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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1906
Page
1
Local notices list ad deadlines and unpaid guarantees for early press. Town events include military, church, and civic meetings. Births, marriages, obituaries, and fund drives feature across Pittston and surrounding areas with dates and local organizations cited.
The Water Street Bridge Co. held its meeting this afternoon and reelected officers for the ensuing year: Joseph Langford president M W Mortis K J Ross Louis Seibel J H Maser FP B Shiffer and R M Hughes. Cos Hand N Jr OU A M will meet tonight in the lodge room. All members urged to wear full uniform.
Miss Margret Smiles spent Sunday at the home of D W Richards in Moosi Miss Branagan of Pitchbure Mans is visiting Mr and Mrs James Conroy of Searle Street Frank Cipperly of Broad Street returned from a trip to Texas to visit relatives Misses Lottie Winifred Hart and Helen Keating attended the Attorney W H Gillespie J J Mart and Hon M J Gue attended the memorial service of Nanticoke aerle F C E yesterday afternoon Gillespie delivered the pr …lares Mn and Mrs Ragar Probyn of Lock Haven Pa arrived Saturday and will spend some time with Probyn's mother on North Main Street Since leaving Pittston a couple of years ago Mr Probyn has taken a wife and Mrs Probyn receives a cordial greeting from Pittston friends
The final meeting of the Piston Poot Hoged was held at the Ransom home to reorganize the board. No personnel changes were reported. old officers were reappointed with Cummings as clerk, Sonnet Man as treasurer, John Thomas of Taylor as physician, Dr. Rice and Dr. Jennings as physicians, and GH Alven as matron.
Harrisburg High School pupils organize a petition to Senators Knox and Penrose and Congressman Olmsted urging action to protect Niagara Falls from further encroachments by power concerns. The public school press will circulate copies and seek state endorsement for school actions.
A fragmented Chicago classifieds snippet lists jobs and sales: a young Indy clerk wanted, a person to our samples with weekly pay, a locomotive boiler and stationary engine for sale by Howell & King Co, multiple houses for rent on Broad Street and nearby avenues, a go cart for sale on Price Street, and several 6 to 8 room rental listings with various street intersections and post office style abbreviations.
Reported actions from the Scranton miners convention show decision to work under old wage terms with a path to a joint operators’ and miners’ committee meeting in New York. Mitchell aims for a two year agreement and non discrimination while tensions ease and a reconvened meeting plans to assess the subs ceale report.
A Pittsburgh report details arrests of city councilmen J Bayards and Samuel Frankel along with real estate broker Joséphon M Dixon and Dr H Pyrshe on aiding immorality charges. The graft inquiry expands as a committee set to hear next Thursday and police officials are linked to the case. The Anti-Vice society president Dixon faces shock and investigation widens.
Local death notices recount the passing of Mrs Naomi Wagner of Pittston aged 64 born in Chestnut Hill Township Northampton Co. Pa. and Mrs Mary Hinderte aged 42 of Highestowny, with funeral plans set for Wednesday at St Peter's U rban church Hughestown and Lutheran Cemetery Paterson. Also John O’Connor of Drummond Street died from nerve disease with services at St Peter’s Lutheran Church Hughestown and burial in Lutheran Cemetery. A classified item promotes garden tomato plants from 0. Vinio on Main Street and house heating stoves and ranges from Ash’s.
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