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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
5
Officials across southern and northern railways deploy camera squads to photograph on duty crews at bars. Suspensions follow as secret service action spreads, claimed to protect profits and reduce wrecks amid concerns over alcohol use by railroad workers.
Arthur A. McKinney, a former New Castle merchant and bank cashier at Braddock, lies ill with tuberculosis in a Pittsburg sanitarium. Doctors suspect infection from wetting fingertips with lips while counting paper money, a theory debated by Pittsburg physicians but supported by a Chicago specialist. No family heredity or prior health issues noted.
J. H. Steahlin, once of New Castle and now head of the American Dyeing and Cleaning works in Denver, reports sunny dry days and mild nights. He also notes meeting Dr. Redmond, another former New Castle resident, and praises Denver’s mild climate as springlike.
The 1908 calendar yields Washington's birthday Memorial day and the Fourth of July on Saturdays producing three double holidays. February 29 shifts dates so Washington's birthday comes fourteen weeks before Memorial day and five weeks before the Fourth of July. Labor day is set on the first Monday to extend the holiday pattern.
The Review notes that while American diamonds have been authenticated since 1830 none have been found in place. Most stones in the US and in Guiana and Brazil arrived via erosion from rocks. Finds occur in glacial moraines across Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin as ancient glaciers carried them from Canada. Surveys move along the Quebec to Winnipeg rail line to locate their original resting places.
Ill health and heavy market losses are blamed for the death of William Bourne Nevin, former NYSE member, who killed himself at the 79th Street subway station by stepping in front of a southbound train.Eyewitnesses report he jumped as the train arrived. the body was crushed and identified by his wife. He had earlier left Houghtailing & Co. to strike out on his own after selling his seat amid the recent slump.
The American Magazine presents Stewart Edward White on forests and the battle over the U S Forest Service. He contrasts greed with preservation, arguing reckless invasion could cost three billion dollars to replace and praising the Service’s stewardship. He offers spirited, accessible explanation of the issue.
Dr. Moore reports 72 percent of New York state milk herds infected with tuberculosis, a figure rivaled by Dr. Gill. The piece argues for home pasteurization as a practical safeguard when public inspection remains insufficient, outlining temperatures and methods to kill germs and protect family milk supplies.
A historical look contrasts medieval forest care with modern reforestation costs and a warning about forest protection funding. The piece cites costs of 34 dollars per acre in the United States and 20 dollars per acre in Italy, arguing large sums are necessary to preserve watersheds. It notes criticism of the Forest Service during last winter’s Agricultural Appropriation debate, led in the Senate by Heyburn, Carter, Clark, Patterson, and Fulton, who promised further opposition this session.
At the last annual reunion of the Order of Elks about fifty thousand people gathered in a court of honor lit by thousands of electric lights. Colossal Elks images and columns bore the mystic clock symbol with hands toward eleven. One minute before the hour lights faded to a rosy horseshoe and then disappeared.
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