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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1902
Page
3
A fragmented notice mentions a wallpaper department inquiry or request for information. It implies someone asking about available paper types or services, with unclear specifics and no named entities or dates. The readable text suggests a preliminary inquiry rather than a completed transaction.
A clipped newspaper teaser touts store prices and value for 1908, promising ongoing improvements and bold sales. It hints of future promotions and a plan to “make Ching hum” through the year with aggressive advertising and customer focus.
An advertisement urges readers to consider their own personal welfare and future by purchasing a life policy from Equitable Life Assurance Co. It promotes personal protection and investment benefits and signs as Armstrong & Sanders, agents, Lamb Block, Pitteton.
A historical listing of fire alarm box locations across Pittston and nearby streets including Main Street, Mill, Lambert, Defoe, Butter, Water, Lamarkee, and several cross streets. It details alarm procedures, box labels such as General alarm, Engine-Hi4, and Niagara Hose Co., plus instructions to send in alarms, open doors, and pull the hook..osities. Also notes anecdotal references to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and DeWit's Early Risers with testimonials from local residents and businesses like Spring Coat Company and Nuggies.
Joseph R. Kynett, a locomotive engineer from Allef tnce, reports 35 years of throttle duty and kidney discomfort improved by Doan's Kidney Pills. He asks readers to remember the brand and notes the pills are available nationwide through Foster Milburn Co as US sole agents.
Dense OCR reads recount storms floods and mining accidents near Wilkes-Barre. Mentions coal stock rise to 200000 dollars, repairs to streets, a fatal mine incident, residents and officials named, local schools events, and Atlantic City Easter crowd notes with transport ads and syrup of tar warranty offers.
State saker Co's scale factory in Scranton to be doubled in capacity amid city plans. The Lackawanna court has four liquor license applications under advisement. Mrs. John D. Sherer, wife of the Moosic Powder Co head, is mentioned in recent local notices. Multiple obituaries and incidents unfold including deaths in Scranton and near misses at the Clark tunnel. The interurban company weighs locating new car and machine shops on Taylor site, while William R. Stroh dies after long illness. a trainer’s fall into tracks prompts injuries. Blanks leasing forms offered by Gazette Printing Office.
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