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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1908
Page
4
Publication details for a New Castle Pennsylvania paper printed every evening except Sunday. Includes office contact lines, subscription rates, sale locations, and guidance on correspondence addressed to the News Company.
The Ohio legislature plans a three day trip to Cedar Point to talk politics play baseball and poker and sample local brew. The piece contrasts Ohio openness with Pennsylvania bosses who keep lawmakers under tight control in Harrisburg and warns against unchecked political masters.
The article argues human frailties reveal themselves in crime and social trends. It cites a murder near LaPorte Indiana and Gunness cases linking suggestion to violence. It notes rising crisis reports in Pittsburg and renewed lynchings in the South and North, attributing changes to collective suggestion.
Local reports confirm C. H. Akens, a cordial corporate counsel, is drafted by Democrats to run for Congress. He is portrayed as retiring yet favored, while a Democratic paper forecasts a sweeping victory and presidency. Akens reacts with measured concern about shouldering the district’s burdens.
The article notes a Republican nominee, Mr Tener, telephoning New Castle to secure the name after a night of uncertainty. It records that he had forgotten the name overnight and sought to confirm it this morning.
A fragment from a 1909-era column blends sensory impressions of evening meals with local gossip. It notes scents of fish and cabbage, mentions law and order in Lawrence County, and parodies public figures and common mercantile observations with light satire.
Relatives and former friends of a prominent city businessman plan legal action to secure a divorce, recover allegedly embezzled funds, and locate a missing 16 year old daughter. They accuse the man of decamping with a clerk and money collected for an organization while leaving behind a wife and three children. Authorities report preparations to arrest once embezzlement amount is determined.
Captain and Mrs Granger of the Volunteers of America received farewell orders after three years in New Castle. Lieutenant Myers also departs with them. A farewell service is set for August 16 at their Washington street hall. they depart for Ridgway, Pennsylvania the following day.
Mrs. Lois Carson charged Frank Musser with maintaining a nuisance after her four year old son was bitten by a dog. The Mussers denied the dog did the biting and refused to have the dog killed or its head examined. A hearing before Alderman Green is set for later this week amid ongoing dispute.
John Lander was arrested for interfering with dog catcher Jack Young as Young chased a stray dog through the First ward. Lander posted a forfeit for tonight’s hearing after claiming the chase involved his unexpected attacks to scare the dog.
Evans City residents host friends and relatives from Pittsburg and area. Guests include Miss Margaret Boggs entertaining cousin Miss Likens, Mr. and Mrs. William Martin visiting from Pittsburg, and Stella Winter from Perrysville visiting Nellie Fox. The new Butler club opens with locals such as Lew Barry and Emma Markle attending. The S. S. club celebrates Walter Marlinger's sixteenth birthday at Callery with a large gathering. The town touts paved streets, water, and fire protection as progress.
A clash at the St. Helena training grounds between Negroes and sailors erupted as armed enlisted men attempted to lynch three Black men. Police intervened promptly to prevent further violence and possible deaths.
Marion Woolman of Burlington, a Vassar graduate from a Quaker family, is set to marry G. S. Hewitt, a Salvation Army worker. The couple met in Burlington where Hewitt was stationed. engagement details remain unofficial but consent is reported, and Hewitt has since moved to Paterson where the romance surfaced.
John Hamilton, a Black man, was arrested for carrying concealed weapons. An information was filed before Alderman Mayor Green, and a hearing is scheduled.
Captain Grainger departs with regrets after three years aiding the city’s poor and expresses thanks to supporters. Captain and Mrs. J. H. Young of Cleveland assume command, with Lieutenant Myers extending best wishes and urging continued, prompt aid to their successors.
Obituaries report Robert Patterson of Mount Jackson North Beaver Township aged 72 dying after cancer. Survived by wife, son Edward Patterson, daughter Mrs William B Baldwell. Funeral at Mount Jackson 2:30 PM Wednesday with interment Westfield cemetery. Also Sara Allen formerly of New Castle died at Newton Falls Ohio. Survived by husband Robert Allen, no children. Funeral Newton Falls Wednesday 2 PM. Thomas G Barnes longtime Grove City resident dies aged about 81. Elder in United Presbyterian church for 50 years with two marriages and children Rev W H Vincent Dr J R Vincent and J A Van Horn among survivors.
A obituary recounts Amos Martin born March 1797 in Cambleton Scotland who died at age 11. He endured wartime service as a youth, built a blast furnace job, served in Mexican and Civil wars, remarried at 95, and ordered a grand tombstone he placed in Hermon cemetery with a large Mormon church funeral planned.
In Oil City on August 4 a 3-year-old daughter of Frederick Rheiburg fell while moving between rooms to visit a sick mother, resulting in a broken neck.
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