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1920s

“Due for a comeback?” – An address on the Coal Region on eve of Great Depression

Posted on March 31, 2020March 30, 2020 by Jake Wynn

Mining engineer Max Fredericks gave a prediction of a bright future for the anthracite industry the day before the stock market collapsed.

Posted in Coal Region, ShamokinTagged 1920s, 1929, anthracite, Coal, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Depression, Economy, Great Depression, Newspaper, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Shamokin, SpeechLeave a comment

“Big Change Now At Hand” – The Coal Region in the late 1920s

Posted on February 2, 2020January 30, 2020 by Jake Wynn

In May 1929, some of the anthracite industry believed mining was about to make a comeback. They were wrong.

Posted in Anthracite mining, Coal RegionTagged 1920s, 1929, anthracite, Coal, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Economy, Great Depression, Labor, Newspapers, Pennsylvania1 Comment

A ‘wet’ Christmas in the Coal Region during Prohibition

Posted on December 11, 2018December 17, 2018 by Jake Wynn

A reporter for the Hazleton Plain Speaker interview bootleggers to get a scoop on the booze situation in 1926.

Posted in Coal Region, Luzerne CountyTagged 1920s, 1926, Christmas, Coal Region, Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Prohibition2 Comments

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