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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
10
The Old Timers organization schedules their second annual picnic for Thursday August 20 at a park site. Thousands of Old Timers, descendants and friends are expected and the committee seeks names of eligible members and their families from New Castle and nearby areas.
Rev J H Holland of Seneca New York has received a call from the Second Baptist church on West Falls Street and is expected to arrive in two or three weeks to assume duties. A congregational meeting named two other candidates but Holland won majority support and preaches for them last Sunday pleasing the members. He is about 40 native of Africa married and will help repair the church before his arrival.
Attorney J Clyde Gilfillan is erecting two handsome frame houses on the east end of Winter avenue. Each six rooms with bath and modern throughout.
Leap year does not boost marriages in New Castle as prothonotary records show only two more licenses issued this year than last. In 1907 men proposed to 77 girls. this year 79 girls have secured licenses, reflecting cautious modern dating trends.
R C Rayser reports town visitors and residents in Pulaski including Mr and Mrs Joseph Evans Miss Lillas Clark and Mrs Homer Heasley plus Deputy Sheriff Frank Waddington and John Waddington Jr. attending local calls and a New Bedford Telephone directors meeting. The item notes a 1895 Peary expedition survivor Mennie Keshop seeking return to the land.
Among the bible teachers at the great bible conference in Silver Bay New York are several well known to this city. Rev. Robert Veach of Rochester, with many city relatives, leads a list that also includes Miss Margaret Slattery of Fitchburg Massachusetts noted in New Wilmington and W. W. White of New York a prominent Presbyterian.
Mayor Carver says he will welcome the work of the State Brewers' association to abolish low resorts in Youngstown. In a separate incident, James McCauley was thrown 20 feet when his rig was hit by a Pennsylvania freight train near Niles but escaped injury.
Incendiaries attacked Saint Stanislaus College again in Chicago on July 1, forcing twelve faculty to flee in night clothes. The Catholic institution, its parochial school, and church have faced multiple arson threats in the past two years. A New York state board report urges extending compulsory education for the blind.
Two Erie boys have died this season while hanging on ice wagons and street cars. The piece notes continued danger of jumping wagons despite warnings and comparisons to political opposition faced by President Fallieres over his planned visit to Emperor Nicholas.
Robert Bentley President of Ohio Tron and Steel says the Mary furnace at Lowellville will start mid July. He predicts gradual business improvement into fall with steady inquiries as prices stay low and profits remain small.
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