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Pittston Gazette

Location

Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1905

Page

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Eagle Hose Co to Hold Regular Meeting Tomorrow

Local notes report Eagle Hose Co will meet tomorrow to discuss arrangements for a dance at Valley View park on Aug 1. The Pittston Clerks association is also mentioned in the event planning, with other local updates on births, sports, and business changes.

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Typhoid cases rise in rural towns threaten Carbondale milk

Reports from Scranton Tribune detail a widening typhoid outbreak in Dundaff Greenfield and Dundaff areas with case counts at three farms and a suspected link to Carbondale milk. Dr Fike and local physicians confirm multiple infections including Ernest Price and Anna Belle Gardner, as authorities monitor further spread and dairy supplies.

Carbondale Dundaft Grenfield Township Scranton ‘Tribune Greenfield Carya Board of Health Edward Horn Philander Horn Asa. Rivenburg Nettle Stussell Fike Clifford Anna Belle Gardner Dundaff Greenfeld Diltford Thomas Bottomley Ernest Price Cemetery Street Carlos Gale Green Pred Wallace Perton

Personal notices from local area including visits and travel

Local column lists residents and visitors with travels to Atlantic City Philadelphia Gil Pardavite Chicago St Louis and New York. Names include Lulu Reilly Linda Gibbons Mary Kearney Jennie Hewitt Mamie Healey Marg et Hanahan and others. Mentions temporary relocations for vacations and work, plus brief local business ads for Petticoats, houses for sale and appliances.

C.F Bohanana Asbury Park Lulu Reilly Atlantic City Tort Roberts Meshoppen G. F. van Tayle Tore Linda Gibbons William Sty Boad Street Ming Mary Kearney Curtis Street Binghamton Louis A. Elterieh Harvey's Lake Ella Long Mary Jennie Kearney Mill Street Lake Win Mary McHale New York Jennie Hewitt I Street Donnelly Eke Brady Lagrange Street Palmyra N. Y Mamie Healey North Main Street Margret Hanahan Miner's Mille Willeave St. Louis John Gordon

Obituary: Mrs Stephen Hoy 62 at Market and Vine home

Mary wife of Stephen Hoy died at 7:30 this morning at the family home at Market and Vine streets after illness. She was 62 and survived by husband and sons John and Stephen Hoy of Butte Montana Martin and Thomas and Michael. John Hoy arrived from Butte after visiting. The notice lists multiple local ads and business mentions following the obituary.

Stephen Hoy Mary Market Vine Streets John Hoy Butte Montana John Stephen Martin Hutte Mont. Thomas New York Michael

Real Estate Investment Claim Promises High Pittston Returns

An advertisement urges readers to invest through a local broker in Pittston promising thirteen percent returns on real estate while criticizing banks offering only three percent. The speaker stresses reliability and urges action through the broker.

Pittston

Change in foremen at coal colliery divisions announced

Coal Co Trans president Thomas Tehigh Vi in pal Co announces several foremen changes in Upper Pittston division. Thomas O'Brien inside foreman Holdelbors No 2 colliery and John Heffernan inside foreman Twin mine exchange positions. George Gallagher Wilkesbarre appointed inside foreman of the Lawrence, replacing Thomas Thomas, who now oversees Lehigh Valley. Also notes on local ads and products including Garrison's talking machines and DeWitt's salve warnings.

Pal Co Upper Ision Thomas O'Brien Holdelbors John Heffernan Twin Upper Pittston George Gallagher Wilkesbarre Lehigh Valley Coal Con Lawrence Thomas ‘Thomas Lehigh Valley

ET CAELERA Notes Prom Businessen Wants and Other Minor Matters

Local notices list a house for sale on 923 Wyoming avenue, inquiries at 224 Wyoming avenue, a 180 acre Pad ay's Land farm in Pittston, a two story house at 7 South Main Street, a servant girl needed for general housework at 224 Susquehanna Avenue or Benedict Tarber wholesale, a house for rent from October 1 at 1 Montgomery Street, Coggins' Confectionery selling cream and light lunches, and sales of base Turner heating stoves and other household goods at the Gazette office.

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Stylish Black Merce Skirts Featured at Bargain Prices

Announcement touts Black Merce skirts as superior value, claiming better style and tailoring than rivals for half the price. It promises new, beautiful designs arriving in about two days, urging quick purchase to avoid missing the season’s swellest creations.

Passing of a Landmark in Butler Coal Era

A long standing structure on North Main near Butler St. is being torn down to make way for a brick store and office building. Once the general office for Butler Coal Co, the two room building dates to 1859 with ties to Horton Brothers and later the Butler mines. Accidents on the gravity plane, including a fatal 1862 incident, are recalled as the site shifts from coal era to progress with modern shops.

Ofice Butler St Mother Earth North Main Street Butler Uneertaker C.H. Cutler Allie A. B. Brown Abram Huff Harding Exeter Butler Coal Co Lehigh Valleye Coal Co Messrs Mall Butler Thutler Street Sinclair Hutler Coal Co Main and Buller Streets Horton Brothers John and Nelson Horton Ehret Carbondale Min Street Butler Works Butler Eee Rrs Ec, Alea

Historic Butler office site to be rebuilt with modern two story block

The article notes 1871 succession by M Leme and Bennett from Corning, the Lehigh Valley Co. land at foot of the hill sold, various tenants, and a court held by Squire D. 8. WM. The old office building will be replaced by a modern two story structure on Main Street with four storefronts, eight offices and multiple storage rooms.

Mio M. Leme B. Bennett Corning Cosola Lehigh Valley Co Henge Sullivan Rae Te Cutler

New Colliery Plans and Local Dance Announcement

A Scranton Telegram item reports a charter application for the Carbondale Coal Co to develop a large virgin coal tract near Pioneer City. Directors include John Poland and John Plannelly with A H Pellett as treasurer and others from Dunmore Archbald and Lackawanna railroads. Breaker plans are ready and a slope will be driven. operations expected within four months. A dance at P F Judges pavilion 294 Parsonage St Wednesday evening invites all, with free admission and Dr Moon dentistry ads following.

Scranton John Plannelly Dunmore HP. Afellett M. Th. Casey Car AC Coumtant Lackawanna Railroads A. J Cawley Archbald Richard Gilgan Delaware and Hudson P. F. Judge's Pavilion

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