Brick Paved Roads Cheaper and Durable for County Roads
M E Miller argues brick roads offer lower long term costs and better durability than stone macadam. He cites Harrisburg state road funding, maintenance costs, and New Castle brick street cases from 1894 to 1906, noting dust reduction and curb edging benefits as key advantages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle News
Lawrence County
Joseph W. Hunter
State Highway Department
State of
Pennsylvania
Telford
Hunter
John C. Carson
Beaver Falls
Geo. B. Zahniser
City of
New Castle
Washington Street
Jefferson Street
Mill Street
East Street
Grant Street
Croton Avenue
Cunningham Street
West Washington Street
Ray Street
M. E. Miller
Old Machinist and Phone Bring 300 Joy
Washington report tells how John Simmering a Navy yard machinist used Main 6 to contact the White House. After a tense exchange he was directed to the White House and 500 laid off workers were ordered back to work with brief furloughs arranged by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
John B. Simmering
Navy Yard
John Simmering
Simmering
Mr. Simmering
John
Joh
White House
Old John
Moser Wallpaper Opens New Store on North Mercer
The Moser Wallpaper company launches a new shop at 14 North Mercer street with G F Moser as manager. Moser brings extensive sales and decorating experience and will be joined by top local workmen. Miss Nona V Moser will run the store and welcome both old and new customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. 1
Hamburg
Tines
Peal Medicine Co
Cleveland
M’kee
North Mill Street
The
Moser
Italian Traveler Survives Harsh Box Car Trip
An Italian man, traveling from Fredonia New York to Youngstown in a box car to visit his brother, endured three days without food and near freezing temperatures. He was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Fredonia
N. Y
Youngstown
Money spent on liquor outstrips currency in circulation
At the Fifth Ward Local Option club meeting in the Welsh Congregational Church Rev Cray ton Brooks argues that annual liquor expenditures exceed all cash in national banks. An attractive program followed with readings and musical performances by Mary Harvard Cassie Johns Lizzie Harvard Hazel Williams and Myfany Williams.
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Fifth Ward
Welsh Congregational Church
Crayton
Brooks
First Christian Church
United States
Mary Harvard
Cassie Johns
Lizzie Harvard
Hazel Williams
Wampum Notes and Local Visits Highlight Snowbound Week
D M McDonald wires his house for electric light. Frank Gibson of West Pittsburg visits relatives here. C C Cunningham visits New Castle on business. Two Cunningham children ill with chickenpox. Mrs Eckles of Hubbard returns home after visit with Miss Mayme Brady. Sleighing excellent and youths plan a masquerade ball around the 19th. Prof Foster and pupils enjoy a sled ride. rooms 1 2 and 3 look forward to the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. McDonald
Frank Gibson
West Pittsburg
C. Cc. Cunningham
New Castle
John Cunningham
Eckles
Hubbard
Mayme Brady
Foster
Wampum School
Mahoning Township Teachers Institute Near Hillsville
Mahoning township teachers prepare for an institute at Hillsville on February 21 starting 7 30 p m with papers on education discussions recitations and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahoning Township
Teachers’ Institute
Hillsville
Youngstown Mill Worker Sends All Earnings Abroad
Joe Alexander earns three dollars daily in a Youngstown mill and sacrifices his own sustenance, sending every penny to support his family in Austria amid hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Joe Alexander
Austria
Trainmen Return to Work Lifts Mahoningtown and Area
Bal timore and Ohio railroad service resumes boosting traffic in Mahoningtown as B and O crews reclaim old runs. Pennsy shows slight revival while Connellsville coke trade influences New Castle Junction. Local notices report several residents returning from trips and illness updates across Seventh Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Mahoningtown
Pennsy
Connellsville
New Castle Junction
Seventh Ward
Vinol Promoted As Genuine Cod Liver Tonic in New Castle
Paisley Pharmacy in New Castle Pa touts Vinol as a reliable cod liver preparation and tonic. The ad claims the product is not a patent medicine and includes ingredients and a color illustration of its making from fresh cod livers and peptonate of iron. It targets old people and those with chronic coughs bronchitis and lung troubles offering a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Vinci
Paisley Pharmacy
Baby Born On Snowbound Train In Bitters Snow Drift
A southbound Baltimore and Ohio passenger train between Clarion Junction and Mt. Jewett drifted in heavy snow for two days. Mrs. Mary Debew of Frost Pennsylvania delivered a baby aboard the stalled coach with fellow passengers acting as improvised medical aid and supplying food.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Clarion Junction
Mt. Jewett
Mary Debew
Frost
Debew
Personal notices from Portersville and nearby towns
Miss Emma Barkley of Isle and Edwin Humphrey of Portersville spent time with locals while Mrs. Philip Newton returned from Ellwood City visits. Miss Ethel Covert stayed with sister Mrs. Joseph Glaspey in Greenville and Jesse Hay came home from New Castle. Ellwood City youths visited L. T. Pyle at Camp Run. Alice Covert and Walter Covert attended a Scott Wright party near Zelienople. Rocky Mountain Tea promotion ends with a compliment to a fair lass.
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Emma Barkley
Isle
Philip Newton
Ellwood City
Ethel Covert
Joseph Glaspey
Greenville
Edwin Humphrey
New Castle
Jesse Hay
L. T. Pyle
Camp Run
Alice Covert
Walter Covert
Scott Wright
Zelienople
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Piso
Mary Careball
Superior Court of
Cincinnati
Piso’s
R. Bollard
Bryson & Bigley
South Croton Ave
Cascad Theatre
South Mill ST
Sidney Hinman
Coney Island
Matinee Daily
New Wall Paper Firm
Teresting
Seventh Ward Eye Trouble
J. Herb MeIlvenny
Newell Avenue
Aventh Ward
A. W. McClurg
West Madison Avenue
Jesse Gibson
North Liberty Street
George H. Cook
Southwest
Texas
Indian Territory
Hot Springs
A. G. Murphy
North Cedar Street
Ryder
Cambridge Springs
Peter Rhodes
R. C. Reed
Sixth Street
William C. Patterson
Joe Gilmore
Harry Bollard
Alta Coates
Edenburg
Edna Campbell
Ashland Avenue
A. W. Lenacre
West Cherry Street
Haggie Kelley
East Cherry Street
Daisy Sanders
Harry Sanders
East Clayton Street
Fred Michaels
A. C. Keyser
Ashtabula
J. Adams
Charles van Atta
Meadville
Frank Eakin
Carl Martin
East Madison Avenue
New Castle Forge and Bolt Company
James Bell
Fulton Street
Standard Steel Car Company
Pittsburg
George Hettenbaugh
R. C. Cathers
Grace Leslie
Beaver
Grace Spencer
Mahoning Avenue
William H. Chambers
Thomas P. Cullison
John Redman
Newark
O. James Pilmer
Allegheny
Mapel Street
James M. Kincaid
James E. Hammond
Montgomery Avenue
Edward Franks
Franks
Winter Bros
One-Price Clothiers
East Washington ST
Big Snow Drift
Portersville
Rocky Mountain
J. C. Wallace
Malaga
the New Market
Citizens National
Mill and
Washington Streets
Hartzel’s Milk Depot
S. Jefferson ST
C.M. Hartzel
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