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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1906
Page
1
This institution promotes the Savings Department as a benefit for working people. It offers 8 percent interest on accounts and invites all who wish to save to open an account. It emphasizes strong, well managed savings for wage earners and general savers.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Patrick McHale of Broadstre yesterday. The Pittston township school board inspects district school buildings today. An Italian worker in No 5 shaft suffered a broken leg and was moved home. Concrete pile drivers finished work on the new armory foundation on South Main street. Contractor J J Kelley resumes work with a large crew. Class No 10 of Parsonage street Union Sunday School plans a fair and entertainment Friday—June 29—with tickets 15 cents including ice cream and cake.
Ming Helen Pascos of Port Blan ard visits cousins Misses Anna and Jeanette rect.
Mrs. John Tompkins of Anghestown dies at 86 after long illness at her daughter Mrs. Benjamin Welter's home in West Avod Aire. Born March 20, 1820, she was a longtime Hughestown resident and active Christian in Hughestown chapel. Buried at Marcy cemetery. survivors include Merritt Tompkins and other relatives in Clarkstown Jefferson County Ohio. Also notices the death of C. A. Porter, ex-resident, and a Fraternal Mystic Circle social event scheduled for June 29 in Keystone hall.
The author argues American drama’s roots lie in the American circus, tracing medieval antecedents to P. T. Barnum and asserting American circuses shaped local color plays and melodrama. He claims American performance features swift, unconnected action and unique circus vitality unmatched by other nations.
An extended Towanda Review account details the Drury Manufacturing Co. woodworking plant opening. It lists the main building size 70 by 144 feet with full cement floor and windows, two long sheds, new Drury avenue access, and a 80-hp generator powering 20 machines with individual motors. Directors include J. B. M. Ayers as president and C. I. Davis as manager, with $20,000 in stock and local investors holding interests.
Washington June 27. The meat in connection with the agricultural bill likely will be returned to the senate and house in disagreement. Conferees differ on who pays for inspection and whether the date must appear on cans. A new effort to reach agreement follows. The bill includes $15,000 for export laboratories to test seed quality and $5,000 for investigating whitefly effects on orange groves. Amendments also provide 10 percent of forest reserve revenue to states for education and public funds and study cold storage health effects. A proposed investigation of drawn foul selling and tobacco export changes faced changes or removal. Mayor G W McCashrin and six police officers arrested in Rock Island for obstructing railway trains after clashing with Burlington and Milwaukee tracks.
Edward Lynch of Huglestown is named captain of next year's Bloomsburg State Normal School baseball team. The election met with general satisfaction among players. Lynch is praised as a hard worker with improving pitching, control, and curves. The season ended successfully despite discouraging opening conditions, thanks to Chief Schmaltz and Captain Bray.
A large stationary magnet attached to a derrick at the American Car & Foundry Co. yard eases scrap iron handling. The magnet, when powered, can unload or load 48 tons from a car, drawing iron as a pocket magnet attracts a pin. The sight amuses both workers and observers, per the Berwick Enterprise.
Local notices show multiple wants and offerings in Pittston area. Entries include positions at lumber yards and mills, general housework, carpenters, dairy and hay work, and domestic listings. Also listings for rental housing, boarders, and a lost item with reward. Names include Fred Schitatler and Drury Manufacturing Co. 239 North Main Street.
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