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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1902
Page
1
Fragmented text recalls the Fourth of July flag design provisions and a historic act, interwoven with garbled references to the Star Spangled Banner. Includes faded ad snippets for Sterling Silver Goods and local shops. The legible portions hint at celebrations and civic symbolism from early American history.
Mrs D J Jones and von Thomas of Washington Terrace visit New York. Mrs Thomas Maloney and Dave Ter Mary travel to Nanticoke to spend days with the former’s daughter Mrs Thomas D Si Ml Harding of Plainsville home from Princeton where he earned an M A degree. Welcome caller at the Gazette Rice, Mr Gillis, a brother of Mrs Bernard Helm of N Sairtowe, Lebanon.
Local churches announce rehearsals, concerts, and Children’s Day programs at First Congregational, Broad Street M E, and Caledonian clubs. Excursion plans, funeral arrangements, bartender union meeting, and a YMCA gathering on the riverbank are scheduled. Weather notes report 84 degrees, with residents enjoying the river in warm conditions.
Reported strike tensions persist with West Virginia action described as moving smoothly. News notes mob activity in Hughestown and Duryea, with police guarding sites. mentions mock reports by coal operators, deputized guards, and a failed plan to fund six workers to quell mobs. Rhoads death at Harvey's Lake and local obituaries noted alongside wedding and business notices.
A severe storm swept the Wyoming Valley killing a Polish boy of 17 at Lewyt en and burning a large barn at Larksville Plymouth Township belonging to the Delaware and Hudson Co. A mule and hay were lost. Lightning struck near a herd of cows injuring one. Storm caused telephones to fail at Glen Summit and minor damage in Nanticoke and Plymouth. Estimated financial loss about $4,000.
A stabbing affray in Old Forge yesterday afternoon likely to become a homicide. Samuel Seaval and Joseph Lacovitch, both minors, were fighting over a game at Frank Greco's saloon when a quarrel turned violent. Both were stabbed. Seaval died within hours, Lacovitch jailed for murder. Also notes a Wilkesbarre diploma event with Elizabeth Bowman among eight graduates.
A rough write up describes a trade inquiry for a car from Sondale and mentions Lehigh Valley plans to run through cars to New York via Wilkesbarre and Delaware and Hudson lines. It notes a Pullman car through service from New York and across the valley towns with one change, plus a digressive aside on tea origins and ancient science.
Fragmentary classifieds list a Wanted Man in each county to handle business from headquarters with pay of 18 per week plus expenses. Also notices for rent offices in Gazette building, a purse for sale, and a request to care for two children. Includes ads for jewelry, hollow ware, wines, and dental services.
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