Month: January 2018

Bon Voyage Ton: These Pennsylvania Bon Ton stores are closing

January 31, 2018 by THE COAL SPEAKER

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. today announced the 42 locations that will be closed as part of its previously communicated “store rationalization program.” The closing stores will include the following Pennsylvania locations under all of the Company’s nameplates. Bon-Ton The Point at Carlisle Plaza Carlisle Pennsylvania Bon-Ton The Commons Dubois Pennsylvania Bon-Ton Millcreek Mall Erie Pennsylvania … Read moreBon Voyage Ton: These Pennsylvania Bon Ton stores are closing

The creepy traveling carnivals

February 1, 2018January 31, 2018 by THE COAL SPEAKER

This is a mush share old newspaper clipping from June 1930.. A fine example of news reporting from the coal region, or as the 30s paper described it as, the ‘depressed anthracite region.’ ……those were the days.

FAMED DEAD MALL PHOTOG SEPH LAWLESS ALMOST DIED OF THE FLU!

January 27, 2018January 27, 2018 by THE COAL SPEAKER

There is no escape.. the flu is rampant in 50 states and officials have declared it the worst in a decade–perhaps longer–and the season is not peaking yet. More to come. More misery. And tragically more deaths to result as well. One of everyone’s favorite photographers just had a near tragic battle: FAMED DEAD MALL … Read moreFAMED DEAD MALL PHOTOG SEPH LAWLESS ALMOST DIED OF THE FLU!

You should sleep on this conspiracy theory for a while

January 25, 2018January 25, 2018 by THE COAL SPEAKER

A REDDIT theory said that Mattress Firm has a wide scale money laundering operation. Then the theory got deleted. The rest is now conspiracy history.

Dear dear David .. He’s back again to haunt our social media accounts

January 25, 2018January 25, 2018 by THE COAL SPEAKER

Dear David updates return to Twitter!

If you are drowning, you’ll catch the whiskers to come up like Jan Lewan

January 22, 2018 by THE COAL SPEAKER

Jack Black performs an amazing POLKA

Quake swarm in RENO

January 18, 2018 by THE COAL SPEAKER

South Reno has been shaking, ever so gently, for six days now. Galena High School or where the Mount Rose Highway goes below the I-580 — you likely haven’t felt much, if anything. But earthquake detecting instruments in the area have picked up more than 230 small temblors since late last Thursday. The largest in … Read moreQuake swarm in RENO

The Pearl Theater has left the building

January 18, 2018 by THE COAL SPEAKER

The Pearl Theater has closed at the Schuylkill Mall. The final move before demolition.. It was a fine place.

Never let the dream be forgotten

January 15, 2018 by THE COAL SPEAKER

In 1968 about 3000 people lived in tents on the Mall in an antipoverty demonstration in Washington D.C. The rally was inspired by Martin Luther King. King was a Baptist minister who became one of the most important voices in Civil Rights history.. American history. World history. Today, January 15, 2018, is Martin Luther King … Read moreNever let the dream be forgotten

PHILIPPINES VOLCANO ALERT!

January 15, 2018 by THE COAL SPEAKER

The Philippines’ most active volcano has begun erupting again, after thousands of people on the main island of Luzon were earlier forced to evacuate. A photo of Mayon volcano published late Monday local time by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) showed lava flows pouring down its side and a large plume of … Read morePHILIPPINES VOLCANO ALERT!

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