Picnic Time Lunch Basket Advertises Variety
An advertisement offers ready to serve lunch baskets with potted ham chicken turkey olives pickles waters and fancy cakes bananas promising a complete meal option for picnics and gatherings.
10 Jul 1902
Page 1
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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1902
Page
1
An advertisement offers ready to serve lunch baskets with potted ham chicken turkey olives pickles waters and fancy cakes bananas promising a complete meal option for picnics and gatherings.
West Side News reports Exeter Machine Works has added a blast fan to speed fire suppression and reduce steam waste, improving fire bottom-drawing and efficiency. Also covered are a mail carrier accident on Wyoming Avenue, court action against James Howell for entering a house and assault, plus ongoing local notes on residents, visits, and events across Wilkes-Barre and surrounding towns.
Fragmented OCR reads like a string of names and brief mentions from Exeter area: Mrs Patrick McLain, Harry Goldie, Thomas Walsh in Lehighton, Michael Mesaaris visiting Plymouth, a daughter of Mr and Mrs P J Kelly, Mrs Richard Appleby in Wilkes-Barre, John Mileo from Lincoln Avenue, Samuel Weiss of New York, Berkowitz relatives, Thomas Dougherty and Anthony selling items, Fred Taylor knocked down, tan products, hats and hosiery prices, Peter Mackin injury at a game, Anne Melvin and Joseph siblings visiting, Miss Jessie Williams Lisa Dougherty Mame Duffy in Beranton, Bertha Weings hosting, Herman VanCampen injures after a ball game, stock of stockings and repair prices.
Small consignments of lowg remnants and a few full pieces of embroidery, included ces and insertings, offered at 10e 124¢ and 5e goods, drawn directly from regular stock prices this week in Be yd.
A Norfolk area advertisement lists linens and linen colored embroidery at reduced prices. Sheer linen batiste sells for 50e with sale pricing noted. linen colored fabrics, decorations, bags, trunks, and suitcases are offered at marked discounts. Local stores include Oscar Smiti's Art Store and a market stand with varied goods.
A damaged market note describes women’s white shirts with muslin embroidery and insertings. It notes waists 3 to 7 sold in two days and warns regular profit time is over. The lot includes finished edged insertings priced under 15c to 25c, urging shoppers to come soon to secure sizes before stock runs out.
Fragmentary text offers a purchase inquiry about a yard wide untinished bleached table damask or cloth of fine quality. The readable bits suggest a sales pitch or catalog fragment from a store. No clear date or location is present.
Stock collars priced at 25c to 35c with dainty gilt buckles, offered in colors for young women. Limited quantities available. some styles close quickly.
Numerous fabrics including houlards in many colors and widths up to 24 inches will be offered. The listing notes a broad selection with varying quantities, from enough for a full suit to smaller pieces suitable for a shirt waist.
Women’s fine wrappers offered in bright summer materials at uniform prices. Brand new stock includes two prices of $1.50 and $1.79 per wrapper, with each item presented as stylish and well made.
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