Pittston Republican Convention Nominates Seibel Burgess Race
The Pittston borough Republican convention met to nominate officers and a burgess candidate. Louis Seibel, running on the Citizens ticket, won the burgess ballot by 4 to 6, while Thomas Maloney faced party rules objections over cross endorsement. William Young, Edward Davis, and William Campbell were named for other offices as the process continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens
Burgess Maloney
Louis Seibel
Meyer Schlosser
Pittston
Charles B. Smith
H. Knowles
Oscar Walburn
Thormas Huntly
Theodore Davenport
Jacob Shorer
James Richmons
Stanley Crooks
C K Campbell
William Wilson
G. Gage
Thomas Dave Jenkins
Alex McMillian
Tooth
Burgess
Knowles
First
Thomas Maloney
C.K. Campbell
Thepeniene
Maloney
Campbell
Bhattoian
Erastus Gaga
Seibel
Indorae
Mr. Seibel
William Drury
W. H. Young
Young
Tros
Edward Davis Wre
Bne
William Campbell
Mr. Knowles
Miss Hattie Welter Sues for Breach of Promise
Miss Hattie Welter of Hughestown sues Meyer Schlosser for 25000 alleging breach of promise of marriage after he courted her for over a year and proposed. She says Schlosser married another woman in New York on New Year’s Day, harming her marriage prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Welter
Meyer Schlosser
Hughestown
W. H. McCartney
Setglesser
Schlosner
New York
Mr. Schiewser
Pittston Briefs and Local News Items
Luzerne County readers hear short notes on visiting relatives in Pittston. Tours include Mrs J Keough and daughter Miss Constance of New Haven Conn and Mrs James Gilmartin of Long Branch. Scranton visitors and local events fill the evening with weddings and club meetings. A theft case ends in settlement after charges against two Poles. Old Oleson to perform at Music Hall tonight. An error in a Gazette financial statement is acknowledged with an excuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattsra
Luzerne County
J. Keough
Constance
New Haven
Scranton
E. D. Hoffman
Mattie Lance
King’s Daughters
Misa Nellie Knight
Misa Sophia Newman
G. Goodman
William Street
R. J. Beamish
Mra .A. Thomas
Choret Street
Kiev
Correction shows misprint blamed on compositor
Borough Secretary Joyce defends the Gazette report, blaming a two line figure transposition for the error. In common pleas court the Star of Host commandery charter matter, No. 75, Knights of Malta, is moved to June 20. Funeral for John Hart of Chapel Street is set for this afternoon at St. Johns Church with interment at Market Street cemetery. The Music Hall Orchestra dissolves after brief activity and new players are listed for future performances.
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Joyce
Common Pleas
Star of Host Commandery
Knights of Malta
John Hart
Chapel Street
St. John'a
Markettreet
Professor Ackerman
Thomas Gill
George Worp
John Turn
Adrian
W. J. Gillespie
John A. Gillesles Flaia
Walter Ostrand
John Offat
Burt Jury Discharged Over Ill Juror in Murder Trial
The Burt murder trial jury was discharged by Judge Yerkes due to serious illness of juror Charles Allen. The panel had been out since Wednesday night after deliberations began last Wednesday evening. Burt is remanded to jail and a new trial will be scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daviestons
Wallace Burt
Rightley
Yerkes
Charles Allen
Burt
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted in Dizzy Saloon Ad
A crude ad urges a strong, hearty man to buy Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming it has peculiar curative power. The salesman complains of poverty and urges avoiding other remedies. The text mentions Hood's Pills as effective though misspelled and muddled with disease claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpkins
Hood
Paine's celery compound touted as cure for fatigue and nerves
The advertisement promotes Paine's celery compound as the greatest remedy for fatigue of mind and body, sleeplessness, debility, and nervous weakness. It credits Dr Edward E B Phelps and cites J H Engle of Hamburg Iowa, claiming many thousands cured and improved after using the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine
Edward EB. Phelps
M. D
Dartmouth College Medical School
J. H. Engle
Hamburg
Iowa
Mr. Eagle
Mixed list of classic novels and authors in a catalog style
A long, jumbled OCR-like catalog of book titles and author names including Florence Bennie Dora Miss Alex, Charles Dickens, Fenimore Cooper, Bulwer, Walter Scott, and others. It reads like a publisher’s listings page with titles such as Last Days of Pompeii and Last of the Mohicans mixed with misread attributions and garbled phrases.
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Mra. Alex. McVelst
Camilly
Alexander Damar
Fils
England
Charles Dickens
CG. L. Porns
Fenimore Cooper
Charlotte M. Braeia
Noldeo
Iron Hand
Orinod Warden
Jnlian
Adah M. Howard
Ajby
Adam M. Howard
Mire
Alex
Charlotte M
Agi
Henry Wood
Men Blin
Scone Lam
Jason Pirate
Thees
Clarice Tousseil
T Grima
Miss Mid
Pompali
Bulwer
J. Fenimore
Rd, Blackmore
Dwehoss
Galden
Mia
McVaigh Miller
Nana
Adah M. Toward, Jr
Andrean
Im Weptall
Robert Boween
Mattia
Robert Buckinin
Molly Baws
the Ducties
Ploroned Warden
Mire Alex
MeVele Miller
Antonley
The
Maxwell Gbry
Danilel Defos
Romola
George Biot
Rory O'Moore
Samuel Lover
Stuart Cumbria
Rose and the
Lily
Veigh Miller
Mrs. Alex
Mo Bho
H Rider Haggard
Ikoteh Hook
Washington
Rebineon
Seooid
One
Varna
Shakespeare
Alos
Tribune
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Atlantic
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HK & Con
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Phiteda
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Antone Hartman
Washington Avenue
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Willams & Co
Main and
Ynon
Globe Warehouse
Pittston, PA
Thatcher
Conlan’s Hardware
Lilian
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Itor
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Tribune Library
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Dickens
F. Barnard
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Child's Mistory
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Dombey and Son
Nickleby
Littles Borritt
Martin Chris
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Ob Toy
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Patbari
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Roy Crugoos
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Gonton Stables
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Old Morry
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Harry Collingwood
Ant Unters
Stayne Reid
Ove
Pole
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Mayne Rev
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Rosake Taland
Murfreesboro
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T. Bilby
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E M. Vinge
Germany
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Anderson
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Aurora Proud
Alse M
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EY Ghartenaber
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Regina Maria Beer
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Honore de Balzac
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