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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1908
Page
4
Opinion warns New Castle councils against adding new departments and jobs for political gain. It argues a registry of real estate may be unnecessary with existing assessors and warns that sewer inspectors or registry posts should only be created if truly needed, to protect taxpayer funds.
The region reports erratic weather affecting candidates and residents. Grip illness persists with many sufferers in New Castle. Stogie makers raise a ten thousand dollar fund for a monument to Augustus Pollock in Wheeling. Mercer plans a new fire department with Frank Filer as chief and a steamer to be bought. Meadville superintendent A G Smith awarded eighteen thousand dollars in damages from a Chicago trolley ride. New Wilmington shoppers can buy tickets to Pittsburgh routes from the local station. Mrs Rosa Wojitela dies at Ford City after heartbreak. her daughter found dead by the riverbank and she mourns. A Mercer judge is petitioned to suspend sentence for Dr A C Sutton convicted of performing a criminal operation near Sheakleyville. Mack Storry of Pettis wins Western Pennsylvania pork-raiser title with a 700-pound two-year hog gaining twenty pounds weekly since corn feeding began.
Will Wallace plans a return to work as wedding bells ring in the community. Three new houses are planned for spring. James Watters and Leo Smith continue schooling in New Castle. Mrs Talitha Watters suffers a serious illness after Friday. An oyster supper at Cochran home on Wednesday near February 5 supports Epworth league at Kings Chapel. Mr and Mrs Jonah Byler mourn the loss of their granddaughter, death due to pneumonia.
A correspondent argues that New Castle should adopt a public library despite a financial crisis. The piece contends the six thousand dollar library tax equates to about 15 cents per capita, funded by property owners, and would provide permanent literary resources for children. The call is to vote now for intellectual growth and a lasting public good.
A collage of brief jokes and notes from newspapers including Washington Herald New Castle and Butler Eagle. Items reference a bramble scratch Barber shop quips spring weather baseball delay glove factory bids and civic reform sentiments.
The column riffs on prohibition and irrigation debates, road supervisors banquet, Bryan lampoons newspapers, a New York law allowing public smoking, and a preacher seeking two years to tell the truth. It notes a Pa. siblings reunion after 35 years, saloon rules in Wilmington, plumber wages, and foreigners schooling jokes.
Aboard the U S Georgia and other ships of Admiral Evans fleet in Atlantic waters yesterday a raft of Brazilian fishermen was rescued after a long sighting. Later a mysterious red light sparked a near collision with a lone barque prompting evasive maneuvers by four battleships. At 2 a.m. a report of a man overboard triggered a fleet-wide search, but none were missing when the roll call finished. The alarm proved a mistaken cry from a sleeping sailor.
A refined bill of merit opens this week at Cascade theatre on South Mill with Madame Doherty’s $10,000 canine circus and fifteenth snow white poodles. Contortionist Charles Marsh, Gourley and Keenan, Bert Marshall, and Jack Lewis perform as the program changes for tomorrow’s matinee continue. The review notes lively music and pretty stage settings though the plot may be minimal and some numbers tire the audience, with praise for specific vocalists in Yama.
In New Castle a statement refutes a local critical paper about The Bankers Protective Life and Benefit Association. Officers are described as honest, finances sound, and policy holders protected. false rumors of licentious conduct and misused funds are denied with affidavit. District manager available for information. sworn Feb 3, 1908.
A Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company report highlights its mutual status since formation, large annual dividends reducing net insurance costs, and a net surplus of over four million dollars returned to policyholders. The company shows strong solvency, revised policy terms, and unchanged low rates, with agent William B. Bennett available for details at 402 Lawrence Savings and Trust building.
A Huntington health figure publicizes Quaker Herb Extract claiming relief from rheumatism catarrh constipation indigestion kidney and stomach troubles. He cites cured patient Mrs Moore Rosetta Moors and invites public inquiry while offering Quaker Herb Extract at $1 per bottle and Balm liniment at 25 cents at J C Wallace's.
New stock of Dennison's crepe paper in all colors is now available at Patterson Stationery Co. Our assortment includes paper napkins Valentine novelties red hearts red darts with gummed stickers Valentine seals and crepe paper festooning. Prices range from 1 cent to 4 dollars and are selling quickly.
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