Time zones and the world’s new day at Auckland
A historical discussion explains the International Date Line near Auckland New Zealand and how it shifts the calendar. The piece notes that the sun setting in San Francisco coincides with midnight August 11 to August 13 across the line and describes why New Zealand is the first to see each new day while the United States is among the last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auckland
New Zealand
United States Army
Mid Pacific
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Pacific
United States
New Castle
Campaign Issues Highlight Republican Weak Spots
The article reviews William Jennings Bryan and Taft acceptance speeches, noting Bryan’s polite attack on the Republican platform and Taft’s persuasive presentation. It argues readers should study both sides to understand party positions and the campaign’s start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jennings Bryan
William Howard Taft
Taft
Bryan
Pittsburg Restaurant Sold to John by Gust Mitchel
Notice states the Pittsburg Restaurant at No 3 Pittsburg Street has been sold to John who assumes all accounts. Signature Gust Mitchel. Includes filing line Brown and Hamilton with address 303t2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Street
John
Gust Mitchel
The Dead One and Other Odds and Ends
A mosaic of wry quips and snippets covers rumors, notices, and small city satire. Items touch on ads, crime, locals, and jokes, including a funeral verse, Thaw jabs, an Alabama pistol law, and Miss Effie Butz leaving New Castle for Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Effie Butz
Pittsburg
Oil Drillers clash over location near Hoffman gusher
In Muddy Creek field, McKee Culbertson and Hoffman contest spacing within twenty feet of Hoffman No 2. Hoffman warns of fire risk and seeks injunctive relief while both sides set new rigs and locations. By next week about ten wells expected, signaling intense activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKee
Culbertson
Hoffman
Muddy Creek
Kramer Farm
Patterson Farm
Dixon
McCandless
South Penn
Lyons family reunion claims the title of lion hearted clan
A Philadelphia North American report from Ree Lion Pennsylvania describes Nubian African and Dandy Lyons gathering in Rees Lion meeting on August nine. The group celebrates shared ancestry and praises King Richard of England while noting a brief catering mishap and rambunctious youngsters near drowning incidents.
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Ree Lion
Richard
England
Lyons
Philadelphia
Mather Bros Grand Clearance Sale Specials
Special weekly sale items include Elgin watches with 20 year guarantees, Roger Bros. knives and forks triple plate sets, Reed and Barton triple plate forks, triple plate dessert utensils, large cut glass bowls, sugar and cream sets, Gorham writing paper, and Thermos bottles. Mather Bros Co at 113 East Washington Street lists wholesale and retail jewelry items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Roger Bros
Reed and Barton’s
Gorham
Mather Bros. CO
East Washington Street
Great Hebrew Book Says Taft Will Serve For Eight Years
Rabbi Isadore Hartman of McKeesport cites a Europe read great Hebrew law book from Ujefehtoron Hungary stating Taft will be elected president this year and serve eight years. Officials consulted the book on July 23 and an audience supposedly verified the prophecy. McKeesport Hebrews place strong faith in the forecast and expect Taft to win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Isadore Hartman
McKeesport
S. M. Hartman
Hungary
Europe
Hartman
Ujefeherton
William Howard Taft
United States
Hymn Sings Triumph Over Psalm Singers At Town Picnic
New Wilmington Aug 12 The annual picnic drew over 1000 to Means grove with ample lemonade water and amusements. The hymn singers beat the psalm singers 11 to 3 in baseball after a hot day of events including races tug of war and fishing plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Wilmington
Means’ Grove
Walter Beecher
Alice Hilton
Bruce Clark
Mabel Minteer
J. G. Patterson
New Castle
United Presbyterians
Jack Thorne
Tom Cummings
Sewell
Kirkbride
Thorn
Cummings
Bennett
Hugh Means
J. M. Houston
J. C. Blevins
J. W. Falkman
Joseph Howard
H. T. Getty
Sam Thompson
A. C. McClelland
William Crooks
J. C. Eckles
W. E. Minteer
J. Y. Minnich
Angus McBane
Vance McKelvey
George Phillips
H. E. Barr
R. J. Dobbs
William Hutchison
Norman Vance
S. M. Buchanan
Renwick Thompson
J. J. Francis
W. H. Martin
J. E. Rodgers
William Bennett
G. E. Thompson
John Anderson
Charles Dicks
A. L. Reed
Ghost Party caps day of picnic with town youth
The town marks a lively close to a picnic day with a ghost party on the lawn near the station. All the town’s young people are included in the general evening event. Several residents and visitors are noted to have traveled or returned from short stays in nearby towns.
Scandinavians Convene in Youngstown for Grand Lodge Session
The eleventh annual convention of the Grand Lodge Scandinavian Brotherhood of America opened in Youngstown Ohio with delegates from nearly every state. The opening sessions focused on organizational work as Idora Park hosted a special program featuring the Swedish Singing Society during a weeklong engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Grand Lodge Scandinavian Brotherhood of America
Idora Park
Swedish Singing Society
Viewers named to assess costs on street grading
Judge Porter has appointed viewers to assess the costs of improvements on Haus Avenue grading with C C Sankey A M Hanna and John B Haley. The same viewers serve on Haus Avenue sewer. Madison Avenue grading is assigned to J B Ligo J L Patterson and W O McCullough. The same viewers are named for John Street grading. A sale of silks and silk and wool novelties begins Thursday morning at Brownard Hamilton 303t.
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Judge Porter
Haus Avenue
C.C. Sankey
A. M. Hanna
John B. Haley
Madison Avenue
J. BE. Ligo
J. L. Patterson
W. O. McCullough
John Street
Hamilton
Zelienople and Harmonny social notes span travel and visits
Miss Bush of Chicago visits John Dindinger while Clara Endres returns from Beaver valley. residents host friends and relatives across Zelienople Ellwood City and West Sunbury. A camp move to Portersville and a two week riverbank trip on Slippery Rock Creek are noted alongside a death in Franklin township from pleur pneumonia.
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Miss Bush
Chicago
John Dindinger
Clara Endres
Beaver Valley
Mrs. Horton
Carolyne
Thelma
Butler
Pearl Goodwin
Floyd Graham
Ellwood City
Mortimer
Lee
Helen
Charles Langherst
William Glenn
J. C. Glenn
West Sunbury
Homer Nesbit
Harry Nesbit
Frank Mohr
William Black
Bradford
George Milholland
Pittsburg
Rhoda Danvers
Beaver
William Lose
F. M. Stafford
Beatrice
A. Stafford
New Castle
Seaton
John Wilson
Portersville
Groetzinger
King
Adam Dambach
Verna Klingensmith
Elwin
Poland
Greensburg
Riley
Baltimore
G. Duncan
Helen Duncan
Elmer Schaeffer
Henry Schaeffer
Franklin Township
John Kaufmann
Main Street
Pleudpneumonia
Wurtemburg
Building Code 15 To Be Discussed In City
Cleveland code praised as a potential model for New Castle but criticized by lumbermen for strict lumber yard limits. A meeting with Chief Building Inspector Wallace is set for Wednesday to seek changes. New Castle councilors instructed City Solicitor Gardner to draft a code using Cleveland as a model. Gardner may opt for the Philadelphia code instead. The Cleveland provisions threaten new lumber yards unless amended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
New Castle
Wallace
Gardner
Philadelphia
Attorney Gardner Goes After Fish in Slippery Rock
A. W. Gardner leaves Tuesday evening for Slippery Rock township for a fishing trip in Slippery Rock and to drink buttermilk at the old farm. Raised there, he knows every swimming hole and bass haunt in the area and plans to fish with a jointed rod rather than an old stick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Gardner
Slipperyrock Township
Slipperyrock
A. W
Archy
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Rail Tickets to Niagara Falls On Sale
Tickets issued by Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railway for Niagara Falls travel marked at 3.75 dollars. Sale begins August 22 with a five day return limit. Inquiries directed to ticket agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
R. R
Niagara Falls
Letters Issued in Two Estates in County Courts
Register and Recorder Eakin issued letters testamentary on Tuesday. H T Getty is named in the Nancy Kaufman estate of Wilmington township. In the John Stewart estate, resider in eastern county, Mrs Matilda Hartzell received the letters.
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Eakin
H. T. Getty
Nancy Kaufman
Wilmington Township
John Stewart
Matilda Hartzell
Public Sale by J L Somers & Son at Residence
The undersigned will hold a public sale at their residence on the corner of Cunningham avenue and Division street on Saturday August 15 1908 at 1 o'clock p m. Items include eleven head of good work horses seven bolster wagons one driving mare one Marvin dump wagon just new one dray wagon two runabouts one top buggy five sets double work harness two sets single buggy harness six sets dump boards two field plows five coal beds one six horse plow. Cash for sums 5 and under. amounts above that on nine months note with approved security or a cash discount.
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Cunningham Avenue
Division Street
Marvin
J. L. Somers & Son
Public Seal Bids for Winter & Co.'s Piano
The New Castle Piano Co. invites sealed bids for a Winter & Co. piano displayed in the show window. Highest cash bid wins one piano. highest time bid wins another with $25 down and $10 monthly. Bids accepted until Saturday noon August 22, opened by two disinterested parties.
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Winter & Co
New Castle Piano Co
Pittsburg Street
Department B
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Pa-Sta-Co
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Yellow Press
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Thaw
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Alabama
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Liac
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Herb D. McGoun
George W. Perkins
Mike Scaglione
J. W. Buckham
Buckham
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W. W. Cleland
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Allegheny
John Wright
Lena Shields
New Bedford
David Taylor
Chautauqua
Robert Pomeroy
Toledo
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Harry Zinkham
Oxford
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Robert L. Wallace
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Wildwood Avenue
Theodore Algeler
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D. R. Reynolds
Frank Wallace
I. B. Butts
Clayton Street
Charles Lees
Wildwod Avenue
Fred Rowland
Blunston
John Barnett
Lathrop Street
W. E. Bartlett
Chestnut Street
Ruth Marsden
Bay Street
Robert Walker
Porter Street
Joseph DePuy
Superior Street
Mamie Alford
Harry Ward
E. Long Avenue
Sam Harris
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Thomas L. Mornes
North Cedar Street
Pitts
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Patterson Stationery Co
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