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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1908
Page
2
Members of the Benefit association of Pride of New Castle lodge will share the surplus after debts. The year closed with $376.45 in the treasury and 117 members in good standing. 22 benefited, leaving 95 to share $376.00 in totals.
Dr. Harry Wilson longtime Pittsburg physician with offices in the Kurtz building and Court streets returns to New Castle after completing a New York Post graduate course in stomach diseases. He will devote February 1 to exclusive work in that field and discontinue general practice.
Ellwood Masons plan a February 6 banquet at the Merchants and Manufacturers club facilities. Invitations go to members from New Castle Wampum Zelienople and Evans City with about 150 expected. Guests may play games dance read chat or sing and enjoy a lively social event eclipsing prior efforts.
Robert L. Wallace, anti-Penrose legislative candidate in Lawrence county, visited Ellwood City yesterday. He spoke with many citizens, affirmed no ties to any organization, and pledged to pursue local option if elected to serve the county to the best of his ability.
A periodical theater party through Pittsburg plans a February 3 play at the Alvin. Peggie Macree serves as the show’s title and Dennis O'Sullivan, the Irish opera singer, stars. W. J. Kirk of the P. and L. E. railroad will be master of ceremonies for the Book Club organized trip.
Arthur Howell of Clarksburg West Virginia near death due to illness improves after using Quaker Herb Extract. The ad touts liver stomach and kidney relief and claims blood building effects with price details and related products offered by J. O. Wallace.
Ellwood and Mars meet again at the Casino after a 60 to 55 Mars edge. Ellwood trails Mars by five points as locals promise an entertaining night with a preliminary alumni game featuring high school boys.
Beaver Falls resident P. Fuller and Pittsburg visitors F. H. Douthitt O. C. Weaver and others were in town yesterday. Arthur Cohen and wife, C. A. Martin and family, and Mrs. G. T. Gillette with son Chester were among those in town for visits. H. P. Richardson of New York and F. H. Stedman of Glen Manufacturing discussed business with locals at the City hotel.
A farm in this county halts a Standard Oil pipeline project after 80 hogs died from drinking leaked oil. Elmer Willets owns the farm, Robert Ashmore occupies it, and Ashmore seeks $1,800 for the swine before granting right of way. The line crosses a small portion of the farm.
A joint executive board for Mahoning Valley, Park and Falls, Youngstown Sharon, Niles and New Castle locals of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees met to draft a new wage scale and working agreement to replace the current contract expiring April 1. The plan calls for local action after the proposal is decided, then submission to national headquarters for confirmation before presenting to the employer.
Franklin correspondent recalls a poignant reunion as Joseph Gifford of Cooperstown and Morris O Connor of Oil City meet in May after decades apart. Both served in Company BE of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Civil War and were discharged in June 1865. They had lived within ten miles of each other for 43 years without meeting until last night, vow not to miss again.
A well known physician defends home remedies for the grip noting boiled onions eaten and poultices may help. He dismisses formalin sulfur whiskey hot lemonades and red flannel therapy as useless. He urges rest in bed nourishing food and patience, touting Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a superior aid.
George W. Clutton promotes Mi-o-na as the quick and positive cure for stomach troubles. He guarantees refunds if it does not cure, claiming it strengthens stomach muscles, regulates bowels, and eases digestion, with a 50 cent box lasting about two weeks and warding off indigestion.
Diamond restaurant offers a 21 meal ticket at 2.90 dollars as a 10 day special inducement. Customers may try a single meal before buying the ticket. A line of home made pies cakes and salads is offered next to the Fountain Inn run by D E Tid proprietor.
A couple arrived from Pittsburg to wed in Youngstown and were held at the bounty jail before the alleged groom reached the scene.
The News announces candidate Claude C. Rose for Justice of the Peace in Ellwood City, subject to Republican primaries, dated January 29.
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