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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1908
Page
6
Evan Williams delivered a polished aria performance from Gounod's Queen of Sheba with noble style and sustained finish. Critics praised his liquid tone and precise phrasing noting authoritative oratorio technique and attentive rhythm throughout the recital.
Notices report the death of 16 year old Miss Pearl Hannon in Sharon from heart trouble after a two week illness. She was daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hannon formerly of the city and will be interred at St Marys cemetery after services at Sacred Heart in Sharon.
The steel works will resume operations in all departments tomorrow Wednesday April 22 1908 at 2 oclock. Carnegie Steel Co New Castle Works announces reopening after maintenance.
In New Wilmington on April 21, college women showered Prof. A. D. Howard and Miss Moore as they left Hillside for New Castle. The prank followed a weekend of dorm antics sparked by faculty denying senior class privileges. The piece outlines campus social activity and related local notices.
Frank Gibson moves to Wampum from West Pittsburg. Mrs. William Yoho visits New Castle this week. D. M. Marshall on business in New Castle Monday. Mr. and Mrs. William Maloney in New Castle this week. Nellie Galbreath spends Sunday with Ellwood City friends. Lenora Orris returns from Buffalo. Vern Scheibner back in Beaver Falls after relatives visit. Rev Shape of Pulaski to preach at Presbyterian church Sunday April 26. Ed Ketterer returns to Cleveland after visiting his parents. Frank Nicholson and Ma honingtown travel here for Glen Pierce funeral. Ben Booher and wife of Beaver Falls visit Booher relatives Freed in Beaver Falls.
Telegraph briefs report Taft supporters plan to outperform Massachusetts peers at the Republican state convention. Frank Gould and wife reconciliation prospects look unlikely after a recent separation filing. Minnesota gains drainage rights over 3 000 000 acres of swamp. The cruiser Charleston with four torpedo flotilla heads to Portland for the May 6 rose festival. The Pacific express delays five minutes at Hast Liberty station when a young lady in a dry widow hat lingered at the door.
Mrs Frugal praises bulk soap buying as economy while Anty Drudge argues heavy use requires hard work. Fels Naptha is cited as saving effort and cleaning better without boiling, challenging the notion of true economy.
Don't throw away the wrapper when you buy a cake of Fels Naptha soap. Read the directions on back for the easy modern washing method. Follow the directions to save time, trouble, and money. Look for the red and green wrapper at your grocer.
A. B. Hench expresses shock over Elsie Strang's death and denial of any self harm motive. Funeral scheduled for Wednesday at Montgomery avenue residence with interment in Valley View Cemetery.
The steel mill idle since Monday night will restart at 8 o'clock Wednesday by morning. The bloom mill breakdown caused the shutdown and all departments will resume once repairs are completed tonight.
Attorney E M Underwood has returned home from an extended eastern trip that included New York and Atlantic City. He notes few people on the boardwalk but hotelkeepers anticipate a busy season ahead.
The Prospect high school alumni held a dinner Monday evening in Odd Fellows hall with over 30 guests from 9 to 12. E R Critchlow presided as toastmaster and announced toasts for the classes of 1904 to 1908 including Miss Maud Setley and Miss Sophia Langhurst. A musical program and banquet followed in brown and white alumni colors. In Youngstown, Patrick Hyland filed suit for 50,000 against Republic Iron and Steel for injuries from a coworker rescue at the plant.
Morning sale notice from Carnegie Steel Co at the New Castle Works dated Wednesday April 22, 1908 at eight o'clock.
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