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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1903
Page
2
One lot of Bun Bonnets ten cents each. Heavy handmade screen doors twenty five cents. No cheap factory doors. Prices range to one dollar and twenty five cents for doors and windows, porch screens, water coolers from 1.40 to 2.75, plus miscellaneous tinware crockery and notions. Nearby stores listed.
Obituaries report Mary A Forve 78 of Hazleton died Saturday. Professor G W Garber moves to New Loomield Pa. John Henderson, formerly Luzerne borough resident, died at Cambria steel plant Johnstown aged 56. Michael Kehoe 70 Wilkes-Barre township dies after 44 years there Civil War service in 1484 Pennsylvania Volunteers. Dull ing Institute Freeland opening next Thursday with Crown Lehigh University and McCreary Philadelphia speakers. Ex Postmaster General Charles H Mary Smith of Philadelphia to speak at exercises. Uncalled letters list at Pittston post office ending May 30 1903. Names include Boyd Costello Davis Hess Lamowene Mcdonald Tischlep Park Winters Weber Za al. Notices: Wan Peck Butter 26 Gil twice hospital for piles 24 tumors salve advertised. Syrup of Tar 26 cents bottle. We have insurance ad lines from Patterson Co.
The anthracite coal presidents held a four hour conference in Buffalo discussing the conciliation board. They aim for an amicable outcome on pending disputes. some cases involve interpretation of the Roosevelt award while wage levels and operator compliance are debated. A Wilkesbarre meeting will settle miner representative appointments.
A Yale observance is planned for October 6 to mark the birth bicentennial of Jonathan Edwards, acclaimed as the greatest theologian of his country. The Rev Dr Chauncey Hobart of Red Wing Minnesota is described as a leading preacher of old Methodism and will speak at the event. The Rev Dr Henry Morgan Stone at Trinity Church New York will take a year’s leave of absence during the pulpit rotation.
A mangled excerpt from a Chicago Tribune page shows garbled phrases about Japanese publishing, a law in Russia, a university high school student, and a bride and groom amid a New Jersey honeymoon. The text drifts through scattered conversations about orchestras and music, with miscellaneous misprints and odd quotes.
Norfolk Landmark notes the St Louis Fair aims to cover vast territory and surpass costs of 100 years ago. The piece contrasts the scale and funding of the current exposition with Europe’s nations and their lands. It emphasizes the ambition and financial magnitude of the event.
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