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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1906
Page
1
Local Gleanings reports a marriage between Michael Meandrew and Nellie Quinn of Avoca. Also noted are births, deaths, a court appointment, dance events, church society supper, reserved-seat diagram, a new flagstone walk on North Main Street, a hospital appendicitis update, and upcoming military and entertainment events including Chauncey Cleatt at the Broad theater.
The 24th annual Scranton Diocesan convention opens at the Knights of Columbus Hall with J. J. Curran in the chair. Bishop Hoban delivers the sermon and introduces Mayor Dimmick who speaks as delegates gather for business. Five firemen are treated after smoke exposure from a nearby ship fire on the schooner Sagamore at Pier 4.
The note urges readers to deposit spare cash to earn three percent interest in a savings department. It promotes economical living and saving now to ensure comfort in later years.
Mr and Mrs John EB Boyte left yesterday for a visit in New York. Mrs Margaret Sunny is spending a week with her sister Mrs Harry Bryant in New York. Mrs John McGuirle returned home after accompanying her husband on a extended business tour through the west. George Settler is seriously ill of catarrh of the stomach at the home of his daughter Mrs M J Judge on Main street. Sam Kelly of Shamokin is visiting in the city with his daughters Mrs M J Carney and Mrs Patrick McHale of Prospect Place. Miss Gertrude Ginrich and Misses C He and Dora Thomas of Williamsport Pa returned home after visiting Gertrude Ginrich’s uncle Benjamin Hilborn of Elizabeth street. Mrs James Clark and F Le Dakin left for Carnarsie Long Island to attend the 1401 convention of the Methodist Protestant Christian Endeavor Union of the New York Conference to be held tomorrow in the Carnatile church where Rev J C Cody formerly of this city is pastor. A divorce case jury disagrees. In New York May 16 the sensational Lawson divorce case ended with a jury disagreement after being out all night. Jim M Eaverson a young mill man arrested his pretty wife for divorce alleging adultery and naming three respondents. Fire on a Hoboken pier in the New York area May 16. Fire in a tool at the re An sen Was Kot te this morning after some quick work. At time it threatened to be serious.
A Scranton area classified page lists various notices and ads. Entries include WANTED help for general house work and laundry, FOR RENT multiple houses in Pittston and Scranton with addresses, FOR SALE items including a small safe and a piano, LOST a ladies night coat, and a notice from Hamilton piano provider with offer details. Also mentions stores like Stroh's Pharmacy and J R Patterson & Co with contact lines.
Walter Clarkson a staff pitcher for the New York Americans is singled out for his disciplined approach and steady progress. A Harvard graduate, he represents the young talent the team relies on for the season’s road games.
The article portrays Walter Clarkson as a conscientious student of baseball with strong habits and work ethic. It notes his potential to emulate his famous brother John Clarkson and rise to premier status in the pitching ranks, citing steady improvement and hints of current form.
The clipping blends a garbled reflective passage about Indigenous tribes with scattered notes on a mixed bag of 19th and early 20th century items. It mentions Arnold Bevan a room listing in Houtzdale Pennsylvania a suicide by firearm at age 62 and a Smith College astronomy instructor resigning in protest over Rockefeller and Carnegie gifts.
A dubious advert claims sudden deaths stem from poison and kidney failure. It promotes a one dollar sample bottle of Dr. Killer’s remedy and a free book by mail, urging readers to respond through the paper.
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