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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1902
Page
3
A fragment recalls a scene at Ninety seventh street with Nancy Atledge and Viola Rosboro discussing talent and freedom. The room features ancestral portraits and a small piano as Beulah is observed and the pair debate genius rights and personal constraints in a literary setting.
Miss Nancy, a prominent southern figure, travels north amid praise for her successes in New York. The piece traces her influence on Beulah Beulah, a young southern artist, and her chaperone role, highlighting social dynamics, intellect worship, and romantic intrigue within a cultured, salon society.
Our store is ready for Christmas trade with all space filled by new and desirable holiday goods. We claim higher standards than other local lines and offer prices as low as quality allows. Suburban patrons can save by shopping in Wilkesbarre.
Classified item noting women’s Sterling Silver watches priced from five to nineteen dollars. Also lists solid gold watches with Waltham or Elgin movements at about thirteen to fifteen dollars, and women’s gold filled watches with twenty year cases from ten to sixteen dollars. Includes Waltham or Elgin brands.
A Pennsylvania shop advertises women’s diamond rings from eight to two hundred fifty dollars. The listing highlights single and two stone settings with guaranteed quality and value, promoting an unequaled stock in the region.
Jewelry sale catalog lists solid gold rings 25 to 150 dollars, women's 3 stone diamond rings 82 to 180, Brooches 200 to 100, scarf pins 100 to 20, turquoise opal items 2.50 to 200, dollar buttons 1.00, men’s single stone diamond rings 15 to 250, diamond sets 2.00 to 1054.
Our stock of Watches this year is unusually large. They were selected from the best makers and are guaranteed to be good time keepers. Our guarantee goes with each one. Nickel 81.75 to 7 dollars. Men's and Boys' Solid Silver Watches 4 to 10.75 dollars. Men's Gold Filled Watches 20 year case Waltham or Elgin movements 9 to 25 dollars. Men's Solid Gold Elgin movements 21 to 85 dollars.
Partial OCR list shows sterling silver spoons and forks with varied prices. Items include dessert spoons, table spoons, butter berry spoons, cold meat forks, gravy ladles, bouillon spoons, ice cream spoons, chocolate spoons, berry forks, soup spoons, orange spoons, dessert knives, medium knives and sugar tongs. Prices range around 1.00 to 1.85 per unit with several misreadings.
Auction style listing notes silver plated ware from Rogers with new patterns offered at half the usual price. Descriptions include dessert knives per dozen priced 9 to 18 dollars, apple knives 12 000 321.50, fruit knives 7.5 to 9 dollars, and assorted forks spoons and tea sets in various designs.
An old catalog style listing promotes sterling silver toilet articles with engravings free. It details patterns and prices for ivory celluloid handled meat carvers two piece bird carvers and beef carvers with stag handles, plus hair brushes dressing combs velvet and bonnet brushes. Also lists puff boxes salvetors nail files shoe hooks and other grooming items with varying price ranges.
A luxury gift for men featuring a solid M4K gold watch and chain with a lifetime wear guarantee. The Elgin movement timepiece comes in a handsome leather case, offering a refined present for the holiday season.
Beulah leaves Virginia after Nancy and Afra Garner push her toward art studies in New York. She enrolls at the Art Students League, gains a season of instruction, and faces pressure from family and friends about marriage to McGrath as she develops confidence in her artistic talent.
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