Charity Meeting Seeks Cash for Urgent Aid
The Associated Charity headquarters at the YMCA calls an executive meeting Friday at 4 pm as cash and clothing run low after a week of high demand. Superintendent Foulke warns room hours will shift to 1 to 5 pm to allow thorough aid investigations. About 130 dollars in cash has been donated and distributed to help clothing, food, coal, and other needs while every case is reviewed.
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Associated Charity
CC. W. Foulke
Miss Vance to Speak at YWCA Vesper Service
Mrs Harriet Vance central YWCA general secretary will speak Sunday at 4 PM at First Baptist church. The service, chaired by Mrs J L Stratton, features Miss Lida Pomeroy and Mrs J C Norris assisting, with music by Miss Helen Isenberg and Miss Margaret Sankey.
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Harriet Vance
Pittsburg Central
Four Hogs Stolen From Pen North of City
A farmer named Cochran reports four live hogs, each about 150 pounds, stolen from a pen near his house north of the city in the past week. No trace of the thieves has been found and the event is prompting local farmers to suspect urban thieves. Several farmers report missing chickens as well, with flocks halved in size.
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Cochran
Aristocrats of Chickendom at Local Poultry Show
The poultry show features prestigious birds led by King Shanghai of Shennan gon, Queen Brahma from Butler County, Lord Plymouth Rock of North Beaver, Duchess Wyandotte of Hickory, and Duke Rhode Island Red from Pulaski. A grand procession of names and titles fills the event as birds parade with crowing flair.
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King Shanghai
Shenango Township
Queen Brahma
Butler County
Lord Plymouth Rock
North
Beaver Township
Duchess Wyandotte
Hickory Township
Rhode Island Red
Pulaski Township
Ray Street Grading Underway With Dynamite Blasting
Street Commissioner Jud Barteaux and assistants grade Ray Street using blasting to remove rock. Several hundred pounds of dynamite are employed in the operation.
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Jud Barteaux
Ray Street
Boy, mother burned as lantern fire rages
Seven year old Frank Shira of Niles suffered severe burns after his clothes caught fire from a magic lantern. His mother also was burned while smothering the flames in the incident last night.
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Frank Shira
Niles
Trio of Boys Held in Valley Lumber Theft
Three youths, the oldest 19, were arrested in Youngstown yesterday on charges of stealing valuable tools from Valley Lumber Company. The case involves alleged high value equipment and prompts ongoing police investigation.
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Youngstown
The
Valley Lumber Company
Death’s toll on the Andrews family in Atlantic
The Andrews family of Atlantic near Greenville endures multiple sorrows with the recent death of their three year old daughter while Mrs. Andrews and her siblings face other losses. Earlier, Mrs. Miller’s sister died and Jack Bradley perished after a falling tree. the family presses on as a son battles appendicitis.
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O. P. Andrews
Atlantic, Pa
Greenville
Andrew
Harry Miller
Croton Avenue
Miller
Andrews
Meadville Hospital
Three Home Robberies In Shenango Township
Three burglaries occurred in Shenango Township near New Castle along the Pittsburg road. The homes of County Treasurer Lafayette Baldwin Will Zehner and Otis L Rose were entered with small sums stolen including $5 and gold cuff links from Baldwin and $3 from Zehner. No clues yet. residents suspect locals familiar with the families.
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Lafayette Baldwin
Will Zehner
Otis L. Rose
Shenango Township
New Castle
Pittsburg
Rose
Zehner
Candidate for Rev Snape Place Coming Sunday
The First Baptist church will hear Rev B D Stelle candidate for the vacant pulpit next Sunday. Stelle, pastor of Allegheny Avenue Baptist Church Philadelphia, is highly recommended for preaching and leadership. He is about 40, led Philadelphia Ministerial Association, and may stay through part of the week during a city prayer observance starting Monday January 6. The Youngstown city officials banquet is set for Monday night with 60 attendees.
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First Baptist Church
John Snape
B. D. Stelle
Allegheny Avenue Baptist Church
Philadelphia
Stelle
Philadelphia Ministerial Association
Youngstown City
May First Date Set to Open Road from Butler to Harmony
The Pittsburg Harmony Butler and New Castle Street Railway project faces weather delays though track work progresses. Donkey engine hauls run where possible but electric cars await a smooth roadbed. Rail laying continues toward Harmony with a deep cut near Lyndora causing the slowest section.
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Pittsburg, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Street Railway Company
Butler Eagle
Butler
Vgboo
Harmony
Lyndora
Harmony and
New Castle
Butler Branch
Presbyter ian Church of New Bedford Annual Meeting
The Presbyterian church of New Bedford held its New Year meeting with a noon meal featuring chicken pie. Trustees were elected for varying terms replacing deacons, with O H Rodgers serving five years and Silas Sears four, among others. Officers include Secretary C C Rodgers Auditor F E Moore and musicians Mabel Miller and Elizabeth Vail. The Christian Endeavor society also elected officers led by President O H Rodgers.
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Presbyterian Church of New Bedford
O. H. Rodgers
Silas Sears
I. P. Beggs
William Allison
William L. George
C. C. Rodgers
F. E. Moore
Choister
S. S. Shields
Mabel Miller
Elizabeth Vail
Clay McCready
Christian Endeavor Society
Ruby McClelland
Olive van Fleet
Ella Rodgers
Church Days for Next Year Are Set
The 1908 church days list Lent begins March 4 with Epiphany on January 6 and Easter on April 19. Other key dates include Septuagesima Feb 16 and Palm Sunday April 12. Advent Sunday November 29 and Christmas December 25 anchor the year.
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Corpus Christi
Important changes Pennsylvania Lines January 5 1908
Pennsylvania Lines announces schedule cuts effective January 5 1908 Trains to Cleveland at 650 and 825 am are discontinued Pittsburg service at 730 am also ends The Pittsburg Philadelphia New York train departs 745 pm instead of 815 pm and arrives 845 pm instead of 735 pm Other trains keep current times January 2 3 4.
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Pennsylvania Lines
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
New York
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Ad
This season blood needs purifying. The remedy is Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Pure and healthy blood means good health. Available as tea or tablets for 35 cents. Wallace.
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Hollister
Wallace
Portersville Community Notes Too Ill to Improve
Local residents record illness of Mr. Robert Moore and a flurry of Christmas visits. Many families from Portersville and nearby towns hosted relatives from New Castle, Grove City, Slippery Rock, Bakerstown, Freedom, and Washington during the holiday week, with numerous trips to see kin in Conway and West Sunbury.
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Reed Wimer
Ada
New Castle
B. F. Wimer
D. C. Beighley
Charles Courtney
Freedom
E. L. Beighley
Dean Buchanan
Buchanan
Emma Barkley
Prospect 44
Mary Barkley
George Barkley
Alice Hutchison
Grove City
Clyde Hutchison
Washington
Roy Garleigh
Slippery, Rock
Timblin
J. E. Glaspby
Greenville
Caleb Covert
Emma Mershimer
R. H. Oliver
A. Bratchie
Will
Charles
Joseph Lehma
Elizabeth Hay
Henry Hay
Susan
Martha Glenn
Slippery Rock
M. C. Glenn
Dean Cunningham
Bakerstown
Henry Heberling
Sue Vance
Robert Glenn
John R. Humphrey
Bert Breaen
Annual Bank Directors Election Notice at Union National Bank
The annual election for directors of Union National Bank to serve the next year will be held at its banking office No 62 Long Avenue. The meeting is on Tuesday January 14 1908 at 3 oclock p m. J B Aiken cashier.
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Union National Bank
Long Avenue
J. B. Aiken
Casbiar
Lost Leg After Train Incident in Sharon
Joseph Coll of Sharon fell under a train while attempting to board last night and suffered the loss of his right leg.
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Joseph Coll
Sharon
Aged Man James Clark Hurt in New Year Runaway
James Clark aged 71 was seriously injured in a New Year s runaway near Wheatland. His skull was fractured and an arm broken in the accident.
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James Clark
Wheatland
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Harry Dull
Lew Hunting
E. P. Frey & Bro
Washington ST
D. R. Bollard
Bilik
Albany, N.Y
Red
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
N.Y
Associated Charities
Miss Vance
Y.W.C.A. Vesper Service
Death
Ottis L. Rose
Snape
Harmony, Butler and
New Castle Line
Piso’s
One-Price Clothiers
East Washington Street
Our
People’s
E.washington Street
Patterson Elk
Portersville
Robert Moore
H. E. Heberling
Shremp
Conway
Howard Neiper
Wampum
Jno. Neiper
Olive Laderer
Kansas
Bessie Laderer
N. Friedman
Jefferson St
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