New 10 Minute Street Car Schedule Announced
Beginning February 1 an extra car will run on the Mahoningtown division of the Mahoning and Shenango Valley Railway and Light company giving patrons a 10 minute schedule instead of 12. The Cascade line morning service will be restored to 10 minute intervals and the Croton West side cars will pass Mill and Washington streets every 10 minutes. Several extra crews will be employed under the new plan.
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Mahoningtown
Mahoning and Shenango
Real 5 and 10 Cent War At Auction
Chain and Farrell plan an rapid sale of the stock they bought from F A Jones and Co. The auction features a vast five and ten cent assortment. Bargains abound in the second door from Mill Street on Washington Street. The pair aim to clear the entire stock to make room for new lines.
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Chain and Farrell
F. A. Jones & Co
Mill Street
Washington Street
Messrs
The Boy From the West Heads Yankee Doodle Company
The Yankee Doodle Stock Company presents The Boy From the West tonight at the opera house following last night’s successful Great Devereaux Case. The company includes Horace Rushby Charles Clarke Margaret Bryer and Anita Fowler with DeHollis Valera and Paine also drawing applause. The Old Homestead tours continue with its twenty second year and will soon be seen here.
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Horace Rushby
Cy Prime
Charles Clarke
Seth Perkins
Margaret Bryer
Aunt Matilda
Fred Clare
Happy Jack
Frank Knapp
Gamzey Boy
Anita Fowler
Rickety Ann
Opera House
Devereaux
DeHollis
Valera
Mr. Paine
Miss King
Dixey Land
Yama opera to debut at city house Tuesday night
Yama an oriental two act scenic opera from Yama city Tupai Sen China, soloist Miss Nellia Webb stars as Lolo Koo. The show follows a Walnut Street run of 100 performances and heads to Chicago for an extended engagement. Webb previously played opposite Lulu Glaser in the original production.
East New Castle Teachers Institute Programs
The East New Castle Teachers Institute will be held February 6 with sessions led by James Hughes on The Idea Scholar and Earl Ramsay on How Can We as Teachers Secure Results in Geography. Delilah Bessel, Braden Houk, Emmet Feliah, Blanche Potter, and others present topics on memory, reading, township government, spelling, and more. Prof Lee Gilmore and Robert Wallace will close with The Historical Monroe Doctrine. A large attendance is expected.
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East New Castle
James Hughes
Blanche Potter
Lee Gilmore
Robert Wallace
Brutal Attack Fells Youngstown Woman on Cleveland Street
Four assailants attacked Lena Wilson of Youngstown on East Twenty second Street in Cleveland last night at 7. They robbed her of a purse containing 20 dollars and fled, leaving her unconscious on the sidewalk. An ambulance rushed her to Cleveland General Hospital where she recovered enough to report the robbery at the police station.
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Cleveland
Lena Wilson
Youngstown
East Twenty-second Street
Cleveland General Hospital
Mirs. Wilson
Better Breed of Humans Is Seriously Discussed
The American Breeders' association opens a three day session in Washington detailing plans to classify humans as stock. Debates cover women behavior and a model man who avoids vice and petty faults. James Wilson opens with comments on Eugenics led by David Starr Jordan forthcoming.
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Washington
American Breeders’ Association
James Wilson
David Starr Jordan
New Castle High School Minstrel Show Dates Announced
The New Castle high school minstrel show will run February 20, 21 and 24 in this city with plans for performances in Sharon Slippery Rock and Sharpsville. Rehearsals are underway, costumes rented and scenery painted, promising an unusually meritorious production. The show features a railroad terminal theme, a strong opening chorus and many solo numbers, with last year’s efforts praised as a success.
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New Castle
Sharon
Slippery Rock
Sharpsville
Wells Fargo Secures Influence in Electric Railroad
Wells Fargo Express gains controlling influence in the Sine Cambridge Springs electric railroad, a move aimed at preventing Adams and American firms from entering Wells Fargo territory along the Frie railroad lines. The deal is not completed, but signals intensified competition in Pittsburg area rail service.
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Pittsburg
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Sine & Cambridge Springs Electric Railroad
Wells-Fargo Company
Adams and American
Frie
Pastor Makes 700 Pastoral Calls in Three Months
At the Croton Avenue Methodist Episcopal church quarterly meeting Rev. J L Stratton reported more than seven hundred pastoral calls in a three month span and 31 new members since the last conference.
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Croton Avenue Methodist
Descendant of City Pioneers Dies in New Castle
Miss Anna M. McMillen, younger daughter of the late White and Sarah DuShane McMillen, pioneer residents, died Tuesday after months of illness at her sister Mrs. David I. Campbell’s home 126 North Walnut Street. She leaves two sisters and will be buried in Greenwood cemetery after a 2:30 p.m. funeral at 126 North Walnut Street.
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Anna M. McMillen
White McMillen
Sarah DuShane McMillen
David I. Campbell
North Walnut Street
Clara
New Castle
Miss McMillen
McMillen
Jefferson Street
Neshannock Avenue
Central Presbyterian Church
Clara McMillen
D. I. Campbell
Greenwood Cemetery
Smoke Stacks Collapse at Crystal Ice Plant
Two 50 foot stacks at Crystal Ice Co. in Youngstown toppled yesterday crashing into barns and causing extensive damage at the plant site.
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Crystal Ice Company
Youngstown
Court Opinion on Custody of Ballot Boxes
Judge Taylor of Washington county rules ballot boxes must be kept by justices of the peace. The court finds legislative intent to provide absolute safety for preserving ballots and concludes the justice can safeguard them more effectively than any other.
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Taylor
Washington Country
Justices of the Peace
Portersville Farm Leader James Jones In Decline
Portersville reports James Jones a prominent farmer north of town in very low condition. Emma and Mary Bargley visited their mother Mrs George Bargley over Sunday. Mr and Mrs Henry Heberling visited friends in Economy and Beaver Falls last week.
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James Jones
Emma
Mary Bargley
George Bargley
Henry Heberling
Beaver Falls
Post Office Moves to Knights of Columbus Building
Until the Youngstown post office improvements are finished, the office will operate from the newly opened Knights of Columbus building pending completion of construction.
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Youngstown
Knights of Columbus
Fire destroys barn on Pearl Street in Fourth Ward
A deserted barn on Pearl Street in the Fourth Ward, owned by David Ballard, burned shortly after midnight Wednesday. Firemen from box 41 responded led by Chief Connery and the Ray Street department. The incendiary blaze caused a large flare up but resulted in only small losses.
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Pearl Street
Fourth Ward
David Ballard
Box 41
Connery
Ray Street Department
Five Musical MacLarens Head Popular Vaudeville Bill
A South Mill street family theatre showcases one of its best vaudeville offerings. The five MacLarens headline a balanced show praised for musical prowess. Acts include ventriloquist Richard Hampson with his wooden family, Fagan and Merrian in Surprises, Bessie Niram singing and dancing, Jack Lewis with an illustrated song, and Miller and Russell the bell boy and maid. The mid week matinee features strong laughs and strong reviews.
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South Mill Street
Richard Hampson
Fagan
Merrian
Bessie Niram
Jack Lewis
Miller and Russell
Bellboy
Properly fitted glasses relieve eye symptoms, doctor notes
Dr Likens, eye refract ionist at 33 North Mercer Street, claims headaches, poor vision, eyeache, red or inflamed eyeballs or eyelids, cross eyes and related symptoms are quickly overcome by properly fitted glasses.
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Likens
North
Mercer Street
Five Saturdays In February 1908 Unseen For Fifty Years
February 1908 will feature five Saturdays the first day falls on a Saturday and the 29th ends the month making a rare calendar occurrence not seen for half a century.
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D. R. Bollard
Holland Banquet
Modia
Java
E. P. Frey & Bro
East
Pany
Boy From the West
Yankee Doodle Company
Yama
Cleveland ST
Express Company
Portersville
Cane Fiavon
Cascade Vaudeville Theatre
Wyte
the National Bank OF Lawrence CO
New Castle, Pa
U. S
Pixel Se
Mortgage Loan Co
Peoples Mortgage Loan
Washington St
Patterson
Pittsburg St
R. S. McCulloch & CO
Pittsburg Street
The
Citizens National
Mill and
Washington Streets
N. Mill Street
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