Improvements on New Castle Branch and Related Rail News
Improvements are planned for the Erie railroad New Castle branch between this city and Ferona with track doubling and rebuilding for passenger service. The Erie stock will double to 1.6 million dollars and work will start when weather allows. The Lake Shore plans a new roundhouse in Youngstown following a collapse. New B O main line cutoffs aim to boost Pittsburg east traffic.
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New Castle
Erie Railroad
Ferona
Sharon
Erie
Lake Shore Railroad
Youngstown
EB. H. Harriman
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Etire Mahoning
The
Rochester
Smiths Ferry
Leslie files expense account for county commissioner campaign
R. M. Leslie, who placed third in the county commissioner race, filed his campaign expense at the courthouse. The report shows total expenditures of 14664? The watchers cost 24 with no details on payees. The remaining funds covered announcements cards livery and hotel bills.
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R. M. Leslie
Court House
Soldiers to Get Better Rations
On and after May 1 the army garrison ration will include butter milk spices flavoring extracts lard and baking powder luxuries not previously provided to the American soldier except at his own expense. The extra cost per man will be only 2 1 2 cents—26 as against 22 1 2 cents per day.
Lucky New Castle May Burn If Fire Defense Lags
Fire Chief Connery warns that New Castle faces a major fire risk without a new engine and stronger water mains. He urged the fire committee to act on recommendations from a February report that showed the city lags behind peers in fire fighting equipment.
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Connery
Fire Committee
Washington Street
New Castle
First Night of Handel Oratorio Society Festival Program
The program lists Donizetti Hail to the Happy Bridal Day and Weber The Bridal Wreath for Thee We Bind with soloists Mary Clark May Hoyt and more. Handel Behold the Lamb of God Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs and Hallelujah Chorus close the evening with an Eve of St Agnes ballad by Surette and Keats poem.
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Handel Oratorio Society
Donizetti
Lucia de Lammermoor
John C. Ussher
Tschaikowski
Mary Clark
May Hoyt
Margaret Sankey
Griffith
Kirk
Butz
Hamilton
Lloyd
Frew
Blevins
Wilkison
Bohm-Fitzhugh
Hoyt
Sankey
Messrs
Smith
Miller
Ussher
Patterson
Westlake
Young
Weber
Opera der Freischuetz
Lillian Butz
Gula_ Frew
I. J. Miller
Virginia E. Patterson
Paul Brown Patterson
Drinking Contest Ends In Fist Fight In Ellwood City
Preparations are under way for the Merchants and Manufacturers club smoker on Thursday April 30 at the club house with boxing and wrestling contests and a musical program. A beer fueled fight between Mike Ferro and Jim Matti ended after 40 minutes with both men badly battered and exhausted.
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Ellwood City
Merchants’ and Manufacturers
George Reed
J. H. Robel
R. E. Brock
Mike Ferro
Jim Matti
Empolyes
Pittsburg, Butler, Harmony
James
Michael
Buff brick used in rebuilding McCandless front
Work to re build the McCandless building at the east end of the Pittsburg street bridge began yesterday with M V Hamilton handling the brick work. Buff brick will be used and the wall built strong enough to support a third story if a buyer for the Cochran warehouse frontage is found.
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McCandless
Pittsburg Street
V. M. Hamilton
Cochran
Seed corn hard to obtain for Lawrence County farmers
Lawrence county farmers face severe seed corn shortages as last season’s adverse conditions left only small quantities matured. The crop shortfall jeopardizes planting for the coming season and threatens local harvest prospects.
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Lawrence County
Doan's Kidney Pills Ease Backache Claim
Richard Stokes of New Castle Pennsylvania testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills cured his backache and kidney trouble after an attack ten years earlier and again six years later. He praises the pills as effective for kidney sufferers and notes the price is 50 cents with Foster Milburn Co. as US agents.
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Dean
Richard Stokes
San
County Line Street
New Castle
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Mail Carrier Examination May 6 at Ellwood City
The post office in Ellwood City will hold competitive examinations on May 6 for two carrier positions on newly ordered routes. Candidates require good school knowledge and town familiarity, with civil service rules governing hiring. The job offers good pay short hours and steady work. Miss Mabel Lowry and Herman Seipel visited the Haster show at the Phinns conservatory in Pittsburg sunday.
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Ellwood City
Todd
Civil Service
Mabel Lowry
Herman Seipel
Haster
Phinns Conservatory
Pittsburg
Elwood Personalities Visit Pittsburg and Cleveland
Ellwood residents Roelofs and Martin were seen in Pittsburg on business and a flying visit occurred in Pittsburg. Miss Emily Brenner traveled to Cleveland on a business trip. Attorney John H. Bittner was in New Castle on business. Miss Alice Tomlinson and Philip Brown returned from a brief visit with friends in New Castle. Mrs James King and her mother Mrs Frank Milliken also returned from a visit with friends in New Castle.
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S. A. Roelofs
Pittsburgh
Charles Martin
Pittsburg
Emily Brenner
Cleveland
John H. Bittner
New Castle
Alice Tomlinson
Philip Brown
James King
Frank Milliken
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New Castle, Pa
R. P. Pomeroy
Ewing
Long
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BELL
Ewing & Long
E. Wash. ST
Union National Bank
E. Long Avenue
Love
E & Megown’s
Ce Best
Catmartic
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
N.Y
Railroad
Dispatchers’ Association
Quinn
Charles A. Quinn
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mr. Quinn
Texas
Mexico
Western Passenger Association
Walter
Baltimore and Ohio
Fred Burns
Engineer Mayne
Lake Erie
Ed Shaffer
Leslie
New
Castle
Washington St
Ellwood City News Budget
Schloss Bros. & CO
Gallimore and
Tia
Sherwin-Williams
MC Candless
Ellwood
Johnston's
Lawrence Ave
Moser Wall Paper CO
North Mercer ST
Bell Phone
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