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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1915
Page
9
The article notes Mr. Swift as a temperance leader during the 1913 session, head of the Pittsburgh district for the Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon League, and a lecturer on the whiskey issue nationwide, described as a leading worker in the current temperance campaign.
Fred Davis narrowly escaped death Monday morning when burglars struck him in Curtis Mason’s No. 4 Pittsburg Circle home. He was knocked unconscious. a pistol discharged wounding his left wrist as the crime was interrupted. No clue to the burglars yet, but they may be the same trio active in the borough. Joseph VanGorder of VanGorder’s Mills is improving after recent surgery.
Ellwood City prepares for a dry vs wet debate as Hon. C. F. Swift speaks at First Presbyterian on June 2. Swift, a noted state speaker, will discuss the liquor question amid county judge race announcements and local dry status uncertainty.
Ellwood City council street committee will report no land purchase for the Fourth ward to access the north end of the county bridge. Prices asked for the needed plots are too high and would raise taxpayer costs, delaying a direct bridge approach until values fall.
Ellwood City residents report interior work continuing at the United Presbyterian church auditorium. Finishing touches are expected several days before the June 13 dedication when Rev. J Reade McCrory will preach from the pulpit. Pew arrival, floor finishing, and pew assembly completed by carpenters.
Good Roads day on May 26 in Ellwood City district boosted drainage as culverts were cleaned and ditches deepened to improve runoff. Recent rains, however, left roads muddy where earth was piled last Wednesday, damaging some of the volunteer work but likely less severe than if the effort hadn’t occurred.
The new residence of Councilman D. J. Jones at Pittsburg circle and Spring avenue has seen rapid progress this past week. Stone work finished Saturday as carpenters rush to complete the roof and interior fittings. The grey stone dwelling enhances Spring avenue and the circle.
Harris plans a week to ten days in the east visiting Philadelphia for a Curtis Publishing convention. He will also tour Atlantic City and New York before returning home to Ellwood City.
A list of New Castle area residents including L. L. Gelbach Jack Harper Derrick Porter William Nelson Samuel Chambers J N Infield Carl Zeigler Marian Slocum Harold Seidel Lawrence Whittington Mrs Kraus George Lockhart and Dr Silas Stevenson who visited relatives or returned from trips to Zelienople Pittsburg Harmony Butler New Castle and other nearby communities. Memorial day plans are noted for Mrs Kraus in Pittsburg.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Cohen of Johnstown visit Mr and Mrs Arthur Cohen of Lawrence Avenue. Miss Helen Bastian, Miss Hattie Stevens, and Miss Mae Welch of Zelienople call on friends in the borough. Dr J A Phillis of Pittsburg and 10 L Phillis of Youngstown are noted locals.
Prisoners object to choir singing during confinement claiming it violates their sentences. The passage hints at disputed daily routines within the facility and keeps to a brief, curious fragment of the overall narrative.
Miss Mabel Barton and Leon Tompson married in Camp Run at J. H. Weber home with Rev. Charles Bell officiating. A private ceremony followed by a dinner and serenade. Mrs Thompson resides with the Weber family. Mr Tom Thompson is a Duck Run Road native. They plan to set up housekeeping near Slippery Rock church.
Riverview sales boom as a new suburb grows rapidly. A plot opened weeks ago has several houses under construction with 147 lots bought in the first two weeks and ongoing strong demand since.
National Coal and Ice company outfits wagon crews in blue and white striped overalls with rubber aprons. Painters at the Spring avenue office brighten the large signs at both ends of the building.
Mrs. Lewis Cohen of Johnstown arrived in Elwood City yesterday after a visit to Chicago. She will join her husband here and, after a brief stay with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cohen, Lawrence Avenue, return home with Mr. and Mrs. Cohen of Elwood City.
The Ellwood City Country club held its formal opening on Memorial Day after the golf links had been in use. Golf and tennis matches drew many members who spent the day on the grounds as the clubhouse was inaugurated.
Ellwood City June 1 Thomas Dugan of Fourth Street expects to bring his wife home from Mercy Hospital in Pittsburg today. Mrs Dugan was operated on at the Pittsburg institution about five weeks ago and has since been convalescing there.
An old advertisement touts D. D. D. Prescription for prickly heat rash poison ivy and other skin maladies claiming instant relief. It invites readers to try a trial bottle at 26 cents with a money back guarantee and urges asking about a larger bottle.
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