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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
2
The excerpt explains placing plates and napkins for various meals with detailed “covers” per guest. It covers course progression from oyster and soup plates to hot courses, utensil placement, dessert setup, napkin folding, water planes, seating cards, and bread butter service, noting practicalities for large maids and tidy dessert service.
Our store fills every inch of space with the newest and most desirable Holiday Goods. We strive for a superior standard in our lines and maintain low prices compatible with quality. Suburban patrons can save by shopping in Wilkesbarre.
Store advertises a large stock of women’s jewelry and watches with prices from $8 to $250. Diamond rings, diamond stones, pearls, and solid gold or gold filled watches from Waltham or Elgin are offered with guarantees of full value and quality.
Our stock of watches includes eight unusually large options selected from the best makers and guaranteed to keep time. Men's and boys' nickel watches range from 1.75 to 1.75, while solid silver models are priced from 4.10 to 10.75. Filled.
A jumble of snippets from multiple papers notes impertinent remarks about prominent figures. It mentions Ar.wa, Schwab, and Russell Sage in a light, ironic tone with quips on alimony and wealth. The Washington Star and Topeka Herald are cited in passing.
Bishop John Janseen of Belleville resigns to join a Franciscan monastery while Rev Frank P Crandon of Barrett Biblical Institute Chicago is named auditor at Northwest University. The Chicago Methodist Episcopal Church debt fund gains $10000 from Gustavus F Swift. Archbishop Parley delivers the sermon at the fiftieth anniversary of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany New York.
News briefs note Rudyard Kipling to leave for a hot land for several months of summer. A Ward and Deale C Preach of New York to design heroic statues of Napoleon and Jefferson for the world stage. Mrs Ann Stacy wins Chicago Art Institute prize of 100 dollars for Afra Stacy conquest picture. Mention also jewelry at Yaseen’s next to Sacks & Brown.
A fragmented advertisement lists first quality pearl handled knives, dessert and berry spoons, forks, cold meat sets, and two piece game and meat carvers. It mentions sterling silver mountings, ivory celluloid handles, and various patterns with prices ranging from a few dollars to over ten dollars.
An advertisement highlights Sterling Silver Toilet Articles with the newest patterns. Engraving is advertised as free.
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