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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1908
Page
4
Publisher The News Company of New Castle announces subscription rates: daily 10c, weekly unknown, yearly 6.00 for a year by mail 3.00. Address checks and correspondence to The News Company, New Castle, Pa., not to individuals. Notices solicit public interest correspondence from county readers.
Socialists of New Castle host William D. Haywood for an address. The Western Federation of Miners leader was acquitted in the Boise murder trial of Governor Steunenberg and now leads a broader labor federation. He is seen as a presidential candidate with potential cross-party support amid a crowded 1904 campaign landscape.
Spokane's former Senator George Turner will urge a federal framework to punish U S citizens who lynch or mistreat foreigners. Speaking before the International Society in Washington on April 24, he cites past Italian lynchings in New Orleans and argues international friction can be eased if governments handle punishment.
Captain Richmond P Hobson pushes for rapid naval expansion aiming to fund two battleships at once. He warns the policy favors only yearly appropriations and urges an immediate appropriation for swift construction amid Senate discussions.
Rev J. ly speaks at First Christian church on Diamond Street Monday evening in April 1908 at 8 o clock. General admission 60 cents children 25 cents. Fred P Shields of New Castle visits the city and notes his family run a large Cleveland cigar business with their father and brother James.
John McNamara of the YMCA building woke to breaking glass at the People's Clothing store on West Washington Street at 4 am. He fired two shots, scaring off two men who fled, and police searched the area but found no suspects.
A jumble of quips from papers including hints about eggs and Easter scenes. Mentions Ohio legislature timetables in papers, Easter fashion, and a mix of humorous lines about New Castle and Youngstown. The tone is clipped humor and brief notes from local columns.
A meditation on humanity's long quest for immortality across instinct faith and intellect. It argues that nature reason conscience and history all testify to an eternal life and cites Jesus Christ as the Easter answer promising life after death to believers.
A summer morning in New York yields a dramatic scene of destruction followed by a radiant appearance of an angel with a flaming sword. The act titled Doomsday joins the vaudeville program with no change in prices, promising transcendental beauty and heavenly choruses.
The Iron Trade Review reports tin plate demand stays near normal with manufacturers satisfied. The leading producer runs at about 81 percent this week, near normal activity, with coke tin plate 14x20 priced at 3.70 dollars FOB mill in the Pittsburg district and 30 day terms with 2 percent discount for cash in 10 days.
Ira McAnlis son of Robert McAnlis sues American Cement Tile company at Wampum over a fall from a plank on a tile roof at Swissdale. Counsel reached a settlement of 99.50 dollars for damages. McAnlis sustained serious injuries to an ankle. Sample Hardware Co Mahoning town Pa mentions paints drying hard with glass.
A sale notice announces 30 head of horses and mares to be sold at Highland stables on Monday April 20 at 1 o clock. The lot includes farm horses business chunks driving horses and two Shetland mares in foal with well matched pairs and single drivers. 20313 G E Pratt. A Good Cat is advertised for Central Park Lawn Grass Seed by Dickosn Co Hardware.
The program lists Ellery Band on Wednesday Apr 22 and The Man of the Hour on Thursday Apr 23 and The Clansman on Saturday Apr 25. Amy Leslie praised The Man of the Hour as a vivid American life drama, applauded for its realistic dialogue and relatable characters. Seats will be ready next Tuesday.
The farewell matinee and night shows of the celebrated play The Clansman will be staged at the opera house on April 25. Managers expect a record crowd for the final performances.
The play’s third season draws massive crowds with thousands turned away for lack of seats. Fans camp overnight in some towns to secure entry, a phenomenon rivaling major stars of the stage. Speculators profit amid efforts to curb them as audiences linger on the tale of Reconstruction and Ku Klux Klan history.
Proprietor Channing Ellery brings the Ellery Band to the opera house for a matinee and evening performance on April 22. He recalls a moving tribute in New York last October when an elderly man praised the music as heavenly at mortal hands. The concert draws local acclaim for its acclaimed program.
For Easter week the management secured a wonder list of attractions for patrons. Doomsday billed as the ninth wonder of the world is the feature. It is described as the largest and grandest spectacle yet offered in vaudeville and predicts the destruction of the world in 2007.
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