMtarra
Tancanter Thre Departiment
Linghi Tatanty
Stroudsbore
Montgomery County
Coopersburg
Lehigh County
Plagman
Oscar Swarts
Della Lan
Rise
Fin
Ata
Swarts
Freeland
Fourpenters
Lackawanna
D. J. Sweeney
Archie McVaush
San Francisco
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L. Mc Dougall
J. N. Terwilliger
Pittston
Tminers’ Bank Build
Pittston, PA
Stegmaiers
Stegmaier Brewing Company
Wew ‘Pwome
WELCH
Main St
Market St
Pennsylvania Avenue
Temple Coal & Iron Co
Erdman
Cmpany
Brodrick
Bohan
Kemp
Balsam
Asc
Soc
M. F. Gilroy
North Main St
Eagle Hotel
Chicago
N. Main St
William St. i
Fitch’s. Dla
Fitch &Nebone
South Main St
Myers & Cray
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Petticoat
Patente Cinece Globe
Geo. F. Buss
Opposit Water St
Sailor
John Keuly
Brown & Co
William Street
Kaschenbach Furnishes
Hashenbach
WARP
Opalite
Our City
B. B. Hee Co
Wee Mas Ea Wien
Glasgow
Londonderry
New York
Caledonia
Columbia
Astoria
Parnessia
B. Carpenter
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