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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1908
Page
1
Households and farmers debate the curb market provision in New Castle's market ordinance. The measure bans peddling from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays, raising concerns of egg butter and green goods shortages for many families. Some farmers ignored the hours, creating confusion and lost sales while others secured licenses as the ordinance takes effect.
At the request of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution, James A. Gardner will repeat his address on the Battle of Gettysburg on Thursday evening April 16 in the First Methodist church lecture room. Gardner, who fought with Battery B, previously spoke under Union Veteran Legion auspices and will retell the fight with graphic detail for patriotism.
Judge Porter appointed C. C. Sankey A. M. Hanna and John Rearke as viewers to fix damages owed by the city to William Randall for Ray street grading. Randall claims the city lowered the grade after his sidewalk was laid, causing damage to his property.
Porters discharge clears him as manager of Troop F after critics claimed bias against workingmen. He missed drills and would have been excused, so release restores peace and ends the controversy.
An alarm from box 17 sent Chief Connery and the Central department to 109 Bridge Street yesterday at 7 30 in the morning. The kitchen roof was burning but was put out with chemicals, causing only slight loss.
Illinois faces a close local option vote with temperance advocates gathering prayer meetings and parades across two thousand towns. Campaigns funded by local option and anti prohibition groups fill newspapers as counties vote, aiming to leave Illinois dry outside Chicago if results mirror four months ago.
James C. Moore, principal of the industrial department at Livingston School for Colored Youths in Salisbury, toured the city yesterday. He preached in several pulpits to drum up support and funds for rebuilding the school after a recent fire.
Samuel L. Gardner 60 a wealthy McKees Rocks coal operator and former borough engineer shot Dorothy Bradley 16 in a yard after chasing jealousy at their homes. He then shot himself and died later at Ohio Valley hospital. Dorothy was the daughter and Gardner had shown overt affection leading to the fatal act.
Harry J. Lusk became the city’s new chief executive at noon in New Castle. In a brief ceremony with city department heads and a crowd, Lusk took the oath to support state and city laws, exchanging handshakes with retiring Mayor Hainer and others before leaving for dinner.
A mass meeting of local option supporters will be held at the Book’s Woods schoolhouse next Wednesday evening at 7:30. Attorneys R. L. Wallace and Walter S. Reynolds, candidates for assembly, will address the gathering, after which a permanent local option club is expected to be formed.
In Yonk ers New York on April 6 Robert Inglis a young athlete survived a knife stab to the heart after surgeons at St Joseph hospital opened the chest removed part of two ribs and sutured the heart and pericardium. He spoke within an hour and soon improved prompting hopes for full recovery. Inglis identified Pawel Forminsky of New York as the assailant who attacked him and was taken into custody.
In Winstead Connecticut Henry Skiker woke pale and faint after a dynamite party prank. Contractor A Hubby lit a stick to scare guests and warned of explosion unless the room was emptied. A thrown ice pick completed his fright, leaving Skiker with visibly gray hair.
Rev. Snape formerly pastor at First Baptist here now in Utica New York will lecture this evening at the Punxsutawney Baptist church on the subject How to Find Yourself.
Beaver county faces internal strife as six candidates for the legislature and state senate endorsements draw lines. Hartford P. Brown and D. F. Funkhouser oppose Penrose and defend local option, while Frank F. Brierly W. S. Morrison show local option support with ambivalent Senate views. Milnes and Jobe align with local option but duck the senator question.
A list of reported deaths includes Mrs Charles Welhausen aged 24 of Slippery Rock Township, Esther Houston 73 of New Bedford, Mrs Thomas Lomax 73 of Lowseliville, Stephen Doughton 86 of Hubbard, Geo T Stambaugh 82 of Sharon, Elizabeth Keebler 75 of Pittsburg, Fred Ross Gere 1 of 5 Randolph Street, and Ernest Eugene Drake 11 of Moss Street Reynolds Street 1233.
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