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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1902
Page
1
An assortment of sale items and health claims appears in a frayed ad page. Notes mention tea pots priced at 350, various wares, and references to fatigue, eye diseases, and consults at a Presbyterian church. Local shops advertise jewelry, monuments, fruit, and remedies like Arnica salve and Pine Syrup.
An old classified page lists for rent and sale items including houses rooms hotels and farms, with scattered brand names like Lehigh Valley Coal Co and Wyoming Valley Lumber Co. Various agent names appear such as John Joram and Duryea, plus references to exchanges and furnished sailors.
Frank Howard of Scranton hosts friends at yesterday’s gathering while Senator William Dray attends county affairs. George Metiaie and Charles Tiley visit for a funeral in town. AP McCarthy and O Malley linked to postal telegraph connections and local business conquests. Local ads promote visitors and services, from mines to medical care, with park excursions and retail listings.
Community updates include a Wilkesbarre quarantine status for smallpox and vaccination notes, plus meetings of local groups such as the Merchants protective association and Young Men's Christian association. Funeral for William James George and a fire hall relocation are mentioned among civic items and obituaries.
The article details Lutz Hangston Hae accepting a ritual adviser role ahead of an execution in Ulckesbarre. Sheriff Jacobi coordinates arrangements for the hanging, with the gallows to be erected in the yard. Background mentions prior executions and a rehabilitation of the condemned man through spiritual guidance from Rev. Dr. Sills. It also notes a separate Pennsylvania Railroad tour to Mexico and California with pricing and itinerary details.
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