The News Company Letterbox in New Castle Pa
The News Company operates from Corner Sycamore Street and Apple Alley as a partnership of Mrs. George E. Treadwell and Fred L. Rentz with manager Wells. Subscriptions range 10 cents weekly or 5 dollars yearly with mail rates of 3 dollars a year. letters and payments to be addressed to The News Company, New Castle, Pa.
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Pier
Sycamore Treet
Apple Alley
the News Company
George E. Treadwell
Fred L. Rentz
Wells
New Castle
Springfield Riots and Calls for Stronger Law Enforcement
An editorial condemns the Springfield Illinois riots describing them as anarchistic and criminal. It urges full federal and state troop deployment to restore order and argues that unpunished crime stems from lax law enforcement and a feeble community deterent. The piece likens the riots to recent Soviet Russia turbulence and warns of national decline if unchecked.
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Springfield
Illinois
United States
Russia
Local Guests and Travels From Many Nearby Cities
Albion resident Mrs J H McMurdy visits in the city while Tom Hill of Highland avenue leaves for Youngstown. Hovis of Chestnut street trips to McKeesport for a short stay. J A Wick and Morrison of Youngstown conduct city business today. John Campbell and wife travel to Genesee New York for a ten day vacation. Miss Martha Alcorn visits with Miss Shields in Lowellville and Miss Lida Pomeroy and Miss Annabel Stewart take a Pittsburg trip. Mrs William Wolk and children of Pittsburg visit the Moravias. Mrs R B Van Naten from Coopers town returns after guests with L W Ranney. Mrs C W Biles returns from Evansville and Memphis. Mrs William Fell and son Lawrence go to Petersville to visit relatives until Friday. Thomas Ainsworth and wife depart for Coal Hill Venango county for two weeks. Dan M Buck of Pittsburg brings home his wife Elnora Zerner Buck, guest of Greenville relatives. J C Mayfield of Middlebourne spends a week with L L Swan in North View avenue. Mayfield family have been in town some time. The Misses Hill host breakfast for Miss Ward of King, Mrs McEldowney of Philadelphia, and Messrs Smith and Cham of New Castle Steubenville. Seth Double and daughters along with Mrs Patterson of Sharon and Mrs Walter Cleveland of Harrisburg visit the city with Mr and Mrs Albert Double.
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J. H. McMurdy
Albion
Tom Hill
Highland Avenue
Youngs- el Hovis
Chestnut Street
McKeesport
M. A. Wick
J. A Morrison
Youngstown
John Campbell
Genesee
N. Y
Martha Alcorn
Court Street
Shields
Lowellville
Lida Pomeroy
Park Avenue
Annabel Stewart
Boyles Avenue
Pittsburg
William Wolk
A. Frank Moravia
R. B. van Naten
Cooperstown
L. W. Ranney
C. W. Biles
Neshannock Avenue
Evansville
Ind
Memphis
Dan M. Buck
Elnora Zerneruck
Greenville
J. C. Mayfield
Middlebourne
W.va
L. L. Swan
North View Avenue
Miss Ward
King
McEldowney
Phila Iphia
Messrs
Smith
Chamof New Castle
Steubenville erald-Star
Seth Double
Thomas Patterson
Sharon
Walter Cleveland
Harrisburg
City
Albert Double
Ctut Street
Butler Fair Showcases Fine Exhibits And Races
Fine exhibits and excellent races highlight the Butler Fair running August 25 to 28. Special attractions include high class entertainment and music with a family friendly atmosphere and competitive events drawing local crowds.
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Butler Fair
Hints and Dints: A Patchwork of Clippings
A Burlington Hawk-Eye excerpt compiles quips from New York papers and local notes. It jokes about Prohibition candidates, suffragettes, and crowd behavior, while jokingly skirting social issues and city life with satirical one-liners and brief anecdotes.
Prisoners in Perry County Jail Kicking Amid Mistaken Incarceration
Prisoners in the Perry county jail are kicking because they are too well fed. The unusual situation suggests a mistake occurred when they were housed at the hastile rather than the foolish house.
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Perry County
Hastile
Pruneless boarding house idea and family reunion note
A Pittsburgh man seeks divorce after threatening marriage to gain wealth. A Moundsville reunion of the Burrows clan features Grandfather Mole, groundhogs Hares and Ratz relatives, Fieldmice jokesters, and a Grubbs orchestra led by John Cricket. an uninvited Rocky Mountain Burro disrupts the party.
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Moundsville
Burrows
Groundhogs
Mole
Grandfather Mole
Ratz
Grubbs
John Cricket
Rocky Mountain
Philadelphia
Republicans set New Haven convention for Sept eight nine
Connecticut Republicans plan a September convention in New Haven to nominate state officers a congressman at large and seven electors. A Georgia Independence party ticket will run and a vigorous campaign is planned with national committee duties assigned to Richard V Culahan former Hanna aide and New York Sun correspondent. South Carolina Governor Ansel faces State Senator Coleman L Blease in a notable gubernatorial contest with liquor policy likely a campaign issue.
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Connecticut
New Haven
Governor Down
Georgia
Independence Party
Richard V. Culahan
Washington
The
New York Sun
Republican National Committee
South Carolina
Ansel
Coleman L. Blease
Newberry
Michigan Republicans Nominate at Detroit Convention
Republicans of Michigan will nominate state office candidates at a Detroit convention on September 29. County conventions to select delegates will be held September 9. Bird 8. Coler, president of Brooklyn borough, announces candidacy for New York governor this fall. Coler ran for governor in 1902 but was defeated.
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Michigan
Detroit
Bird
Coler
Brooklyn
New York
Bryan to skip swing around the circle this fall
William J. Bryan will not tour this fall delivering a full circuit of speeches. A handful of prepared speeches will be given at central points in the latter half of August and the early part of September.
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William J. Bryan
Democrats of Minnesota Plan to Nominate Johnson Again
The Democrats plan to nominate Governor Johnson for another term and adjourn before he can decline. It is believed he will accept the nomination to avoid forcing the party to choose anew.
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Minnesota
Johnson
Raleigh editor Josephus Daniels named Democratic press bureau manager
Josephus Daniels, a North Carolina politician and veteran editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, has been chosen manager of the press bureau of the Democratic national organization, earning a national reputation as a journalist.
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Josephus Daniels
Democratic National Organization
Raleigh News
Ohioans in White House Record Ties Virginia Hope
If Judge Taft is elected six native Ohioans will have held the White House, nearing Virginia’s record as mother of presidents. Ohio natives listed include Grant Hayes Garfield Benjamin Harrison and McKinley with one adopted son William Henry Harrison from Ohio. Elmer Dover heads the Republican national committee.
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Taft
Names of U S Presidents by Given Names
The article lists presidential given names and counts how many presidents bore each name. James tops with five holders Madison Monroe Polk Buchanan Garfield, followed by John with Tyler Adams and Adams, William with Harrison and McKinley, Andrew with Jackson and Johnson, totaling ten among twenty five. It notes Taft or Bryan could tie John’s count next, and mentions the three apostolic names collectively cover ten presidencies.
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James
Madison
Monroe
Polk
Buchanan
Garfield
John
Tyler
Adams
William
Tippecanoe
Harrison
McKinley
Taft
Bryan
Andrew
Jackson
Johnson
Murad Juniors Edge Central A C In Tight 7 6 Victory
In a well played Bankers grounds game Monday morning the Murad Juniors beat Central A C 7 to 6. Murads had nine hits and four errors while Centrals totaled twelve hits and four errors. Murads seek to play any 14 year old team in town.
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Bankers’ Grounds
Murad Juniors
Central A. C
Murads
Centrals
Pastaco Penny Photos Making a Big Hit
The Patterson Stationery Co offers Pastaco photos on top grade paper with 25 pictures in five poses for 25 cents. The studio on the second floor uses north light and Saturday crowds filled all slots.
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Pastaco
Patterson Stationery Co
New Castle
Pulaski News Roundup Includes Local Visits and Baseball Schedule
Clyde Wilson returns from Polk and Howard Michale visits from New Castle. C B Terrill attends his nephew Chas Terrill s funeral in Homewood. Families visit relatives in Pittsburg Orangeville and Portersville. Pulaski ball club hosts New Bedford at Cascade Park in New Castle Tuesday Volant Wednesday and Lowellville Saturday.
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Clyde Wilson
Polk
Howard Michale
New Castle
Terrill
Homewood
Chas. Terrill
Rena Rayser
Charles
Pittsburg
Lincoln Tasker
Library
F. A. Shape
Ethel and
Rae
Orangeville
J. A. Shaffer
Portersville
Jennie Evans
Sharon
Sharpsville
Pulask
New Bedford
Cascade Park Grounds
Volant
Lowellville
High Finance Tale Still Unfolding in Ellwood City
An Ellwood City worker vanished after packing part of his goods from a local firm. He had quietly defrauded employers of several hundred dollars in under a year using the knock down scheme, a method misreporting sale values. The youth left town after arranging to repay and avoiding prosecution as a first offense.
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Ellwood City
CANN
Maynard and Flynn Pay 20000 to Treas
Maynard and Flynn paid twenty thousand dollars to the borough treasury in Ellwood City. Contractor John Maynard delivered the funds to Borough Treasurer J A Gelbach after a finance committee meeting. Bonds were purchased to finance paving on Spring and Wayne avenues, with coupons placed in trust pending council or court disposition. This enables planned improvements and a general resumption of town works.
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Ellwood City
J. A. Gelbach
John Maynard
Maynard & Flynn
Spring
Wayne Avenues
Gelbach
Finance Committee of Council
Burgess Hossler
J. W. Humphrey
Maynard
J. G. Cobler
People’s National Bank
Water purity test by sugar lump in bottle
A test from Engineering News suggests placing a lump of sugar in a nearly full corked bottle of water and keeping it in light for two or three days. If no milky cloud appears and the water stays clear, it may be free from phosphates found in sewage water.
Not His Job and a Hair Saving Rescue
A woman in Atlantic City struggled in deep water as a lifeguard reached to help. A rogue wave tore off her wig prompting her plea to save her hair while the guard dryly replied he could save a life but not her hair.
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Atlantic City
The ideal and the pursuit of beauty through civilization
Victor Hugo links the ideal to logic and beauty as the summit of truth. He traces civilization’s torch from Greece to Italy to France, praising divine pioneer peoples and the role of the artist as the consistent people.
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Europe
Greece
Italy
France
Victor Hugo
Sashes Return as Fashion Trend Across Age Groups
Windows display a revival of sashes from simple blue and pink ribbons for youth to velvet and silk for older women. Children, young girls, and matrons all wear sashes, signaling a broad resurgence in accessories.
Inner evil and moral struggle warned by Baltimore Methodist
The quote warns that even strong external evil fails against a corroding inner evil that is loved and indulged. Only the evil we fail to hate or resist is truly hopeless, as it endures and overcomes us from within.
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Baltimore Methodist
Time for Self Assertion Limit to Forbear
A concise note on Burke’s maxim that endurance loses virtue beyond a point, framing restraint as a virtue till its limit is reached. It cites the idea that moral restraint has bounds and urges discernment in exercising patience and restraint.
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Burke
Deaths of the Day Ira Sankey Funeral Held in Brooklyn
Cousin C C Sankey returned from Brooklyn after attending the large funeral of the evangelist Ira D Sankey at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church. The service featured hymns by Mr Sankey and a memorial address by Rev Charles E Locke. The body rests in Greenwood Cemetery with a memorial in New York planned.
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C. C. Sankey
Ira D. Sankey
Brooklyn
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
Charles E. Locke
Hanson Place Methodist Church
Place
Sankey
New Castle
Livingston Chapman
EB. D. Bailey
New York
United States
William Harkness
D. W. MacWilliams
8. N. Reeve
John Beach
Greenwood Cemetery
Mr. Sankey
W. R. Moody
Northfield
Mass
Dwight L. Moody
Mrs Caroline Mick Laid To Rest After Short Illness
Mrs. Caroline D. Mick a member of the Old Timers outing reception committee died last week after a brief illness Funeral services were held from Mrs H H Dout s Lyndal street residence with Rev E E Higley of the First M E church delivering the sermon A Welsh church quartet provided music and pallbearers from the Old Timers reception committee included William A Stritmater D I Campbell Joseph Stritmater Dr John N Emery William L Pyle and Robert McBurney Greenwood Cemetery received the remains Mrs Mick had long been active in the Methodist church and was the twenty third committee member to pass away since the outing began a year ago.
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Caroline D. Mick
H. H. Dout
Lyndal Street
Methodist Church
Alwas
John
Emmanuel Church
Higley
Mick
William A. Stritmater
D. I. Campbell
Joseph Stritmater
John N. Emery
William L. Pyle
Robert McBurney
Greenwood Cemetery
Funeral Notices for Stickle and Connor Prominent Local Deaths
The remains of Jacob D. Stickle were returned to Princeton for burial after services at the Princeton Lutheran church. Rev. I. A. Thayer and Rev. J. S. Pittenger officiated with pallbearers named. Interment was in the Lutheran cemetery. John Connor of 65 South street died Monday morning after prolonged illness. born in Ireland 50 years ago, he lived in Sharon and later New Castle. Survived by his wife, nine children, and eight grandchildren. funeral to be held Wednesday at St. Marys church.
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John B. Trusel
Blanche Marsden Trusel
Court Street
Trusel
Thomas W. Marsden
Pottsville
New Castle
Myron
Ruth
Marion
First Methodist Church
Stevenson Circle
Kings Daughters of the Church
Abner L. Koser
Youngstown
134Th Regiment
Minnie Book-Aiken
Beaver Falls
George Book
William Sword
Lawrence County
Baptist Church of
Jacob D. Stickle
Samuel Woods
Greenwood Avenue
Princeton
Princeton Lutheran Church
I. A. Thayer
J. S. Pittenger
Presbyterian Church of
Thomas Taylor
Josiah Braden
William Cotten
William Allison
Abraham Sechler
James W. Shaffer
Lutheran
John Connor
South Street
Ireland
Sharon
John
James Connor
Fred Kay
Ed Lee
Ellwood City
Irene
Eugene
Thomas
U. S. Navy
Pearl
St. Mary’s Church
Insurance scheme turns against the firm
An insurance agent tries to convince a reserved man to take out a policy on his house. After an hour of vivid warnings the man asks why the company is eager to bet against him. The agent reveals he is undercover in revenge, seeking to ruin the company he once served.
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Pearson's Weekly
List o Lovers Editor Faces Odd Farmer Letter
Hildegarde Hetherington of the List o Lovers column taunts a farmer letter as a fake plea for attention. The narrator asks which of his two pigs, Lil lian or Enid, will yield better bacon, noting his 57 years and two losses.
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Hildegarde Hetherington
List O
Lillian
Enid
Ronald A
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John Blevins
Snakey
Chicago
Republican Committee
Marcus A. Hanna
McConnellsville
Ohio
Elmer Dover
Pastaco Penny
Pulaski R
Flynn
Treas
Evil
Horace Blair Durant
100Th Roundhead
Roundhead
Washington Observer
Dr. Durant
East Finley Township
Washington County
Prohibition Party
Horace B. Durant
Pennsylvania
St. Mary's Cemetery
Nancy Hall
East North Street
Dixmont
Hall
Thomas J. Hall
Oak Park Cemetery
Christian Church
Jacob Stickle
Josh
Guth’s
Edgeworth
Clutton
Nickee
Medicine Store
North Mill St
Boggs & Buhl
North Side
Pittsburgh, PA
Ater Eerney
B.M. Dickson
Resiner St
W.iudianapolis
Union Bakers
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