Park Avenue Paying Must Wait a While
Butler contractor John Schaffner asked the borough council what action would be taken on his Park avenue contract to grade and pave the street between Sixth and Ninth streets. He delayed bond and awaited borough funds or instructions while residents added their own curbs. council decided to have the finance street and sewer committees and the city solicitor review the matter and report next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schaffner
Butler
Council
Main
Schoffner
James Lennigan
Schaffner
Finance Committee
Street and Sewer Committee
Hospital patient gets special berth at borough firehouse
Captain Moon has kept busy aiding workers who sleep in the lower firehouse area. Five to twenty five laborers stay weekly. they supply their own food. Thursday night a police search found a jewelry seller among sleepers and he was placed in a lattice chamber as a suspicious person with two accomplices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Moon
Cap
Glasser
Fire Department
Borough Cannot Lay Sanitary Sewers Until Plant Open
Ellwood borough faces a halt on sewer construction as the state board of health requires a functioning sewage disposal plant. Councilman Lennigan highlighted unsanitary cellars and health risks, while McCarthy urged the engineer to supply data showing the plant’s progress to gain permission for further sewer work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Ellwood
Lennigan
State Board
McCarthy
State ‘Board
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Permanent Cure in New Castle
A New Castle resident Mrs. Mansell reports long kidney disease pain eased quickly by Doan's Kidney Pills. She describes back and head pains, swelling, and irregular kidney secretions then notes permanent relief and continued improvement since 1904. She adds others have used the remedy with similar results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
John Mansell
South
Jefferson Street
Dean
Foster-Milburn Company
Alo
New York
Doan
Ellwood Council Faces Possible Resignation Over Committee Appointments
Ellwood City Chairman Kirk named Councilmen Grandy McCarthy and Lennigan to a single committee. Lennigan warned he would resign if the arrangement stands. Solicitor Humphrey reported back from land and plant discussions with the Washington heirs as the sewage disposal project lingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk
Ellwood
M. D. McCarthy
James Lennigan
Lennigan
J. C. Grandy
Humphrey
Ans
Washington
Grandy
McCarthy
School Board Exonerated From Light Bill Payment
The council light and gas committee recommended exoneration of the school board from 28.55 due for electricity. Borough history shows the borough provided light free originally, then charged after action last year. The school board had offered 21 as settlement. the committee and members approved accepting 21 and waiving the 28.55.
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Humphrey
McCarthy
Meter mix up leaves Ellwood borough in debt to Nye
In Ellwood the electric meter at George B Nye’s home ran backward causing the borough to owe Nye. A city audit disputed the claim until Superintendent Frank Nolan corrected the wiring and reversed the meter. Council then accepted Nye’s $10.50 payment.
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George B. Nye
Ellwood
Nye
Council
Frank Nolan
Electrical Department
Nolan
Mr. Nye
McCarthy
Sewage Disposal Plans Nearing Final Council Approval
The council approved the contract for the sewage disposal plant plans on Thursday night and will forward it to Engineer R. W. Pratt in Columbus Ohio. Some debate over continuity with the old council ended when Solicitor Humphrey confirmed reading the contract to new councilmen sufficed, and the measure passed quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Pratt
Columbus
Humphrey
Generous Council Grants Salary Increases For Officials
Borough Clerk McElroy and Borough Solicitor Humphrey received voluntary raises at Thursday’s council meeting. McElroy’s raise is 55 dollars per month while Humphrey’s boost amounts to 250 dollars annually. Extra compensation will be paid for court trial work beyond the base salary.
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McElroy
Humphrey
Ellwood Personal News Highlights Local Social Notes
Jacob F. Carl visited New Castle yesterday. Mrs. C. B. Kennedy of Crescent avenue is seriously ill. Mrs. J. F. Caldwell Jr. is improving after illness. Miss Jennie Newton returned from Youngstown. Miss Emma Brenner and Miss Goldie Carl visited friends in New Castle. Mrs. G. L. C. Richardson, wife of Rev. Richardson, former pastor here, is visiting from Allegheny with her son George.
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Jacob F. Carl
New Castle
C. B. Kennedy
Crescent Avenue
J. F. Caldwell, Jr
Jennie Newton
Youngstown
Emma Brenner
Goldie Carl
G. L. C. Richardson
Allegheny
George
Engineer Alex Main Accepts Salary Cut
Borough Engineer Alex Main will be paid 1000 dollars a year in 1908 including his rodman. Extras last year totaled 662.46 dollars for wages to redmen and assistants. Council approved the committee’s recommendation despite an opponent’s bid for full inspection work.
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Alex Main
Council
Rodman
McCarthy
Redmen
Ritchey and Fitzgerald
Main
Wurtemburg School Honors Students With Prize Awards
Wurtemburg public schools closed for exercises and prize ceremonies led by Miss Mary Boots and Prof. R R Liebendorfer. Prizes awarded to Howard Graham Bertie French Clarence McFlwain Carroll Wallace for top spelling. Susie Beighley Grace Glasser for perfect attendance. Charles French Charles Boots Emil Boots Clarence Blair Roy McElwain Edna Glasser Meryl Hazen Alda Pinkerton Mary Schaffer Elizabeth Kiesling for unmissed days. Additional prizes for writing reading singing behavior and spelling went to multiple students including Gayla Kocher Mary Schaffer and others.
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Wurtemburg Public
Mary Boots
R. R. Liebendorfer
Howard Graham
Bertie French
Clarence McFlwain
Carroll Wallace
Susie Beighley
Grace Glasser
Prof
Leibendorfer
Charles French
Charles Boots
Emil Boots
Clarence Blair
Roy McElwain
Edna Glasser
Meryl Hazen
Alda Pinkerton
Mary Schaffer
Elizabeth Kiesling
Gayla Kocher
Chas
Boots
Verna Rapp
Charles Cooper
Mary Hazen
Marion Covert
Emma
Lawrence French
Ellwood City High Opens Baseball Season With East Liberty Academy
Ellwood City high school starts its baseball season with a game against East Liberty Academy on April 25 in Ellwood City. The team seeks additional nearby game dates and invites inquiries to box 1202.
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Ellwood City
East Liberty Academy
Ellwood
Council Forgives 24.92 in City Taxes
The council approved forgiving taxes totaling 24.92 dollars on Thursday night. Tax collector Jacob Bair presented a list showing most filers had moved away or paid taxes in other cities, and council members were unanimous in the decision.
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Jacob Bair
Johnston's Drug Delivery Ad
A brief ad promoting Johnston's Druggists on Lawrence Ave Ellwood City offering phone orders and delivery service as a specialty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston’s
Johnston's
Lawrence Ave
Ellwood City
Long list of criticisms against a Pennsylvania congressman
A self confessed boss and pledge breaker is accused of turning politics into a business. The denunciation cites liquor ties, alleged corruption, party strife, and failure to serve labor in Congress. It claims he uses local option as a shield, profits from whiskey, and aims to control district politics for re election.
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Congress
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Tener
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