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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1901
Page
1
Fragmented OCR notes describe a journey with elephants and roosters, including a movable hen house, horse arrangements, and a Cradock departure. The text mixes travel details, animal observations, and conversations with a Mr Wile, ending with scattered, garbled scenes of elephants, rifles, and tasks along a muddy route.
A garbled report describes experiments on a new telegraph system linking Glasgow and Manchester with a 12 channel wire that can be duplexed. It mentions multiple receivers and a complex feeding and replay mechanism, then shifts to a school fashion event where shirt waists prompt a prize debate. Bruce Crisman plans to report to the board of education.
Partial OCR shows fabric items with prices per yard in old currency. Mentions Madras cloth swincher wide at a given rate, Culledon bat sec 30 Tae wide at set price per yard, and Disties fine linen at various per yard values. Remaining readable lines indicate yardage costs and fabric descriptions from a historical listing.
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