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Molly and Maguires
* 1878 – John Kehoe, the last of the Molly Maguires is executed in Pennsylvania.
* 1876 – A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Pennsylvanian Irish anti-owner coal miners, the " Molly Maguires ", to disband.
* 1877 – The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants convicted of murder, are hanged at the Schuylkill County and Carbon County, Pennsylvania prisons.
* September 1 – A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the " Molly Maguires ", to disband.
* June 21 – The Molly Maguires are hanged at Carbon County Prison in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania.
* The Molly Maguires, a clandestine society of Irish miners who engaged in a violent confrontation with Pennsylvania mining companies in the 19th century.
Carbon County is the location of the trials and executions of the controversial Molly Maguires, an Irish secret society that had been accused of terrorizing the region.
One of the local mine bosses, John P. Jones, was murdered in Lansford, reportedly in connection with labor union strife, attributed to members of a secret society known as the Molly Maguires, many of whom were put on trial and hanged in Carbon and Schuylkill Counties during the mid-to late 1870s.
In the mid-1870s, there were numerous crimes and atrocities ( often labor related ) attributed to Irish secret societies, collectively known as the Molly Maguires.
" Samuel L. French, who was Burgess of Plymouth when this letter was published, mentioned the Molly Maguires in his history, Reminiscences of Plymouth, Pa., writing that " one of their number named Dunleavy was mysteriously shot one evening in a saloon on East Main Street, which incident had the effect of putting a quietus on the band in Plymouth.
Black Jack has gone down in history as a member of the Molly Maguires, a group of Irish immigrants who allegedly committed acts against the mine and railroad owners for their own gains and was hung along with 19 other alleged Molly Maguires in a series of trials that today would be considered travesties of justice.
Today, Black Jack's tavern in Girardville, The Hibernian House, continues to be operated by his great grandson, Joseph Wayne and is a popular destination for historians, genealogists, and tourists searching for information on the Molly Maguires, the coal region culture, and their Irish roots.
The borough was a major center of anthracite production and the region was embroiled in the Molly Maguires incidents.
* The Molly Maguires, a criminal organization of Irish laborers, operated throughout the surrounding mining region in the late 19th century, committing numerous robberies, murders, and acts of terrorism.
Six Molly Maguires were hanged in Pottsville for murder June 21, 1877.
The area was incorporated as a borough in 1866 and was a famous hotbed of activity during the era of the Molly Maguires in the 1870s.
During the 1860s and 1870s, Tamaqua was the geographic center hub for the Molly Maguires.
Some memorable movie performances followed this, among them a role as a reluctant police informant in the coal-mining tale The Molly Maguires ( 1970 ), starring with Sean Connery.
Eggar appeared in such films as Curtains, Doctor Dolittle, The Molly Maguires, Dark Horse, The Brood, and The Light at the Edge of the World.
The prosecution had depended heavily on the investigative work of James McParland who, acting as an operative for the Pinkerton Detective Agency, had helped convict the Molly Maguires three decades earlier, and felt confident that it would convict all three.
The Labor Wars, From the Molly Maguires to the Sitdowns.

Molly and also
Molly also appears in the short story " Johnny Mnemonic ", and re-appears ( using the alias Sally Shears ) in Mona Lisa Overdrive, the third novel of the Sprawl Trilogy.
After travelling to Fribbulus Xax, Keen explores the alien planet and saves Molly from being eaten, and also finds out that Molly is Mortimer's sister.
In March 1920 Molly MacCarthy began a club to help Desmond and herself write their memoirs ; and also " for their friends to regroup after the war ( with the proviso that they should always tell the truth )", thus bringing the members of Old Bloomsbury back together.
Creative Commons also has an Audit Committee, with two members: Molly Shaffer Van Houweling and Lawrence Lessig.
She is also the subject of the novels Mary, Queen of France by Jean Plaidy, The Reluctant Queen by Molly Costain Haycraft, Princess of Desire by Maureen Peters, and The Secret Bride: In the Court of Henry VIII by Diane Haeger.
The Jordans were experts at transforming the ethnic humor of vaudeville into more rounded comic characters, no doubt due in part to the affection felt for the famous supporting cast members who voiced these roles, including Bill Thompson ( as the Old Timer and Wimple ), Harold Peary ( as Gildersleeve ), Gale Gordon ( as LaTrivia ), Arthur Q. Bryan ( as Dr. Gamble ; Bryan also voiced Elmer Fudd for the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes cartoons, which also borrowed lines from Fibber McGee and Molly from time to time ), Isabel Randolph ( as Mrs. Uppington ), Marlin Hurt ( a white male who played in dialect the McGee's maid, Beulah ), and others.
" Molly Ringwald had also wanted to play Sloane, but according to Ringwald, " John wouldn't let me do it: he said that the part wasn't big enough for me.
The annual firing of the Molly Stark cannon also takes place.
Fleischmanns was also home to Gertrude Berg who portrayed the beloved Molly Goldberg on radio and early television.
Molly Maguire ringleader Jack Kehoe was also hanged for murder in Pottsville December 18, 1878.
The album also featured a remake of the rock & roll classic " Good Golly Miss Molly " and the band's nine-minute live-show closer, " Keep On Chooglin '," which features only one chord through the whole song: E7.
He also married his wife Molly, who became a headteacher and educational administrator.
Hannibal was also the birthplace of singer and actor Cliff Edwards (" Ukelele Ike ") and ' The Unsinkable Molly ' Brown.
Groups such as Ozark Mountain Daredevils, ZZ Top,. 38 Special, Confederate Railroad, Outlaws, Molly Hatchet, Blackfoot, Point Blank, Black Oak Arkansas, and the Edgar Winter Group also thrived in this genre.
" Molly Malone " ( also known as " Cockles and Mussels " or " In Dublin's Fair City ") is a popular song, set in Dublin, Ireland, which has become the unofficial anthem of Dublin City.
Molly dancing also occurred throughout north Manchester and Salford on and around May Day ( last recorded incidence in Salford c1963 ).
Due to this fact, it has also received a song written by Molly Lewis of the same title.
* Molly Bloom's soliloquy was also used as the basis for a dance song by Amber, titled " Yes.
Molly also becomes friends with the younger son, Roger ( Anthony Howell ).
Molly also discovers his great secret: Osborne has married for love, to a French Roman Catholic ex-nursery maid, Aimee ( Tonia Chauvet ), whom he has established in a secret cottage.
He also makes a play for Molly, seeking her professional help.
After his father's death, his mother Margaret ( Owandah ), the niece of Tiaogeara, a Caughnawaga sachem, returned to the province of New York from Ohio with Joseph and his older sister Mary ( also known as Molly ).

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