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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1908
Page
1
The report cites total primary costs over $400 with many precincts reporting near zero votes. In two First ward precincts no voters appeared, and only one vote was cast in select Second and Fourth ward sites at about $20 per vote. The Socialist ticket includes Mayor M A Collins and others, but overall turnout was low with 78 votes total.
Mrs. Jane Rudesill 80 died Sunday at her daughter Mrs. Harry W. White’s home 67 East Main Street after pneumonia. Survived by Genevieve Rudesill Brooklyn William J. Rudesill Los Angeles Fred and Frank Rudesill New Castle. Funeral Tuesday 2 PM at H W White residence. Interment Oak Park cemetery.
The property of the Mahoningtown Priving association will be offered for sale by Sheriff Waddington on next Thursday unless a settlement of the claim is reached in the meantime. Members are said to be attempting to save their property.
Attorney George T. Weingartner announces candidacy for state senator in the Forty seventh district, including Lawrence and Beaver counties. He denounces Penrose influence, supports local option, and cites a strong legislative record as proof of fitness for the new role.
Dora Fairweather testified that Charles Quimby shot his wife Elsie Quimby and her sister on Christmas morning. O M Brown and William McCambridge corroborated sighting and behavior after the crime. Quimby is bound over to the next grand jury after preliminary hearing. Dora Fairweather led the testimony.
George F. Moore of Oil City gathers data for Walter Wheaton’s pardon petition. Wheaton, a Greenville boy, was sentenced in 1898 to 20 years in the penitentiary for the murder of George Carter at his home near Franklin.
Sharon police chief Crane, a Mercer county sheriff candidate, spent Monday morning in New Castle visiting the mayor's office before continuing to Mercer for court. He is a well known figure in this city.
The Central W C T U will host a mothers meeting Tuesday at 7 30 PM at 120 Neshannock Avenue the home of Mrs E N Bear. It is expected that at least 40 new members will join.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will restore two and a half cents per mile fares from February 1 and resume sales of 180 trip three month tickets and 100 ride passes within a year. Clergy discounts restart March 1 as officials reissue clerical rate orders after court actions.
Fifth ward Local Option club hosted a well attended evening with local singers. Rev J S Martin spoke on local option while Dr Williams chaired. Performers included soloists Thomas Richards and Lillian Bonna, recitations by Miss Mary Davis and Winnifred Bonna, duets by Thomas Richards and Reed Robert, and a song by Harriet.
The Thaw trial defense rests after calling Dr Wagner Dr Evans and Dr Jeliffe to rebut charges by building a case of continued irrationality. The defense presents two insanity episodes, notes prior violent behavior, and questions the European laudanum incident as possibly non Thaw related.
State health board members led by J. M. Clark visit Greenville and urge the town to build a $40,000 sewage disposal plant this year. The current system dumps into the Shenango River, risking pollution of water used by Sharon and New Castle.
Fair tonight with some snow flurries near Lake Erie. Colder overnight. Tuesday looks mostly fair with temperatures not reaching 50 degrees.
Damaged roof at the home of attorney Robert K Aiken is reported in a brief notice. No injuries are described and no additional details are provided about the incident or its cause.
A Sunday morning blaze at attorney Robert K. Aiken’s home forces six inmates to flee as smoke fills the house. Firemen rescue lodger Carter and battle flames from cellar to attic while authorities estimate losses under 1000 dollars. Cause may be a spark from a furnace igniting waste paper.
Vito Gennarelli 39 of Sheep Hill was struck and killed instantly by a P. and L. E. passenger train while attempting to cross at Moravia street. The headless body was found at the scene. identification came from papers and a left arm stump. Survived by his father, wife, and five children. Funeral at St. Vitus Church Tuesday at 8:30 AM.
A brief financial note reports that the closing bank did not trigger much surprise among investors. The article notes a calm market reaction and suggests no major disruption to local banking activity.
The National Bank of North America will not reopen its doors and will be liquidated by Receiver Charles A. Hanna. The bank holds Morse backed notes and deposits totaled about 4.65 million dollars. It reported assets of roughly 8.74 million with 442 thousand in cash and 294 thousand due from other banks.
A Portland blaze in the Milliken Cousens dry goods building last night, with flames reappearing at 1 am, forced aid from five Maine and New Hampshire cities. Firefighters, exhausted from a prior city hall fire, fought through the night as walls collapsed and the block burned. Total damage exceeds a million dollars with casualties including a firefighter killed and others injured. the fire area remained active at dawn.
Local report notes Todd Wall died after contracting a severe cold condition at the house. Authorities describe the incident as a tragic health event with investigation underway.
A congregational meeting of the First Baptist church is planned for Wednesday evening during the mid week prayer service. It is hoped to call Rev. H. J. Whalen D D pastor of Berean Baptist Church Carbonale Pa who preached here yesterday. Dr Whalen is highly recommended as an able orator lecturer minister and worker.
Death record list includes Henry Eye age 21 at 62 South Beaver street and Frank Pabbregar 55 of Volant. Also listed are Dr. Charles A. Wilson 47 of San Antonio Texas and Mrs. Sarah Winger 76 of 230 Mes Cleary avenue.
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