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Newspaper
The Daily Sentinel
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1913
Page
4
Readable items from the August 19 1893 Bloomsburg Daily files note visits in Kingston and Tamaqua, a painting contract for a Normal addition, local residents’ trips to Mahanoy City Fishingcreek creek conditions and small town events including health inspections and a hospital note.
A series of petitions for Mt Pleasant township offices are on file. Candidates include F P Davis for tax collector Scott Hauck for judge of election C R Kressler Jr for school director R S Kressler for road supervisor and Hiram Everett for inspector.
Daily notes list residents and visitors with movements and trips. A.C. Hidlay helps draw September jury while summer cottage at Forks sustains him. Numerous names and towns feature travelers from Wildwood to Shamokin and Philadelphia with visits to East Main Street households.
The report lists jurors for numerous townships and centers including Berwick, Catawissa, Fishing Creek, Madison, Orangeville, Pine, Roaring Creek, Sugarloaf, West Berwick, and others. Also noted is a feature on a million dollar forgery in the New York World and a lurid street observation on Centre street followed by a county controller remark and a critique of local youth opportunities.
A list of candidates across townships in Catawissa and surrounding areas shows various party affiliations. Democratic and Republican hopefuls include auditors, supervisors, school directors, inspectors, and judges of election led by figures such as David Wenner Vernon Cox Jerre Nuss I. H. Fisher Miles Fisher J. C. Shuman E M Renn Albert Hartman and others. The notice outlines candidates for township and borough roles including assessor collector registry assessor and treasurer.
The Custer family reunion gathered at A. T. Young's Light Street home with many members from Columbia County and guests from farther away. Attendees included J. Burlingame and family, W. A. Custer and relatives, and others from town.
Miss Ruth Hartzel of Espy and Stanley Harvey of town wed at 8 pm Monday in the home of Ray Fowler Berwick. Rev C R Botsford officiated. They plan to reside in Espy and are welcomed by friends. bride’s father runs Espy hotel. At McIntyre family reunion officers and committees were elected for J P Hoagland president Ezra Yocum vice president Besse Long secretary and more with committees on program and entertainment.
B W Jury begins erecting a double tenement on Centre Street between Seventh and Eighth, with a second similar project planned nearby. J M Robbins starts four new double houses on East Fourth Street, one brick and three frame structures.
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