27 Feb 1904
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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1904
Page
1
J B Patterson and Company promote a fire preventative product as a better safeguard than insurance. The claim emphasizes preventive measures to reduce losses and protect property.
Frank Huthmaker, right watchman at No. washers, suffered a fractured leg after slipping on a snow-covered walk on York avenue o'clock this morning while en route to Dr B B Long on Susquehanna avenue. He was taken home at the corner Luzerne avenue and Franklin Street. The incident came as Burgess Jenkins and Street Commissioner Urquhart inspected the walk on Joh Muirhead's property and found no defect. In related news, the Reserves posted their 12th victory in 16 games, led by Stanley Repp with strong guard play as Callahan and J Hark contributed. The West Pittston Juniors defeated the second B Y P U team 19 to 2, with Wicks, W Clark, Snowden, Holpies, and Lewis in the lineup.
Local notices cover illnesses and recoveries of residents on Luzerne Avenue Park Street Exeter and Carbondale plus a birth and a hospital update. Social events include a Lafayette Alumni banquet in Wilkesbarre and gatherings at Trinity rectory and Keystone Social Club. A 4 wagon accident crushed a foot, and plumbing leaks disrupt Exeter and Susquehanna areas.
Tales of talismans used for protection amid war appear in history with a Spanish prisoner of the time of the Prince of Orange. An amulet bearing a lamb’s head supposedly saved a man from a fatal volley as shots pierced the armor of superstition rather than flesh. Food for escaped prisoners is described in Biboria where village houses display small shelves in the main street to share spare provisions. A practice to deter dogs from the food uses a device set at height. The Home Makers comment ends with a matron’s quip about the three essentials of a home rugs hardwood floors and a man.
The article surveys Labrador’s forbidding terrain with limited sea access four months yearly. It notes a tableland interior and 700 miles of coast with fjord like inlets, highlighting Nachrach Bay and a 400 to 600 foot waterfall tumbling from high cliffs into foamy cascades.
An advertisement invites readers to mail a coupon to The Calcura Co Kennedy Row Rondout New York for a free week of Calcura Solvent treatment. It claims the medicine cures kidney and bladder troubles constipation and blood impurities by a new principle and cites a testimonial from William Mille of Mattewan New York.
The general praised his troops for humane treatment of prisoners while noting strict rules. An officer challenged this, recalling an east Tennessee incident where shoes of a captured Union soldier were traded for a shot in a barter led by a subordinate. The tale, Longstreet said, does not prove broader evasion.
A local tailor assures patrons their clothes will be in the mode and true to the shop's established reputation. Satisfaction is guaranteed as they promise meeting fashion standards and quality.
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