Pittston Gazette Promotes Local Population Figures
The Pittston Gazette notes its long history since 1850 and details the Pittston area population from census 1900, listing Pittston city 12,566 residents, West Pittston 5,840, nearby boroughs Exeter and Tughestown, Jenkins and Pittston Townships, with post office service and nearby tributary villages bringing total reach near 40,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiston
Pittston
West Pittston
Bealdes
Exeter
Tughestown
Jenkins
Hips
Pittaton
Political currents in Pennsylvania looming 1906 primaries
Thursday May 17 1906 reports Republican State convention likely in Harrisburg in June to nominate a governor. Districts prepare for county convention June 26 with primaries the day before, affecting delegate selection and reform efforts. Personal voter registration laws prompt calls to appoint honest registrars amid fears of fraud and delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennypacker
Over the Tea Cups a Patchwork of Anecdotes and Notes
A collage of short items, jokes, and anecdotes from newspapers and magazines. Reflections on longing in verse, a Georgia representative peeking from a car window, a dental firm catalog, Indigo dye shifts in India, a boy Jigley at a baseball game, a bishop’s rebuke over sermons, and brief historical and literary quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adamson
Georgia
Sim Johnson
America
Herts
Akers & Payne
Down
Connecticut
Allem
Jigley
Philadelphia Press
Toll roads and bridges owned by county urged
The speaker argues that highways and bridges should be publicly owned, not private, noting tolls burden Pitt ton and West Pittston. He says private corporations should not control important public infrastructure and that counties will relieve financial burdens once the courthouse funds are managed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berks and Dauphin Turnpike
Reading
Hummelstown
Friends of the
Good Movement
Home Toll
Home Toll Bridge
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Pittton
West Pittston
Court House
A Diplomatic Yankee Trick Unfolds in Berlin and Tokyo
In a WWI era intrigue, a Yankee operative disrupts a German mission and delays a key proposition, delaying imperial plans to aid Russia. A Berlin minister and Washington leadership become entangled as espionage and political games pivot on a single delayed messenger. ROSALIND BLISS. Garrison's New Store advertises at 24 North Main Street with electrical goods and bicycles.
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Rena
Admairal Togo
Sea of Japan
Berlin
Gestan
Forign
Foreign Office
Bis
Wieja
Japan
United States
Toss
St Petersburg
Herlin
Secret Service
Washington
Germany
Rosalind Bliss
Garrison's
North Main Street
William Street
Phonograph
Want and Need in Baby Care and Garden Tales
A fragmented piece contrasts baby care with Scott’s Emulsion as a remedy for growth and comfort. It shifts to musings about gardening, a collector’s display, and a humorous antique dish scene, ending with a brief, unclear anecdote about mustache cups and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl St
New Yorks
Duetist Quips Amid Chilled Stage Cues in Ledger Note
A fragment from the Philadelphia Ledger cites a duetist exclaiming about readiness and a handshake amid cold conditions, with a playful mispronunciation and a startled audience reaction as the exchange unfolds on stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Micnrleur
Olla
Philadelphia Ledger
Early 1906 Rail Timetable for Wilkes Barre Lines
Laid out schedule for Lehigh Valley and Wyoming Valley routes through Pittston Wilkes Barre Hazleton and Scranton. Includes daily departures from Pittston and Wilkes Barre with multiple express and local trains to New York Philadelphia Buffalo Chicago and Buffalo. Notes timed arrivals at Wilkes Barre and Scranton with twenty minute headways and Sunday variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leiton Vaeeey
Oaily
New York
Philadelp
I. & B. Sunetion
Wilkesbarre
Butato
Philadelphia
Butte
Buffalo
Chicago
Hilkiesbarre
Waverly
le & B. Junction
Juefalo
Lagkawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad CO
Pittston
Scranton
Wilkesharre
Beraneton
Witken
Witkenbarre
Nay Aug Park
Petersburg
Dun
Traine
Philadel
New Jersey Central Schedules Corrections for Dec 1905
Corrected timetable notes New Jersey Central trains with changes to December 1905. Lists stations in New York at Liberty Street, N R and West 234 Street, and routes via Philadelphia Baltimore to southern and western points. Includes departures from Platster to Scranton Wilkesbarre White Haven Allentown Bethlehem and New York with various Sunday and weekday times and connections to Long Branch and Ocean.
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New Jersey Central
New York
Liberty Street
N. R
St.oophia
Baltimore
Washington
Platster
Scranton
Aeama
Wilkesbarre
White Haven
Chunk
Allentown
Bethlehem
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Pup
William Joseph Peck
the Gazette
Wyoming Anthrasite Coal Field
Theo. Hart
Bertie
Anna
United States Express
Unete Jo
Uncle Jim
Ana
Mary Ann Thomson
India
Madras
Strachan
Toronto
Hopkins Art Institute
San Francisco
Boston Transcript
Mark Hopkins
Zachary Taylor
Henry Clay
Taylor
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Northwest Territory
Love
Flouston Post
Lock
Hrasban
Detroit Free Press
Ash
Emma
Mr. Nurich
Hill Mansfeld
Wood I
Business Directory
WW & Notary Pabeic
Oxeil
Wyoming Ave
Jun Wort
EPA
Hercules Concrete Stone and Engineering CO
Spring’ St
Afl Marger
Supt. of Transportation
Delawan
Lagkawanna and
Western
Piladepaca
Whica U Utes
Noribinnberi
Glasgow
Londonderry
Ledonia
Rite Steamships
Astoria
Rao Oabn
Horan
Paaies
Lacka
Wyoming Valley R. R. Co
Laurel Line
The
Hitchner Biscuit Co
Atlantic City
Chalfonte
Leeds Company
Petticoat
Globe Warehouse
Pittston, Pa
Geo. F. Buss
SN. Main St. Rere
St. Cloth
Jake Muna Bere
Kaschenbach Furnishes
Kashenbach
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