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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1901
Page
3
A garbled OCR page recounts stock notes for 10000 shares valued near 200 each at 8 percent interest for five years, plus references to a Wabash Avenue blaze, a tragedy a decade ago, and various financial figures. It mentions Sorgan & Co and a Bank of England transfer, with scattered items on Philippine customs, lantern fire losses, and a torpedo boat Fleming incident.
A fragmentary notice reports a disputed land transaction affecting local holdings. The readable words reference wages, a territory, and a country, but details are incomplete. The item appears as a partial OCR from a historic newspaper page with unclear names and dates.
A garbled historical text fragment references Col Quay Senator Penrose and associates tied to refining contracts and corporate influence. It hints at legislation on foreign capital and investment thresholds with mentions of specific figures and potential incorporations, but the passage is largely unreadable and fragmented.
The notice lists flowers including roses geraniums butter and poppies with prices from 6d up to 1 apiece and mentions pastel and fancy ribbons in wide widths suitable for hat trimming.
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