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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
24
New Castle News publishes from Sycamore Street and Apple Alley. The News Company is a partnership of Mrs. George B. Treadwell and L Rentz Wells. Subscription rates include weekly 10 cents, yearly 1 dollar, and daily mail at 3 dollars per year.
Sermon at Rodeph Shalom by Rev. Dr. J Leonard Levy denounces graft in Pittsburg councils. He says the people are sovereign and responsible for electing untrustworthy officials, warning that careless voting allows corruption and harms the city.
Two New Castle girls earned top honors on Christmas day at the Martin's Ferry Ohio eisteddfod. Gladys Williams won first prize in recitation for Apostrophe to the Queen. Lillian Bonna won first prize in recitation for The Owl Critic and third prize in the children's solo.
In Mahoning county an open meeting of the United Labor Congress will consider protesting the recent sentences of Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, AFL officials. A formal resolution may be sent to President Roosevelt as unions discuss the Wright decision and plan craft actions.
Andrew Trushel of Wood Street is recovering after a Christmas Day accident while trimming a tree. He was on a step ladder when he lost balance and dislocated his wrist.
A collage of punchy snippets and odd observations from New Orleans Picayune style humor and chatter. Jokes about phrases and items sit beside stray anecdotes on rheumatism cures, social mores, politics, charity, and a Christmas day incident in France.
The Buffalo News notes the judge in the Hains case stating unwritten law will not be allowed while written law may struggle without funds for lawyers. The column mix includes seasonal reflections and light breezes on boxing and toys.
The property committee met in a special session and recommended placing city building and map insurance with seven agencies representing board companies. They reported gas and electric wiring conditions are corrected and set a plan to appoint T W Dickson to oversee insured items as the policy expires.
A Kansas City pastor urges young women to marry bashful men, praising innocence and simplicity while warning against forward suitors. He says bashfulness signals reliability and suitability for marriage, and advises women to seek partners who can support a family.
Mayor Lusk presided over Sunday hearings with sentences and fines. Dick Kissinger drew 15 days in jail after being picked up while very drunk. Four drunks were discharged, two men fined five dollars for interfering with an officer. Four Italians and one American visitor were discharged from a beer raid. Two women from a Seventh ward disorderly house were held for further hearing.
A rural warning about farm girls lured by city ads offering high pay for light work. Many fall for promises, endure long hours in crowded sweatshops, and face danger in a big city. The piece contrasts wholesome country life with urban deception and loss of security.
John Hogue from near Prospect visited the ridge last week and spent Christmas with Howard McConnell. Robert Stevenson and family from Fairview stayed with his father James Stevenson over Christmas. Young people from the Ridge attended a Christmas night event at Zion Baptist church. James Wright Irwin Stevenson visited friends in Wilkinsburg and Pittsburgh. Samuel White and family from Big Run and Ben Black and family from New Castle spent Christmas day with Thomas Stevenson. A Hermon church pie social Tuesday evening drew a good crowd and a respectable sum from pie sales.
The state board of pardons will meet on January 30 and review all December cases ahead of January 1. The Quimby matter is among those listed for consideration.
The piece highlights the scale of U S egg production with figures: sixteen billion eggs laid annually valued at about seventy million dollars, about ten percent of Rockefeller wealth. If shared among all 190 million Americans, each would get three hens. Egg output exceeds U S mined minerals and wool and would form a 500000 mile chain end to end.
Relatives from New Castle and nearby towns spent Christmas with family members across the region. The Presbyterian church and the Methodist church held Christmas programs on December 24 and Christmas evening, with well prepared entertainment, full houses, and strong youth participation. The choirs featured Miss Mary Moorehead and Fred Smith, and both events praised the children and organizers.
In Kittanning Earl Cravener welcomes a son while George Shuster aged 93 becomes a great great grandfather. Five generations now live in the Shuster family with the eldest in good health.
Daily guidance urging a positive start with smiles and tolerance. Encourages helping others, gentle speech, and daily acts of courtesy such as offering a seat to a woman on streetcars. Stresses caring for body and mind and telling the truth about oneself.
Jury commissioners will begin filling the wheel for the new year with around 1,000 names, up from 720. Civil case load has grown, jurors now earn 2.50 dollars daily plus mileage, and work will take several weeks as names from all sections are added. The wheel is a sealed round box used to draw jurors.
A flood of visitors, from Pittsburg to Youngstown, spent Christmas with families across Edenburg and nearby towns. Among those hosting were Mr. and Mrs. J. Hofmeister, Mrs. Phoebe McGuire, and many relatives visiting in Mahoningtown New Castle and surrounding communities.
Youngstown December 28. Steve Ku rich of Lowellville leaped from the New Castle limited on the Mahoning Valley line at about 20 miles per hour Saturday night. He did not wait for the car to stop and is now unconscious in City Hospital.
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