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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
4
Police search the ruins of five buildings after a dynamite blast in Cleveland's south side. About 250 residents fled as walls collapsed and windows shattered. Twenty seriously injured transported from the wreckage, with one report of a death and others missing. Police suspect saboteurs and probe the blast as an act of wrongdoing. Two patrolmen nearby saw no one before the explosion.
Harrisburg June 1 The Senate Judiciary General Committee has spiked the Wetensmich bill as it would help both wet and dry interests. The measure, passed by the house, would have allowed appeals to supreme or superior courts from any court of record with review of lower court testimony. The committee closed the door by limiting the law to all proceedings other than liquor license matters.
Three Moravia girls Hazel Perce Agnesy Perce and Pearl Staple were reported missing Thursday afternoon but located in Elwood City. They visited the police station indignant at being reported missing and said their mothers knew their whereabouts.
A terse report from W Grant Street near Sampson notes reclamation proclamations were torn down. The fragmentary item cites ongoing local notices as workers remove posted registrations in the area.
City authorities announced at dawn that any person found damaging or tampering with registration proclamations will be arrested and severely prosecuted to set an example. Special waters will be maintained over the proclamations to deter further acts.
The Navy League Comfort committee reports received finished garments including jackets mufflers wristlets and helmets from Lave & Megown and individuals. Women of New Castle have taken the work well though more jackets are still needed. A Scouts demonstration shows the use of consorts in Love and Me gown drug store windows Saturday afternoon and evening. Contributions for supplies may be left with George Carpenter at the State Deposit and Trust Company.
The board of trade secured 640 bushels of seed buckwheat for Lawrence county farmers. It will be sold at City Roller Mills for 2.65 dollars per bushel to farmers without profit, aiming to aid local production.
A late 19th century note outlines flour price drops and potential bread cost relief. It highlights buckwheat as a profitable crop in Lawrence County and urges farmers to secure seed promptly. It also mentions city mills ready to sell seed and compares seed potato urgency. An editorial line from the Kansas City Star links Liberty loan subscriptions to tax payments.
Beginning today the Driggs Seabury Ordnance corporation with plants at Sharon and other places will be known as the Savage Arms company. The firm now operates varied constructions with value totals around 300000 dollars and overall assets about 10 million dollars.
Youngstown Ohio June 1 The Brier Hill Steel Company announces construction of a 600 ton capacity blast furnace addition a rolling mill a power station and boiler house. With new plate mills authorized the firm will invest about 4 million dollars in improvements led by Wm P Schooley and others.
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