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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1908
Page
9
The Salem Race Association schedules a major meet in the second week of August at the driving park. Large purses and pools are planned to attract horsemen from across the country. The new group, formed by local businessmen, will host races annually. Friday August 14 includes events with purses around 400 dollars and a free for all pace of 400 dollars.
The National Bank of Lawrence County will host a citizen reception next Saturday in its newly remodeled Washington and Mercer streets rooms. The event runs from 2 to 6 in the afternoon and 7 to 10 in the evening and invites all residents to visit these noted banking rooms.
Oyster Bay July 29. President Roosevelt will maintain a strict non interference stance in New York politics this summer and through the coming campaign. He will host political leaders at Sagamore Hill but will not intervene in nominations despite appeals from congressmen and assemblymen.
The K P O U association will distribute tickets to every entrant at Cascade park tomorrow. In the theatre that evening the lucky ticket holder will receive a beautiful bedroom suite.
E A Peck, former New Castle division superintendent now in charge of Pittsburgh division of the Baltimore and Ohio, plans to resign and move to a farm in Southern California after a bout with typhoid fever. His decision may trigger changes in the New Castle and other Baltimore and Ohio divisions.
Farmers report an unusually heavy hay crop due to heavy spring rainfall. Ideal weather in recent days allows crews to cut two to three tons per acre with high quality hay expected to store for use this year.
South Sharon mill officials report 20 hot mills at the South Sharon plan will run steadily after recent closures in other departments. Black plate from the hot mill is sent elsewhere, with some plate shipping from New Castle mills for local processing. Prospects are bright for continuous operations.
John DPD Orr secretary of the 105th Pennsylvania Volunteer regiment received an invitation from James Stevenson secretary of the 100th P V to attend the annual reunion in the Carnegie library building Beaver Falls on Wednesday August 26. Local members include Edward Tidball George Ackworth and William Riblet ofScott street Glenwood avenue and Salt Springs road.
Fifty Butler district farmers who housed unemployed foreigners during harvest now face wage disputes. Laborers claim work is worth at least 15 dollars a month and seek a decision on fair wages in absence of a specific contract.
Fireworks display at Cascade Park tomorrow promises to outshine any past show in New Castle. Organizers from the K of P invite residents to attend and witness a spectacular evening of light and color.
Henry C. Sankey of St Louis writes his brother C Sankey in New Castle Pa about an invitation to an Old Settlers picnic in August. He recalls boyhood days around Mullen town near a brick school and the town commons, playing town ball and field games, classmates like Ella Frampton and Cal Keefer, a dramatic ice incident at Shenango bridge, and church memories with Joe Justice and Clark Moore. He fondly notes past newspapers and carriers and hopes for future reconnections.
The O and P League unlikely to collapse with McKeesport's fate uncertain. Butler shows strong interest if McKeesport exits, while Steubenville also touted as a possible recipient as rail links improve access to Butler from nearby cities.
Manager Sam Wright of Youngstown arrived from Erie for three games with the Champs. A doubleheader is set for today with a third game Thursday morning. Wright believes the club will rise to contend for first place despite recent losses. He credits New Castle for lifting the club from last place and helping to pull the team back into a tie for third with Sharon.
East side citizens near the Almira home arm themselves with shotguns and vow to shoot dogs not wearing muzzles after a spate of recent attacks. Residents say they are enforcing the law, even if it means killing dogs.
Several hundred members of the denomination from New Castle attended the annual Baptist outing and reunion at Rock Point Tuesday. The picnic united all churches in the Shenango and Beaver valleys. Special trains were run over the Pennsylvania system to accommodate attendees.
A group of 17 Tecumseh Oklahoma residents arrived at the Pasteur ward of Charity hospital in New Orleans seeking treatment after being bitten by a mad dog. The party included two white women eleven white children one white man a negro woman and her two children.
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