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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1913
Page
4
The notice lists telephone numbers Bell and Citizens, subscription rates for weekly and yearly mail, sale points at news stands, and a special instruction to address all checks and communications to THE NEWS COMPANY in New Castle PA rather than individuals.
The News cautions voters about a municipal lighting plant bond issue. It notes current taxes at 122 mills would rise near 16 mills with proposed improvements and renters would share the burden. It favors opposing the bond and cites The New Castle Electric Co. as offering lower lighting rates. It urges voters to consider other cities’ experiences with municipal ownership.
The piece notes Joe Thompson and state lawmakers pushing an anti cigarette bill in Pennsylvania to shield youth from nicotine. It reports New Castle tobacco dealers claim youths now favor pipes, challenging the law's aims and hinting at a possible anti pipe bill before adjournment.
A report warns that 5000 feeble minded women exist in Pennsylvania with only 721 of child bearing age in institutions. The remaining 4300 children may fill almshouses jails and asylums unless state establishes protective institutions to confine such women promptly.
Pennsylvania lawmakers consider two bills to address the so called feeble minded women. One proposes a $125 000 farm colony for restraint of child bearing aged women and the other a $425 000 industrial reformatory to teach earnings. The plans aim to curb what is described as a grave societal danger.
The leading field crops of the state by value are hay and forage. corn. wheat. oats. potatoes. tobacco. buckwheat. rye. Corn leads per acre in average value at 19.80 dollars from 30.1 bushels, while potatoes and tobacco show the highest acre values overall. Hay per acre averages about three quarters of corn, and tobacco has the highest per acre value.
A historical oration urges the current generation to fulfill its duty for constitutional freedom. It contrasts the trials of past generations with the responsibilities of the present, warning that failure would endanger liberty for descendants and friends of liberty worldwide.
A reflective quotation on talents and virtues noting they must be loved for themselves or renounced. Neither is acknowledged or rewarded unless the possessor can practice them unseen. The remark attributes value to inner discipline over external reward.
In Newport on June 2 Mrs Maude Waterbury was granted a divorce from Lawrence J Waterbury noted polo player society figure and stock broker after a yearlong exile in Cumberland Maine She received custody of two children and asked for no alimony Waterbury continues training with the American polo team for the international series with England's challengers.
Hints of June verses mix with a New Castle bond vote notice. The column touches politics and public finance, pitching a bond issue election and urging voter turnout to influence tax outcomes while noting municipal electric lighting ideas and rates.
Abe Martin jokes about stingy sellers and poor advertisers. He notes Teddy Roosevelt's six cent verdict, buys little milk and mint juleps, praises decisive city councils, mocks court proofs, and tempts readers with the idea of voting money away tomorrow.
The editorial argues for public ownership of the city electric lighting system, noting slight tax increases would be offset by lower light prices. It cites bonds of about two hundred thousand dollars and references successful municipal plants in Chicago and Dover to illustrate benefits and minimal tax impact.
BE CONNELLY reports a heated dispute over street lighting contracts and a forthcoming bond election. Councils, non Socialists, and Socialists clash over rates and the mayoral veto while the company agrees to long term terms. observers warn over a costly bond and delayed lights.
Police arrested four or five suspects Saturday night with Neal Mooney Walter Smith and George Wallace charged with fighting. Mooney faced 15 days in jail for failing to pay a fine Wallace forfeited $5 and Smith paid $4. Adam Mershimer was intoxicated after being given liquor and discharged by the mayor. investigators seek the booze supplier.
John G. Thomas, manager of the Lawrence County Mausoleum Company, says work will start on the Oak Park cemetery mausoleum around June 15. The structure will contain 408 crypts while efforts are also underway for a separate mausoleum at Bellaire, Ohio.
For nearly forty years this root and herb medicine has been used to help female health. The product is described as the standard remedy for women's illnesses trusted from coast to coast due to its merit and long track record.
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