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1900
Forty-seventh annual conclave of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Pennsylvania convenes in Wilkes-Barre. (May 21)

The Pennsylvania State Editorial Association meets in Wilkes-Barre. (June 26)

1901
Unusual freshet in the Susquehanna. (December)

1902
Disastrous flood in the Susquehanna. (March 1-3)

Corner-stone of the Federal Post Office building, Wilkes-Barre, laid with Masonic ceremonies. (November 27)

1903
The Pennsylvania State Educational Association holds its forty-eighth annual session at Wilkes-Barre. (June 30)

First passenger car is run over the Laurel Line (3d-rail road) between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. (December 14)

1904
Serious flood in the Susquehanna, causing much damage to property. (March 9)

1905
President Roosevelt, Cardinal Gibbons, and other distinguished visitors in Wilkes-Barre as guests of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union at its national convention. (August 10)

1906
Centennial Jubilee of the erection of Wilkes-Barre into a borough. (May 10-12)

Wilkes-Barre Park Commission organized. (December 8)

1907
Corner-stone of Irem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, laid at midnight with impressive ceremonies. (November 27)

1908
Irem Temple dedicated. (December 15)