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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
1
A vintage advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims the remedy digests all wholesome food, nourishes nerves, and restores energy without relying on tonics or nerve medicines. The copy urges readers to trust the digestive cure over others.
Reports describe a proposed artificial waterway from the Mississippi toward the Indiana state line in Laporte, Starke, Porter, Lake, and Jasper counties. The plan aims to drain marsh lands and reclaim thousands of acres, with a 9 by 16 foot ditch over about sixty miles and a total cost near 1 million dollars.
Washington December 19 arrangements are set for the funeral of Mrs Julia Dent Grant with services at Metropolitan Methodist Church at 830 am conducted by Rev Frank M Bristol. After services the party will go to the Penn Station and take the 11 oclock train to New York where the Grant Monument Association will conduct a ceremony at Jersey City before proceeding to Grant tomb Riverside Drive. The tomb service Sunday at 11 am will be led by Bishop Andrews with special military honors and many army and naval officers in full dress. Honorary pallbearers include Speaker Henderson Secretary Moot and Wilson General Dodge and Senators Cullom Kean and others. Secretaries Root and others may attend but not accompany the remains to New York.
General Wager Swayne, famed Civil War veteran and former brigadier and major general, died at the Hotel Renaissance after ten days of diabetes complications. Born in Columbus, Ohio, he served as commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau in Alabama before retiring in 1870 to practice law. He later moved to New York and became a leading attorney for several corporations, remaining active in Republican politics.
Seven seamen and two crew members aboard the British schooner Mira were rescued after the vessel, bound from Philadelphia to Bridgeport, encountered a week of freezing seas. Captain Swartmore and C. H. Clements were among the rescued, with four men hospitalized in New Mexico. The Mira was overtaken near Newfoundland and suffered crew losses before a signal on the mast led to rescue two hours after the ship’s peril began.
A concise Toronto brief notes various civic items including a fire commission vacancy at Johnstown Poot area, petition actions before Atta court, and a set of named individuals such as Metis D. Holton and Dr Daniel Tawi. It mentions persons traveling to the White House, and a public figure suffering an acute indigestion attack but recovering after treatment.
Reports from Philadelphia and New York discuss coal supply strains as winter demand rises. Officials note no stock at storage points, leaving consumers dependent on off tools. major dealers and Reading Company catterers warn of tight markets while mine production continues at limited level.
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