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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
3
Why go shopping around for holiday jewelry when Leibson's offers more kinds of beautiful pieces than many stores. Every item is fully guaranteed and priced far below other dealers. Call and see for yourself.
Folkloric sketches describe Canton celebrations of the spinning maiden and cowherd festival. A 16 year old girl kneels before a star goddess shrine and threads a needle behind her head, attracting marriage proposals. The piece also includes quirky quips about Santa Claus and a museum stocking loan, illustrating playful local humor.
A list of winter and sports equipment names appears with brands such as Peck & Snyder Brownie and Go-Carts. Items include hot water plates toast racks milk shakers flexible flyers sleds skates and patrol gear.
Poetic lines lament fading faith as pagan beliefs wane and oracles lose prestige. The speaker invokes Virgil to mark a shift toward a new divine guidance as clouds gather over Olympus.
In a curious tale from a distant world, the Santa Claus workshop is placed in Unneberg Germany near Thuringia where 13,000 workers sustain the chief shop. The piece notes Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for lagrippe and coughs, while detailing local industry and Christmas output across Sonnevergers and nearby streets, with shops and homes listed in a faded ledger.
Advert says Hamlins Wizard Oil quick relief for pain from injuries or internal disorders. Cites rheumatism neuralgia headache earache toothache sprains burns cuts colic among pains treated. Describes it as pleasant safe certain remedy for internal and external use. Available at druggists 50 cents and 1.00, fully guaranteed.
The article touts electric motors as cheaper cleaner and more efficient. It highlights low maintenance with no commutators or frequent lubrication and compact design enabling mounting away from the shaft. It claims economy in operation and seeks inquiries for AC motors suited to various purposes.
Pittsburgh area timetable details show the Standard Railroad of Pennsylvania with trains to Wilkesbarre Philadelphia and major intermed 1:46 a m and am daily. Baltimore departures at 7:16 and 10:5 am 12:48 and 6:00 pm on weekdays Sundays 2:46 pm. For Bellefonte Tyrone and Pittstown time tables and info available from B P Barnum City Ticket Agent 44 Public Square Wilkes Barre.
Public notice from the Wilkesbarre and Hazleton Rai Way Company effective November 22, 1905. Trains depart Wilkesbarre Public Square and reach Hazleton in about one hour and sixteen minutes. A. P. Harger, Superintendent of Transportation.
Railroad timetable from the Jackwananna and Wyoming Valley line lists departure times from Pittston at 1 26 and 6 25 a m and 12 25 p m to Wilkes Barre with 18 minute travel, and to Scranton with 24 minute travel. Ten minute intervals run 7 36 a m to 7 85 p m to Wilkes Barre in 14 minutes and to Scranton in 17 minutes. Frequent service between Scranton Nay Aug Park Petersburg and Dun more baggage trains noted. Trame Manager B Wyly Jr Scranton.
Corrected to June 36 1908 timetable lists vestibuled through trains and parlor cars for White Haven Mauch Chunk Allentown Bethlehem and Philadelphia with key departures 7 46 a m and 6 16 p m Sundays 7 45 p m. Transfers to Baltimore Washington and southern points noted. Connections to Scranton Wilkesbarre Easton Harrisburg Reading Lebanon and New York shown with various through car options and times including 1 45 for Philadelphia Easton New York and 7 45 a m to 6 p m for Reading line services.
Rail timetable fragment lists daily eastward departures from Chicago and Buffalo to New York at 4:38 am. A 3 am express runs from L and B Junction to New York and Philadelphia. Local Waverly to Wilkesbarre and New York to Philadelphia services appear with various times.
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