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Newspaper
Valley Vigilant
Location
Saint Johns, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1905
Page
4
A speech urging farmer laborers to unite with workers and inventors, stressing interdependence among laborers. It calls for remonetization of silver, restoration of confidence in business, and political support for leaders who defend labor interests.
The speaker calls for unity among laboring people including farmers and all who contribute to society. Emphasis on equal taxation, protecting property, and balancing industry with justice. Urges kindness to wives and children, better homes, and practical comforts like ovens and ranges to ease domestic life. (To be continued.)
A working man’s potato method counts against acid and alkali in boiler water at Carnegie Steel. Potatoes’ starch neutralizes river water acidity, greatly extending boiler tube life amid reports of rapid corrosion. Also notes cold injuries of a Hazleton worker and Lincoln’s birthday anniversary observance.
Community members travel to Berks Weatherly Beaver Meadow and Hazleton on various days. Names include Quakake Detrick Leininger Wetzel Krapf Miller Gerhard Reed and Woodring with births visits and sleighing parties. A son was born to Daniel and Mrs Burkey of Hudsondale.
Bedfast Mrs A E Houseknecht of Seybertsville is ill. Several residents make or receive visits including Miss Lawn from Sayre visiting Conyngham, Miss Bertha Mumey from Hollywood visiting Wesley Betterly, and Miss Mattie Peters of Hobbie with Gill Peters. Mrs Nancy Hicks of Berwick buried. Hazleton Sentinel sale discussed with politicians eyeing plant at 15000. Ina Minnich of Hazleton visits Sugarloaf resident.
A $25 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who poisoned a dog. Named contributors include Charles Uplinger $10 Mike Evanko $10 Charles Balliet $5. Other notes mention McHenry, Pie Foot, and W T Roth buying Kemp farm at Seybertsville for about $2 100.
Freeland residents Hobbie and Emma Wolf visited parents while Abraham Moyer showed a recently bought gray horse from Alonzo Rarick. Friday night featured Creamery directors, school board, orchestra, and a big Hotel Moyer social.
Rock Glen residents report a large sleighing party at Morton House with violinist Oliver Johnson providing music. Several notes include medical updates, travel, home purchases, and upcoming community events.
Samuel Hartzel former Pond Hill resident and head brakeman was killed in a Jersey yards railroad accident. He signalled to hurry while a train coupled, an end car jumped tracks and fatally trapped him. He died aged 80 with funeral at his parents home in Pond Hill. Survived by wife Minnie and a son who predeceased him. several siblings and many relatives mourn.
The notice reports Catherine Huebner aged 66 who died Sunday February 5. Services are at her family residence Friday at 1 PM with interment at St Johns Cemetery. Bachman Bros. are funeral directors. Also a job ad seeks a man to work on a farm with on site housing, apply to J W Smith in Butler Valley. Freeland Royal is advertised as a leading Rickel cigar.
Rural notes report sleighing conditions improving across the region and a busy week of social events. Local names appear at dances and gatherings including Miss Katie Riley, Miss Lydia Scott, Laura Reisenweaver, Maggie Meixell, and Daisy. Mrs Freeman Broh’s birthday party drew a large crowd with gifts, while several residents visited relatives and planned Valentine activities.
Nuremberg residents visit friends in town while Weston youths plan a band fair trip on the 18th. A Weston postmistress change occurs as Miss Beatrice Nauss resigns and Mr Solomon Stiner takes over. A dance at Central Hotel entertains guests with a Weston orchestra. Obituary notes Mrs James Mann of Wilburton dies, with funeral in White Haven Cemetery.
The Vigilant argues Milt Stauffer, labeled bigoted and anti labor, should not be Poor Director of the Middle Coal Field Poor District. It accuses United Charities of backing him and urges defeat to protect honest governance and aid for the poor. The piece condemns his competency and links his nomination to personal gain and state influence.
Dr Frank M Brundage former Conyngham now US consul at Aix la Chapelle reports miners worm Ankylostoma in mines around Aix la Chapelle and Westphalia with up to 60 percent affected. Infection enters via mouth or wounds and causes severe anemia but not fatal. Prevention includes strict cleanliness, changing clothes, baths, fumigation, and weekly miner inspections.
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