Expend Nearly $900,000 Making Better Streets
Flood prevention work has begun as city projects push ahead on Neshannock Creek widening and paving. State street between Grant and City One sees heavy investment. Fayette street from Clayton to Romere totals 27,520.06 with about 22 percent city share. Liberty street paving from Maloning to ON streets costs around Be city share about 26,000. East Washington brick repaving costs 2 800.21 plus ongoing Sutton Street paving to MU Street totaling 74,000. City funds cover war improvements. Lower Mahoning extension runs 772,854.83 with site for proposed sewage plans.
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Neshannock Creek
State Street
Grant Street
City One
Fayette Street
Clayton
Mont- Romere
Cty
Liberty Street
Maloning Avenue
East Washingtion Street
Sutton Street
Clts
Mahoningown
City Paving Projects Cost Local and State Funds
City reports show major street works including State street from Grant to the city line costing 42652.74 with the city bearing about 40 percent and LaFayette street at 27829.36 with 30 percent city share. A route to Mahoningtown and Liberty street totaled 64039.79 with city share 26000. East Washington street was repaved at 32800.21 entirely funded by the city. Numerous smaller paving and street improvements completed citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Street
Grant Street
Youngstown Road
Mahoningtown
Second Ward
Liberty Street
Washington Street
Build Home Year Sparks New Castle Boom
This year heralds a build home boom with plans for nests for home seekers. In 1924 New Castle saw about 440 homes built, the highest since 1918, averaging $5 000 though some cost as much as $35 000. Past five years show 1919 300, 1920 200, 1921 300, 1922 400, 1928 425, and 1924 440.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Father Time
Polish Church Builds Parsonage Amid City Improvements
Polish church undertakes parsonage construction as municipal street upgrades from 1919 to 1923 cost taxpayers about 820000. Residents applaud expenditure when results show value with no complaints, while a parish house rises near Charter Street and flood-hedging works proceed.
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Sydney
Charter Street
Decemer
Shannock Creek
Sixty Miles Of Roads Are Built In Lawrence County
Lawrence county has built sixty miles of cement highways costing about 3.13 million dollars over ten years. Roads to New Wilmington, New Castle-Beaver Valley, Harlansburg, Mount Jackson, Enon Valley, and connections to Sharon Mercer and Butler districts improved traffic and commerce. The Atlantic avenue, Ellwood City, and the Route 79 Butler road link key towns, with edges toward Pittsburgh and Youngstown showing the county’s transport expansion.
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Lawrence County
New Castle
New Wilmington
College
Westminster
Sharon
Mercer
Beaver Valley
Mahoningtown
Wampum
Beaver Falls
Pittsburgh
Willow Grove
Moravia
Trish Ripple
Crescentdale
Harlanaburg
McCaslin
New Castle Fair Grounds
Slippery Rock
Butler
Mount Jackson
Enon Valley
Battery BY Monument
Westfield Grange
Bethel School
Little Beaver Grange
Mount Jackson-Bessemer
Sharon-Mercer
Youngstown
Harbor Bridge
New Bedford
Ohio Nne
Mahoning County
Ohio
Washington Street
Union
Taylor
Liberty Street
Ellwood City
Jailwood City
Gilfillan Expects Big Building Year in New Castle
J Clyde Gilfillan Lumber Co has built about 124 modern homes in New Castle over the past five years in Moody Laurel Wilmington and Euclid avenues. Homes feature fireplaces French doors bookcases window seats and built for 7000 to 10000 dollars. The firm has also laid sewers gas water sidewalks and graded streets including a 30 foot high bank removal on Laurel avenue and a large pre cast concrete culvert on West Moody. At present 16 houses remain under construction and 1925 is expected to be a record year.
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New Castle
J. J. Clyde Gilfillan Lumber Company
Moody
Laurel
Wilmington
Euclid Avenue
Laurel Avenue
Wilmington Avenue
Mercer Btrest
West Moody Avenue
Jefferson Street
J. Clyde Gilfillan
Apartments May Solve Problem In New Castle
A big house shortage exists in New Castle, prompting apartments as a solution. The Hileman apartments on North Bill were completed about a year ago at a cost around $110,000, featuring 18 brick units. The piece ends with a dated quip about men and women.
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New Castle
Hileman
North Bill
Faulkner Sap and the six piece compass tale
ABE MARTIN narrates a tale of Faulkner Sap, a man who rose from humble beginnings to wealth through perseverance. The story traces Sap’s early life, odd jobs, a brick yard spell, and his discovery of the precise six piece compass that ensures uniform pies, highlighting grit over privilege.
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Ottumwa
Faulkner Sap
Many New Bridges Built In County
Lawrence county reports extensive bridge construction since 1919 with costs listed for each structure. Notable entries include Tokawsi Gardner Avenue Via duct in New Castle at 376,000 dollars and South Jefferson Street Bridge at 165,656 dollars. Several other bridges in Ellwood City, Bessemer, Crescent Falls, Hickory Creek, Hettenbaush Run, Coffee Run, Grandview Avenue, and New Castle Ellwood city Road show varied expenditures totaling 58,980 dollars in one line.
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Lawrence County
Tokawsi
Gardner Avenue
New Castle
Jefferson Street
Mt. Jackson
Mahoning River
Fifth Street
Ellwood
Bessemer
Crescent Falls
Hickory Creek
Vance
Hettenbaush Run
U. P
S.-E
Ellwood City Road
J. B. Neilsen Builds Fine North Hill Home
A new residence to enhance North Hill is underway and will be occupied by J. B. Neilsen. The home is projected to cost $20,000 and features stone from Spain.
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J. B. Neilsen
Withers Plumbing Company Plans New Building
The article notes a new building on North Bhenango Street adapted for the plumbing business. It claims the structure is among the most up to date in the country, with Cobb Brothers having erected it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Withers Plumbing Company
North Bhenango Street
Cobb Brothers
Fifth ward business district competition rises in streets
Fragment mentions a block in Long avenue enlarging the Fifth ward business district, a keen competitor of Washington street, highlighting urban development dynamics.
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Long Avenue
Fifth Ward
Washington Street
Four Babies Born To Brooklyn Woman
A Brooklyn mother, Mrs. Cathrine Kelly, welcomed four babies Friday at home, two sets of twins with birth weights from two and a quarter to three pounds. Three infants are healthy. the fourth’s status was unsure. The mother declined hospital care to care for her other children, and police Captain John Kelly praised the Irish kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conternational News Service
New York
Catherine Kelly
Brookly
É Hospital
John Kelly
Horse Rescued After Six Years Tied in Barn
In Lincoln Nebraska on January 24 the State Humane Society freed a horse that had been kept tied in a barn for six years by its owner. The owner said the animal ran away in 1918 and dragged him, but the horse weakened from 1600 to about 1000 pounds.
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Iincoln
Neb
State Humane Society
Ted
Local Motor Club Warning Sparks Consumer Caution
A local motor club warns against so called Gyp clubs as risky and deceptive outfits. B N Hanlon of the American Automobile Association branch urges prospective members to verify standing via the board of trade or a bank. The note cites past cases of clubs that failed to serve members and included criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Automobile Association
New
Cartia Reins Club
Innocent Auin
B. N. Hanlon
Hanlon
Board of Trade
Corn Apple And Honey Prizes Are Awarded At Show
At the State Farm Show in Harrisburg Pennsylvania Henry Holland of Thomasville York county won grand champion corn honors. Lancaster county led corn displays with second and Greene third. In apples the Greater-Delaware County Association won county display, with Largene County second and Lancaster third. Honey and honey products were led by Cumberland County Bee Keepers with Lycoming and Allegheny counties following. Individual honors went to D C Gilliam Schuylkshaven first, Edwin J Anderson Ridgway second, Treesdale Farms Mars Butler county third.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Henry Holland
Thomasville
York County
Lancaster
Greene
Craater-Delaware County Horticultural Association
Thetme
Lugerne County Horticultural
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