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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1903
Page
2
Incomplete OCR shows population figures and area names such as Pitanety and Mac Pieaton plus boroughs Hreter Hoghee tra Jenking Putten. Mentions post office coverage and villages within the position area. Overall, a rough census style record with multiple misspellings and unclear locality names.
The morning reports two major financial defalcations totaling about 205,000 dollars in the New England M E Conference Preachers Aid Society and a Newburne bank cashier. It also notes the retirement of Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles after a storied career, detailing his early life, Civil War service, and rise to lieutenant general.
The article surveys General Miles as a leading military figure praised for his decisive Puerto Rico expedition yet strained with President McKinley and cabinet officials. It notes his retirement pay at 8250 a year versus 11000 in active rank, then shifts to a disaster involving a Chicago to Detroit train and a Samoan hurricane aftermath. It closes with a promotion for Herster's Stomach Bitters.
Mixed local notices and advertisements recount a DAR memorial plan for Empress Catherine in Sita, editor Evan Patrick railing at subscriber arrears, a theft-unexplained gift to James Mealey amid bankruptcy, and Dun's Index price trends. Also promotions for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure tout child and adult digestion claims, with Nashville distributor Thomas J. Yates selling the remedy.
County committee informs Luzerne County Republican voters of a Saturday primary from 4 to 7 p m at usual precincts to elect one delegate per district for a county convention Aug 11 1908 at 10 a m at the Ninth Regiment armory Wilkesbarre to nominate candidates for district attorney prothonotary clerk of courts and jury commissioner plus two delegates to the National Republican Convention and district committeemen inspectors will act as vigilantes.
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