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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1908
Page
2
An early 20th century advertisement urges readers that kidney weakness affects overall health and promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure. It cites sample bottles and mail order offers from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY, urging readers to mention the paper.
Announcement says the New Castle Stamping company plant in the northern Seventh ward will resume full operation within about three weeks after a period of reduced staffing. Experiments on a new ware grade are under way and, if successful, the product will be marketed.
Samuel Iseman of Harmony narrowly escaped death at Gleason flouring mills yesterday after his left hand was pulled into buckwheat rollers while clearing buckwheat rolls with a large knife. The knife wedged and spread the rolls, allowing him to withdraw his hand.
The case of J. A. Breckenridge against John K. Rosser for 41.86 alleged to be due on a piano contract was taken up before Judge Porter Monday evening. W. S. Reynolds appeared for the plaintiff and Thomas Dickey for the defendant. The amount claimed is for interest, the principal amounting to 400, having been paid.
Report explains how local chatter predicts a big turnout for borough elections. Primary results show 409 Republican, 61 Democratic, 30 Prohibition votes, totaling 490. Election officials anticipate a long night as final counts determine who wins and prompts post election reactions.
A woman walking along Lawrence avenue finds a bill for six and a half yards of suiting and silk, which leads her to infer a married man’s affair. She confronts the dress wearer, deduces the match between bill and garment, and agrees to keep silent on the secret.
A movement by Ellwood social elites aims to suspend hospitality at events and donate the saved funds to town and county charities. Motivated by victim relief stories from Darr mine survivors and Pittsburg’s needy, the plan seeks a genuine charitable act through personal sacrifice.
J L Caplan visited from Evans City while Thomas L Parton from Monongahela spent yesterday in town. Beulah Wright of Zelienople shared Sunday with friends. Harry Keller returned from Pittsburgh on business. Benjamin Gardner visited a friend in Corapolis. A daughter was born Saturday at the home of Mr and Mrs W C Terell in Burnstown. C E Patterson on Fifth street remains seriously ill with typhoid. Mr and Mrs John M Young of Division Avenue welcome a sturdy son born Monday morning. Expert house cleaning services offered by Winston Cousins. Fike's barber shop on Lawrence Avenue in Ellwood City. 10216
In Youngstown Alex Conti intervened to stop a fight between two countrymen and was shot at. He returned fire hitting one fighter and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.
A letter from D. J. Mulcay describes six Ellwood businessmen traveling by Pullman toward the southland. The party reports slow progress amid homesickness for Ellwood and the journey is portrayed with nostalgic, humorous detail. Further letters exist but have not been shared publicly.
Members of the Ladies Industrial Union of the Methodist Church plan a Martha Washington tea at the opera house dining room on Saturday February 22 to raise funds for a sewing machine to clothe the poor. Menu includes cold pork beef loaf baked beans potato salad fruit salad coleslaw brown bread cranberry sauce coffee tea ice cream cake and cherries.
After several weeks of closure the kindergarten taught by Miss Rickenbacher reopened in the school building on the Circle. The class had been closed before the holidays and remained shut for various reasons until today.
A five story addition is to be constructed onto the McKelvy department store in Youngstown. The project will expand retail space and likely attract more shoppers to the downtown area.
Tin workers and Amalgamated Association members in this city expect a crucial May convention at Youngstown with radical policy changes including a local wage scale for all trades. The shift aims to reconstruct the union and curb a general strike while politics and delegation elections draw attention. Also, Standard Steel Car works may resume full operation soon, and a Tubetown tin can plant nears completion with several New Castle applicants.
Mildred Holland wowed a large house with her company in A Paradise of Lies. The star received multiple curtain calls after a stirring second act, praised for noble and passionate performances, and thanked Newcastle for its warm reception. She announced she will return next year with The Provid er, her first modern drama.
The case of Mrs. Menighen of Youngstown against the trolley company, for a death caused by a wire breaking in front of her home, was settled yesterday for 3500 dollars.
During a Boston stay L T Cooper reports daily crowds exceeding two thousand as his medicine restores digestion. A Chelsea resident testifies that after one bottle a tapeworm passed and his health rapidly improved, with a store in No 21 North Mill Street promoting Cooper remedies.
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