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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1902
Page
2
An ad announces ready to supply lunch baskets with ham chicken turkey olives pi wafers fan bananas lemons and Chase and Sanborn’s coffee. Everything for the table including cakes.
The reader notes forging ahead as a growing popular trend explained by people discovering a long trip saves heat and time. It highlights the sale of sterials for reasonable money and up-to-date gains in wash goods available at 104 Luzerne Avenue.
West Side News reports long planned repairs at the Vulcan Iron Works on Exeter Street including a new high board fence at entrances, a brick and wooden structure replacing a damaged building, and a 20460 foot one story addition. A hand powered White Wings Street Sweeper for asphalt and brick pavements is demonstrated by F. H. Ackles of Syracuse and Langworthy & Son, with plans to exhibit next week on East Side streets. Excursionists injured on Baptist outing at Mountain Park include a boy with a broken wrist, a clerk with a badly sprained ankle, and others with minor injuries from swings and tramplings.
The column lists residents visiting and traveling from Salem, Wilkesbarre, and surrounding towns. People like Mire Eugene Wu, Ray Hubler, Charles Bryden, and J. J. Howell plan or complete trips to Lake Winota, Buffalo, and Milwaukee. Community meetings and gatherings appear including the Methodist church, West Siders, and a social at J. F. Tench’s home. A boys’ game at the fast rounds and a hate ball match with the Party Fort team are noted, with ticket price and start time. Fence jumping is prohibited.
A jumble of items mentions a nexstone gift to a city library in memory of a late husband, Julia Ward Howe considering voting, Martha Baker buying $85 in aracha for Denver horses, Lila Morse receiving a theological prize, Maude Pauncefote publishing her father's papers, a gown worn at Napoleon and Josephine’s wedding, Ligale Coone appointed rural carrier, Batte Mauser’s Philippines exam, Unquhart Leo teaching parliamentary law, Mary Hlivira Gillespie admitted to hospital, and local shop ads for shirts meats vegetables and dairy, plus a summer bus route note and a familiar market schedule.
A reconstructed excerpt discusses the Ten Commandments, quoting Mark and Deuteronomy, with reflections on loving God and neighbor. It notes anger as murder’s root, sin’s reach into thoughts, and how ancient Israel turned to the golden calf, Moses’ response, and God’s instruction to inscribe the commandments anew.
A string of cut prices across fabric, lace, ribbons, lawn, and Tam o Shanter caps. Shoppers can find 3c to 68c per yard goods, 25c caps, 18c lawn, 15c to 2c ribbon stock, and 40c men’s striped shirts. A seasonal sale mood and reduced textiles dominate, with limited stock and quick turnover signals.
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