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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1908
Page
2
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure all for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It claims hospital and private practice success and offers a free sample bottle and an informational book by mail to readers who mention the paper. Address for samples is Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton New York.
Ellwood City and Hazel Dell youths mourn the vaudeville circus that arrived three weeks ago and fled between Saturday night and Monday morning. Rumors point to strenuous conduct prompting the overnight departure, ending a seven day run that drew steady patronage despite misreading local taste.
The Hospital Lecture Course committee holds an extra show at the opera house on Thursday April 28 in Ellwood City. The benefit supports the local hospital and is promoted as one of the season’s cleverest performances by home talent. Citizens are urged to attend and support the cause.
Roelofs was in New Castle yesterday. Fingle and Hendricks visited from Pittsburg. Jennie Newton returned from Youngstown. Reese James and Susie visited Beaver. Mrs Ackers of Holidaysburg visits her parents in Fourth street. Anna Daugherty visits her mother Julia in Lawrence avenue. Ralph Conners saw Cole Bros circus in Youngstown. Mrs Bell returns from Beaver Falls.
The Handel Oratorio Society completes preparations for a two night festival with final rehearsals in the high school and Coliseum. The amphitheatre will be built Wednesday and chorus members will receive tickets at the door. The Messiah final rehearsal is Friday at 3 pm with the Pittsburg orchestra.
Dealers report clover seed prices at their highest since the civil war with Good clover at 13 dollars per bushel and Timothy seed above 6 dollars. Scarcity drives the rise, and prices have more than doubled from a few years ago.
Judge Porter will convene another term of civil court next Monday with sixteen cases listed eight trespass actions six assumpsit cases and two in esertment.
Professor Vincent Bianchi of New Castle has formed Ellwood City’s band of 380 pieces. He began a canvass three weeks ago, recruited ten musicians at first, and has since ordered 30 instruments to outfit the ensemble. The band is expected to grow further in the coming month.
At the Casino, Clarke prepares for high dives and loops as the famous celebrities perform Thursday through Saturday. The Gunno-Patterson high roller team will stage hair raisers in a series of stunts, outshining any basketball on wheels.
The moonlight dance at the Lawrence hotel drew couples from across the countryside and featured lobby lights arranged to resemble moonlight. Luncheon followed near midnight as guests enjoyed the event. James Kirk of Industry visited his son W J Kirk of Spring Avenue.
Mary Schollenberger aged 23 was found dead in her brother Jacob Schollenberger’s Charleston home seven miles east of Sharps. Her head showed a shotgun wound and despondency was given as the cause.
Star Grocery Co at 24 N Mercer Street offers items with emphasis on value.
A box car on the West Pittsburg siding of the Baltimore and Ohio burned with merchandise inside. Firemen and Garland office observers reported a large blaze near town but no woodwork remained. Loss to the railroad runs to several hundred dollars. the contents' nature is undetermined.
A family reunion at Christian Felmuth’s Moravia home brought together Hart Felmuth of Westminster College New Wilmington and relatives including Miss Mame Pitzer Freedom Mrs Harry Hunter and two children Newport Mrs Dallas Mitchell Mahoningtown Mrs Reynolds Pittsburgh George Felmuth John Felmuth Pittsburgh and Miss Wilson Washington County.
Walter McClein, formerly at the Pressed Radiator plant, has moved to his former home in Bellevue Ohio where he has found a good position. He plans to return to West Pittsburg in the future.
Henry Collins a vice president of the Garland corporation based in Pittsburg recently visited West Pittsburg. He conferred with local officials during the stay.
Local notices show multiple residents ill at home including Mrs. Ed Foley and Mrs. Mary McMahan. Several visitors travel between Moravia New Castle and Pittsburg areas, with guests at the Meilke and Gaskill households and Easter dinners noted in Ellwood City and nearby towns.
Detective James G. Bilis of the Baltimore and Ohio force was hurrying to catch a car at Butler yesterday when a heavy revolver dropped from his holster and exploded on the sidewalk. The bullet struck the fleshy part of his leg behind the ankle, causing a painful wound.
The News offers readers a half price sale on a top selling medicine through a coupon. Cut out the coupon and present it at McKee Medicine Store to receive the discount.
A New Castle store advertises a coupon for a 60c package of Dr Howard's specific for constipation and dyspepsia at 25c with a money back guarantee. The ad touts the remedy as a cure for dyspepsia, constipation, headache and liver troubles and promises refunds if not satisfied.
Six Reed children including Lew Reed a Cunningham's clerk and Holson Reed a Shenango tin mill worker, along with Alice Alex Chester and Charles Reed, fell ill with measles at the J. W. Reed home near West Pittsburg. All are recovering after a light but widespread outbreak.
Under Braden Houk a summer school for scholars of all grades begins in West Pittsburg school building. The first day sees many enrollments and numbers are expected to grow as sessions run through the season.
Tom McCart of Union Valley, a famed West Pittsburg area boxing mentor, faced Jim Foley yesterday and won the match. Foley sustains a deep chin cut while McCart remained unscathed as the bout ended.
Ed Pollyblank, four months into naval service with the marine corps, is on a short furlough with his parents on Thirteenth Street. He reports stationed in Philadelphia and expresses delight with life at sea.
The Moravia Presbyterian church choir presented an excellent Easter music program Sunday morning after months of practice. The congregation greatly enjoyed the special music.
Wm H Woody appears in a Buffalo event alongside Margaret Williams in an activity noted in Buffalo records.
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