January 1901 Sunbury court term opens with 63 civil trials
The January session of the Court of Common Pleas at Sunbury opens Monday January 7, 1901 with a list of sixty three civil suits. Many cases have delayed progress due to illness and prep time. Several notable matters include Mt. Carmel church case, Pp J Cleary versus Mt. Carmel Water Co, and other coal and damage suits. The session also covers a major political shift as Quay gains control of the legislature.
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Sunbury
Court of Common Pleas
Mt. Carmel
Oran
Pp. J. Cleary
Shenandoah
Mt. Carmel Water Company
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
The
Mineral Railroad & Mining Company
W. C. Wright
Shamokin
Wright
Charles Berry
Henry Paul
Mittehler
Shipman
Lark
Moser
Shamokin Township
Czenski
Andrew Bellet
Quay
House
Koontz
Senate
Adams
Susquehanna
Harrisburg
Friends of
Phila
Inves
Reverend Harris Departs After Farewell Service
The Tabernacle overflowed Sunday evening for Rev. R. N. Harris's farewell to his congregation. Dr. T. W. Jones delivered the sermon, and Rev. Harris and Rev. Davis assisted at communion. Dr. W. T. Williams gave the final address and presented a $250 gold purse to the departing pastor.
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R. N. Harris
County Officials Make Key Appointments
Register and Recorder elect Van Devender Tuesday appointed his brother J E VanDevender of Northumberland and J N Bucher of Milton as clerks. The County Commissioners keep the present prison warden and other Jurisdictional appointments the same as last year. Michael Corcoran remains prison warden for another year.
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VanDevender
J. E. VanDevender
Northumberland
J. N. Bucher
Milton
Carmel
Michael Corcoran
Marines Birch and Powers Return to Manila After China Duty
Daniel Birch and John Powers of the First Battalion U S Marines were sent to China and have returned to Manila where they expect to stay until sent home. Birch was wounded in the arm in the last engagement with Chinese forces and reports the wound healing. He also sent home a Chinese campaign relic a watch chain crafted from seven countries’ silver coins.
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Daniel Birch
John Powers
Town
U.S
China
Birch
Manila
Joan
Tramps Work Ordinance Spreads to Danville
Danville adopts tramp ordinance in line with Catawissa. Trespassers and vagrants must work off fines on borough roads, reducing visible vagrancy in the town. The policy mirrors neighboring municipal practice and enforces work as payment.
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Danville
Catawissa
Boy's Leg Break After Skating Collision
Thirteen year old Prank Youna, son of Drui cist Joseph Youna, was thrown during a skating mishap on Wiefers. He could not rise, his right leg hung limp. Lintry Bier schimnitz and Jamies Trollister rigged a chair of boards and carried him home. Dr Tranton found the leg bone broken clean below the knee.
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Wiefers Dat
Joseph Youna
Vielout
Lintry Bierschimnitz
Jamies Trollister
Century of Change From 1800 to 1900 in America
A compact survey lists rapid shifts in transport, media, education, labor, and industry from 1800 to 1900. It notes telegraph proximity, canal and rail milestones, growth in newspapers and libraries, the rise of colleges, labor costs, slavery decline, and early female lectures by Fanny Wright, among other items.
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Europe
California
New York
San Francisco
Battery
Harlem
City Hall
Fourteenth Street
Atlantic
Australia
Eingland
Congress
Sydney Smith
America
Fanny Wright
The New Officers Elected by Daughters of Liberty
The Daughters of Liberty have elected officers for the ensuing term. Councilor Lizzie Frank Asso, Vice Councilor Rose Edwards, Vice President Bertha Lord Asso, Anna Smith as Recording Secretary, Alley Fisher as Assistant Secretary, Lizzie Kauffman as First Secretary, Walter Kehler as Financial Secretary, Eva Noll as Clerk, Inden Byneh as Guard, Angeline Reitz as Guard, and David Tschopp as Trustee.
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Daughters of Liberty
Lizzie Frank Asso
C—Rose Edwards
Bertha Lord Asso
Anna Smith
R. See
y—Alley Fisher
A. See
Lizzie Kauffman
F. See'y
Walter Kehler
Rebecca Phillips Ciuide
Eva Noll O. Guard
Inden Byneh T. Guard
Angeline Reitz Trastee
David Tschopp
Miss Arnes Orto and Mary Bower Visit Deppen kin
Miss Arnes Orto of Dornsife and Miss Mary Bower of Shamokin are guests of Miss Kivazie Deppen for a few days. Miss Gertie Doeppen returned to studies at Pachuell University Thursday.
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Arnes Orto
Dornsife
Mary Bower
Shamokin
Kivazie Deppen
Gertie Doeppen
Pachuell University
Great Convention Set for February in Indianapolis
The Great Convention in Indianapolis aims to organize labor by having operators sign a wage scale lasting one year. With only one month left, non union workers must join the organizations before the convention.
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Tndianapolis
Centralia Letter and Town News Roundup
The Columbia County Court hears a petition to form a separate Midvalley No 2 election district. Alex Buchanan, missing for about a year, returns from Los Angeles where he worked as a collector for Gately & Briton. Jacob Pollard dies at Troutwine Street home after long miners asthma. The Legion banquet and entertainment set for Wednesday promises to be a social highlight. James Coliban travels to Quaker City for cash investment, brings home a Matchless Cunningham piano noted as a fine addition to his household.
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Alex Buchanan
Los Angeles
Cal
Gately & Briton
Jacob Pollard
Troutwine Street
Pollard
Legion
James Coliban
Quaker City
James
Local Justice of the Peace Candidates List Mt Carmel Mt Carriel
A political card notices several residents announcing candidacies for Justice of the Peace in Mt Carmel Borough. Names include Richard Boelcke William Amour Joman Carl Jr Newton L Yarnall Preston A Voyaur with party nomination notes and pledges to serve the public honestly.
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Justice-Of-The-Peace
Justice of the Peace of
Mt. Carriel Borough
Mt. Carmel Borough
Mt. Carmel
Justice-Of-The-Pieaceh
Mt. Carmine
Republica
Newton L. Yarnall
Justice-Of-The-Peacee
Manounee
Justice
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Lair Artie
IFS
Rev. Harris
Royal Baking Powder CO
Centralia Letter
Columbia County Court
Midvalley No.2
Litluky
Richard Boelcke
Tio
William Amour
Joman Carl, JR
Preston A. Voyaur
Ayer
B. P. Hall & C3
Nashua
Ikes Store
Mr. Carmec Fa
North Oak Street
Z. C. Leaders
Mt. Carmel, Penna
Lord’s Novelty Store Rink
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