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Newspaper

New Castle News

Location

New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1908

Page

6

Cleveland Three Cent Fares Victory Seen in City War

Mayor Tom L Johnson wins an eight year fight for three cent fares as Cleveland Electric Railway offers to sell stock at 55 dollars a share for city takeover. The measure will go to ward meetings this week for public vote, amid a long battle with injunctions and costly litigation.

United Press Cleveland Cleveland Press Today Tom L. Johnson Cleveland Electric Railway Company F. H. Goff

Ellery Band Arrives in New Castle for Tonight’s Concert

The Ellery band arrived in New Castle on Wednesday and will give a concert in the opera house tonight. A large crowd attended the matinee, and the group has enjoyed success since visiting over a year ago. Mr. Ellery is present and appears personally in charge.

Ellery New Castle Opera House

Russia Struggles to Move Army to Front in Transcaucasus

Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaievitch now directs reinforcements to Russian troops in Transcaucasus as oilroad service struggles amid heavy mobilization toward Russo-Persian and Russo-Turkish borders.

United Press Vienna Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaievitch Russia Transcaucasus St. Peters

Manhattan Club Raided for Gambling at Atlantic City

The Manhattan club, a private social group with members including New York and Philadelphia millionaires, was raided today for gambling. A roulette wheel and paraphernalia were seized, marking the resort's first season sensation.

United Press Atlantic City Manhattan Club New York Philadelphia

Fatal Runaway of R. R. Engine at Lyquin Lumber Road

Williamsport Pa April 22 A runaway on the Laquin Lumber Company's log road this morning after the reverse lever failed sent an engine and flat car roaring along the track. Twenty five Italian workers rode the car twelve killed three dying seven badly hurt two escaped injury with the death toll rising.

United Press Williamsport Laquin Lumber Company

Pennsylvania D A R reelects regent and officers

The Pennsylvania delegation of the D A R mentions re election of Mrs. Alten Perley as regent and Mrs. Smyser ip Williams as vice regent. Mrs. J S Martin of Park Avenue has returned from Hillsville where she had visited friends for several months.

Washington J. S Martin Park Avenuue Hillsville

Tales of Travelers Meet Across Distant Places

Two travelers recount encounters from journeys around the world. In New England and Saguenay regions, strangers swap stories of rescues and old rivalries. A minister and a former enslaved man later become clergy in Siam and a northwest church.

Dominie Coon

Rich banker's daughter wed secretly in New York

Miss Flora Farwell, daughter of a Canadian banker, married Roy Hosmer McGibbon, a Montreal law student, in a secret ceremony. The grandfather travels from Montreal to contest the union while the bride is confined at a private school and the husband barred from seeing her.

United Press New York Flora Farwell Roy Hosmer McGibbon Montreal William Farwell

Beav er College welcomes Stella Hess from Edenburg

Miss Stella Hess has returned to Beaver College after a faster vacation. Mrs Lizzie Mitcheltree and Mrs Leonard Hoover were New Castle shoppers on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Elmer Beight and Miss Mary Beight visited Youngstown on Tuesday. Jessie Biddle stayed Tuesday with Grace and Freda Smith of Lowellville. Edna Gertrude, infant daughter of Ira and, Beight, is ill with jaundice. The McClellands of East Youngstown and daughter Mary Belle visit the Robinsons. James and Grace Greer, new Greenville couple, visit Wm Knapper’s family.

Lizzie Mitcheltree Leonard Hoover New Castle Elmer Beight Mary Beight Youngstown Jessie Biddle Grace and Freda Smith Lowellville Edna Gertrude Ira Beight N. G. McClelland Mary Belle East Youngstown

Shenango Presbytery Meeting Attended by Local Clergy

Rev B M Paul and Robert Shields attended the Shenango Presbytery meeting at North Sewickley on Tuesday. Mrs W C Bane and daughter Lua of Denver Colo visited Misses Viola and Coral Rodgers, then departed to visit relatives in Pittsburg.

B. M. Paul Robert Shields North Sewickley W. C. Bane Lua Denver Colo Viola Coral Rodgers Pittsburg

North Carolina cruiser to be accepted in April

The 14500 ton armored cruiser will be accepted on April 27 and placed in commission immediately after. Five St Louis laundry presidents have been called before a grand jury over alleged anti trust law violations. The Senate foreign relations committee began considering actions involving President Castro and Venezuela claims. Mrs John Learmonth found her husband dead at breakfast from heart failure. he had left the home moments earlier.

North Carolina St. Louis Missouri Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Castro Venezuela John Learmonth Lake Erie, Alliance and Wheeling Railroad

Liquor Dealers Move On East Side Dives

The New York liquor dealers association under President Joseph Farley vows to eradicate low dives. A fourteen member committee set plans to stop supplying these establishments, aiming to force dive keepers to quit as beer prices rise push small East Side dealers out of business.

United Press New York Liquor Dealers Association Joseph Farley East Side

Cheaper Paper Committee Begins Work on Woodpulp Prices

Speaker Cannon appoints a committee to investigate woodpulp and print paper costs. Chairman Mann introduces a resolution to fund the inquiry and hire clerks. A committee meeting will be called to organize its procedure once the measure passes.

United Press Washington Cannon Mann

Oldfiggers Bryan Prediction Echoed After White House Visit

General Charles H. Grosvenor, former Ohio congressman, met with the president and repeated his forecast that Bryan would not carry more than 166 electoral votes. Clarence Weil returned to Rochester after participating in Rochester Elks minstrel show, where he served as interlocutor.

United Press Washington Charles H. Grosvenor Ohio White House Bryan Clarence Weil Rochester N. Y The Elks Minstrels Mr. Weil

Humming Bird Allegedly Catches Lightning with Silk Nest

An ornithologist claims the humming bird shelters its nest with cobweb silk to act as a lightning rod in storms. A critic calls the claim a nature faker, while noting the bird’s nest is in warm, stormy climates and suggesting the cobweb's silk could insulate against electricity.

Peculiar serpentine fish aboard Swansea trawler

A Swansea trawler Ade laide netted a very queer yellowish snake or serpent three feet long and four inches in diameter with brown markings off the Moroccan coast. It has no fins and is now at Swansea Royal Institution, a catch unmatched by veteran fishermen.

South Dock Swansea South Wales Adelaide Morocco Swansea Royal Institution

Mrs I L Rice Eyes New Children's Societies

Mrs I L Rice, organizer of the Society for the Prevention of Noise in the United States, now pursues formation of children’s societies. They will teach children not to play near hospitals with school teachers assisting in instruction.

I. L. Rice Society For the Prevention of Noise United States

Pedestrian Hunt Under Way for Portland to Chicago Walker

In Salem Massachusetts on April 23 efforts to locate Beau din the pedestrian who began in Portland Missouri on Monday to break Weston’s walking record to Chicago proved fruitless today.

Salem Mass Beaudin Portland Weston Chicago

Funeral for Goldie Haley Guy in local home

The funeral for Goldie Haley Guy, daughter of Mr and Mrs Nathan Guy of 516 North Liberty Street, will be at 1 PM Thursday at their home. The remains will be shipped to Conneaut Ohio for interment.

Little Goldie Haley Guy Nathan Guy North Liberty Street Conneaut, O

Swearing the Witnesses. Court Bible Stolen and Witnesses Sworn

Town gossip recalls a claim that the town court Bible was stolen over a month ago and court crier Tom Simmonds has since been swearing witnesses on the town directory in a satirical exchange in The Bohemian.

Tom Simmonds

Made with a Penknife by Hiram Martin in Reading

Hiram Martin of Reading Pennsylvania carved two miniature boats from a pocketknife, a steamer and a canal boat, each nearly four feet long, spending a year on the project during spare moments.

Hiram Martin Reading Penn

Largest British building stone hauled from Plankington bed

A massive single block, weighing over 35 tons and found near Norwich at the Plankington bed, was quarried as Britain’s largest and heaviest building stone. The block came from a faultless, uncracked specimen.

Britain Plankington Norwich

Grimbert cites leech supply to Paris hospitals

Prof Grimbert told the French Academy of Medicine that the Central Pharmacy which serves Paris institutions and the Seine department supplies about 12 000 leeches each year for public hospital use.

France French Academy of Medicine Grimbert Paris Department of the Seine

Fire alarm box list officially published by City Electrician

The News prints an official compilation of fire alarm boxes by City Electrician W.S. Devlin with locations across the city. Entries include intersections such as Jefferson and Grant, Shenango Valley hospital, Croton avenue at various sites, Highand and Wellington Aves, and many others, along with multiple street names and plant sites.

City W.S. Devlin Lawrence Glass Works Film and Falls Streets Shenango Valley Hospital Jefferson and Grant Streets South Beaver Streets Beaver Weets Shenango Bridge Streets Grant Avenue Green Streets Jefferson White Mercer and Lincoln Avenue Highland Wallace Avenues Neshannock Avenue East Street Washington and Cochran Streets Central Station Sheridan Avenues Washington and Mill Streets Wellington Pittsburg Court Streets Walnut Street Croton Avenue Vine Street Oak and Spruce Streets G. W. Miller Crawford Court Street East End Ray and Ridge Streets Oak Ray Streets Pearson and Epworth Streets Grove Street So. Mill & W. N. Y P. Ry Allen Streets Franklin Ave Pittsburg St Butler Avenue John Street Arlington Ave Long Avenue Carson Street George Streets Nail Mill George Street Moravia Street Mill Home Streets Pollocks Long Avenues Moravia St Gardner Avenue Terrace Hamilton Electric Washington St Greenwood Grant and Sampson Streets New Castle Pottery West Side Engine House Shenango China Company Sankey Streets Mahoning Avenue Tube Mill Orchard Cedar Streets Box Factory Seventh Ward Engine House Elm Street Chain Works Second Ave Cherry St Montgomery and Lafayette

Markets pricing for dairy produce and live stock

The notice lists official market quotations current at noon for butter eggs vegetables fruits poultry hay straw honey live stock and grains. It includes prices for butter vegetables apples poultry l hogs cattle and grain per bushel per cwt and per pound with several items such as yearling and spring lambs and dressed meats.

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of Johnson MR. Ellery R. R Pennsylvania Parkerhouse House OF Quality William R. Hearst Presi Central Democratic Party New England Quebec Ashtabula Saguenay India Australia Salvation Army Salvation Company Northwest Siam Edenburg Stella Hess Beaver College New Bedford Rice's East Wallace Avenue Merrie House Wayne House North Mill Street A. M. Eycore News F. L. Elliott General Delivery E. P. Fry and Bro B. Washington Street Care News A. B Pittsburg Street New Castle Contracting Company the News John F. Neely East Long Avenue North Beaver Street Stephenson Block Washington Street Boyles Avenue Star Grocery Company North Mercer Street Greer Block Ed L. Long Clutton Altoona W. G. Baughman Union East North Street Rice’s Hast Street North Hill Carlisle Street Shaw Street Robert B. English Inquire Quest Street Bell Phone J. C. McCready Newbarn J. H. Gilfillan Superior Street Bell L. Union Lawrence Savings and Trust W. W. Stevenson Atlantic Avenue Front Street Dufford J. J. Dufford East Division Street City Water and Gas Sycamore Street Haltworth Block W. c W.c Jere Baumin Bath Jere Bauman West T. W. Dickey Lawrence Trust Building Davis Boyles and Highland Avenues W. 8. Davis Chautauqua, N. Y J. L. McFate Bridge Street Harbor Road F. M. Clarke Skidmore Bath Sharp Wi Avenue Highland Avenue G. Moody & Son South Croton Pennsylvaia Railroad Shenango By and Erie Railroad Chas BE Wick Bank W. Bryson Sheridan Avenu Fairmont Smith Hardware No Lathro Street P. H. B. Finder Job Electric Co Mill Street Union Depot Wallace Block Prie Reasonable South Mil Street R._ R. Fralick Shenango Hotel and Restonsid Union Phone Loy Ieayure Patrick Joseph Mooney Register of Wills Lawrence County Lawrence Catherine McNamara Catherine Mooney May Mooney Francis J. Eger William J. Moffatt
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