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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1908
Page
4
Publication details for The News Company of New Castle Pennsylvania include ownership by Mrs. George E. Treadwell and Fred L. Rentz with manager Bert Wells. It lists subscription costs and office telephones and requests correspondence addressed to the newspaper.
Philadelphia pushes an Old Home Week with heavy local fundraising. New Castle lags behind amid mixed response while cities like Buffalo Boston and Youngstown plan larger events next year.
From New York comes a call for a new labor party as workers protest Supreme Court injunction and boycott rulings. The piece argues labor has been played by politicians, votes split by personalities, and calls for serious issue-focused consideration beyond local power plays.
Native born residents of Pennsylvania living in Spokane Washington have organized a Pennsylvania society with about 82 members. The group includes members from nearly every county in the state and aims to celebrate and honor Pennsylvania apart from old political associations.
Senator Boies Penrose faces further decline as his recommendations for state railroad commission leadership fail and his bid to place loyalists in inferior posts collapses. Clerks named from anti Penrose ranks include Harvey B Calvert and John P Doheny, both ex newspapermen with loyalties to corporate interests.
Washington rumor says Henry Gassoway Davis former senator and Democratic vice presidential candidate may have broken engagement with Maud Ashford a former newspaper writer. Ashford denied the claim but family tensions with Senator Davis daughters Mrs Arthur Lee and Mrs Stephen Elk ins preceded the rumor a family reunion suggested rapprochement. Ashford planned to consult her lawyer on possible damages.
A poem style column from Somerville Journal contrasts a woman’s limits with her social influence over men. A weather note and local quips follow, including remarks about a drowning in Youngstown and odd line about a red necktie.
From New Castle to New Wilmington and beyond, towns discuss Chauncey Davis as a strong nomination contender and likely election. Local color skits note reform talk, court quirks, and small town politics with playful asides about judges, preachers, and a sleigh ride anecdote.
A 15 year old from North Hill was arrested for the Hodgetts residence burglary on Rose avenue. Police recovered stolen jewelry including three rings and a ladies gold watch. the suspect had previously faced juvenile theft charges and was on probation.
Efforts to divide the Second ward next spring are under discussion as residents press for reorganization before the fall election. Proposals place the new ward north of Garfield avenue, with south portion staying in the old ward, to boost council and school board representation amid growth and growing needs.
The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church opens in Baltimore on the first Monday of May and runs a month. Several bishops will be elected and Rev. Daniel Dorchester of Pittsburg may be named, with Dr. William H. Crawford of Meadville also under consideration. Both men are well known locally.
The First Christian church hosted about 400 young women for a YWCA vesper service. Mrs J L Stratton presided assisted by Miss Jean Butler and Dr Anna Jack. Grace Erhardt gave a world work talk while Edna Woods sang and Helen Isenberg with Margaret Sankey performed a duet. Next Sunday returns to Third United Presbyterian on Pittsburg Street.
Heating trouble forced St. John’s Lutheran to move Sunday morning services from the church to the nearby Sunday school room.
The Mahoningtown M E Ladies Aid plans a 2 PM meeting at Mrs. Charles Thompson’s home on Madison Avenue. Rev. Andrew Magill has been at Enon Valley and will be back to preach. he will return to Enon Valley for the week. The Woman's Foreign Missionary society meets Thursday at 2:30 PM at Mrs. Lynch’s Liberty Street home led by Mrs. George Meyer. The Mahoningtown Second U P Mens league meeting is postponed to next Tuesday evening. The Mahoningtown Presbyterian Sunday school teachers will meet Tuesday evening.
The list shows students with no days missed for February 4 at Hill school: Bertha Houk Bessie Houk Hazel Houk Adda Houk Clara Newton Omer Newton Emmet Newton Ira Houk Joseph Allen Everett Tillin Roy Vaneman Norman Vaneman Also listed are students missing one day: Edna Houk Gertrude Cox Mabel Wiley Nellie Wiley. Delilah Bissell, Teacher. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea ad copy follows.
Section one of the Woman's Union of the First Christian church holds an all day industrial session next Tuesday at Mrs. E. A. Bonzo home 131 Richelieu avenue. Section two meets with Mrs Brooks parsonage 810 Highland avenue Wednesday afternoon. Section three meets with Mrs Hanna 191 Park avenue Friday afternoon. Section five meets with Mrs Clarence M. Cotton West Washington street to sew Wednesday afternoon at 1 30.
Rev Amos Bannister rector of St Marys Beaver Falls preached at Trinity Church North Mill Street in exchange for Rev Dr Reilly who preached in Beaver Falls. Fourteen contractors bid for the Youngstown new courthouse construction.
The claim states that six drops of Carbolic Acid one dram Zotan and Zine Ointment mixed and applied twice daily cure all forms of piles, eliminating the need for surgery. It asserts any druggist can compound this recipe for use at night and morning.
Valentine Day is Friday and Patterson Stationery Co. offers comic valentines cards post cards mechanical valentines and novelties in New Castle Roy F Brandon's successors promote a large display with low prices and urge customers to buy now for a humorous hit to friends.
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