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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1902
Page
2
A local editorials page discusses enforcing Sunday closing orders, noting shops must shut and druggists avoid soda and confectionery sales on the Sabbath. It critiques municipal leadership and backs the mayor’s stance with union support, while promoting holiday shopping guidance and a regional gift display at Lewis the jeweler.
The mayor extended Order 18 requiring Sunday closures for soda water shops confectioners and druggists amid disputes with merchants. Confectionery and soda shops faced a Sunday shut down while drug stores limited sales. Patrolmen were instructed to enforce the ban starting tomorrow as merchants adapt to the decree and local notices from Pittston.
The text notes July 1901 had a cooler month with only two days above the century mark, while last July saw several days over 100 degrees. W H Young at Water Street Ridge provided a long-running daily weather log, showing a highest reading of 95 this month versus hotter days in the previous year, and frequent rain and heavy precipitation.
An odd blend of a Sea Shore Excursion deal for July 22 offering $3.00 round trips to Atlantic City Cape May Ocean City and Sea Isle City from Pittston to Alaid Chunk with return validity plus an unrelated Hall s Catarrh Cure testimonial ad and a product push for peppery strawberry varieties and local contact notes. The page also contains a medical testimony from F S Cheney Co Toledo and endorsements from West Truax Kinnan Marvin and others.
Local items note the return of the serial When Boys Were Men on Monday. Several notices cover a church meeting at 10 o'clock, an infant's death and private funeral, building work at Port Blanchard, and district weather. Several family deaths, service plans, and an opera house project are listed along with a new traction company beltline plan starting Monday.
Report details repeated attempts by unknown assailants to dynamite and remove the body of Malph White from a cemetery. Despite past efforts, including a partial blast and subsequent burial by relatives, the casket remains intact while vigilances waned. Police and residents fear further attempts as feuds amid the community persist. Meanwhile Freeman's Wholesale Wine and Liquor House advertises its imported and domestic selections, with various brands listed.
Reports from Shamokin to Scranton detail resumed talks and potential mining restart as operators send workers to key tasks. Patrols and arrests accompany a tense scene as Father Curran returns from the East seeking a settlement while union claims and counterclaims echo through the region.
A long mixed column lists numerous residents visiting relatives and traveling, including Miss Sadie Kenley of Inkerman halting her sister Mrs. Thomas Far cell in Plymouth, and others in Inkerman, Wilkes-Barre, Brooklyn, Upper Pittston, Forest City and Pittston. The piece notes health, travel plans, visits to Camp Meade and Gettysburg, and a batch of letter arrivals at Pittston post office dated May 19, 1903.
Pittston soldiers of the National Guard of Pennsylvania began their homeward journey from Camp Stead after a joint review honoring Secretary Root. Troops packed tents, loaded equipment, and planned a via Harrisburg and Sunbury route to Wilkes-Barre, expecting arrival around 4 to 6 PM with special arrangements to transport them from Water Street station.
The city solicitor declares an ordinance necessary to authorize the exchange of city property with the Opera House Co. The mayor will veto the joint resolution but a new ordinance providing for exchange in due form is expected at the next council meeting.
The council continues action affecting only the entrance, while repairs begin next week to excavate foundations for the new opera house. The matter over the entrance is expected to be settled satisfactorily in due course.
Several small advertisements and notices from Scranton and vicinity. Rentals offered on Will am Street and at Gazette building with steam heat. Also medical testimonial about Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and a dental service promotion. A New Jersey Central excursion to Glen Onoko is advertised for July 20. Includes a testimonial about King’s New Discovery for consumption and local agents promoting the remedy.
The note records three ar slays and mentions Sean aud Middings 138 in a terse, fragmentary fashion. No clear event, date, or organization is evident, limiting concrete facts beyond these two named strings.
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