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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
2
Ira Swisher, after purchasing a fine bred young bull, tried to recapture it in the Al Parady farm barnyard. The animal charged twice, knocking him six feet, but Swisher freed himself by grabbing the nose hook. He sustained bruises but no fractures.
A graphic, realistic representation of the war titled The War Cyclorama will be shown at the Butler fair from August 25 to 28. The exhibit promises vivid scenes and historical detail for visitors.
The Harmony line management completed the purchase of a 40 by 160 foot lot at the southwest corner of Spring avenue and Fifth street. The site is for a passenger and freight station and building will begin immediately.
Ellwood City police committee will meet Captain Moon, former police chief, Friday night at the borough building. Moon will recount his account of alleged extortion attempts involving Jacob and Katherine Krauter and Martin Reiner, who accuse Moon and others of pressuring for a release.
Ellwood City residents flock to a Portersville area summer camp. The Evans camp run by Thomas Evans and family of Harmony is popular with S. D. Johnston and family who praise country life. More locals plan camping trips as summer days continue.
Post master R A Todd returns to Ellwood City after a two week absence spent touring the Great Lakes and visiting Detroit with his wife Mrs Todd. They express delight with the trip and urge readers to see the airship at the Butler fair from August 25 to 28.
Mrs E Hanson of Columbus Ohio writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her through the Change of Life reducing nervousness headaches and other symptoms She says she feels much better and can resume her own work and recommends it to friends.
An advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a century old remedy for female ailments. It claims to cure displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and various pains and invites women to write for advice. It also contains garbled text toward the end.
The borough will merge school tax duplicates into the same duplicate tax book. Stubs and records will be kept by borough authorities to streamline finances. The change follows a board decision after recommendations from John McCandless, the expert accountant who installed a new borough bookkeeping system.
Dr and Mrs D D Cunningham of Ellwood City plan a September 1 trip to Stanley Wisconsin to stay about a month with the doctor's brothers R B and J N Cunningham.
A local resident C D Cobau leaves for a foreign trip to Bala Ontario. He plans a short stay and will not return until frosty weather, taking part in a town outing before departure.
Attorney John H. Bittner visited New Castle yesterday. Borough Solicitor J. W. Humphrey and County Detective Creighton G. Logan were in town for several hours. Miss Belle Twigg traveled to McKeesport for a short visit. Miss Emily Brenner and brother Harvey went to Massillon Ohio to see their mother. Mrs. W. A. Shannon and daughter Marjorie Marian returned from a week in Butler.
In Youngstown on August 20 autos from Chicago carried non union molders into the Youngstown Furnace and Supply plant past union pickets. The gates opened at a signal and the speeding vehicles moved through, with breakers taken inside before pickets reacted.
In Beaver Pennsylvania on August 20 fifty laborers worked four hours to rescue two foreigners trapped by a cave-in in a 13 foot ditch. John Nasto, 26, was rescued and may recover while John Mazzien, 21, died at the scene.
Reports from New Castle railway workers say George L. Potter third vice president and acting general manager will resign September 1 after clashes with President O G Murray over a grain transport contract. Potter allegedly favored the Pennsylvania line due to B and O power shortfalls, while criticism of his leadership grows since Thomas Fitzgerald’s removal.
Employees of the tin house assorting room and boxing department at American Sheet & Tin Plate Company New Castle works will be paid in full on Saturday August 22 from 8 30 to 11 a m at the regular pay window. Other departments not due. J ROSS manager.
A vintage ad promotes Gauss Catarrh Cure claiming quick permanent relief from catarrh and related symptoms. It offers a free trial package by mail to readers who send their name and address to BE Gauss at 2890 Main Street Marshall Michigan.
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