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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1905
Page
1
Gift hints galore crowd every department as Christmas nears. Explore Peat trinkets and art works at lowest quotes. Take the elevator to the third floor for a complete stock of toys dolls pictures and toy furniture newly bought for the season urging early buying.
Women look to buy silk petticoats in new styles and rich quality. The shop highlights handsome silk garments offered at marked prices with various choices and ranges available.
A shopper questions available small slip on shoes described as sheer lace and lightweight over frocks. The seller notes varieties and invites requests for the specific kind desired, ending with a prompt about prices.
A vivid catalog notes colored suits with simple street wear appeal and shirt waist outfits for utility. It highlights coats for workwear and wraps suitable for light scenes of music and flowers, with emphasis on materials trimmings and linings.
Furs for Gifts features a range of items including scarves and mufflers with options for full coats, offering affordable warmth for the season. Local merchants promote fashionable fur pieces suitable as gifts or personal keepsakes.
A nostalgic ad invites readers to explore a toy shop on the third floor offering a wide range of items from hobby horses to doll furniture and roll top desks. It promises fun romance and sentiment for both young and old with prices from 25 cents to 7.90 dollars and emphasizes affordable, well made playthings and novelty clocks for cozy rooms.
An advertisement describes Clever Novelties offering paper mache animal head mounts. The display includes dogs heads mounted on dog skin and deer heads as decorative pieces for home dens. Prices start from an unspecified amount.
A vast collection titled Thousands of Pictures presents over 1,000 subjects from the Sheean Pictures and Mottoes, Christy drawings, and novelty sketches. Prices range from 10c to 10.00, inviting patrons to view this grand gallery in person.
A local listing notes embroidery themed items on display at The Lower Floor. It highlights motor on sets and decorative embroidery options, inviting guests to view the featured craft pieces and shop.
Five minutes on the main floor reveals attractive Comics Brushes Mirrors and boxes with surprising quality and low prices. A few prices shown suggest affordable buys for these decorative bath items and storage boxes.
Fragmentary OCR shows pricing for Union Cloth initials in fancy box and a dozen items. Mentions 25c to 49c initial handkerchiefs and 45g women’s collars priced up to 10c per item. Details incomplete and brands unclear.
Proclamation by Henry F. Walton calls for a special election in Pennsylvania's Sixth Representative District of Luzerne County to fill the seat left vacant by Lorrie Holcomb's resignation. Sheriff to publish notices. election to be held in January 1909 per state constitution and assembly act.
A Scranton conference attended by Bishop Hoban and other gentlemen discussed Young Men’s Christian Association policies. The exchange clarified that associate memberships grant athletic access and social benefits without implying catechetical aims, and denied any missionary intent toward Catholic members.
Trick Morahan a 60 year old miner died yesterday in the Boston mine Plymouth after being crushed by a rock. He was a resident of Parsons and survived by his wife and nine children. He worked as a miner at the time of the accident.
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