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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
4
Notices request letters from residents across the county on matters of public interest inviting civic input and comment through official channels.
Governor Hanley denounces liquor traffic in a speech to the Indiana state convention, vowing to regulate or end the industry with strong laws. He paints the trade as economically wasteful, morally corrupt, and socially ruinous, calling for a future where no favorable haven exists for liquor under Old Glory.
The permanent certificate committee meets in the high school building on Saturday May 9 to examine teachers seeking permanent certificates. Members are S B Craw id Miss Carrie Jeffrey and C Crawford. A teacher must hold a professional certificate and have school endorsement to be eligible for a life certificate.
Star Grocery Co advertises as the home of quality in New Castle with two lines of goods and a pair of phone numbers for orders and inquiries. The notice labels it a grocer and distributor of high grade eatables and announces contact numbers 1000.
The Youngstown public library has reopened in the Scott Bonnell site on Wick Avenue and will be kept there until the new building is ready.
Mrs. Fiske stars as Rebecca West in Rosmersholm on Saturday with J. McIntosh Todd in As Told in the Hills. Cascade to present Grace and Grace dancers and a program headlined by Hi Henry's minstrel company with a parade and free concert Friday evening.
A brisk forecast hints at a cold Saturday as candidates face the interval before next week’s contests. The note mentions potential Venezuelan involvement with oil and discusses betting on the congressional race. Hobson’s team contemplates where he will play this season amidst speculation.
A column of quirky items reports on Miss Carmen Locke recovering a lost watch, a Denver avenue sighting, and local ward pride in school board actions. It notes Appomattox anniversary, bookish quips on temperance politics, Emma Goldman in Russia, and editorials about noise in newspaper rooms.
An ex-inmate in Trenton New Jersey informed Fred Robinson formerly of New Castle and traveling reporter that he was the heir to a $400,000 fortune. Robinson fainted then learned the claim was false as authorities corrected the mix up. He had wandered from New Castle to Youngstown and back, with Yale education and a roving streak.
Oliver W. Stewart of Chicago will speak to the Prohibitionists of Youngstown on April 14 at the Central Christian Church.
Due to low compensation no candidate plans to serve as constable of Church Hill near Girard leaving the town unguarded. A public demonstration by Gordon’s Pure Food promotes peanut butter at 36 North Mill Street in 1973.
A published letter from Terre Haute, Indiana praises Quaker Herb Extract, describing a woman with stomach trouble, constipation, nervous fatigue, and a 32 foot tapeworm allegedly expelled after starting the remedy. The letter urges readers to visit J. C. Wallace in Fort Wayne to obtain the product and “rely on what it has done for others.”
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