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Newspaper

New Castle News

Location

New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Apr 03, 1908

Page

5

New Castle Glee Club to Sing at the YMCA Labor Night

The New Castle Glee Club, 40 Welsh male singers, will perform at the YMCA Labor Night reception for wage earners. John T. Thomas, Castle's noted singer, will be the soloist. Invitations go to every union and labor organization, with addresses by Amalgamated leaders McArdle and Williams anticipated.

Young Men's Christian Association New Castle Glee Club John T. Thomas Castle McArdle Williams Amalgamated Association

Laskawanna Steel to Reopen Mills Adding 2,500 Workers

The Laskawanna Steel company plans to put two hundred fifty workers back to work on Monday raising total employment to about four thousand five hundred. Half of the new hires will be skilled steel makers and half laborers. This marks the first permanent reopening since last fall’s shutdown.

Buffalo N. Y Laskawanna Steel Company

Cranberries priced at fifteen cents per quart

Union Market at 25 Pittsburg Street offers cranberries for 15 cents a quart, with 19211 ZIP code.

Union Market Pittsburg Street

Vincl Vinol touted as superior cod liver tonic in New Castle

Paisley Pharmacy in New Castle promotes Vincl Vinol as a reliable medicine. The label lists all ingredients and the product is guaranteed to restore health and strength, especially for the elderly, weak women and children, nursing mothers, and those recovering from sickness with applications to coughs colds bronchitis and lung issues.

New Castle United States Vinci Paisley Pharmacy

New 36 story skyscraper planned for Battery Place area

United Press reports New York will gain another 36 story skyscraper to be built for Century Investing and Battery Place Realty. The structure near Battery Place will reach 446 feet with a 95 1 2 by 40 feet tower and wings of 16 and 31 stories. Project cost listed at 4 million dollars.

United Press New York Century Investing Company Battery Place Realty Company Building Department Battery Place Manhattan

Grant Relocates to 132 East Washington Street

A.P. Grant moves to 132 East Washington Street, two doors east of the former site, in 19116.

Washington Street Rice’s East Street

Fifth Ward Local Option Club Meeting Preview

The Fifth Ward Local Option club gathers at Emmanuel Baptist church on Reynolds street Saturday evening for a large turnout before the primary. Candidate Robert L. Wallace will give the main address followed by a program of songs and duets by local residents.

Robert L. Wallace Emmanuel Baptist Church Fifth Ward Reynolds Street Assembly William Lewis Miss Lewis Gladys Williams Lizzie Lukens Harriet Thomas Isaac Cooper

West Pittsburg Visitor Talks Perry Furnace Plans

J F Frampton of Erie a Perry Furnace official visited West Pittsburg and discussed a new stone crusher unit to be installed nearby. He declined to set a date for operation and gave no commitment on the cement plant, noting delays likely until financial stringency eases.

J. F. Frampton Erie Perry Furnace Company West Pittsburg Frampton

One Inch Water Delays Waller Sewer Construction

One inch of water in the Shenango River hampers George Waller of Eleventh Street from laying cast iron pipe for the new sanitary sewer from Grant Street south along the river. Work resumes when water falls, enabling more than 500 feet of pipe to be laid.

Shenango George Waller Eleventh Street Grant Street Waller

Pleasant Hill School Closes for Summer Break

Attractive exercises marked the closing of the Pleasant Hill school near West Pittsburg Friday afternoon. Under teacher Braden Houk the program was rendered. Pupils served a picnic dinner as the concluding feature. Sessions will resume in September’s first or second week.

Pleasant Hill West Pittsburg Braden Houk

Epworth League Social and Spelling Bee Tonight

Preparations are underway for a league social and spelling bee at the new school house this evening under the Epworth league of the West Pittsburg Methodist church. After the competition an attractive luncheon will be served, promising to be a notable event in the area.

Epworth League West Pittsburg Methodist Church

Ellsessers Father Dead After Pittsburg Call

John A. Ellsessers of Eleventh Street, a boss carpenter for the Garland corporation, returned from Pittsburg after his fathers illness and death. The funeral exercises were held yesterday as friends express sympathy for his sad affliction.

John A. Ellsesser Eleventh Street Garland Corporation Pittsburg Mr. Ellsesser

Catholic Services to Be Held Sunday

Rev Father Quinn pastor of St Patrick s church Mahoningtown will conduct services in the new school building Sunday at 9 a m Father Quinn visits West Pittsburg on the first Sunday of every month and his coming is always looked forward to with great pleasure by members of his faith in this vicinity.

Father Quinn St. Patrick’s Church Mahoningtown West Pittsburg

Garland executive visits town in Pittsburg area

Henry Collins of Pittsburg, vice president of the Garland corporation, visited town Thursday. John W. Shaw, chief auditor of Garland, also from Pittsburg, returned after a brief stay in West Pittsburg.

Henry Collins Pittsburg Garland Corporation John W. Shaw West Pittsburg

Garland Plant Ends Three Weeks Pay to Workers

All Garland Corporation employees are in a three weeks pay period and no one will be paid tomorrow. Pay day is one week from tomorrow April 11 when a large sum will be distributed.

Garland Garland Corporation

Garland Nut and River plant hits record March bolt shipment

Information released Friday shows the Garland Nut and River company shipped more bolts in March than in any prior 30 days of its history. The industry is running full, new orders are arriving, and the outlook is encouraging.

Garland Nut and River Company

Baltimore and Ohio Train 14 Delayed at West Pittsburg

A fragment notes Train 14 of the Baltimore and Ohio line due at West Pittsburg at 9 30. The incomplete item suggests a schedule or delay context with no further details available.

Baltimore and Ohio West Pittsburg

Delay on Chicago Division Sparks Brief Transportation Woes

A train ran more than four hours late yesterday, not arriving until after 1 20 in the afternoon. Officials cite a small wreck on the Chicago division as the cause of the delay.

Chicago

Hotel Proprietor John Mitchell Leaves for Pittsburg

John Mitchell and his wife, formerly proprietors of the Center Avenue hotel, have departed for Pittsburg to establish a future residence. Mitchell has not chosen his new business field.

John Mitchell Center Avenue Pittsburg Mr. Mitchell John A. Ellsesser Eleventh Street Emil Back Chicago

Local residents and visitors noted on day trips and health updates

James Foley from Center avenue visited Wampum with short calls in New Castle. Several others including Mrs. Bannon, Fred Cooper, James Patterson, Squire Douds, J W Schuler, Mrs. Hamilton, George Waller, Charles Sonneborn, H M Bittner, Lewis Reed, D C Briggs and J C Keith were listed with brief travels, medical notes, or illness. Ellwood City, West Pittsburg, and Pittsburg appearances appear in yesterday’s listings.

Charles Bannon New Castle Fred Cooper Eleventh Street Wampum James C. Patterson Center Avenue Harry Joud Woodhouse, Bopp & Company Courtney Hamilton George Waller Ellwood City Charles Sonneborn Garland Nut and River Company H. M. Bittner Pittsburg

Wanted. Several good carrier boys.

Classified notice from Treadwell News Company seeking multiple reliable carrier boys for distribution duties. No additional details provided.

Treadwell News Company

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Castle Glee Club Y.M.C.A BIG Steel CO New York City A.P. Grant Gordon's Grocery Store North Mill Street Eac India Lawrence County New Castle Loan No Wallace Block Washington and Jefferson Streets Bell Phone Moser Wall Paper CO North Mercer ST Geo. Waller Heavy Business Tina Ziegler Bros Philadelphia Dorothy Dodd Chas. K. Foxe Youngstown Sharon East Washington Street Michener & Hormell James Foley Lewis Reed Cunningham’s D. C. Briggs Toledo J. C. Keith Rice's Washington St St. Cloud Stritmater’s. Our Ewing & Long E. Wash. ST R. L. Matthews Electric CO Seventh Ward Star Family Theater Corner Beaver and Washington Sts G. B. Zahniser Clendenia Block Bell Congress Ernest F. Acheson Washington, PA Brewers W. S. Foltz Samuel Foltz George Greer THE First National Bank PENNA U.S. Bonds U. S. Treas Cash and Exchange West South Street
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