This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
26
The ministerial association postpones its regular meeting to attend Gypsy Smith’s revival at First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburg next Monday morning. Hundreds of ministers from Pittsburg and surrounding areas are expected, and admission tickets were issued at the morning session. Rev. A J McCartney of Sharon spoke on revival conditions there since the recent Sunday revivals.
Trial updates show Justice Crane restricting evidence about alleged wife infidelity. The defense frames questions to experts while witnesses describe Captain Hains as mentally strained after his Philippine service, including hair pulling, a downcast gaze, and twitching facial muscles. Recess follows briefly.
Eunice Patterson aged 53 died after more than 30 years of invalidism at her brother W. J. Patterson’s home 401 Cedar Street Mahoningtown. She had rheumatism and recent heart trouble. Survived by brother W. J. Patterson and half-brother J. D. Patterson. Funeral Monday afternoon at the residence, burial in Valley View.
The Pride of New Castle lodge of the Amalgamated association elected officers Saturday for the coming year. President William H. Thomas leads the slate with Joseph Hammond as vice president and Lucas Williams as recording secretary. Other posts include David O. Davis as financial secretary Harry Thomas as treasurer Abe Johns as guide Jacob Evans as journal agent William Gettings as inside guard and David A Williams as outside guard. Trustees are J. D. Jones Paul Lewis and James Sadler.
United Press reports Alfred H. Eddy says Standard Oil faces a no operation and no access to property under the court decision. The Kansas City Missouri decision leaves the company between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Cres cent Portland Cement Co. at Wampum Pennsylvania nears operation with boiler house complete four kilns coolers and boilers in place two engines and tube mills delivered a reinforced concrete stack finished and rail sidings built. Plant expected to run by April expanding capacity about 200 percent.
The New Castle lodge of the I O B B held a regular meeting and elected officers for the upcoming term. President H J Cohen, Vice President Louis Zeive, Assistant Monitor Mark L Rabinovitz, Recording Secretary Elijah, Financial Secretary Jacob Ewens, Treasurer Jacob Pearlman, Warden Elis Levine, Guardian Jacob Levine, Trustee Samuel Levine.
The flesh fly, known as the blue bottle, lays no eggs but gives birth to living larvae, about 50 at a time, rather than eggs as house flies do.
The author argues that chance is a misunderstanding of the physical and mental forces behind a coin flip. The outcome depends on thumb and brain actions, not luck, and true prediction requires solving those forces, which is impossible.
A Brooklyn Baptist pastor asked all women in his congregation to remove hats during service and warned any objecting woman to go home. He linked head coverings to servitude in Corinth and joked about a crowd in Tokyo mistaking a hat for an airship.
An imperial school near London teaches future emigrants preparing for life abroad. The curriculum covers farming, riding, shooting, and roping cattle and horses to help adapt to an overseas home.
A father explains that when two women talk it is a dialogue, but when one woman carries on a conversation with her husband it becomes a monologue. The quip plays on conversational dynamics.
A claim notes that lawbreakers are not confined to slum areas. The more offenders are found west of Broadway and east of Seventh Avenue, between Herald Square and Forty second Street, than in the corresponding poor sections across the city.
A concise proverb notes that a man who gets everything he wants soon turns to frequent trips to the junk pile, implying wasteful habits follow indulgence.
Mrs. Clara Brown and her daughter Marjorie from Youngstown are guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Greer on North Jefferson Street. The visit highlights local hospitality and social ties within the community.
Four months after a lover's death Herbert Munson unveils a Purple Ray that erases memories and builds the Mansion of Forgetfulness. A grieving man guides visitors to forget and seeks to forget his own lost beloved Morella who reappears memoryless, triggering a tragic confrontation about remembering and loving.
Former lieutenant governor Uncle Jake Neff recalls early California mining days. He notes flour sacks were valuable for patches and towels and could be cut into three inch strips to create durable underclothes and Arizona sacks.
A young amateur photographer in Trenton brags of taking artistic portraits of family and friends. His exhibit features a corner scene of figures twisted in paralysis like poses, prompting a bystander to remark they are Paul Ward’s strained relations.
The piece notes English encroachment in Porto Rico since the island’s occupation and describes a San Juan paper using the term mitin as a Spanish adapted form for meeting. It explains mitin as a quick transit version of meeting to suit Spanish readers.
An American woman who quickly learns to discuss turf and politics in London earns acceptance. Her adaptability helps her blend with Englishmen, as she does not cling rigidly to her own views and remains open to their perspectives.
A Georgia moonshiner declares he did not vote in the last election and has avoided politics for a decade after a government offense. He says he must keep dodging rights and refuses to engage despite urging to stand up for his rights.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.