Hazleton and county notes from the region
Hazletonians complain of high fre insurance rates while Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre mines run twenty days this month. A fire damages John Murray's War Ring Run house. Weatherly elder Barney Campbell dies. Parsons eisteddfod planned for Thanksgiving. Prof C B Smith re elected principal. Welsh church improvements planned in Edwardsville. Postmasters Simeon Rittenhouse Mountain Grove and Nathan Sorber West Nanticoke named. Jubilee song prize at Parsons Labor Day eisteddfod. Rev Dr Josiah Strong starts Evangelical Alliance branch at Shenandoah to aid assimilation of foreigners. Polander near Wilkes-Barre injured after trying to board a moving engine. both legs crushed. James Donnelly, 18, severely injured in Lance mine accident. Fountain Springs hospital promotes Dr George W Reese. appoints Dr William T Davies and Dr Charles H Swank as assistants. Tamanend borough to hold July 20 special election for $60,000 water main improvements. Beaver Meadow vote counted. Republicans win all but one post. Stauffer burgess, Williams tax collector, August constable, Kelly assessor. Zehner vs Lehigh Coal case verdict £15,000 for damages from coal dirt in the Lehigh River. Largest verdict yet in Schuylkill county.
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Edwardsville
Siméon Rittenhouse
Mountain Grove
Nathan C. Sorber
West Nanticoke
Parsons
Josiah Strong
New York
Evangelical Aliance
Shenandoah
Fountain Springs
George W. Reese
William T. Davies
Davies
Charles H. Swank
Sunbury
Tamanua
Beaver Mendow
J. M. Stauffer
John Williams
John August
John Kelly
Dredge Fire Fatalities Leave One Missing
In Pittston on June 12 Maurice Reynolds, the lone survivor among three men, remains in critical condition after a dredge blaze. Fire crews found only one charred body, that of John Kyler, with Captain Reynolds presumed drowned after escaping the burning cabin and leaping into the river. A sustained search continues for the missing captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittston
Maurice Reynolds
John Kyler
Reynoelds
Pottsville Man Held After Fatal Blow in Street
Thomas Potts was jailed after being charged with the murder of Joan Liddell who died in Pottsville hospital from injuries allegedly inflicted after Potts was harassed by her. Friends say Potts struck her with a heavy fist causing a fatal skull fracture as she fell on the curb. Liddell was married and leaves a family.
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Pottsville
Thomas Potts
Joan Lidell
Pottsville Hospital
Potts
Liddell
Andelay
Two Prisoners Escape Susquehanna County Jail
Two inmates Frank Griffin and George Wood escaped from the Susquehanna County Jail by sawing an unused cell, crawling through a cellar and hole to the yard, using clothes lines to scale the wall. They fled after stealing a load of lumber and were recaptured the next day near Heart Lake and Deposit New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montrose
Frank Griffin
George Wood
Puriday
Wood
Heart Lake
Grinin
Deposit
N. Y
Miner Dies of Afterdamp After Gas Ignition
The body of Martin Smith, a miner, was found at the Phoenix colliery in Duryen after he entered an abandoned section and ignited gas with a naked lamp. He perished from afterdamp, not from the blast, near Wilkes-Barre on June 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Martin Smith
Phoenix
Duryen
Zehner Wins 818000 Against Lehigh Coal Co
David Zehner receives heavy damages totaling 818000 after arbitration with Lehigh Coal Company of Pottsville. Arbitrators conclude in June that Zehner is owed the sum for damages specified in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Zehner
Lehigh Coal Company
Pottsville
Bricklayer Falls From Mill Stock On Construction Site
A bricklayer named Amos fell from the third story of a flour mill under construction in Bloomsburg on Saturday. He was unconscious when found and is not expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomsburg
Amos
Marriage of Misa OBrien to James Hartnett planned
The wedding will be a nuptial Mass at St. Marys church tomorrow at 7.90 oclock. The text also reports on a new school board, officers of the Sons of St George, legislative act protecting mine workers, a LincolnWyoming baseball mishap injuring Newlin, and various local society and school updates.
Susquehanna GOP Convention At Montrage Tomorrow
A Republican convention for Susquehanna county is set for Montrage tomorrow. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Jock Alexander Saturday morning. M D Evans foreman at Alllside Coat and Iron Forest City slope will go to Wales early July for about two months. Enterprise Hose company met Friday evening admitting two new members Howard P Johne and Ellsworth F Ames. Fire rooms now lit by electricity. Forest City school board met Friday evening after inspecting the building noting plaster has fallen off in places.
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Susquehanna County
Montrage
Jock Alexander
M. D. Evans
Forest City
Alllside Coat and Iron Company
Wales
Enterprise Hose Company
Howard P. Johne
Ellsworth F. Ames
Forest City School Board
Wall Paper Price Menu Fragment
Fragmentary newspaper listing shows wall paper prices with per roll figures 15e 20¢ and 26¢ sections 15¢ 25¢ 85¢. Contains unreadable text and variation in cents.
Miracles of modern surgery illuminate the living body
Washington report by Rene Bache highlights dramatic advances in surgery. Electric illumination reveals internal anatomy, guiding brain tumor removal, heart repairs, liver operations, dental transplants, and bone replacement. New antiseptic methods, X rays for hair removal, and eye care also transform patient outcomes and extend life expectancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Providence Journal
Rene Bache
Medical Congress
Rehm
Frankfort-on-the- Main
James Kerr
Trouve
Comte de Paris
Bond
Inaa
Market Summary from New York June 1 Sugar Leads Trading
Sugar rallied strongly as market tone shifted on sugar developments. Coal stocks showed notable strength early, with total stock sales at 110 751 shares reported by William Linn Aly. Len & Co. in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Linn
Aly Len & CO
Mears
New Medical Advances From Thyroid to Typhoid Diagnostics
The article surveys recent medical progress including thyroid extraction to treat goiter, thyroid gland enlargement correction, and sheep thyroid extracts shrinking the gland. It notes a new typhoid test using blood sample germ detection and a small hearing-tube device acting as a medical telephone to map body organs for size changes and displacements.
Dairy Industry Fragments Mention Various Firms and Prices
OCR text lists multiple dairy firms and product terms with scattered prices and places. References include Wweetern steam refined firm con tinent July closed e and state dairy O4alhye with imitation creamery terms. Details are fragmentary and non-cohesive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wontetti Sreveneey
Halse
State
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Provision Market Summary
Wheat and corn steady to unchanged across contract months with firm prices for oats and rye. Hogsheads and barrels fill the pork and beef markets as poultry remains quiet. refined sugars show moderate demand while farmers report sizable flour and grain receipts and shipments for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Ibalbigee
Egee
Krone
Marc
Matic
Chicago Grain Market Report from July 12
The leading futures showed mixed bids with Wheat and Corn contracts listing several July September prices. Cash quotes cover flour, spring and winter wheat, red and white corn, oats, rye, barley, flaxseed and pork products with receipts and shipments tallied for flour, oats and barley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
O.c
New York Live Stock Prices and Trade Report
New York Live Stock reports cattle receipts with no trading activity cited. American steers quoted around Malligo, refrigerator beef at 54a% and exports totaling 1,082 beeves and 4,340 quarters. Calves receipts 316 head with a firm market. veals $6.0 to 3.7. Sheep and lambs receipts 1.9% head, market dull. sheep about 104.50, yearlings 3,764.80, hogs 1,921 head, market lower to 2.0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Malligo
Inaba
Market Report East Buffalo Cattle Hogs and Sheep
East Buffalo New York June 12 cattle receipts all consigned through market quiet hog receipts two cars market fairly active Yorkers fair to choice eight dollars and five cents roughs common to good six dollars and three cents pins good to choice dollars six oh five totals sheep and lambs receipts one car market quiet and steady lambs choice to prime four dollars and eighty to four dollars seventy six cents culls common to good dollars four to four twenty five sheep choice to selected wethers four dollars twenty five to four dollars forty dollars.
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East Buffalo
N. Y
Ai.i
Radway's Pills Advertised for Digestive Ailments
An advertisement touts Radway's Pills as a remedy for constipation inward piles stomach acidity nausea heartburn and other digestive disorders. It notes a few doses will “free the system” and offers price per box with mail order from Dr Radway & Co New York.
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Radway
Dr. Radway & CO
Lock Box
New York
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Eee
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Neenee
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Hood
el Prom
Cig
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Lackawanna Ave
Redelen
Haif
Gerson
Julius Traubott
Lack. Ave
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Wyoming Avenue
Capital
WM. Connell
Henry Belin, Jr
William H. Peck
Wolf & Wenzel
Adams Ave
Court Howes
Richardson Boynton
Smyrna Rug and Carpet Sale
Smyrna
S. G. Kerr
Wyoming House
Maloney Oil and Manufacturing CO
Meridian ST
M. W. Collins
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