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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1902
Page
2
An assortment arrives Saturday night featuring four Tango sets composed of jeeps offered at 15e, with a guarantee to refund if not satisfactory and to allow keeping the present. The bake powder product is claimed as absolutely pure from Lexuetts of New York.
West Pittston Chautauqua Circle debated Plainsville at Professor Kenry W. Tans home. Judges favored Plainsville affirmative on government control of railways telephones and related concerns. Engagement news and assorted local notes follow, including announcements and community updates.
General news notes recount social visits and local events around Wilkesbarre including Mrs Salina Hone entertaining a choir, foreigners departing for coal regions, Mrs Willam Stel visiting, Mrs Chester Mertrom in danger, Aunt Nellie and others in various towns, Mrs Richard Mainwaring recovering at home after surgery, Charles Memory en route to Scranton, and households preparing for a garden village camp ground improvement.
A collage of local notices lists West Side businesses and rentals, with prices and contact hints. It mentions a bakery and grocery, rental opportunities from 200 to 400 dwellings and shops, plus property sales and bank ads. Also includes an Eliza Agnew heart cure testimonial and Ithaca railroad fare details for Decoration Day travel.
The Designer suggests color choices for the dining room detailing woodwork flooring furniture and window coverings. Emphasizing natural light from south and west windows, the piece notes how lighter tones brighten spaces and harmonize with furnishings.
The article describes a cottage dining room with yellow pine woodwork and two tone screen paper in a raised Brussels rug style. It notes furniture such as cake-table chairs and idoboant pieces, linen tones, waxed finishes, and wall papery in hive life tones, emphasizing careful color and material coordination for a decorative yet practical space.
A fragmented health column notes mushrooms can rival meat in value but warns overeating mushrooms causes immediate discomfort while meat has slower, less certain ill effects. It also advertises dental services and a Dr Reap phone number for dental work.
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