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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1903
Page
4
The text describes 5 Gold Bonds issued by The Equitable Life with a higher rate of interest. It mentions payment on delivery and the guarantee by The Equitable Life in the event of death, with cancellation of unpaid installments.
A long excerpt from a 19th or early 20th century column recounts moral tales and anecdotes about faith and family. It references ACHBISHOP IRELAND and a bright eight-year-old daughter who prays for brothers, with her joy at an answer followed by later trepidation. Additional snippets portray a vegetarian doctor Henry Van Dyke and brief humor about a dinner party, ending with a Chicago American style anecdote and a Cleveland Plaza Deal note.
Dushore residents will soon reach Tankhanstock and Montrose via a new independent line. The Scranton pool board rejects relief for earners under 165.55 monthly. Philadelphia port official appointment noted. Athens resident Felix Kingsley dies at 79 after long tannery work. A rear end coal train crash near Lanesboro wrecks eight cars and a caboose. priests of Scranton diocese meet with Bishop Hoban to discuss past work and next year plans. Other items include a gas strike at Hyner driving excitement and a William Penn accident injuring Joseph Wasteroy. Public notices cover school gifts ban, Danville Bloomsburg railroad rights, and old newspaper sale offers.
A varied local clipping reports a man smothered to death in Pine Ridge and multiple community items. It notes deaths including Mathias Yankovitch of Hadson, James Maxinley of Wilkes Barre, and Mrs Michael Hel Sho, plus a car and steam locomotive move in Wilkes Barre. It mentions Rev William Toennes’s debt relief effort and a sales plan, and includes ads for blank leases and Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Andrew J Baldwin prominent Wilkes Barre resident dies after long illness. Born 1824 in Trucksville Pa he carried mail as a youth and later built telegraph lines including the first line between Wood's Hole and Vineyard Haven. Funeral Monday at 3 from the Ross Street home with interment at Forty Fort Cemetery.
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