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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1908
Page
4
Publication information for The News Company at Corner Sycamore Street and Apple Alley outlines pricing for daily weekly and mail subscriptions and invites public correspondence. It requests all checks and communications be addressed to The News Company in New Castle Pa and not to individuals.
A Chicago Tribune poll of over 4500 Republican congressmen editors and leaders shows Taft as first choice for 60 plus percent and second/third choice for 80 percent of respondents The survey covers state by state results with Cannon Fairbanks Hughes Knox and others providing secondary support Taft leads on first ballots at the June Chicago convention with 2512 first-choice votes and Roosevelt progressive policy support outweighs conservative by six to one.
Health Officer Horner reports December births at 83, well below average, while contagious diseases surge but fatalities remain low. Of 126 cases, seven deaths occurred. dips in births noted amid pneumonia and scarlet fever, typhoid, diphtheria, mumps, chickenpox totals.
A 1908 Hammond Indiana readers note column mixes quips about the grip epidemic, social foibles, and local trivia. It features jokes on doctors, cigars, funerals, a new ten dollar coin debate, a baby with teeth, and a reader request from New Castle News.
The New Castle Associated Bureau of Charities moves from 14 North Mercer Street to the Hoyt block on the Diamond. Despite the move, large quantities of food and clothing remain to be distributed to the city's needy as the charity work continues in the new location.
Agents from the state dairy and food division sample catsup to check safety and quality. A number of bottles are sent to the division laboratory for analysis.
A New Castle court official bought shoes too small and suffered. Various fixes were proposed, including boiling corn to stretch them. He tried it, corn grew in his shoes, and roots remained. A rural teacher advised a boy’s astigmatism. the father replied with a wallop. A man rushing to a car grabbed his wife’s skirt instead of his overcoat, sparking laughter.
The Edsall-Winthrope Stock company opens at the opera house with The Girl and the Gambler a comedy drama of heart interest featuring Pearl Winthrope in her debut and LeLois B. Edsall with Nilssen's Flying ballet. The program includes Our Honeymoon with John and Mrs Cossar Apollo Bros. strongmen and The Irish Fortune Teller by George F. Beach and wife.
January 21 register reminder makes Easter Sunday fall on April 19 this year. Primaries look promising with many candidates. 1907 saw 193 deaths in South Sharon. Dawson Dight plans a big barn in Plaingrove next summer. Weather prophet Lewis Stankard of Eastbrook predicts an early spring. Ex Sheriff Ayers reports Pulaski mills to resume soon. Monas Cunningham in Harlansburg adds to his storeroom. New Wilmington waits on health department approval for a sewer disposal plant.
The annual congregational meeting of Central Presbyterian Church will be held Monday evening to elect three trustees and one member to fill an unexpired term. Annual reports will be presented.
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