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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1902
Page
4
An advertisement notes harmony of prices and quality in French and German china and English porcelain in open stock patterns. It invites shoppers to inspect the department, claiming the goods are among the finest in the region. Includes infants and children's underwear in all sizes and women’s underwear.
Local items report resumed operation at a flooded coal pit near Shamokin, pending start Monday. Tunkhannock considers three postmaster candidates. Livy Richard attends Pennsylvanian Society banquet in Scranton. Sculpture contract for Harrisburg capitol awarded to George G Barnard for 100000. Punkhannock milk station near Lehigh Valley station ready, spring opening expected. Typhoid illness hits family of William Mites. son and daughter ill. Conductor Lewis Stidle loses foot in Jersey wreck. Hendricks plant in Carbondale expands, buys site on Dundas street. Kem Temple holds special session in Scranton. 64 candidates initiated. Lackawanna county to transfer ballot boxes per court order. William Haines injured, likely to recover. North American pike complaints prompt municipal electric plant management under citizens committee. Berwick clock project advances with church officials funding. New England Society dinner planned in Scranton with noted speakers. 1903 New Year health guide Hostetter’s Almanac touted. Stomach Bitters recommended. Dental ad notes private stamp and mastication emphasis.
McClain buys van Buckalew farm at Cambra. Lackawanna's Shickshinny station to be built next spring. William R. Gibbons elected. Three smallpox cases near Harvey’s Lake at Noxon quarantined. A young woman of noble character from Nanticoke dies after long illness. Rev. Robert J. Lockhart to begin pastorate January 1 at Marion shore. Hazleton school board to rent rooms for new schools. Union Band organized by Freeland and Upper Lehigh with William Mealing as president. Hazleton hotel bell boy burned by alcohol ignition. Upper Lehigh Coal Co to sink a new shaft on ridge between South Heberton and Upper Lehigh. coal mining early spring. Ex-Sheriff James Harvey must show cause why his petition contesting B. J. Ferry election should not be quashed. returnable Jan. 17. James Sullivan, 17, killed in Blis breaker by conveyer. body found four hours later. father first to discover. Bally stock sale promotions plus local notices on cough remedies and catarrh cures cited. Berry column notes weather signals and medicinal ads.
A Duryea page reports visitors from Scranton Wilkes Barre and West Pittston. Local school activities include a high school teachers’ meeting and a Noral school trip. Social events span a Ladies Aid supper and a sleigh ride to Courtdale with Rev H A J Green hosting.
Mr and Mrs D M Huthhmaker host Miss Margaret Rogan and others at Canton while Mr and Mrs Z Dickenson entertain. Arthur Harter visits spending days with his aunts in Plymouth. Mrs David Evans of Pittston visits her daughter, Ire Thomas Major Jr. Welk of West Pittston arrives for Mrs George Ace. Novelties for the season featured as staple designs. Buyers take advantage with lay by Dutchasing at Berry's.
Mrs A N Smith Jr of Lowell Massachusetts states Pneumonia is hereditary in her family and credits Father John s Medicine with curing her colds and throat and lung troubles. She says she has used it for years and has recommended it to friends with positive results.
R B Gutler's announces wide range of ribbons, pillow shams, scarfs, Battenburg covers, and table linens. Includes Christmas gifts, gowns, linen sets, and novelty bags. Encourages inspecting stock before purchasing for Xmas social functions.
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