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Mr. Timko Bake Ovens 7/19/72 (Arrow pointing right) Bake oven located in what is now Teddy Shanes garden
Brick w/ top made of iron burned apple wood Drawing of box with 6 1/2 ' on left side, 6 1/2 ' on bottom x 6 1/2 ' high on right side
Drawing of box with smaller box inside, left side says brick, middle says open "door", right says iroon grille, bottom says wood fire
Locations: 1 on Back Street 1 near Bertha Falatkos
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[ ?. Mercron ?] # 130 #126 Mary Zurko / Margaret Mahoney 8/1/72
Children ( circled ) Mary's Zurko's mother was blamed for her last 2 children (twins) who were miscarried into the mgmt pail (underlined) (!) - It's darn good for you - you only went to Hazleton for nonsense, people said. She actually went to shop for her kids. Young kids Used to hitch rides on ole Beer wagons or any itinerant merchant who passed through. Especially favored were wagons going to Freeland or Hazleton.
Remedies( circled) Every January - sulphur & molasses tonic
If you got a cut, put a broad leaf from a plant on cut to stop bleeding & cleanse it.
If you had a carbuncle, you got pine sap(pitch) & mix w/ fels-naphtha soap to make a paste. Apply to carbuncle to get the core of the infection out.
Flax seed used to make a poultice - put flax seed in hot water to make it.
Some people said they "had to have a bottle of beer to make me strong." Women especially drank a bottle before doing garden work.
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Mary Zurko - 7/19/72 6:45 p.m. - 7:30p.m. House # 130 Proprietors " Co." store - #1 Mr. Keller - early 1900's - late 1800's #2 Evan C. Reese/ #3 Mr Shoepak "Anything" -Would take you out of - in car town to get any furniture you wanted - would be delivered to co. store - " Bridgie" O'Donnell - worked for Evan as Bookkeeper - lives on Washington St. Freeland Has phone # listed under Nellie - See Agnes Kaschak about Co. store - Contents Yard goods: cottons, linens, silks, etc flannel ( "outing" flannel) - used for girls' winter slips & nighties Paints: lead-based, enamel, stain Shoes: work/boots/rubbers Molasses in keg Vinegar in keg/cask Box cakes - 10 lb. box of cakes/cookies -[?] 2 1/2 'x 1 1/2' x 1 ' ( arrow from word box pointing to ) Hitchner's Brand - good Patent medicines Crackers in boxes 10# wood w/lids on top Shave cream [?] Ready- made clothes Hardware: tools/rakes, etc. young plants,seeds, fertilizer, feed brooms, brushes kitchen cabinets - $60-$66 (up left had margin up side of lines 8-16) If he didn't have it, he'd get
Prop. went to surronding towns to get goods people wanted - got em wholesale
Mr. William Bachman took weekly orders house - to house - came around filling every store wagon- saurkraut, fish, cake - all kinds of foods
Fresh fish: flounder, lshad, smelts, oysters ( works scribbled out) smelts, oysters rugs, curtains, draperies, thread
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Law N' Order|Mary Zurko|9/19/72|8:10pm
1905 Roving gang of fellas - went all over the area - Trood on us to broke into homes - were chased by group of Eckley "Vigilantes." Shot at "low" so they wouldn't be hurt.
"Only trouble we ever had"
Coal & Iron Police - watched to see that people wouldn't pick the coal - arrested.
"If you were Arrested the Co. would fire you so you had to move or change your name."
Union - Non union people had arguments But never really BATTLED.