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Newspaper
Valley Vigilant
Location
Saint Johns, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1912
Page
2
The Valley Vigilant lists offices at 117 119 East Broad Street Hazleton Pennsylvania with weekly Friday issues. It notes subscriptions six cents yearly in-county and one dollar out-of-county. W A Evans and Thomas Evans are listed as associates.
The Anti Saloon League targets railroad liquor on trains led by Pennsy first to ban it. four wheel saloons on horses spread beer to miners near Hazleton. Drivers with licenses operate under bribed local officials. coal and iron police also suspected. Nescopeck awaits Judge Fuller to identify who bears responsibility for dangerous street conditions and impaired travel on key borough streets.
In Dorrance township residents discuss alleged abuse by Gus Hennings, oil prospect rumors led by Slusser, and local harvest notes. Neash Buchman’s potatoes, farm changes, and modest town incidents fill the daybook as Hennings reportedly relocates to New Jersey while locals urge state police vigilance.
Elizabeth Stout of Moosic visits town. Hudson Meixell and family at Martha Meixell's home. Clara Swank of Harrisburg visits Mrs A W Heller. Lutheran Sunday school picnic slated for Saturday July 37. Grace Karchner hosts Walla Walla Club reunion with many members and guests attending.
The item lists residents visiting in Wilkes-Barre Scranton Beach Haven and Berwick, mentions a misprint about a Three Churches festival, says the festival will occur Saturday the 27th by the Methodist Church, notes Briggsville Juniors plan to play Zenith, and cites Rev. Oscar Klinger preaching in Conyngham and Tomhicken with Rev. Heidt absent in Nescopeck and Zenith.
Attendees from Pond Hill joined an excursion to New York City including Willard Walp Clarence Naugle and Charles Cragle. A large local youth turnout attended a Miller's dance and clam feast Saturday. Several families hosted dinners and visits over the weekend including the Readlers Naugles and Ellises visiting Harve Naugle’s home.
Paul Harman under doctor care. Zehner family harvests hay and hosting a July 28th trip to Gettysburg. Margaret Wolfe's twelfth birthday party with friends from nearby towns. J F Barber sale promotes laundry items. W. A. Shobert operation at Berwick Hospital. recovery described as good. Local farms busy with threshing and stock news.
Numerous brief items list visitors and residents including Miss Nellie Le France of Wyoming staying with Mrs. Sadie, Mrs. Wilkinson of Philadelphia visiting in Drums, and a new baby girl born to John Parks at Evergreen Park. Also noted are illnesses, travel, civic appointments, job changes, a barn rebuilding after lightning, and a church festival at Evergreen Park with proceeds aiding a new church.
On the Feed Line John Maye's Subway Team faces Country Club at the Country Club grounds this afternoon. Rumor says the Press Club is not involved though the Subway unit is the weaker side. The notable event is post game dining with an abundance of chicken and liver pills to keep the players from overindulging.
State Zoologist H A Surgace of Harrisburg warns that the Grape Leaf Hopper is a damaging pest to grapes and should be destroyed by mid summer. The insect is small white and winged, pierces leaves from the underside, and causes gray spots that stunt growth and sour the fruit. Effective control relies on contact insecticides such as whale bone oil soap or strong tobacco decoction used as a spray to coat the undersides of leaves.
The soaking Sunday rain, amid a notable temperature drop, brings relief to farms and gardens. Corn will benefit though harvest is delayed by two to three weeks. oats suffered from drought. hay crops were generally good. buckwheat planting was substantial and a farmer predicted a bumper yield.
Early last spring the DuPont Powder Company moved magazines and stables from Hazleton to a 555 acre plot west of Lewis Meisss Black Creek Hotel between the W B H Railway and the Conyngham State road. The site includes a fenced area with a new barn for horses and a caretaker bungalow, plus an artesian well for water. A safety barrier will shield explosive storage from hunting traffic and the public. A nearby woodland area features a modern barn and caretaker dwelling as part of the expanded complex. A 40 person picnic by former Lock Haven residents was held in Harrisburg with delegates from four states. Arrangements are planned for another picnic before summer.
Still’s mountain near Nescopeck drew many huckleberry pickers from Hetlerville and Nescopeck and individuals over the past ten days. The crop is the largest in memory, with berries the biggest in years, though the field has since thinned as picking continued. A Hetlerville group of seven gathered three bushels and a West Berwick group of eleven collected a large amount.
Washington reports the postoffice appropriation bill moves to the Senate with a revised parcels post system based on distance zones. It removes the Shackelford Good Roads feature, proposes a three member House and Senate commission before highway work, and adjusts railroad mail rates and labor provisions.
Michael Borosky a 42 year old miner employed at No 3 colliery of L V Coal Co was found dead in front of his Sheppton home after Tuesday night shifts. A head wound and missing time between work and discovery raise foul play suspicions prompting a coroner’s inquest and possible post mortem.
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