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Inkerman finished second and third, respecyve ry. It was a competitive examination. 4. i i 1 tlx GmU Building. Cot 4 ehut and 44fcMttt LutsrM Coootj.

William i. ncK. wl. Qaml Manai. The Pittstdns, of 25 Years Ago (From the Files of The Pittston Gazette, September 5, 1911.) rm fU jr A Viiiiiiiig Ctcn, George.

KiUam, Charles War Harry Houston, Simmons; subject," Michael' Buckley. Miss Anna Cody, of Upper Pittston, is the new manager of Pittston branch or the western Union. I Miss Jennie Jordan and John Br on son, both of Wyoming, were married By ETXJAR A. GOK8T Eept. 4th In New York City.

1 oidct Mwtpapcr. o( continuous Miss Janet L. of West of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Todd, of Washington street, were married Sept.

WlllllllillMliI 'uob'id to Wyoming Coal kUlrtlK IM ncr annual PJ 5th by Rev. J. W. Bailey, of Plains to ataucoi dollttred 60 nu WORK Pittston, and WUiiam Piper, Avoca, were married 6th by Rev. Dr.

R. B. Webster, of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Wllkes Barre. After a Dastorate of 19 years. Rev Methodist Episcopal Church.

noou oj krricr. Dtlana mini ha Id 111 dtDCC. Work Vill not rob you of self respect. Miss Laura Baluba and Anthony Lesko, both of Dupont, were married Sept 5th in Sacred Heart R. C.

Church, Dupont, by Rev. Father Clchocke. W. D. Thomas has tendered his resignation as pastor of the Welsh Baptist ft nott per.

month for poiUg hll flm )k. utll lODti. IV won will not ask you to sell your wide. Miss Gertrude A. Proud, of Rail Church Work and you'll walk with your head Brants lMber.

KPOPDLATION li "Of4," at 1980 to Greater Fito William Rozelle, of West Wyoming suffered a fractured arm when he fell down the School steps at noon recess. road street, and Cord C. King, Susquehanna avenue, were married Sept; 4th at Forty Fort M. E. Church by Rev.

George N. Underwood. erect, At no maa'a hlddlnv to aten aside. Howell Williams and John Hasten, of this city, walked frcm Pittston to Stroudsburg, a distance of over 55 iw Wmton. t.35.

be'J! 'Miss Anna Llewellyn, daughter of Mr Mrs. Owen Llewellyn. 524 Luzerne avenue, and Miss Ethel Work, and all that your chief will ask Is that you come fit to your daily ARCTIC FOX, IN THE NORTHERN PART OP ITS RANGE, IS. SNOW WH7E THE ROUND FARTHER SOUTH, IT IS WHITE IN wisrrBfS and BLUISH BROWN IN WHILE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OP ITS RANGE, IT IS DARK. THE IS KNOWN AS THE BLUE FOX.

miles, in a little better than 15 hours. They passed through Moosic, Spring Brook, Daleville, Tobyhanni and Evans, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Evans, of DePuy street were drowned in the Susquehanna River at Miss Mary Barrett, of West Wyoming, and Edward Lestrange, of Scranton, were married Sept. 6th in St Cecilia's Church by Rev.

P. F. Quinnan. Miss Ethel B. Mclntyre, of North Avoca, and Thomas J.

OMalley, of West Avoca, were married Bept 6th in St Mary's Church by pastor. Rev. M. F. Crane.

Mount Pocono. tasK. Work and your freedom you'll a till maintain Work will not force to change your views. Falls on September 3rd. Miss Agnes Barrett daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Michael Barrett, of Rev. Dr. Charles M. Surdam, form Work, and whatever reward you gain, Richard McNulty, aged 40 years of York avenue, Avoca, died Sept 6th.

er pastor of the Broad Street M. Poole street, and James E. Clarke, Jack Blackman, LawrenceviUe Academy, 1911, left Sept. 6th for New Haven, to enroll at Yale Iff ZifUZiJl Church, died Sept. 3rd in Waverly, Unquestioned, unhampered is yours to use.

htowa, Durjea, Awa. Bx't mlng ud Weit Wyoming, wo Ud PttUtob townrtlpt. i4 oao Fottof flc Itfflli PHONE IMi Branch Exchange Connecting all Departments. National iUprwentitWey: Office 1 2 N. Mlcbgin at the Pltttton PortoKKt Second ClMt VAnwrlcan Newipeper FoDHib.

era' Association. VPBntylTnla Newspaper Fub Uibcn' Association. NATIONAL kWlORIAl son of Mr. and Mrs. E.

Clarke, of Parsonage street, were married Sept. AMERICAN I VZONTHE N. Y. i Work and the whole world you can 5th in St. John the Evangelist Church by Rt.

Rev. Msgr. John P. O'Malley. "face, Work was undertaken Sept.

7th on a new Delaware it Hudson railroad station, Avoca, to replace the old car now in use as a depot. IS NOT AN AMERCAN EAGLE, euT a GOLDEN eague For at no man's favor you hold your Excerpts from the report of the Grand Jury to court, drafted largely by William LesLe, of 'the Elmlra Thomas Deeble, aged 15 years, con of Mr. and Mrs. James Deeble, of South' Main street Avoca, died Sept 5th of tetanus. place.

Judge H. M. Edwards, of Lackawanna County, dismisses a rule for Telegram, foreman: Wcrk and youll rest with a conscience "We recommend that the county a preliminary injunction against Ke hoe Ss Langan Pittston contractors, Mine Inspectors W. D. Owens and 8, J.

Jennings, of this city, have been appointed by Governor Tener as delegates from Pennsylvania to the fourteenth annual session of the American Mining Congress at Chicago, HI. cicwr. Work and yju speak as you think to all. from going ahead with construction Miss Edna M. Lidy, Pittston Township, and George F.

Brown, of Providence, were married Sept. 6th in St James' Episcopal Church, this city. commissioners exercise the power granted to them under the act of May 11, 1911, authorizing counties to expend monies for cleansing, improving and regulating streams and of a sewer system along Main Street, Old Forge. Wnk and you've no one on earth to fear, No one to flatter for favors small. rivers, ana proceed to maxe invest! Work and you'll live with your head Dr.

W. F. Pier, of Avoca, rehool director of Duryea Borough and former coroner, died Sept. 5th. gations preparatory to entering into a contract for the erection of a dike held hign Miss Helen Marks, of West Pittston.

and Robert J. Kohnke, corner cf Vine and Oak streets, were married August 30th at the West Sid: Presbyterian Church by Rev. Dr. W. S.

Barnes. SEPTEMBER 5, 1936. And your soul wUl be yours till the on the westerly bank of the Susque HUMAN BEINGS hinna River from a point on River day you die. (Copyright, 1936, Edgar A. Guest.) A non partisan, independent ticket for seven positions on the Pittston City School Board formally launched their candidacies on September 7th.

The candidates are: John H. Foy, James A. Joyce and Fred Seible. for the 6 year terms: Thomas P. Sheridan and John W.

Thompson, for 4 year terms; D. W. Evans and John H. Loughran, for 2 year terms. 'AMaln from all appearance of Thwsalonians 5:22.

street in Forty Fort to the Market street bridge for prevention and con Etta Direct, black mire owned by Charles Rltter, West Pittston, wen the second horse race at Wilkes Barre fair on Sept. 4th. BREATHE OUT ENOUGH CARBON EVERY HOUfZ TO MAKE A ZOO CARAT AAMOAE. 1M IV NEA SERVICE, INC. trol of floods.

"We recommend that the county commissioners cause to be erected ia all countries and in all aces their father's, their grandfather's, and their great grandfather's politics. It was considered a kind of treason to one's family to go off on some political tangent. I money has meant Idle men. Four members of the Philadelphia Avenue Tennis Club competsd fn the annual tournament of Moosin Tennis Club on Labor Dav. Sept.

4th, West Pittston Entries: Wi'liam Wicks. W. Nell Thompsrn, A. S. Atherholt, Edmund J.

O'Boyle. Jadfe G. W. Maxey. DIAMONDS consist of the element carbon, pure and uncombihed.

They are of the same material as the soot of a lamp chimney, or the so called "lead" of a pencil but with the molecules arranged in a different way. The carbon we breathe out is fn the form of carbonic, acid gas. Today the young crowd aren't gov bridges at Eighth street, Wyoming, and at Wapwallopen. "We deeply deplore the tendency on the part of male brutes to assault r.nd defile maids of tender age, and respectfully suggest that our to pass a measure making such a Qwen Llewellyn, of Luzerne avenue, died Sept. 7th at Mercy Hospital, Wilkes Barre, less than one week after his daughter Anna, was drowned in the river at Falls.

Pittston was represented by two prize winners at the automobile races at Minooka Park. Scranton, on Labor Day, Sept. 4th. Dr. E.

F. McGinty, in a Buick won first place in the Seventh event and William L. Krise, in an E. M. F.

wen second prize in the first event. Eugene Cvsick, in a Buick, had a narrow escape from death when he collided with a at the upper turn while competing against Ralph De Pa'ma. Robert Rozelle, of Wyoming, has entered Valparaiso University, to study Er.g'neerlng. his mouth and set off the triggd PIKE COUNTY SUICIDE erned by paternal opinions. If Father is a Republican, the youth is quite likely to feel that age is shortsighted, and the country can be saved only by Democracy.

It is the same when the situation is turned around. with a stick. crime punishable by a surgical MOOSIC COUNCILMAN Milford, Sept. 5. A Pike County teamster committed suicide at Fafrv'ew Lake, a short distance Miss Mary M.

Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Miller, 16 Johnson street, and Attorney Joseph Hay den Oliver, of Scranton.

were married Sept. 5th by Rev. R. A. Rinker, of First Presbyterian Church.

"We recommend that the district attorney's office proopr attention to our theatres and make an effort Howell Stalbird, cf Moosic, wu Charles McCanm, David Campbell and Samuel Levi, are representing Pittston fire eomranies at the rtate convention in Yo k. appointed by Lacaka wanna court ii from Lake Wallenpaupack, by blow Youth demands a chance to make ing off his head with chotgun. fill the vacancy created on the Bor ough Council by the death of Wii1 Coroner C. S. B'ack said the man, COP" USE FIGHTERS CITED FOR BRAVERY It.

the government ever takes to awarding decorations for heroic ser Ttevln peace time, as it does for bravery in war, some lads in CQG outfits must be entitled to stand ia line and get pretty, bronze medals finned on their chests. The COC boys work in the forests. prests frequently catch fire, espe piaHy in times of drouth. When they Bo, the COC goes into action; and, in ase you didn't know it, fighting a fairest tire call be one of the hardest, toughest, ami generally meanest Jobs lever shouldered by perspiring man. good in the world.

It seems very strange to youth, that the old timers can't produce a better world. When to prevent suggestive muscle dancing xxx The eradication of ruch indecent performances our theatres will mean a moe ncble rnd healthier outh throvghou1; fV" John Bertram Sharpe, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Sharpe, a student at St. John's High School, won fi scholarship at St.

Thomas College. Scranton, cn September 4th. Two Law Shaft first aid team of Central nill'err. won the CDt. W.

A. Mav wire Wng cup the sixth annual Mam B. Weir. Councilman from th Third Ward. Weir was elscted for i four year te 1n 1835.

Gecrge Miller, 89. of fton, took his own life. The autho ities reported he had placed the point of the gun Miss C. Mae Jenkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

E. C. Jenkins, of Delaware avenue, and William Tcdd. ron nations get to fighting, it lcoks like unlimited stupidity to youth. When "CAP STUBBS" By EdwinaA More Objections From Pop the country is overflowing with things that need to be done, youth fails to see why there is "hot work enough for everybody.

MILT STUBBS. I TOLD YOU OVER. AND OVER. AGAIN YOU NEVER. HEAR.

ANYTHING THIS HOUSE IS A DISGRACE. IT COSTS MONEY TO MOVE! I'M COMFORT ABLE HERE! I DON'T YOU R.E. COMFORTABLE! DON'T YOU EVER. "THINK OF ANYBODY ELSE! DO YOU WANT YOUR, CHILD TO GROW UP IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S' GETTING v5CORSE EVERY YEAR. LOOK WERLf.

VXHY WASN'T I TOLDVXE GOING TO MOVE Not every new scheme that prem A three sftar example is furnished WANT 10 ises to turn the world into a heaven in a year is going to appeal to youth. .1 by the recemt fires on Isle Royale, in or. Lake Bupetti Youth frequently says yeah." It A IK II rvM I is far out in the lake Isle Boyate is often skeptical and cynical. So the and is cms erved as a primeval wil politician who promises everything derness. I It has no roads at all and frequently finds youth smiling at him.

rocky and rough. This ItS Boat it Youth asks for life and movement. mixes mmotul He the use of plows and i tractor two of the most important the armory of men who It sees the world full of faults, and it demands a positive program to remedy those faults. Its judgment is often wrong about the merits of such programs, but the politician must show that he has some plan to pro amt const fires. And Isle Royale lttfl.

another important duce a better world, before youth will listen to him. Over; dozens cf square miles its iqr surface is covered by a shallow tier of leaf mold and moss, which burned, like tinder. The fire crews had to lug portable hand pumps and to pump water over mile long hose line to fight this blaze. With pick and shovel they hacked out 100 miles of fire checking trenches through MICKEY FINN By LANE LEONARD Bygone Days In Pittston tard rock and clay. And all the while they contended with a wind that could whirl blazing bits of bark mile or more through the air, to Forty Years Ago From Pittston Daily Gazette Sept.

5, .1896. Died, in Avoca, Sept. 4, Mrs. Daniel Sweeney. Burial at Lost Creek, Schuylkill county.

Union religious services are being conducted by Duryea churches in a tent between the Coopsr and Burlington residences. H. J. Mahon'tias been appointed minute clerk in the county court. Fifteen hundred people accompanied the excursion of St.

Mary's Church, Upper Pittston, to Shriek shinny today. Thomas Langan died in Pittston tawnship, yesterday afternoon, following a long illness. Rev. G. Thompson was installed as pastor of Wyoming Baptist Church.

i UNCLE PHIL COLLAPSED COMPLETHy UPON EET WBEL BE EEZY. SJ I OOOD UJCK. 1 DRAWING THE FATEFUL BLACK SPOT. SO JUST PASS ZE CABLE TV I ILL NEVER FORGIVE WHY. GABB 'H MICKEY HAS VOLUNTEERED FOR THE TASK, EENSIDE WHEN EET If YESSIR.ri i MVSELF FOR GETTIN7 WE DDTHINSS UVSTT mmmmmmmmmmmmm EES DONE JERK A MV I VA INTO THIS, mf LUCE THIS IN A jffiff jT 1 ZE ROPE liwa Xj.

iff THE POLICE U. 1 YOURSELF fcrv L50" yl ETTED GALETy Lr MICHAEL YOU ALL KsL ljl boshwan VZ. jKZ ALLEY OOP Oop, the Reactionary By Hamlin 30 YOU CLUkJKS TH MEAT YOUVE JUST EATEN IS THE (SACT, EH? SAY, OOOLA IS fAS KING OF MOO, ATTA BOY, OUZ BUT "Pi THINK THAT MEATS SAME OLD KIND OF MEAT YOU'VE THAT WHATCHA HAD IN I DECREE THAT IF WE'RE GONNA HAVEX WHAT? MOTH I DOIKl' IS PRETTY OOODA ALWAYS HAD HERE IN MOO THAT SACK YOU FROM NOW ON, SALT, YOU BOYS'LL, D'YA MEAN "TO Zm.a 1 1 EH? OKAY. OOOLA EXCEPT THAT I CARRIED ALL WE GOTTA HAVE HAFTA GO TO THIS SAY WE GOTTA NOT ME.1 ILL TELL 'EM WHAT IT5 SPRINKLED C7TV TH' WAY E.S SALT FOR OUR SAWALLA PLACE GO BACK TO CAT MV KilCAT ALL ABOUT. I SALT SALT? BACK FROM 1 FOOD 1 TO GET IT 1 SAWALLA TO CMI MT WtAT Owynj 'y1 RAW FIRST blazes behind them.

tSen East, correspondent for several Ulchigan newspapers, visited the Isle HoyfJe front during the worst of the fire, and told how the OCC boys worked. got up at 3:30 a. ate breakfast, and started on a three to "jRvenile hike to the scene of action. They MarrJedtheir noonday meal with pttlRr backs; they also car i oJwels, axes, picks, hand pumps, of' gasoline, and other impedi Ey 6 in the morning they were at fire. They stayed there until 6 performing the most back breaking kind of work imaginable, under the rnostdifficult conditions; t'n they would be relieved by a tight crew, would trudge the long to camp, eat supper, and exhausted into bed to be pouted out at 3:30 the next morning for more of the same.

says Mr. East, went on for 19 lmbrcken days, without a rest or a let up. You. have there a record of bravery andvdogged endurance which compare very favorably with the kind of stunts that win soldiers medals in wartime. OOOxys met the hardest test could have been given them, and passed it with flying colors.

In ddentally, they saved thousands of acres cf magnificent virgin forest for the country's national park system. If the government has any spare medals, there must be some likely candidates for them among those Isle Itoyale forest fire fighters. Twenty Years Ago From Pittston Daily Gazette Sept. 5, 1916. Thomas Costello, of New York, has been appointed assistant manager of the Strand theater, Pittston police dhecked the picketing activities of I.

W. W. men, who attempted to shut down operation of Pennsylvania Coal Co. collieries. James Owens, member of an old Hughestown family, died last night at the home of his sister, Mrs.

John Golden, 177 Rock street. Married, in Scranton, Sept. 8, Wil liam A. Flynn, of South Scranton, and Madeline Reap, of Pittston. Alex.

MaoLaohlan has gone to De MYRA NORTH, SPECIAL NURSE By Thompson and Col Myra Makes a Little Progress troit to work as a machinist. Patriotic exercises were held in Wyoming cemetery to mark presenta VDU ALSO KNOW MY NAME, EH? AND WHO MI6HT VOU 8E? AND FOR WHAT, AAAV I ASK, WERE YOU LURKING HERE? I WAS HOPING FOR A WORD WITH YOU, P30F. MYRA gROMTHE SECURJTVOF HlS ROOM, ELLIS GRANVILLE OVERHEARS THE CONVER FOR THE FIRST time in many montm faimt WAS HOPING VOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE ME IN YOUR WORK SIR EDMOND HAS BEEN TELLING OH SO SOLRE THE NURSE ABOUT WWOU SIR EDMOND SPOKE WELL, rAT IS DIFFERENT COME, WE tion of an American flag to the ceme NORTH. tery. IS, SIR nn ME ABOUT YOUR HOPE GLEAMS IN HIS TIEED EYE5 SHALL TALK.

I I FASCINATING I FASCINATING VZ EXPERIMENTS Suddenly oowfookited BY THE MAN EMERfijINe FROM APARTMENT. MYRA REALIZES SHE MUST PUT UP A BOLD VziE POLITICIANS AND YOUTH rach political party claims to be party of youth. Each one claims is the one that offers the mere opportunities to young folks. politicians are always starting of young men and young wort, to support their organizations. whit does youth look for in "Jcai party? It is of course evi uiat young people are not tra al about politics now.

In for Imea there were many old ami here ttiff sons used to Inhere. 'I.

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