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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
1
A fragment lists various blankets and comforters with prices ranging from $1.45 to $29.50. Items include Biogtered Bankets and Esteen Down Comfortables, noting different price points and potential calculation fees, with mentions of silk down comfortables and related assortments.
A local retailer promotes a new fifty cent Corset boasting quality materials and sturdy boning. The ad emphasizes white and gray options, with a straight front, medium length, and medium low bust, claiming it to be the best value yet offered.
Various garments listed with discounted prices: Flannelette Sacques 129 for trimming, Black Flannel Becques at 2.50, Flannel Sacques in two colors with white embroidery 2.98, Eiderdown Robes with large collars and heavy adornments 3.98. Items described with trims, colors, and features.
Dateline Vienna reports Emperor Francis has recovered and continues private and general audiences. A Parkersburg, West Virginia notice says Parkersburg Iron and Steel will slow down operations tonight, laying off about five hundred workers due to a wage reduction dispute. St Petersburg notes amid abroad reports of renewed anti Hebrew attacks, while visitors are advised to state purpose concisely. Meridian police still seek Ethel Rovello, kidnapped for ransom, last seen trying to distance from Denver associate Minerva Winford’s fortune.
Coroner Treager's statement recounts the Nov 28 Troquois Theater blaze in Chicago. Survivors describe burning curtains crowds trampled exits and heroic but tragic efforts to aid women and children as flames raced through the auditorium. The Troquois, opened two months earlier at 1,724 seats, suffered extensive damage.
Will J. Davis and Harry J. Powers owners of the Iroquois theater issue a statement on the fire. They say the blaze started from ignition of scenic draperies and note attempts with Kiltre and other tubes failed to extinguish it. They describe audience panic, rapid curtain descent issues, and that no danger precautions were spared in construction though some combustibles remained.
In Santo Domingo on December 31 the provisional government seized two Cornea ships carrying arms and ammunition for insurgents. Vessels reached port with fifteen prisoners landed. Government troops march toward Bani to attack insurgents at Axial Compostela. Insurgents who attacked General Guerem defeated. several prisoners taken and brought to the city. A clash occurred outside the city with many wounded. Cargo destined for Aus Conpostella sailed for the other port without meeting government demand. United States intervention was deemed unnecessary after talks between the agent and authorities.
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