Miners examination board report filed in Lackawanna district
Scranton reports the miners examination board of the First Lackawanna district filed in court. The document lists examined dates, counts of refused granted registered receipts expenses and totals, with figures for salaries and board days. Thomas F. Hirtley is noted among others in the January to February entries.
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Miners’ Examining Board
First Lackawanna District
Scranton
Lackawanna County
Thomas F. Hirtley
D L W Board Schedule Captures February Transit
The PD L W board lists today's entries for trains and crews with times in the afternoon and evening. Notable items include Ketchum, Gilligan, McCue, Staples, Wallace, Calvin, Rafferty, Pacer, and Melee Mi Madigan among others, with engine and passenger roles noted at several yards.
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Ketchum
Kearney
P. Gilligan
D. McCue
James Gintes Bo Ryam
G. ‘T. Staples
Big Snow Plow Pushes Hope For Pocono Blizzards
Lackawanna railroad workers await a deep snow to test the Russell snow plow. The 34 by 10 by 12 foot machine weighs 44300 pounds and is designed for double track work on the southern division.
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Lackawanna
Pocono
Louwr
Frank Smiley
Stroudsburg
Russell Snow Plow Company
Boston
Addition to Lackawanna Mills Underway in South Scranton
Contractor Conrad Schroeder broke ground yesterday for a 40 by 80 foot four and five story addition to the Lackawanna mills in South Scranton. The plant will be completed by June 1 and used to manufacture cotton underwear at an extensive scale. It will have a capacity of 500 dozen pieces daily and require a large extra workforce.
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Conrad Schroeder
Lackawanna Mills
Scranton
Wild horses vanish from Texas prairies as numbers dwindle
A Galveston News summary notes wild horses in Texas are nearly extinct with only a few remaining in large pastures. Residents recall hunts and extirpation caused by value disputes, theft of livestock, and enclosure fences, detailing how wild stallions led bands and the practice of “walking down” herds once common.
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Texas
Nan
Wild Horse Roundup Tactics and Tales From the Panhandle
An old observer recalls how roving scouts mapped the wild herd range across the Panhandle northwest to southeast. Riders followed the herd for days, guiding a chase under a full moon, with a master stallion driving laggards before a five day pursuit ends in capture. He notes the hunt yields few worthy mounts and describes creasing as a precise but cruel method.
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Panhandle
Cucking Stool History Reveals Old English Punishment Core
The tale notes early forms of reform like the ducking stool used to curb noisy women. It cites Hackney, Kenilworth, and Beauchamp church crypt as survivors of eighteenth century home rule methods.
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England
Hackney
Hackney Brook
Mare Street
Warwickshire
Kenilworth
Beauchamp Church
Ducking and Scold’s Bridle A Stroll Through Historic Shame
The article recalls brutal historic tamer methods for women deemed scolds including ducking stools in England and Virginia’s tobacco fines. It notes muzzles for prisoners in Cologne and recounts public shaming processes with planks, gag bridles, and village processions, ending with a reflective sigh that modern times spared us these abuses.
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New Jersey
Cologne
Virginia
England
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Royal Gaking Powder CO
William
New York
Lackawanna District
Lackawanna Company
Lackawanna Mill
South
Wildcats Soutil
Frounfelker
Pacer
Warwick
Ip. m
Melee
Madigan
Puller
O. m
Peckins
M. Moran
P. m
M. Murphy
South—C, Cawley
Macgovern
Pied Cats North
J. E. Master
Hennigan
Esrmody
Liverita
Sita
Chicago
Rrah & Thonma
Anna Ave
Big Texas
Grnlveston News
Paris
Bors Waco
Beever
Pilsner
Waintn Street
Suranton, PA
Annally Connollyax Wallace
Scranton’s Shopping Center
Zebeline
Connolly & Wallace
Washington ‘Avenue
Davidow Bros
Mount Pleasant Coal
Connell
Smyrna
Wyoming Avenue
Third National Bank
United States
Capricat
WM. Connell
Henry Belin, Jr
William H. Peck
Mount Pleasant Coal CO
The
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Wisket Barra Pa
Ito
Baltimore
Iad
Ioney
Lackawanna and
Wyoming Avenues
Dm. Prssthen
Florey & Brooks
Washington Ave
Scranton, PA
Laplin & Rand Powder Co
Elctric Hatterson
Eleeric Banlo Ter
Cafely Fussad
Repauno Chemical Co
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