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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1908
Page
2
An excerpt discusses historical boxing vulnerability and promotes Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for catarrh and digestive diseases. It touts mucous surface healing, non alcoholic ingredients, and offers free or priced medical booklets and the Sense Medical Adviser.
A stranger reportedly entered an Italian home near the Mahoningtown race track Saturday and left with a new suit belonging to an Italian boarder, seen by several locals who did not sound an alarm until the man was far along the track. An Italian girl, Lizzie Plumbo, nearly drowned after slipping into a tub but was saved by a doctor’s urgent care.
While two men picked berries four miles south of Urichsville Ohio they uncovered a stone hiding 67 copperhead snakes including two adult females with 65 offspring in two nests. All snakes were killed. In Newark New Jersey two seasoned safe blowers George Williams and Richard Vaughn were captured while attempting to blow a jewelry store safe.
The New Castle Glee club picnic was held Saturday on Sharon street car line. About 200 went out in the morning and many more in the afternoon as baseball cricket and amusements entertained the crowd. It was the society's second outing of the year and both were very popular.
Harry Lane E Edwards and Tom Krepps are home from French Creek where they camped with others from the ward. The remaining campers plan to stay two or three weeks longer.
Miss Kate Murdoch of J. W. Neft's store and Mrs. George Seamons of South Mill street have come back from a week long visit that included a short stay at Olean New York Custer City Bradford and other points.
Glynn Llewellyn, a clerk at Thomas and Llewellyn's shoe store, leaves for Conneaut Lake for a two week visit to take in the sights.
Clyde Williams, long a hotel guest at New Castle, has moved to Punxsutawney where he is now employed.
Miss Elizabeth Howard will entertain a party of her girl friends at Cascade Park on Wednesday in honor of Miss Stevens of Philadelphia.
William Fowler of Thomas' grocery on Long avenue visited Cleveland for a few days. The Evans family of Reynolds street report their child seriously ill with cholera infantum. Mrs. Albert Hoyland and family of Phillips street have returned home after a visit in Cleveland.
Dr. E H Perry in Pittsburg. George Hoover New Wilmington. Jackson Graham Volant. Edward Reese Terrace avenue visiting Sharon. Miss Sue Jones Scioto street visiting Pittsburg. Miss Margaret Davis returns from Connellsville. Mrs J W Neff and Edna back from Toronto Ohio. Miss Blodwin Edwards South Mercer street visiting Greenville. Miss Annie Gwillyn Lindal street to Pittsburg for two weeks. Mrs Robert George South Mercer street visited Youngstown. William Kocher Reynolds street to Butler. Mrs James Scioto street to Pittsburg. Mr and Mrs Joe Barber Sutton street to Butler. Mrs Charles Flannery Pollock avenue back from Youngstown. Mrs Smith and daughter Akron visiting Mrs John Harvard Lyndal street. Miss Lillian Manns Shenango township visiting Mrs David Owens Waldo street. W A Hartman Jr McKees Rocks visiting Mrs W J Daugherty Morton street. Mrs John Willener returns from Sharon. J W Stevenson Electric street home from Toronto. Mrs Thomas Davis and son Howard of McKeesport visitors to ward.
Grove City rapidly advances among Western Pennsylvania towns with new building permits this season. The list includes State Armory 35000 Montgomery Broom Factory 15000 Electric Light Plant 20000 U P Church 40000 M E Church 30000 Hercules Novelty Works 30000 Craig Block 10000 Rhodes and Redmond Block 5000 Filer Barn 10000 Thompson Sisters Block 3000 and nearly 30 residences from 1500 to 8000. Spring promises a three story brick hotel and a large business block.
Notice to taxpayers of Shenango Township that Eli Gaston will be at Joyce School House on September 5 and at Hanna Brothers residence on the old Pittsburg road on September 12 from 10 A M to 5 P M to accept taxes with a five percent reduction available.
In Sidney Australia naval observers note that crews aboard American battleships at harbor enjoy a continuous round of leisure. The report highlights orderly shore leave and morale boosting activities for sailors docked in the Australian port.
George Sterling a Seventh ward fireman on the Baltimore and Ohio was fatally injured when he fell from a moving train while working on the locomotive. He struck his head on a rail, fracturing his skull, and is in serious condition at Akron hospital. Sterling lives in New Castle on North Liberty street.
Sharon Pennsylvania August 24 ten of the twenty hot mills of the American Sheet and Tin Plate company in South Sharon closed Saturday and the rest will be idle after Wednesday for repairs. The plant has run steadily for five months and the shutdown is expected to last two or three weeks.
Rev. Frank Fish the Prohibition party candidate for Congress begins a wide canvass in Washington County with a Monongahela stop on Monday. He plans house to house outreach in some towns and public speaking in others, touring with Oliver R. Stewart through multiple counties from late September to October.
A special Pennsylvania test train from Princeton to Warsaw, eight miles, completed in four minutes at 100 miles per hour. Officials from Pennsylvania shops at Altoona and Harvard University experts accompanied the run to test bridges and equipment.
Discovery of a new ore at Rawhide Nevada sparks a wild influx of miners flocking to the locality to claim claims and seek fortune. Local officials monitor the rush as prospectors compete for rich deposits and working claims.
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