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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1908
Page
2
Cleveland Ohio July 21 a new law bans the use sale and keeping of fireworks in the city Mayor Johnson signed the Pfahl ordinance introduced July 6 passed July 13 The move follows a long push and a fatal accident at the Kresge store that killed seven people In response fireworks makers may mount a counter effort.
A wide circulated bulletin urges clean water, food, houses, clothes, and bodies. It stresses boiling water in unfiltered districts, buying clean foods, avoiding decayed items, inspecting baking rooms, and checking store cleanliness and labels for truth. Emphasizes daily baths and careful shopping choices to prevent disease.
The article recounts how, wounded at Antietam, William McKinley lay beside a Confederate officer in a Winchester hospital. The foe endorses his Masonic application, and the Winchester lodge grants him his degrees, amid a path toward national unity.
Columbus July 21 Fred H Caley head of the state automobile department has assurance Ohio motorists may travel freely through Illinois Michigan Indiana and New York without the necessity of taking out license in those states Caley wrote state officials north of the Ohio river seeking reciprocity Ohio would allow machines to pass through without hindrance and asking that reciprocity be extended Pennsylvania officials replied that this would be impossible under existing law but assurances were given that an effort would be made to amend the state law
Rev. Herbert MacDonald's parish letters present readers with a sample of youth views on a model wife. The letter argues that modern life requires hired help and social duties, while a wife should master housework within income limits, provoking debate on changing gender roles and affordability.
Thomas J. Lewis national president of the United Mine Workers of America told Samuel Gompers to refrain from using his position to influence votes for Bryan. He said miners will decide their votes in November and the union is not committed to any party. The constitution allows members to seek executive positions under any party name. Lewis emphasized coal workers will decide for themselves how to vote.
The steel industry enters the second half of the year with renewed optimism as production holds steady despite a quiet market. Tin plate leads the recovery, with mills now in full operation in July after a brief early-year delay, and sheet production expected to follow as demand accelerates.
Pittsburg area faces suicide epidemic with 22 lives ended since July 1 and 12 failed attempts. Public conference led by Public Safety Director Lang with police and health superintendents. Lang says municipal action limited and urges clergy involvement to counter self destruction.
Residents who sent the head of a mad dog reported to Pittsburg for brain analysis were informed the head must be sent to Philadelphia due to hospital overload. The delay means bite victims await guidance on rabies treatment for several days or weeks.
Fred Miller of Spokane attorney for Harry Orchard and allied with Clarence W. Darrow declares for a simple life. He will farm 160 acres of Carey Act desert land in central Idaho, build a house and cultivate five acres in the first year. Mrs. Miller will accompany him as he plans orchard and garden trucking. he also works on a sagebrush removal invention.
The Youngstown Vindicator reports Billy Sunday, famed evangelist and former baseball star, likely will not hold revival meetings in Youngstown this fall. He begins a lecture tour Monday visiting Chautauquas and then plans to resume evangelistic work in Boulder Colorado in September before touring South Dakota Jacksonville Illinois and Spokane. Youngstown may still host him if one of the planned engagements is canceled.
Washington dispatch details ancient America in the Black Hills region where Cretaceous swamps and waterways preserved reptilian Ceratopsia fossils. Noting the Triceratops with a massive skull frill and three horns, the piece cites U.S. Geological Survey work and a National Museum specimen.
Jessie Shirley leads stock company in its 170th straight week at the theatre here. She wore a gray broadcloth sheath gown with black silk, drawing cheers from a capacity audience. Frederick E. Goodall, Spokane chamber of commerce president, will present a directoire with frills to the first four women wearing the Parisian gown on Riverside avenue at month end.
Patrol driver Howard Phillips returns to work yesterday after a vacation visiting points in the Allegheny mountains during his layoff.
Local residents from New Castle Mahoningtown Hillsville and nearby towns spent Sundays visiting relatives shopping or at Cascade park. Many travelers visited relatives in Erie Andover Niles and New Wilmington.
The Girard village council clerk announced that the council had ignored the proposal to annex the village to Youngstown during last night’s meeting.
John Makichik fell 40 feet from a platform at the Sheet and Tube mill in Youngstown after losing wakefulness on the job. He rolled from the ledge and suffered a crushed skull, dying at once.
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