Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-29
LOCAL Notes
WRITTEN Up
Short Items Of Interest to
All Readers.
Happenings of the Past
Two Days in and Around
Freeland Recorded With
out Waste of Words.


out Waste of Words.
John Oswald, aged rs years, of Tri-
poll, Lehigh county, died on Monday
of illness incident to old age. Deceased
was born at that place Novem Der 25,
1925. He is survived by two sons,
AmanduS, OF Freeland, and Phoen, of
Tripoli. The funeral will take place
Friday morning. Interment at Tripoli
cemetery.
The big ball of the liremen of town
will be the attraction for the sport
loving people of the region on Friday
evening. The hremen deserve the
hearty support of every resident of town
in making their ball a success, for their
services are always at your command
when danger threatens your home.
Jacob Herbner, of Pend Creek, died
yesterday. The deceased was aged 70
years and is survived by four sons.
Three reside in East Foster and one in
New York city The funeral will take
place tomorrow. Interment at White
Haven cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. German return
ed today from Philadelphia, where they
attended the funeral OF Mrs. Germans
brother, Daniel McGarvey, who died
on Saturday and was buried Yesterday.
The young man was aged ~ years and
had been an invalid for some time past.
On Saturday evening the fair for the
benefit of the chapel fund of the Sisters
of Mercy will open at Krel's hall. A
large number of articles are ready to be
placed on exhibition. The fair will
continue until the evening of February
s.
The hose carriage ordered from the
Halpin Manufacturing Company by the
borough council is nearly completed.
1t will be the lghtest owned by the
Freeland fire department. and will be
used by the Citizens Company.
Ice cream at Merkt's.
Mrs. Thomas Betterly, of Butler
valley, mother of Mrs. Eugene West,
and Mrs. C. d. Rohrbach, of town,
was buried yesterday at St. Johns
cemetery. Several Freeland people at
tended the funeral.
The partnership of Evander Krommes
and Daniel Sigafoos, doing business as
Krommes & Sigafoos. has been dissolved
by the withdrawal of Mr.. Krommes.
The business will be continued by Mr..
Sgafoos.
This is Mckinley Day." and it is
being more or less generally observed
throughout the United States. The day
selected for state and national observ-
ance was the martyr presidents birth
day.
Witty Dougherty, of town, was among
the many sports who were at Allentown
last night to see the Mulhall Thomas
boxing contest Thomas failed to ap-
pear and the bout was indefinitely post
poned.
The three-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Snyder, of the Second
ward, who died on Saturday from
scarlet fever, was buried at Freeland
cemetery yesterday afternoon.
Frank Mcdonald will leave next week
for New York city to assist his brothers.
James s. and John Mcdonald, who are
preparing to embark in the grocery
business in that city.
The applications for liquor licenses in
in this county this year amount to ,297. |
This is more than for any year in some
time.
Funds for the erection of church in |
freeland are being collected by the |
Catholic Magyars of the vicinity.
Tomorrow evening the Polish societies |
of town will conduct u ball at Krell's |
hall.