Anniversary of Rev Father A Meuwese Ordination
Sunday marked the seventeenth anniversary of the ordination of Rev Father A Meuwese rector of the Church of Our Lady The Rosary Society and the Sodality presented their pastor with costly gifts. The rector expressed heartfelt gratitude. He spent half of his ministry in Mt Carmel where the local educate has advanced and he is beloved by his people.
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Father A. Meuwese
Church of Our Lady, the Rosary Society
the Sodality
Mennese Hne
Mt. Carmel
Silk Mill Reopens After Nine Week Lockout
Shamokin silk mill resumes operations after a nine week suspension caused by a dispute over union organizing. Operators refused to recognize the union but on Saturday the owners agreed to recognize it, and workers returned to work Monday morning.
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Shamokin
Tamaqua Vulcan Iron Works Laborers Strike
All workers at Vulcan Iron Works Tamaqua go on strike asking for higher pay. They receive 1.20 dollars per day and demand 1.85 matching Wilkes Barre wages. Machinists and moulders back the strikers and threaten to quit if replacements are hired. The shops are crowded with work.
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Vulcan Iron Works
Tamaqua
Wilkesbarre
Death of Mrs Willian Watkins at country home
Mrs Willian Watkins, 44, died Sunday evening at her country home near Numidia after a three month illness of dropsy. She was a devoted mother of seven. The family moved from town to the country four years ago. Funeral services will be held at home this morning before a procession to Alaska Cemetery at eight o'clock. Many friends will meet the funeral.
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Numidia
Willian Watkins
Tcewn
Alaska
Holy Name Society grows at Church of Our Lady
The Holy Name Society, a fast growing Roman Catholic group, met at the Church of Our Lady on Sunday. It reports splendid membership exceeding two hundred men and boys and emphasizes the commandment against taking the Lord's name in vain.
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Holy Name Society
Church of Our Lady Sunday
Northumberland Presbytery opens at Jersey Shore
The Spring session opened with Rev. Herbert Ure and Dr. J. S. Lazarus representing Mt. Carmel church. Commissioners to the General Assembly in Philadelphia in May will be elected, and measures include severing Rev. Mitchell’s local pastoral relations and receiving Rev. Ure into the Presbytery.
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Northumberland
Jersey Shore
Herbert Ure
J. S. Lazarus
Mt. Carmel
General Assembly
Philadelphia
Mitchell
Ure
Here To-Morrow Comes to town with new Olympia circus
Lowery Bros new Olympia shows arrive in town with tenting at the National Park. Performances set for Thursday and Friday April 18 19 with two shows daily. Acts are new this season. Prof McDude will conduct balloon ascensions and daily parachute drops free. Admission 10 cents for all.
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Lowery Bros
Olympia
National Park
McDude
Sumner Homecoming and Arkansas Return Noted
Ray Montelius, a student at the Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery, is home for the Sumner. Miss Sarah Kerr, after six months with relatives in and about Mt. Carmel, leaves for her home in Arkansas today.
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Ray Montelius
Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery
Sumner
Sarah Kerr
Mt. Carmel
Arkansas
Odd Fellows Anniversary Parade Excursion Tickets Offered
Pennsylvania Railroad sells round trip excursion tickets from Novo, Catawissa, Mt. Carmel, Mifflinburg, Troy and nearby points to Williamsport for April 26 with a 25 cent minimum round trip fare. Special trains depart Sunbury at 8 65 a m and return from Williamsport at 10 45 p m with listed stops.
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Order of Odd Fellows
Williamsport
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Renovo
Catawissa
Mt. Carmel
Mifflinburg
Troy
Sunbury
Montandon
Lewisburg
Northumberland
Mil
Watsontown
Dewart
Montgomery
Muncy
Free Bicycle Travel This Year on Pennsylvania and Reading
Bicycles will be carried free on the Pennsylvania and Reading systems this year as in the past. Pennsylvania cites Southern lines pricing bikes as excess baggage, while Northern roads offer free carriage. Last year wheel totals fell about 100,000 from peak travel. Reading Railway confirms continued free bike transport and notes no action yet by the General Passenger Agents Association.
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Pennsylvania
Reading
General Passenger Agents’ Association
US Coal Output Tops Great Britain in 1900
Frederick E. Saward reports in the Coal Trade Journal that U S coal production in 1900 exceeded Britain’s by ten million tons, signaling American dominance in coal and other commodities and foretelling Western influence in global markets.
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Coal Trade
Frederick E. Saward
United States
Great Britain
Mr. Saward
Nction
Men organize to raise cattle for Schuylkill county
In Pottsville men organize to raise all the cattle Schuylkill county will require. The effort attracts general attention with $40,000 already raised to start the venture.
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Pottsville
Schuylkill County
Grace Reform Church Plans Spring Groundbreaking
The Grace Reform church congregation will erect a new up to date church this spring after surveying the ground for the proposed structure. The final building material is undecided but expected to be a credit to the town.
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Grace Reformed Church
Alumni Meeting Set for Thursday Evening at High School
Attention alumni. an important alumni meeting will be held in the High School Building Thursday at 7 30 PM. All former students are urged to attend and be on time.
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W.W. G. Hollister
South Oak Street
Union
Union Factory
W. G. Hollister
W.l.doucias
Rev
Meuwese
Spring House
Will H. Pensyl
South Oak St
Mt. Carmel, Pa
Watkins
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
Odd Fellows
New Grace Reformed Church
Ayer
Buckingham
P. Hare & Co
Nagnua
N. M. Ee
Goldschmidt
Children’s Clothing Department
Black Cat
Chicago- Rockford
Kenosha, Wis
Carmec Pa
Lansdowne
C. C. Leader & Son
Lord’s Novelty Store Rink
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