This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1902
Page
2
Special sale offers tea pots 2 qt 3se 3 qt 400 4 qt 480 and many other items such as pudding pans dish pans and wash dishes at 60 percent off regular prices. The note emphasizes substantial savings and mentions assorted cookware and kitchenware.
Local classified and society notes list rooms for rent on Wyoming avenue and Alpine Street, several houses for sale to provide cash or installments, coal and oyster vendors named, plus stories of residents in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. Items include a baby’s arrival, a death by suicide, health court actions, and church union elections.
Reports detail a contagious illness spreading through Scranton, Pittston, Wilkes-Barre, Duryea and surrounding boroughs. George Morgan’s brother and family face quarantine measures. authorities restrict teamsters without health certificates and track public safety. Schools plan delayed openings. vaccination proof required if cases rise. Local officials pledge containment as cases surface in multiple communities.
Preparations push for resuming the Lawrence colliery near Duryea formerly tied to Connell Coal and later Lehigh Valley Coal. Lehigh plans to mine remaining coal and prepare Lawrence breaker, transporting coal via Overland tracks to the breaker. Babylon tract and Templetron setup join, aiming to staff hundreds in Duryea for years.
A cloak department sale offers seasonable goods at less than cost with all items in the cloak depart ment and furs marked down. Millinery, including French pattern hats and in house creations, reduced to one third of former price to clear shelves for new imports arriving soon.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.