Reclaim South Mill Street Through Two Foot Sidewalk Cuts
Charlies Rigby proposes widening Mill Street in New Castle by reducing each sidewalk by two feet to gain four feet of roadway. The plan would cost little on city work, offer jobs to unemployed labor, and reduce rail grade crossing delays that hinder commerce from the South Mill business district to Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Rigby
Fifth Ward
Mill Street
New Castle
South Mill Street
Washington Street
Mill and Long
Long-Mill Center
City of
Croton Avenue
Neshannock Creek
Taylor Street
Rigby
Jefferson
Moravia
Threat to Mill Street safety endangers city welfare
The item underscores danger to thousands of Mill Street travelers and warns that safety concerns threaten progress and the welfare of the entire city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill Street
Leap Year Romance and Weather Lore Clash in Early Year Musings
The poem laments leap year hopes faded as women delay bold moves while men wait, then shifts to a weather note about an O and P game and vague jokes on baseball, red-eye effects, and season timing. A Perlin dispatch mentions a man asleep for three years, with a nod to Philadelphians wandering from home.
Silly News Briefs From Pennsylvania to Medicine Hat
A gag of variety items notes a Los Angeles society woman firing at her husband, Mocha coffee labeling, silence being dangerous, and Russian prisoners released by the czar. Taft’s size, Harrisburg politics, dog catcher predictions, and local scenes in New Castle are mentioned with a playful, collage-like tone.
Deaths of the Day Mrs Lulu M Stewart and others
Obituary notices detail the deaths of Mrs Lulu M Stewart 39 of Rose Point wife of Charles Stewart and mother of five. Henry Leslie 73 longtime city resident. Mrs Mary McKinney Scott post op death in Sewickley. and Reverend James N Swan Ohio preacher, with survivors and funeral plans noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu M. Stewart
Charles Stewart
Rose Pont
Stewart
Scott Township
Rose Point
Hermon Church
Edna
Margaret
McKinley
Belva
Bessie Stewart
Margaret Walton
James. M
Charles O. Walton
Volant
William R. Walton
Hermon Cemetery
Henry Leslie
Harry J. Moore
Moore Avenue
Leslie
Stoneboro
Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles Reed
James H. Leslie
Frank Leslie
Cleveland
Homer G. Leslie
Harry
Health officer targets nuisance chop suey joint on Washington
Health Officer William McCandless charged Jim Long, owner of a Washington street chop suey house, with maintaining a nuisance. Humane Agent John Haas filed cruelty charges. Long pleaded guilty, paying 10 dollars plus costs. Alderman Mayne fined him the minimum 10 dollars total 14.50. McCandless vows further cleanup actions against nuisance keepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McCandless
Jim Long
Washington Street
Humane
John Haas
Jim
Mayne
McCandless
Funeral set for Samuel Carr in Washington township
The funeral for the late Samuel Carr of Washington township will be held Friday at 2 PM at Eastbrook United Presbyterian church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Carr
Washington Township
Eastbrook United Presbyterian Church
Church
Family troubles in police court spotlight aging couple
In a police court session Mayor Lusk admonished Joe Preston and his wife of the Fifth ward after a 40 year marriage marred by drink and harsh words. Preston, jailed previously for drunkenness in Youngstown, was discharged with advice to live with his daughter while his wife contended with years of alleged abuse and late night companions. Other cases included tin worker David Johns, jailed ten days after a recent arrest and a railroad accident, and Frank Rowan cleared on a charge tied to a drinking bout with Richard Kissinger. Two other drunk cases were released on promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Preston
Preston
Nelson
Joe
Youngstown
Lusk
David Johns
Johns
Frank Rowan
Officer Moore
Rowan
Richard Kissinger
Kissinger
Livery Stable Case Heads to Court After Two Years
Elmer McFarland stood bound over to the June term under $100 bail for allegedly damaging a livery horse in a two year old incident. Audley Boyd sued, claiming the horse was lame after a trip to New Castle. two co-defendants settled, McFarland did not. The report also notes evangelistic services boosting church conversions and local council actions plus a postponement of the high school commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Wilmington
Elmer McFarland
William M. Francis
Audley Boyd
E. B. McFarland
McFarland
New Castle
Mr. Boyd
Piles Cure Promises Home Pain Free Treatment
An advertisement touts a painless home remedy Pyramid Pile Cure as a safe alternative to surgery. It offers a free trial by mail from Pyramid Drug Co. in Marshall Michigan, then a 60 cent full box with a claimed high cure rate and at least one box per customer. It urges readers to ignore substitutes and to request the free trial package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyramid Drug Co
Pyramid Building
Marshall, Mich
Williams
Ibn M’f’g. Co
Dedicatory Service At Y W C A In New Headquarters
A dedicatory service is planned in the assembly hall of the Young Women's Christian Association headquarters on North Mill Street Woods block Sunday from 4 to 5 pm. The event marks the first religious service in the new building, led by the association's religious department with about ten members participating. Mrs J L Stratton presides, with Mrs J S Martin Mrs T W Phillips Mrs E A Donnan Miss Grace Erhardt Miss Bertha Houston Miss Jean Butler Miss Katheryne Foulke and Miss Elizabeth Hay listed as participants. Mrs Mary B Medard and Miss McConahy will provide special music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women’s Christian Association
Woods
North Mill Street
Association
J. L. Stratton
J. S. Martin
T. W. Phillips
E. A. Donnan
Frances Felton
Margaret Speer Gibson
Grace Erhardt
Bertha Houston
Jean Butler
Katheryne Foulke
Elizabeth Hay
Ary B. Medard
Miss McConahy
Fear Soldier Is Japanese Spy
San Francisco article says John Treadwell, a coast artillery private who spoke Japanese fluently, was summarily dismissed after alleged interest in a secret explosive used in coast defense guns. He enlisted at Denver four months ago and had been stationed at the Presidio. secret service reports under surveillance led to his discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
John Treadwell
Coast Artillery
Denver
Presido
Secret Service
Mayor killed in political riot at Fort de France
Fort de France Martinique reports the mayor and several citizens killed in a political riot yesterday with many others wounded. The item also notes Miss Roumaine Wilkinson of Beaver visited Chestnut street residents Mr. and Mrs. L. Maginnis on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort DE France
Martinque
Roumaine Wilkinson
Beaver
Maine and Carolina Delegates for Taft
Portland Me April 30 United Press reports the Maine convention will elect four delegates at large and adopt a platform without endorsing any presidential candidate. Taft supporters hope to have their leader named at the Chicago convention, signaling support for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Portland
Chicago
Committee On Resolutions
Taft
Founders Day Observed at Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg observers mark the 12th anniversary of Andrew Carnegie's gift with special ceremonies. Eminent speakers include James Bryce the British ambassador, William T. Hornaday, H. E. Kriehbiel, and John Burroughs, though Carnegie himself cannot attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Pittsburg
Carnegie Institute
Andrew Carnegie
America
James Bryce
William T. Hornaday
Bronx Park
H. E. Krehbiel
The
New York Tribune
John Burroughs
Prince Takeda Weds Princess Tsune in Tokio Ceremony
Prince Takeda, head of a noble Japanese line, married the mikado’s sixth and youngest daughter Princess Tsune in Tokio. The 20 year old bride and groom followed ancient rites with attendance from the mikado’s family and most of the nobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
TOKIO
Prince Takeda
Japan
Tsune
Boy Suspected in Cash Register Theft Disappears
Police believe a young boy stole $460 from a store cash register and then disappeared. Mrs. S. W. Lowers of Bartram Avenue was taken to the hospital for an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. W. Lowers
Bartram Avenue
YOUNGSTOWN FREIGHT YARDS EXPANSION COMPLETED
enlargement of the Pennsylvania freight yards at Youngstown finished enabling space for 2,000 more cars, expanding capacity and efficiency for cargo handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Youngstown
Quaker Herb Extract Promises Tapeworm Cure in Fort Wayne
Local health teacher demonstrates Quaker Herb Extract Expelling tapeworms and invites residents to test the remedy Mrs Carrie Duke of 1710 Fairfield Ave credits the product with ending long term stomach pains and fatigue She reports passing a long tapeworm and renewed health Oil of Balm marketed for rapid pain relief at J C Wallace drug store with many prior cures cited
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Wayne Ind
Carrie Duke
Fairfield Avenue
Ft. Wayne
Ind
J.C. Wallace
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NEW Castle News
New Castle, Pa
Sycamore Street
Apple Alley
the News Company
George BK. Treadwell
Prea L. New. L. Rents
Bell
Citizens
Esq
Duncan M. Smith
Weather Man
Good Old Pennsylvania
Medicine Hat
Russia
Harrisburg
Fourth Ward
Acheson
Congress
Youngstown Baseball Club
Mary McKinney Scott
Frederick Avenue
Sewickley
Sewickley Valley Hospital
Scott
William Wallace Scott
J. W. McKiney
Maple Lane
United Presbyterian Church
J. W. McKinney
James N. Swan
Ohio
East
Liverpool
Miami University
Amanda M. Woolf
Harrison
M’candless
Ings
Sani
News
W. E. VanOrsdel
Philadelphia
James VanOrsdel
Mollie VanOrsdel
W. D. Irons
McDonald
S. W. Hassell
Sharon
Florence Maynard
H. W. Ernst
John Boles
R. B. Hainer
Lewis Gibson
Mercer
Edith Zuver
Allegheny
James White
Waterstreet
G. E. Welshons
Turtle Creek
William Igo
W. K. Robinson
James Gibson
Presbyterian Church
House OF Quality
E.P. Frey & Bro
Washington ST
Y.W.C
FEAR
Maine
Carolina
Gem, JR. Zinn
Ward Gillette
Clutton
2&C
Kemps
DR. Winter
Cor. Mill and
Washington Sts
Boy Thief
Love & Megown
Theatre
South Mill ST
Yauydeville
Matinee Daily
TAR Family Theater
Love
Rice's
Rice’s
Hast Street
G. B. Zahniser
Clendenin Block
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