Plan To Save New Castle From Floods
City flood prevention plan reviewed by Engineer R W Pratt and City Engineer Milholland includes dredging and widening the Neshannock channel raising bridges and walls converting Rosena dam to a movable dam installing emergency pumps and possible reservoirs. Estimated city cost 232 628 with variant 238 702 if lower walls are raised.
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New Castle
R. W. Pratt
Cleveland
Milholland
Neshannock
Rosena
Erie Railroad
Pennsyyvania Railroad
East Washington Street
Jefferson Street
Shenango River
Washingington Bridge
Crocama Ys Xno Eno
Escooe Cove
Pick Up Man In Real Sorry Plight
Edward Worth was picked up by police on suspicion after arriving from Butler County seeking work. He carried a large plane he hoped to sell and lacked lodging, clothing torn and ragged. The mayor found he was a victim of circumstances and he received aid and clothing.
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Edward Worth
Butler County
Mark Preston Held On Liquor Charge
Mark Preston was arrested for selling liquor without a license and given a hearing before Mayor Tyler. Three witnesses testified. Millie Scott, Chief of Police Mitchell and Officer Kauffman. He was held for the June term on $800 bail, then pleaded guilty and was remanded to jail for disposition by the court.
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Mark Preston
Tyler
Millie Scott
Mitchell
Kauffman
Preston
Woman Dies From Accidental Medicine Overdose
Mrs. Katie Keat of Chewton died Monday evening at her sister’s home in Ellwood City after taking a medicine containing opium prescribed for her. She was 28, survived by her husband Coroner Moore noted the death as likely accidental. funeral set for Wednesday at St Monica’s Church in Wampum.
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Katieat
Chewton
Lawrence
Ellwood City
Keat
Moore
Beaver County
St. Monica’s Church
Wampum
Political War Over Girl's Charges Against Superintendent
A Cleveland County legal battle unites two civic factions as Anna Nord sues C Ed Smith for 5000 over a buggy collision on Jefferson Street. Smith contends speed was not reckless while Nord suffers a sprain and shock. Separately, liens and attachments surface in related construction and finance actions. In Pittsburg, Superintendent Sylvester Heeter faces indictment amid a major school board power struggle led by Oliver and Flinn factions with sensational testimony.
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Anna K. Nord
Bessemer
C. Ed Smith
Smith
Jefferson Street
Porter
James Chambers
Quincey McBride
R. K. Aiken
Geo. T. Weinhgartner
Andrew Dietterle
J. C. Liebendorfer
New Castle Lumber and Construction Company
Scire Facias
John Jakenen
Alexander Mellwain
Fannie M. Stone
E. E. Phillips
Pittsburg
Western Pennsylvania
Sylvester L. Heeter
Ethel Fisher
Flinn
George T. Oliver
Oliver
Heeter
Lutheran Conference Meets in St Johns Church Erie
The Erie conference of the Pittsburg synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church met at St John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church with Rev J H Miller presiding and Rev J C F Rupp conducting. The session opened with a sermon by Rev W E Frey on First Thessalonians 1 5 and communion administered to pastors and delegates.
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Erie
Pittsburg Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
J. H. Miller
J. C. F. Rupp
Grace Church
Conneaut
Ohio
W. E. Frey
Zion Church
First Thessalonians
G. Franklin Gehr
Thiel College
Measles Cases Reported to Health Board
Contagion reported to the health board lists multiple measles cases including Martha Jenkins Irene Bauman Mary Bauman Dorothy Bearance and others with addresses across Pear son Neshannock Reynolds North Beaver Chestnut South Mill Hamilton and O Brien avenues plus a diphtheria case George Martin at 414 Electric street.
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Health Board
Martha Jenkins
Pearson Street
Irene Bauman
Neshannock Avenue
Mary Bauman
Dorothy Bearance
Epworth Street
Wm. Briggs
Homestead Street
Valerie Savoy
Chestnut Street
Frances Gibson
Reynolds Street
Annie Artz
Patterson Avenue
Katherine English
Edward Ryan
North
Beaver Street
Helenan
North Beaver Street
Isabella Rigua
South Mill Street
Arafe Aispe
Irene Shaffer
Hamilton Street
Waneta B. Aukney
O’brien
George Martin
Electric Street
Martin Alive And Held By Kidnappers In London
Detectives led by William J. Burns confirmed Memphis millionaire Joseph Wilberforce Martin is alive and held by a kidnaping band in London. They nearly rescued him, but the captors fled after a mysterious woman revealed their hiding place. Martin disappeared April 3. ransom was the likely motive. Captain Prior and his guards were notified.
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London
Joseph Wilberforce Martin
Memphis, Tenn
William J. Burns
Martin
Lambeth
Captain Prior
Scotland Yard
Prior
Mayor Tyler Submits City Appointments for Coming Year
Mayor Tyler submitted his list of department heads with current officials reappointed. New police appointees include George Giekler to replace John Johns and O L Reynolds to replace Thomas Thomas who died in the flood. Appointments laid over two weeks for ratification at next meeting.
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Tyler
McKee
Maybury
Thomas Thomas
Select Council Sets Special Thursday Session
The Select Council will convene Thursday evening in a special session to consider an appropriation ordinance and other business. The ordinance has cleared the Common Council and moves to the Select branch for action. Because it has not yet passed, regular city payroll will be delayed until the ordinance is approved. The Thursday action remains uncertain.
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Select Council
Common Council
Select Branch
Jurors Excused at Court After Call for Quran
During Monday's court session Judge Porter excused several jurors after they were asked to state why they could not serve. The list includes Harry M. Badger Shenango Greer C Dennison Plaingrove Fred Eckert Fifth ward Henry Gearing North Beaver Lawrence Nesbit North Beaver John Rice Second ward and J N Rick Fourth ward.
Lights to Be Turned On Again in New Castle
New Castle councils approve paying company bills since December and order street lights reactivated tonight. Superintendent Pooler says plant ready for lights Tuesday night and a new contract proposal with arc rights at 48 dollars per year and a commercial rate of 8 5 is approved by acclamation.
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New Castle
Pooler
The
Light Company
Council Chamber
Electrical Committee
Electric Company
Select Council
Councils
Patterson
Hughes
Pope Pius X Death Predicted In Rome Bulletin
Paris reports Excelsior publishes a Rome telegram saying the pope is near death amid illness. In Rome a Vatican aide confirms the pontiff is steadily losing weight and emaciated after a week of high fever.
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Paris
Excelsio
Rome
Pope Pius X
Vatican
Mrs Sarah Alford seriously injured in bicycle mishap
Mrs Sarah A Alford of 606 County Line Street sustained a broken hip after a bicycle ridden by a small boy struck her while crossing near a meat market on Saturday. She was treated at Shenango Valley hospital with the injury considered serious due to her age.
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Sarah A. Alford
County Line Street
Shenango Valley Hospital
Cantata and Glee Club Benefit Programs Issued
Programs for the cantata Queen Wither and the Carnegie Tech Glee Club to benefit Patrolman Thomas Thomas’s family have been issued for performances in the high school auditorium. The benefits, to be held on Thursday and Friday evenings, are selling many tickets and promise high quality entertainment.
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Thomas Thomas
Carnegie Tech Glee Club
Women Burn More Homes In Hastings Suspected Suffragette Attack
In Hastings England incendiaries tied to suffrage action destroyed the former home of MP Arthur Du Cros in St Leonards. Six firemen were injured by explosions. damage about 30000 dollars. The unoccupied residence contained suffrage materials and a hatchet with colors. Cards cited militant sentiment. The house had been sold to a new owner, not the MP.
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Hastings
Eng
Arthur DuCros
St. Leonards
du Cros
DuCros
Walton Gets Appointment on Canal Data Committee
Harrisburg April 15 Rep W D Walton named chairman of a committee to gather data on work amount and costs for the Pittsburg and Lake Erie ship canal. The panel will report to the house appropriation committee before a $150,000 preliminary work bill is acted on.
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Harrisburg
W. D. Walton
Pittsburg & Lake Erie Ship Canal
House
Worth
Walton
New Castle
Injured Worker At Cement Plant Sent To Hospital
John Phillips an employee at Lehigh Portland Cement works was badly hurt at work this morning. He suffered a compound fracture of a leg and a severe eye cut requiring a stitch. He was taken to Shenango Valley hospital.
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John Phillips
Lehigh Portland Cement Works
Shenango Valley Hospital
Strike clash at Milford elastic mill opens with pickets
One hundred girl pickets faced 88 strikebreakers at Tapworth and Sons elastic web mills Milford Massachusetts as the plant opened. Waist torn hair pulled lunch boxes discarded and scratches injured several. The melee began when 160 pickets urged workers to stay out amid strike tensions.
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Milford
Mass
Tapwoth and Sons Elastic Web Mills
M'Cormick And Dickson Renew Their Filibuster
McCormick and Dickson led a filibuster in council, threatening to block street improvements and clashing with Mayor Hughes. They challenged the Taylor street veto timing, sought a solicitor’s ruling, and delayed the Smithfield and Seioto street ordinances before ordering them laid over.
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M’cormick
Dickson
Smithfield Street
Seioto Street
McCormick
Sunday Given $23000 More
In Wilkes-Barre Billy Sunday left for Winona Lake Ind after a seven week stay. A $23,527.66 check was tucked in his wallet from a four meeting tabernacle collection. About $60,000 was raised, Columbus came second with $21,001.50 and 16,648 people shook his hand.
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Wilkes-Barre
Billy Sunday
Winona Lake
Ind
Tabernacle
Sunday
Columbus
Pennsylvania House Passes Employment and Child Labor Bills
Harrisburg, April 15. The Pennsylvania House approved the employment and child labor measures, sending them to the Senate. The female labor provision caps work at six days per week nine hours per day or 50 hours weekly. The 14–16 group may work eight hours daily, while 16–18 are limited to nine hours. Votes were 182 to 6 and 180 to 4 respectively.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
Baldwin
Delaware
Walnut
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C. Ed. Smith
Ethel Ivy Fisher and
Sylvanus L. Heeter
Lutheran’s Conference
Burns
Pope
Sarah Alford
Katie Keat
L. C. Hughes
Taylor
Taylor Street
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