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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1901
Page
2
Local notices describe a chaotic beauty evening and Labor Day events at the Armory, with reports of a dangerous incident involving Thomas McCheey and a revolver. Police intervened as a love-triangle dispute escalated, while church activity and funeral notices fill the page alongside community news.
Rescue and railroad workers battled a washout on the Lackawanna line near Vosburg causing a tunnel closure. Reported passengers stranded at Witkeabsire and a block on the east end disrupted service. News notes mention a railway accident at Lackawanna with damage and delays continuing into Saturday afternoon.
A garbled obituary and social notices list funerals, church services, and local events in Scranton area. It mentions the funeral of Mrs. Anna At Wyehot, names Delbert Tolhamn and others, a church gathering at Parke Data, and various community occurrences including a missing person report and a baptismal rite.
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