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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1902
Page
1
The Pittston Gazette reports a warning against out of town papers and urges attire for river bathers amid municipal ordinances. Local items include marriage licenses, school closures, a county tax levy, social events, and notices on jewelry and photography supplies. Beef prices rise as warm weather boosts demand and wholesale rates approach one dollar per hundred.
A June wedding at Pittston united Miss Elizabeth Conrad with a groom who will reside in New York City. The ceremony led by Rev. Theophilus Zuber featured flowers and festive decor. Attendants included Stoken, Stokes, and Miss Cooper, with guests from Scranton, Dunmore, Avoca, and Kingston. The couple left for a wedding trip and will live on East 122nd Street in New York.
Personal notices report visits and ailments among residents, including Jesse Philips visiting his aunt Mrs. Thomas Benny on Tompkins Street and Charles Crosby ill with pneumonia at his parents’ home in Heaton. Other items note returns from travel, jurors for a U.S. District Court, and various local notices and adverts.
In a tense scene around Wilkesbarre a large crowd of women blocked coal field workers from returning to the mines. Two men pledged not to return to work after persuasive campaigns by the pickets. Across the region pumps ran and crews faced minor clashes as talks with leaders like President Mitchell pointed to broad strike alignment with 190,000 miners out. Locals reported water shortages in Nanticoke as pumps powered by Susquehanna Coal Co. worked to maintain supply.
A jumble of small ads and notices lists rentals jobs and goods including a farm team sale a Broad Street house for rent and an office room for Gazette Building. It includes wants such as a good girl and a miner matters reference. found items mention a bulldog and a two front feet dog. ads for medicines and tonics tout King’s Discovery for consumption and Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry. vendor notices for Richards and local businesses. and stray lines about spring street postings near Exeter borough and Parke Street.
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