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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1902
Page
3
A fragmentary market notice lists screen windows doors screens and hampers with assorted dimensions and prices. Items include screen windows 6 by 6 feet 6 inches up to 8 by 7 feet and porch screens 8 feet with springs. Prices range from 20 to 25 cents and door estimates around 65 cents. Location given as 8 South Mainst 106 to 50 cents.
Dennis Brady and Thomas McManue left Duryea for Pittsburgh seeking work. Mrs A J Baker and children visit relatives. May and Lazle McGuinness spent the evening with Alert KeenAPP and wife. Harry Myers elected thorough ex-engineer of Pittston after a fishing expedition. Quilt raffle winner John B. Jones. Minnie Barnes, Heisle Hughes, and Heatrice Perry attend Epworth league convention. William and family plan to move to Youngstown for summer. Duryea school board to resume Monday meeting. Jas Ry elected president, auditors chosen, treasurer candidates named. Local ad promotes Chamber Taines Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Catarrh relief powders advertised. Various court and legal notices implied.
Obscure county notices report Mrs Frank Lewis died in Anderson and was mother to Mrs Dr Trimmer of White Haven. A Plymouth merchant distributed 1000 loaves to striking miners this morning while M T Walsh of Edwardsville runs for Democratic county commissioner.
In Nanticoke the home company sought to restrain poles and wires, asking for an injunction. The injunction has now been refuted, and the town will have the benefit of competition in electric lighting.
A series of brief notices records deaths including Miller Jackson from Laceyeilie and Thaddeus Bullard of Meshoppen, with ages given for many. Also noted are postmaster John R. Roberts of Sint ington, Governor Stone hosting PA Supreme Court members, a new Record Company president Theodore Wright, and local business news on Honesdale coal, the Fernelife hotel opening at Lake Carey, a tragedy in Wyoming County, a new Ranger Hose Co. in Berwick, and mine inspector appointments. Additional items mention a Dig mask meeting supporting Colonel Watres, a Wytox township resident C Shores, a Bradford County drowning incident, Republican convention outcomes, a murder suspect update in Serante, and various local enterprise changes including the Long Valley tobacco sale and rail logistics updates.
A dramatic photograph from a recent eruption shows the frightening spectacle of Martinique’s volcanic activity. The image conveys the lurid atmosphere and ash shower, illustrating the terrible grandeur of a volcano in action despite haze and color distortion.
Fragmentary OCR describes the principal business street of St Pierre before an eruption, noting lines of structures, ash and debris, and widespread ruin as the city faced a volcanic disaster. Names and exact details are unclear due to damaged text.
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