Loose Methods in Bookkeeping Highlight Municipal Audit
In a Detroit issued article by W W Edgar accounting expert, the piece cites mismanagement in New Castle and urges constitutional reform for statutory audits. It details lax handling of tax duplicates and neglect of proper ledgers, warning that political influence worsens financial chaos.
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Detroit
Mich
National Association of Accountants and Bookkeepers
W. W. Edgar
New Castle
Edgar
Mr. Edgar
Department of Law
Alexander Cameron Dies Suddenly in Wayne Township
Alexander Cameron longtime Lawrence county resident died suddenly at home in Wayne township at age 62. He was born in Moravia in 1824, son of Daniel Cameron, and lived in Taylor township before moving to his final home. He leaves a large family including Mrs Lawrence Wogan and sons George Daniel James Joseph William Liste and Bazaleet. A Democrat who never held office, he was a longtime Methodist and funeral services are set for 1 pm Thursday at the family residence and 1:30 pm at Hermon Church with interment at Hermon. Carriages will be provided by Dunn & Rice's.
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Alexander Cameron
Wayne Township
Lawrence County
Daniel Cameron
Moravia
Taylor Township
Cameron
Lawrence Wogan
Ths City
Howard White
George
Daniel
James
Joseph
William
Liste
Alexander
Bazaleet
Methodist Church
Hermon Church
Dunn & Rice's
Contemtpible falsifier targets local death rumor
The News received a mail item claiming the death of a Katterson child on Electric Street. The paper's staff denounces the false report as morally despicable and offers a $23 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for yesterday's fake news.
HUTTON WILL RUN FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER
Joseph B. Hutton of Shenango township announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for register and recorder. The former editor of the Record of Shenango County has broad local ties and prior service as a clerk in the office, with roots in New Castle and a farming residence in Shenango township.
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Joseph B. Hutton
Shenango Township
Register and Recorder
Hutton
Record
Lawrence County
Gleason
Andrew Hutton
Mercehant
New Castle
Guardian
Sharon tin mill to cover 25 acres near PA line
The Sharon tin mill will sit on 25 acres along the Pennsylvania line at South Sharon. It will house 20 hot mills, 12 cold mills, 4 tinning pots plus two boiler houses, tin house and ware rooms. Hot mill measures 110 by 900 feet, cold mill 5 by 425, tin house and ware rooms 70 by 800. When finished the plant will be twice its present size and will supply its own electric plant and repair shops. Start expected by mid April.
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Sharon
Pennsylvania
South Sharon
Machhine
Life Insurance Suit Over Pearson Policy in Massachusetts Courts
A Boston wire nail pioneer James C. Pearson, linked to plants in New Castle, Pittsburg, and Salem, Ohio, faces a court fight in Massachusetts over the Mutual Life Insurance Company’s claim to pay 240000 on his 20 year endowment policy after his Jan 9 death from appendicitis. The firm contends the policy should be paid to Pearson's heirs despite his illness and the circumstances of the policy’s inception.
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Massachusetts
James C. Pearson
Pearson Wire Nail Company
Pearson
New Castle
Pittsburg
Salem
Ohio
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
James . Pearson
Boston
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mr. Pearson
Waldorf-Astoria
Oliver M. Story
Story
Winter milk shake ends in wreck for dairyman
Hoffman, a noted dairyman, had a milk wagon accident on Grant street Tuesday afternoon. While delivering, a passing team spooked his horses causing a run that ended when they struck a telegraph pole at Shenango. The new wagon worth 250 dollars was wrecked and one horse injured.
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Hoffman
Grantstreet
Grant Street
Beaver Street
Shenango
Three New Castle Men Leave Lawrence County Lumber
E E Clepper heads to New Kensington for a large planing mill post with his wife and baby accompanying him Clarence Faulk to Charleroi to head a Donora plant as supervisor both he and Clepper stay with their firm Harry Clepper resigns to become an architect in Vandergrift three year tenure with Lawrence County Lumber ends as friends regret their departure after travelling via the Pennsylvania Railroad to new duties
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New Castle
Lawrence County Lumber Company
E. E. Clepper
New Kensington
Aarge Planing Mill
Clarence Faulk
Charleroi
Donora
Mr. Clepper
Harry Clepper
Lawrence County Lumber Co
Vandergrift
PKR
Pittsburg
Climbing Up the Ladder in Fire Service Honor
Will Hill of this city on a Cleveland business trip praises Frank Miller a former New Castle fireman now a prominent Cleveland fire warden at City Hall No. 114. Miller's rise from New Castle driver to Cleveland fire wardens shows grit, intelligence, and spotless conduct, remembered fondly by hometown friends and witnessed at the State Firemen’s convention.
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Will Hil
Cleveland
Daly
Frank Miller
New Castle
Fire Department
Miller
City Hall
Forest City
Fire Department of
Eagle
Peculiar Needle Injury Slips from Arm After 51 Years
Mrs. Charles Weller of Shenango township awakens in pain to find a needle fragment pushing outward from her arm below the elbow. A penknife incision reveals the remaining needle that had migrated from her hand over decades. Doctors note similar rare cases but deem this among the most singular in the locality.
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Charles Weller
Shenango Township
Edward Birch Dies After Pneumonia at 24
Edward Birch aged 24, a tin worker at the Greer tin mill, died at his Moravia street home after three weeks of pneumonia following a grip. Born at Brady's Bend, he had lived two years in the city and was a devoted member of St Mary’s church. His father and siblings mourn his loss as does his sister Mrs Gordon who reached Brady's Bend just before the end.
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Edward Birch
Moravia Street
Greer Tin Mill
Mr. Birch
Brady's Bead
Gordon
Brady's Bend
Birch
St. Mary's Church
Stolen Horse and Buggy Report Arouses City Officials
Youngstown police contact New Castle authorities to warn about a bay mare horse and a piano box buggy stolen from a stable in New Castle between 8 30 p m and 2 30 a m The mare stands 14 hands with a white face and a white right hind foot The outfit is described as highly valuable and sought by police for quick recovery.
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Youngstown
New Castle
Reverend Earle F Palmer to Leave First Baptist Church in April
Rev Earle F Palmer longtime pastor of the First Baptist church will resign effective April first to pursue postgraduate study in Columbia College New York He has served since September 1872 guiding growth from 253 members to 436 and performing 300 baptisms 256 funerals and 150 marriages while delivering 976 sermons and several special addresses The congregation approved his initial resignation a year ago but urged him to stay keeping the current church community unified and affectionate toward him.
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Earle F. Palmer
First Baptist Church
Columbia College
New York
Palmer
Baptists
Emmanuel Baptist Congregation
Land contract for limestone quarrying in Poland Township
Mary L and Lewis Goucher Amana EK Hoffmaster and Carbon Limestone Co filed a land contract for great lot 64 in Poland Township for limestone quarrying on the state line. The company will pay 5 cents per ton for gray limestone and 4 cents for blue stone, with a $350 annual privilege if transported on any part of the premises. Tests at minimal grantor inconvenience and annual payments of $100 start from signing until quarry operation begins, with a plan to quarry under 6,000 tons yearly and monthly payments thereafter.
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Betwen
Mary L
Lewis Goucher
Amana EK. Hoffmaster
Carbon Limestone Company
County Recorder
Youngstown Telegram
Poland Township
Soldier’s Funeral for Youngstown Soldier Ritchie
Miss Mary Jones and Andrew Spencer travelled to Youngstown to attend the funeral of their cousin John Ritchie whose remains arrived from the Philippines. Ritchie had served over a year in the Orient with a Regular Army regiment and died December 3 while guarding a railroad. The ambush shooting remains unconfirmed and the incident unsolved.
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Mary Jones
Mercer Street
Andrew Spencer
Pittsburg Street
Youngstown
John Ritchie
Philippines
Ritchie
Orient
Boarding Boss Missing From Slavic Boarders Shack
Eight Slavish boarders on George Street face distress after Pete Aram, the boarding boss, departed with 40.56 intended to pay creditors including a butcher and grocer. Criminal info filed in Alder man Potter's court for embezzlement and larceny by bailee. Prosecutor A. Marlin fears escape. last seen boarding a car for Pittsburg.
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Wao
George Street
Pete Aram
Potter
A. Marlin
South Jefferson Street
Pittsburg
New Bedford Man Granted $8 Monthly Pension
Adison K. Nesbit of New Bedford has been granted a pension of eight dollars per month.
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New Bedford Man
Adison K. Nesbit
New Bedford
Brown candidate for register and recorder in Republican primaries
Pulaski township farmer D B Brown announces candidacy for register and recorder at the forthcoming Republican primaries. He has strong local ties in Lawrence county and a record of Republican work. Brown served in the Civil War with the 134th Pa Volunteers and the 7th Pa Volunteers, spending two years in the army. He wintered over after a Shenandoah reconnaissance, suffered bronchial ailments from exposure, and has had lasting health effects.
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Theorge D. Brown
Pulaski Township
Brown
Lawrence County
Hirown
Hilleville
Joseph Brown
Waa
Miller
134Th Regiment
Ed. O'Brien
Sixth Artillery
Shenardatown
Man in Fifth Ward Cleared of Malicious Mischief
Jack McHenry faced Alder man Potter after J Love accused him of damage to a window during a dispute. Witnesses testified the window was broken by snowballing youths, not McHenry. McHenry was discharged on malicious mischief, but pleaded guilty to assault and battery and paid costs.
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Jack McHenry
Fifth Ward
Michief
Potter
J. Love
Moravia Street
McHenry
Death of Mrs Anna Katherine Kruckenburg of Beaver Falls
Mrs Anna Katherine Kruckenburg Jr of Beaver Falls died in this city at 2 o'clock Thursday morning after a long illness and an attempted operation the previous Monday. Survived by husband and two children. Born at Freedom 28 years ago, she had lived in Beaver Falls since marriage. Remains sent Thursday by Offutt Co to Beaver Falls for interment.
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Anna Katherine
Auguert Kruckenburg, Jr
Beaver Falls
Kruckenbure
Freedom
Rural Mail Route To Start In February
Rural mail delivery route for eastern Mahoning and western Lawrence counties will be established February 5 with Lowellville as a starting point. J A Graham will be in charge of the route.
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Mahoning
West Lawrence
Lowellville
J. A. Graham
A. C. Hyde Seeks Republican Candidacy for City Office
A. C. Hyde of the Seventh Ward seeks the Republican nomination for a city post. He has served as treasurer of the county GOP and secretary of the Young Men's Republican club. Born in Wurremburg, he trained in pharmacy at Pittsburg College and operates a Seventh Ward business. Hyde is active in the Seventh Ward Presbyterian Church and is known for party work and support for candidates.
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A. C. Hyde
Ant Nhaine
Register
Republ
Ble
Rtepublican Club
Slyde
Republican Party
Wurremburg
J. W. Hyd
Hyde
Seventh Ward Presbyterian Church
Eeven
Pittsburg College of Macy
The Wrong Man Detained In Franklin Case
Sheriff James H. Brown went to Franklin to identify a prisoner held for hearing on an 1898 delicate charge. The real suspect, son of a prominent family, had returned to the city, and a true bill was returned by the grand jury. Wealthy relatives tried to settle, but the aggrieved father remains resolute. Brown found the detained man did not match the suspect, though description was close.
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James H. Brown
Franklin
Mischief Charge Tied to Hatred in Moravia Grocery
Jack McHenry, a Fifth Ward resident and well known vet, was arrested after allegedly breaking a store window and evicting Groceryman J. Love from his Moravia shop. Bail set at 200 dollars. He is held for a hearing on malicious mischief charges. Witnesses say McHenry dragged Love by the hair of his Hebrew grow and caused uproar among bystanders.
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Jack McHenry
J. Love
Moravia
McHenry
Love
Quarantined Remains Held Over Typhoid Fear in Denver
Robert E. Fleming of Park Avenue learns that the remains of his brother in law Frank E. Frethy, who died in Denver Sunday, are being held by health authorities under quarantine due to a scarlet fever illness in one child. Denver officials fear contagion but expect permission to ship the body to this city for interment as the sick child improves.
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Robert E. Fleming
Park Avenue
Denver
Frank E. Frethy
Mr. Frethy
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United States
Mail
Joseph Katterson
Electric Street
S. B. Hutton
Lonster
Rly
Earle Palm
D. Brown
Crouch, Beatty & Co
Crouch
Beatty És Company
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