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Palles Sam, bootblack, h 412 N 2d

LATEST CLASS OF REGISTRANTS — The following additional names of registrants of Sept. 12 is given below, continued from the previous days: … 3480—Sam Palles, Pottsville.

Palles Sam, bootblack, 215 N Centre, h do

The same edition's BOOTBLACKS classified pages also list "Palles S., 215 N Centre" (confirmed in the volume's full text).

Palles & Sarantokas — Pottsville Pure Food Store

Two consecutive roster lines, read from the page image (this resolves an earlier garbled OCR reading). The roster prints the surname as "Sarantokas" — one of the record's recurring spellings of Sarantakos.

Palles Sam, (Palles & Sarantakos), h 215 N Centre — Palles & Sarantakos, (S. Palles & T. Sarantakos), bootblacks, 213 N Centre, restaurant, 215 do

Read from the page image; the printed line wraps "boot-blacks" across lines and clearly reads 213 N Centre (an earlier OCR pass rendered it 218 — the scan governs; 213–215 N. Centre is the pair of buildings the 1930 fire coverage also names).

Palles Sam, (Antoinette), (Palles & Sarantakos), h 215 N Centre — Palles & Sarantakos, (S. Palles & T. Sarantakos), restaurant, 215 N Centre

FOR RENT.—Building, Downing St., vacated by Kane Pretzel Bakery. Call at Coney Island Lunch Room, 215 N. Centre St.

Palles Antoinette (wid Saml) h215 N Centre

Read from the page image. An earlier OCR pass appended a neighboring advertisement's wording to this entry; the entry itself ends at "h215 N Centre."

After investigating the fire of Tuesday night that destroyed the buildings at 213 and 215 N. Centre St., owned by Mrs. Sam Palles, and occupied by the Coney Island Restaurant and the Dollar Cleaning Co., it is believed that the fire was started by a cigarette tossed carelessly into a pile of waste paper in the rear of the restaurant. It was first believed that the fire was of incendiary origin but after questioning those concerned, the fire chief relieved them of any suspicion. Had an alarm been sounded when the fire was first discovered it may not have reached the proportion that it did, the chief said.

The transcription preserves the article's own wording throughout, including its narration of how the fire was at first believed to have started.

215 — Palles, Sam — Head — rents — M W 19, single — immigrated 1916, alien — born Greece — speaks English — Restauranter — Lunch Room — Employer. Galitos, Alex — Boarder — 19 — immigrated 1916, alien — Bootblack — Cigar store. Athas, Mick — Boarder — 56 — immigrated 1907, alien — Clerk — Lunch Room. Sarantakos, Thomas — Uncle — 33 — immigrated 1904, naturalized 1915 — Clerk — Cigar store.

Lines 26–29, condensed from the sheet's columns; the street label "North Centre St" is written in the sheet margin. The boarder's surname on line 27 is soft (Galitos/Galites) and the trade line reads Restauranter as written. The occupation columns sit to the right of this crop; the full sheet is at the linked source.

Full name: Samuel Pallas. Color or race: Greek. Date of death: May 6, 1928, 3:40 p.m. Occupation — trade: Restauranteur; industry: Hot Weiners; employer: self. Name of father: Peter Pallas. Cause: suppurative gangrenous appendicitis; contributory, peritonitis; operation May 4. Where was disease contracted: 215 N. Centre St. Informant: Thomas Sakandekos [Sarantakos], 216 N. Centre St., Pottsville. Filed May 7, 1928. Burial: Chas. Baber Cem., May 9, 1928 — undertaker Claude A. Lord, Pottsville.

Condensed from the form's fields, spellings as written — the registrar renders the partner's surname Sakandekos, and the age line reads 27 against a date-of-birth line of Unknown. Died at Warne Hospital, Third Ward, Pottsville.

216 — Sanatankos, Thomas — Head — rents, $45 — M W 40 — born Greece, immigrated 1905, naturalized — Merchant — Restaurant — Employer — veteran, WW. Desbel [Despo] — Wife — 31 — born Greece, immigrated 1913. Palles, Anna [Antonia] — Niece — F W 28, widowed — born Greece, immigrated 1921 — occupation None. Peter — Nephew — 6 — born Pennsylvania. Augustus — Nephew — 4 — born Pennsylvania.

Lines 90–94, condensed from the sheet's columns; the enumerator spells the surname Sanatankos and writes "Neice" as found; the street label "North Centre Street" is written in the sheet margin. Augustus's age carries a month fraction reading 4 10/12. The immigration and occupation columns sit to the right of this crop; the full sheet is at the linked source.

HAVE YOU GOT THE "HOT DOG" … — By James W. Meade — [photo caption:] Greek boys have the "hot dog" monopoly sewed up. The lad in the picture aims to be a great sculptor. — Hail! The Hot Dog! At last has the luscious hog-fruit come into its own. From the purlieus of the Great Boulevard of Blaze to the most isolated jerk-water hamlet in Mississippi, it has made the air fragrant with the seductive aroma of onions and sauerkraut …

The reproduced scan is a partial page; the headline runs past its right edge. The article's body text — "mustard, chile, and the sauerkraut" — is the era's record of the condiments, cross-confirmed against independent transcriptions of the full page during the research (2026-06-11).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intention to file in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and in the Office of the Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County on January 25, 1950, a certificate for the conduct of a business under the assumed or fictitious name, style or designation of CONEY ISLAND LUNCH COMPANY with its principal place of business located at 215 North Centre st., Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The names and addresses of all persons owning or interested in said business are Anastasios Sarantakos, Antonia S. Palles. JAMES R. HIGGINS, Solicitor