Taft Brother Withdraws From Ohio Senate Race
Early reports say Charles P Taft will withdraw from the race to succeed Jos eph B Foraker. The field would then be led by Theodore E Burton with next week's legislative selection anticipated.
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
7
Early reports say Charles P Taft will withdraw from the race to succeed Jos eph B Foraker. The field would then be led by Theodore E Burton with next week's legislative selection anticipated.
J L McConahy of the Third ward, son of County Commissioner John McConahy, is named mercantile appraiser for the coming year. He will inspect every store in the county, basing values on merchants estimates and past business. Last year’s appraiser was Joseph W Strimater.
Wilbur Wright flew for 1 hour 52 minutes with a 60 mile distance near Le Mans France yesterday. Ice covered both aircraft and pilot and oil in the motor froze due to the severe cold causing an early stop.
Orders push ahead on the new furnaces of the Carnegie company at Youngstown with plans to begin operation by February 1. The move signals accelerated construction and expected early output at the steel Works site.
A domestic advice piece features Anty Drudge urging mothers to wash with Fels-Naptha in cool or lukewarm water to prevent scalds and save time and effort. The column extols soap effectiveness, cleanliness, and fabric care while discouraging boiling and hot suds.
New York Central faces leadership questions as W H Newman plans retirement. Rumors point to W C Brown or L F Loree as possible presidents, with Harriman’s influence and Vanderbilt interests shaping the succession amid heavy financial obligations and calls for rehabilitating the system. Melville E Ingalls is also favored by some.
The First Methodist church will open a library dedicated to primary age children. Miss Kate Stockman, superintendent, leads a group that replaces the usual Sunday school papers with funds to buy the best children’s books for the new collection.
Evans City Henry Irvine visited Pittsburg on Monday. Rev. A H Ginder toured Butler on Monday. Grace Bishop shopped in Butler Tuesday. U S G Waldron conducted business in Butler Tuesday. Beulah Kine spending Christmas at home. Theodore Lohaugh shopped Butler Monday. Elizabeth Marshall home from Normal for Christmas. M J Douglas Mary Bishop and Grace Butler shoppers Friday. B E Crider and Rhoner shopped Butler Friday last week. Kerner Schaeffer Dombart in Butler on business Monday. Charles Kennedy of Butler stayed at Waldron home Sunday. Dombart Shaffer Marburger attended Butler show birds entered this week.
Orville Wright has recovered from a September fall at Fort Meyer. He and his sister Katherine Wright will leave Dayton for New York and sail for Paris. On January 6 he will join his brother Wilbur.
Mrs Fran k Gilletto and four children of Hillsville life beset by murder and poverty. They sailed to Messina after the Hillsville quarry assailants killed her husband. Friends fear they perished in the Italy quake as letters hint of starving fate and vanished aid.
A busy New Wilmington page covers a Second United Presbyterian church meeting led by Miss Barnes with mission appeals by King’s Daughters, the New Wilmington Telephone line expansion, and local sports as the Boys’ league prepares for a game with New Castle. Law examination participants Shaffer, Henry, and Ball pursue admission as bar entry rules tighten statewide.
The Iron Trade Review notes renewed confidence in the iron and steel industry as 2025 opens. Uncertainty over tariff revisions makers cautious yet hopeful, with reduced year end stock and rising buyer confidence signaling possible spring restocking and brighter demand.
Hugh Alishouse of Lowellville is arrested on a charge alleging the sale of arm waives to a man named Bobbh at a local Frei A. description notes the incident involves illegal sale of wristbands.
Williams' Indian Pile Ointment claims to cure blind, bleeding and itching piles by absorbing tumors and instantly relieving itching. It is advertised as a poultice for private parts and marketed to mail customers.
In Youngstown Ohio on December 31 coroner Klyne weighs the death of John Ring son of James Ring New Park hotel proprietor. The verdict is awaited with interest and an arrest possibility hangs over the strange death suspected to be caused by foul play or accident.
The Markets column lists official quotations for dairy, grains, vegetables, fruit, poultry, and hay from New Castile with prices at 12 o'clock each Tuesday. Items include butter eggs feed oats wheat corn rye lambs sheep vegetables turnips parsnips cabbage radishes onions apples poultry and hay and straw prices.
John Hill of Pittsburg visited here Wednesday. The winter term of Volant College will open on January 5, 1909.
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