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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1902
Page
4
Local ad touts Crockery and decorative goods for beginners and experienced customers. J N Terwilliger offers low prices and expert clerks to guide shoppers, claiming value and beauty in every display.
A fragmented listing shows multiple fire alarm box sites around Pittston including 37 Main St opposite D J W, 18 Main St, 26 Main and Curtis Stn, 27 Main and Lambert Sts, 36 Searle and Seneca Sta, 65 Oak and Elizabeth St. It includes garbled instructions for alarm operation and notes about fire safety, along with an impossible ad offering a yearly position for a high class person in a fire-out office with a self addressed stamped envelope to Walter I Redman.
Reports detail Kingston Fourth ward paving and sewer work. Hasle township constable DeAngelo orders saloonkeepers to remove slot machines, while Plymouth mine events and local health notices mix with a range of incidents from apoplexy to typhoid cases. A Wilkesbarre man faces amputation after a railroad accident amid ongoing regional labor strikes and railway improvements.
A garbled note mentions Mr and Mrs Charles B Yarwell presenting an athletic medal to Lake Forest University, dubbed Farwell Bed by students. It alleges Professor J H Beale of Harvard Law is granted leave to organize a new law school at a Chicago university founded by John D Rockefeller, amid promotional glow.
A jumble of editorials cites Indianapolis News on meat diets being unhealthy and jokes about the beef trust. A line from the Chicago Record Herald suggests vegetarians try it, while a Cleveland Leader quips about scorching. An Allen's shoe remedy ad imitates the era's ad style.
A fragmentary cultural notice mentions a California park for ill children dubbed the Poet of the Sierras and cites Dalov the French sculptor and Maxim Gorky. It also references a planned vagabond shelter in Nijar Novgorod, a peerage for historian Hartpole Lackington, and remarks by William Chase on painters.
New York fashion notes describe velvet ribbons from narrow to wide used in waists and gowns. American dealers invest in pale crepe, dress garnitures, embroidered black French knots, and matching undersleeves, belts, yokes, and lace edges across garments as season patterns evolve.
Mrs. F A Vinal of Rockland accepted a call to become pastor of Conklin Avenue Baptist Church in Binghamton New York The item notes Rev Frank De Witt Talmage in Chicago and mentions London celebrating a seventieth birthday and a reference to religious figures including Archbishop Vaughan and Dr Lewis W Mudge It cites Princeton University ties and historical sermon methods as context
Lissle B. Raymond headlines ten vaudeville engagements in Chicago. Gus Bobike inks with Edward & Heo to stage a new ballet for The Bhow Gir. Katherine Roter leads a company in St John New Brunswick plotting Sapho. A London race features chariots and fourteen horses. Clara Morrita contemplates a stage return in a new play. Oncar Eagle rises after Frederick Ryton in Proper Mastication promoted as vital to health. Teeth restoration offers advertised at low cost.
A Pittston advertisement promotes deep discounts claiming the store buys cheaper than any local rival. It touts rent advantages, direct imports from Japan, and a wide range of goods from tapestries to silk gloves, emphasizing low margins and substantial reductions.
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