MAN CAN MAKE NOTHING THAT NATURE CAN’T DESTROY. That was what one of the first ever pieces of graffiti on
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Life during pandemic: We have been here before!
A fascinating day of news was reported in the MOUNT CARMEL ITEM on October 7, 1918: Among the news, Minersville was reported to be the worst stricken city in the area… According to the dispatch, Mount Carmel doctors hurried to the town… Kulpmont had 200 cases and four deaths.. Shamokin had 20 deaths..
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The healing powers of the great ’20 flu
The 1800s were not just the time of the snake oil salesman, but the 1900s as well..
All of the drugs never brought miracles.. the Spanish flu waned as viruses became naturally less lethal with time.
But in February 1920, the Scranton TRIBUNE pleaded to nurses to help fight the last gasp of the disease..
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A taste for the past
The top ten past coal region restaurants that are still missed today
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We didn’t start the fire! The $40,000 club house
According to the REPUBLICAN, curious onlookers even drove right onto the golf course as they tried to get a look at the burned down Country Club structure… new golf balls were even stolen.. It was quickly decided to rebuild! By October 1970, Draco Development created a new structure.. and from that point a new history..
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Let’s blouse the teens and get Zozzled for 2020!
New years eve 1919 .. party cloudy in Pottsville .. according to weather records, it turned blustery and much colder
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