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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1908
Page
4
Illinois readies for a statewide local option vote with about 1 150 townships in 91 counties scheduled. Chicago exempt, Billy Sunday drives temperance mobilization as mobs and dynamite incidents spark national attention and a yearlong battle is seen ahead.
Harrisburg April 6 reports from state agriculture chemists show tinned vegetables and meats on sale in Pennsylvania generally in good shape. The only major issue cited is starch filler in some meats and pates, with some leafs also suspected of starch. Further reports are awaited before a final statewide assessment.
Rev. Brooks has completed moving his residence from 810 High Avenue to the corner of Blaine Street and Boyles Avenue.
In city police talk Mayor-elect Lusk will soon name his next day sergeant. Patrick Farrell, long time sergeant, is contested by Chief Thomas Spiers who seeks his job. Lusk has not announced any appointments, keeping interest high in the force’s leadership changes.
A column blends humorous verses on suburban gardening with local opinion notes about city politics and social trends. It half reflects on Mayor Lusk and future city leadership, local gossip about divorce cases, editors’ feuds in Niles, Ohio, and street crowding plus fashion chatter from Buchanan Valley.
A Pittsburg Gazette-Times snippet mocks college yells from oysters and jokes about a New York man jailed for concealing umbrellas worth 100 dollars. It cites anarchist complaints about liberty and a call for restraint. The Connecticut hat factory strike involves 200 women protesting age inquiries by management.
The Devlin building demolition rekindled memories of old neighborhood structures. Samuel Dunn, former owner now deceased, claimed a small triangular plot at the northeast corner. He and B A Winternitz debated then Dunn quickly added a one story projection to the Dollar Savings and Trust building at Washington and Water streets.
The only two furnaces out of service are the Mahoning Valley furnace at Cep Naetown and the Atlantic of this CC, leaving operations disrupted and maintenance underway.
W J Collins defends his Pacific coast promotion work in a New Castle News letter, denying charges of working for the chamber of commerce or real estate interests. He asserts 19 years of Oregon travel, stresses honesty, and questions Sam O Rourke’s motives and connections to Oregon.
Under Thomas Richards direction the Central Presbyterian choir will sing J H Maum ber s cantata Olivette to Calvary on Good Friday evening. The thirty-member choir is expected to give an excellent rendition of a popular work. Holy week services will be held each evening at the church. Albert Miller of Sharon visited George Westlake of Highland ayeppe.
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