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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
10
A longtime city health note warns that in many blocks residents have died from treatable diseases before medical help could arrive. It urges timely physician contact and early care to curb fatalities.
A man realizes he is tired of a girl and not truly in love. He neglects his fiancée, causing suffering as she clings to hope and writes again and again. Signs of dead love are clear. the only sane move is to let him go and move on.
Samuel J. Barrows notes the temperance rise is a global force with demonstrations in England France Switzerland Sweden Finland and Russia. He cites April saloon closures in Illinois Michigan Colorado and Nebraska and forecasts about 30 saloons closed daily nationwide in 1908.
Milwaukee Sentinel reports on a claimed devil tree in Mexico described as 12 to 16 feet tall with dangling leaves and grape-like disks exuding juice that intoxicates prey. Tendrils ensnare victims, limbs rise to form a crushing press, and crushed remains feed the tree, with human skeletons found among bones.
Charles Hart oversees the Worth Bros. Co plan to erect a blast furnace of 450 tons daily capacity with an 8.5 foot stack beside the Coatesville plant. Iron Trade Review notes open-hearth furnaces will run on hot metal, contracts are being let, and additional stacks will follow. Construction is by the company in New York.
Lawrence county farmers enjoy a busy spring with crops thriving after recent rains. The article notes wheat, oats, corn and buckwheat progressing, fields improving, and rural life bright with family scenes and planned pies, buckwheat cakes, and a hopeful harvest outlook.
Lincoln Steffens argues newspapers are more useful than police in crime detection. He urges robbery victims to notify papers, a view challenged by most police officials though Cleveland's police chief sees some truth in the claim.
Judge Kunkel in Dauphin County heard a nolle prosequi request in the conspiracy case against Frank Irvine the traveling auditor whose Capitol scandal remarks were used in Mercer hospital matter. Irvine collapsed on trial and was removed to an asylum as the court took the matter under advisement. The proceeding ties to Eleanor Stewart position in Mercer hospital affair and the timing echoes Irvine's hospitalization with Miss Stewart’s incarceration set for a later date.
Rev Father Andrzejewski pastor of St. Marys Polish Catholic Church and his sister Catherine Andrzejewski left Thursday for a two week auto trip to New York City and other eastern destinations.
Sunday School picnic details. Train from Pennsylvania Station New Castle departs Rock Springs Park Chester West Virginia at 9 a m instead of 8 15 a m Saturday July 25 Na 28602.
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