PAGE TWO ; THE DALLAS POST FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1938 ree Pe ——- "_._—~_—c ne ——. msec Cr om xx OUR PUZZLE COKINER ui ITS TRUE! Be THE HISTORY OF LUZERNE COUNTY y H. C. BRADSBY DELLA LIND, — BLONDE VIENNESE SINGING £4 oli. Emr BOER STAR of 1. HAL ROAGH- MGM le 3 ABOUT | / 3 BR MUSICAL COMEDY EXTRAVAGANZA griiatel doves & LV SWISS MISS 7, WAS of i FROM 1 TO 490 OBSERVED BY STUDIO os ; AN SCOUTS IN A LONDON oF avo youre see. | c— COC wre— | 12 JLubY 4 ALPHABETICH | LAL WY A SHE GARDEN VIL SE DAY See. wl A 1 ou FIND | 7 "3" or rECTS § A THIS SCENE . . R) 9 $- ve! Is 58 . (Readers will enjoy Mr. Bradsby's quaint, | | 7 E ¢ 16413} “0 WV: I paranthetical remarks more if they keep m mind that he was writing this history of Bh Luzerne County forty-five years ago, and (a refers to conditions as he knew them, not | : as they are in 1938.) —EDITOR i — oy At this juncture the assembly of Pennsylvania passed an act restoring the dispossessed Yankees to their lands and recalling Armstrong and Pat- WAS AN LINDERSTUDY FVADE A LIVING TO CHARLIE CHAPLIN terson and their forces. 10 CHBLE BIA SINGING WITH THE Th ttl i t about organizing to v i 0 HB NEWS REELS IN AN ; : e settlers at once set a g g APPEARED IN LONDON ' ATLANTA THEATRE BACH y y punish the offenders. Franklin was elected col onel of the troops. A petition was sent to the assembly at Philadelphia. When that body failed to act, Franklin endeavored to interest Congress | || and the Assembly of Connecticut in the wretched | fate of the Wyoming people. He succeeded in reviving the slumbering energies of the Susque-| hanna Company and in July, 1785, that company | || met and reaffirmed its rights in these disputed} lands. : Then Franklin conceived this plan to create a | tate out of Northern Pennsylvania. The dis + Zz new state ; - puted territory was to be dismembered and down-| ' ARE <= ; ! { ; / trodden Wyoming was to be set free from the, de RREL : Nn fsalldon of Porn | WASTE —$ "|| WHERE THE CHOIRMASTER of oi Wise heads at Philadelphia saw the gathering] WHAT ANIMALS ’ or Ede - THE MORMON CHURCH ENCOU storm and on December 24, following, the assembly | 3 AGED HIM TO DEVELOP "HIS STERLING VOICE « z= 22 dl El J MUSIC HALLS ! ; 2 Can You SEE a 20 £ARORS i 7 J TODAY SINGS IN 5 LANGUAGES . fi Se HE SPENT HIS BOYHOOD ge, = = >) > Zz X A QQ £ ie EESENL RR of Pennsylvania passed an “Act for quieting dis- | | Nr turbances at Wyoming and pardoning certain of-| COE fenders.” The law was consequently disregarded. ! id 1 TLE BUDDY By Bruce Stuart SECESSION THREATENED 3 22 To — at 7 maT FELLER 2 \ \ HE SURE KNOWS . : OUR SHIRT : ROULD'S Nb \ The ball set in motion by the bold and fearless, TATE LIEHWAY is S DA” BEEN A > NN How TO 7 Franklin was now being rolled onward by such VA 4 9 ANT) men as Oliver Walcott, Joel Barlow and Gen.) ROBBERY! WHEN RE a! INDIA RN SCALP ZA A Lr Ethan Allen, the hero of Ticonderoga. Stout! sal SLYEN w f= ) a hearts and heroes who had braved the tempest of | Ng STEADY - A PEOPLE! Joey ‘battle during the Revolution, and who sympathized | : a with the widows and orphans of their comrades | li in their sufferings and wrongs, were gathering at| a Wyoming, and the result could not be mistaken. | 22 | RY m | The authorities of Pennsylvania saw at once that | i l lt li | . the infamous policy which had pursued was fast! wlll ill Hl) | leading to dismemberment of the State, and that! mR the time had arrived for other and prompt mea-| 7 sures. A division in the ranks of the Yankees! was determined upon, and the question arose, who | > can accomplish it? i T PICKERING MAKES ENTRANCE | Timothy Pickering, a native of Massachusetts | - and a man of distinguished ability, was at this time | engaged in the practice of law in Philadelphia. He = Berit to visit Wyoming and ia the | D ASH DIXON ay aici < condition of affairs here. This he did in August | Beh. vA on m TTT and September, 1786, and returning to Philadelphia | AVING SAFELY [SCAPED i § ? Eh I reported “that the Yankees were entirely satisfied Liu XLO. THE SPACE SHIP ; : f AW | I 4 b with the constitution of Pennsylvania, and were | IS NOW SPEEDING THROUGH | JUST (COMPLETED Uli WY WE ‘RE HEADING : - TL oy aN ver ff DFTECTOR SN § STRAIGHT INTO AN, A few days after this report, September 23, | WHERE THE DOCTORS DAUGHTER THAT WILL NA INVISIBLE PLANET . 2? 1786, the act creating the county of Luzerne passed | 1S HE LD CAPTIVE : CE, Z. the assembly, and Matthias Hollenback, Timothy | ST 'S SO ~~. THL MAINT BE C= 7" = Pickering and others were commissioned justices, | Bu 3 with power to hold courts, etc. Pickering was also | INVISIBLE aki appointed prothonotary, clerk of the court and re- | 0} c, gister and recorder. Lord Butler was commissioned | 3 » ; high sheriff. | it On December 27, following this event, the Sus- | ie ER quehanna Company held a meeting at the State i A house in Hartford, Conn., when Ni were | § IDDEN/ DANGERS 4 adopted preparatory to the organization of the new HE = A ; ; ( AN THEY ESCAPE Suvte | hdiasyig | THEM 20D CALL FOR ELECTION | LEE a alr Cerurves) On the same day, at Philadelphia, the Assembly ! : of Pennsylvania passed a supplement to the act) DETECTIVE RILEY By Richard Lee creating Luzerne County, by which Timothy Pick | 2 P- r ; <x ering, Zebulon Butler and John Franklin were ap-| ILEY'S SWEETHEART, TEWEL, HAS DISTRICT ATTORNEY ; DION'T T TELL § INTERESTING, Jl / DonT BE Y{ T HAVE A HUNCH, : \ J pointed to notify the electors of Luzerne County | BEEN DESPERATELY TRYING TO FIND | BROWN? THIS 1S OFFICER | SEND YOO NOT TO BuT I FEEL R\pICULOLS, [THATS ALLL EIT \ that an election would be held ther he first THE INTREPID SLELTH, NOW MISSING | [ JONES! WERE HOT On WORRY ? SEE, I SHOULD HELP | | CHILD WHAT H WORKS MY SWEETHEART eon the : FOR SOME TIME = SHE DOESNT THE WON'T 8 ! Ww day of February, 1787, for the election of one su-| 5 = tip ESN THE TRAIL OF TH 4 TT WON'T BE FIND HM, Too! | | coud YOU LL BE FREED —~ IF Plame councilor, one merber of the house of = % ow HE Lv ISONER . AND GSS rooSe MOB, BUT A LONG BEFORE 2 DO, WITH # NOT, TLL BE NEAR ’ > . ! | LOSE TO DEATH! HER FATHER, THE| | WE HAVEN'T FounD RILEY |S SAFE! PACK OF Him, ANYWAY I presentatives and a high sheriff. Thus, Pennsyl-| DISTRICT ATTORNEY, HAS AIDED THE | | THEIR SECRET DEN GORILLAS? vania succeeded, in’ dividing the Yankees, and now | SEARCH, BUT THERE ARE STILL NO YET! THEY'RE HOLLOW ¥ = ; they were no longer one people united against a CLUES TO RILEY'S WHEREABOUTS i] RILEY PRISONER, AS \ Ce ; fo oY, 4 £ Fob hed 0s | SURE AS I'M BREATHING! 0) Se the first day of I'ebruary approached the ( ) = breach widened and on the morning of the election on Tene. a AA _ = “for the first time” says Miner, “was presented! LNIEEIE hf I'™M SURE EVERY. in 7 the spectacle, equally gratifying to foes and painful | HERE FN THING WiLL BE a. £7 to friends, of open and decided hostility among the | 7 He 2%? T\ PLL RGHT =) Wyoming People.” i £ Wy Franklin and his adherents, remembering Penn- | sylvania’s oft repeated and plighted vows and the! outrages of Armstrong and Patterson, would not trust Pennsylvania without security. Confirm us in our titles, and protect us in our possessions, | Ni said they, and then we will swear allegiance, but | I not till then. | FRANKLIN IS TEMPTED + N The election was held, but not without riot and | confusion. Col. Nathan Denison was chosen a mem- | ber of the executive council, John Franklin was | elected to the house of representatives and Lord | Butler to the office of high sheriff of the county. | It was understood if Franklin could be recon- ciled, the new state project would be seriously dam- | aged. It was, consequently, a prime object to se- | duce him from his former connections. ; With this view he had been, appointed with | Pickering and Butler to give notice of the election, | ul TH CIE #1, > ; and it was with this view he had been elected a | B| FRESH WATER FigH we 260 FT opt 7g / = member of the Pennsylvania Assembly. BB] BELOW sea LeveL. in vem as 5 7 Lg = A It was doubtless intended as an exquisite stroke. VALLEY, CAL, THE LOWEST nD 1) GN 7 | RA CHRIS OPHER of political management. It was a cunningly-spread REI epi or 7 == DISCOVERED WE CACAO BEAN AND Hinvoos or raneoon BAPTISE y I ~ / IRR : WhS THE FIRST WHITE MAN TO eR NEW CLOTHES 8Y SOAKING ‘ . net, in which most men would have been caught. | BLPINE LAKES OVER 15.000 FT: n ’ : t ! oe a0. NL 2 : = 3 " RO But Franklin was not so to be taken, for he stub- | 5 ABOVE. cer Level //1 CC -— ork CHOCOLATE !! Ha Nou. Noe bornly adhered to his first position, refusing to take ' i By : : WRINGING WET! a seat in the assembly or the oath of allegiance. | JjSonynigin Tinsel Newspaper Features, Ins, | FZ ! Re ; (Continued From Last Week)
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