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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
8
A local retailer reports a large stock of Easter suits and ladies wear purchased at a deep discount. Special sale lines include suits from $10 to $25, plus dress skirts, corsets, gloves, stockings, and shirt waists. Umbrellas, collars, ties, and lace items are discounted. new linens and backgrounds previewed for tomorrow.
Readable reports outlined a harmonious meeting at Highland United Presbyterian Church on Wednesday evening. Elders Joby Welch and fb. Gitky were re-elected. I. E. Conoby elected trustee. Treasurers and committee reports showed a sound church across branches. Awaiting arrival of Rev R. H. Mulholland who departs May 17 for Princeton Theological Seminary and is due in the city soon to assume duties.
United Press reports promoter Billy Neail says Jack Johnson must fight Tommy Burns or concede defeat. Neail bets 2600 that Johnson cannot stop Burns in twenty rounds and adds 200 to raise the forfeit if Johnson wins or loses within a week.
London anarchists meet under Red Aba leader Malasta to denounce President Roosevelt as a tool of reaction and capitalism. They condemn his stance on an unspecified action and praise American and Canadian comrades as true allies, labeling Roosevelt a successor to McKinley.
April 10 report from New York notes stockholders of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company meet with creditors. A committee including Francis Adams Alvin Worcrereh Charles J. Vanda George A. Guthrie and George W T Oliver is named to plan ads for the company’s liabilities.
A fragmented reader notice promotes a now unseen German remedy claiming permanent relief and cure from a mix of drugs. It lists quantities for Carbulig TAid Zaman and Zine Gint imont with unclear instructions and urges readers to obtain the prescription from a local druggist.
United Press reports U S Steel is nearing purchase of the Cleveland firm Corrigin McHin der and company, a leading iron interest. The deal would place the company among the wealthiest iron groups, with annual pig iron production around 60,000 tons and properties valued near £50,000, highlighting Cleveland’s prominence in the industry.
United Press reports Roosevelt pushes measures in the current session. The employment liability bill, passed by the House, will be sent to the president for signature. It would allow damages claims against railroads for employee injuries caused by negligence, defective equipment, or defective upkeep.
Fragmentary telegraph notes report secret service guards protecting cabinet members from anarchist threats and rising official deaths. A wounding near Wigten implicates Henry M lan Kenn. ships leaving Philadelphia for Seattle are burned. Baker identified among casualties. Local notices mention John Sullivan of Taylor and Maré Jeiling of Lynd in unresolved contexts.
A gas blast at the Noellott Tal colliery in Somersetshire killed ten miners and left several more seriously injured or in critical condition. Rescue teams battled fires and grim conditions as workers were accounted for.
A garbled OCR note reports an Albany priest taking her own life. The fragment mentions a person named Welter and a station or publication initials WG, but theSource text is unclear and incomplete.
Albany April reports state 2800 patients in state hospitals with 5 million now allocated. Greater New York contributes 4722 of these, while the three city hospitals serve the New York section. State commission urges erection of new institutions. May notices highlight hospital burdens and a public sale connected to a legal matter.
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