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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1910
Page
2
A New Castle high school commencement address exhorts graduates to pursue mental breadth through college, physical health, and spiritual self control. It frames the future as a bridge to opportunity, urging steadfast hope, disciplined will, and lifelong citizenry as 1910 dawns for the class.
An advertisement promotes ACOMIA as the answer to baldness caused by dandruff germs. It claims Parisian Sage cleanses the scalp, is pleasant and non greasy, and makes hair soft and lustrous in days. Available for fifty cents. Geo W Clutton’s and Giroux Mfg Co Buffalo handle mail orders.
Four men from Conneaut Lake Cincinnati Ohio Pittsburg and Cleveland appeared at a New Castle police court hearing led by Mayor Lusk. They sought railroad work saying New Castle offered a shortcut to prosperity. The mayor discharged them and advised them to leave if they failed to secure employment.
City Controller Lyman C. Hughes signs city documents no less than 25000 times in the past year. He avoids stamps and writes his autograph every time. The piece also reflects on commencement exercises and expresses gratitude to teachers parents and friends in a nostalgic school article.
The article extols American patriotism sparked by the Declaration of Independence on July 4 1776. It describes the spirit as iron rings a shield and a sword guiding heroes through the Revolutionary war and praises the framers of the constitution.
The speaker argues patriotism goes beyond sacrifice and calls citizens to spend their lives shaping a better nation. He cites Gettysburg’s price of sacrifice and urges following the Goddess of Liberty, guiding by ballots over swords, to sustain noble, selfless love of country.
United Press reports New York to close Grand Central tonight with the Boston express making the final departure at midnight. The terminal, built in 1871, will be razed starting Monday for a larger replacement. Daily traffic averaged 60,000, totaling about 596 million passengers over 39 years. The Lexington Avenue terminal will serve the public during construction. The old station housed 366 cars. the new will handle 1,149 on 32 miles of track, with a 600 by 300 foot frontage and 105 feet height.
In Anderson Indiana on June 4 a county court heard Rudolph Zimmerman the Bowers estate administrator claim Joseph Beatson son in law stole a chest with $100000 in gold coins the chest reportedly weighed heavily when moved from the house to a wagon. Witnesses dispute whether the chest existed with some testifying to a hoard while others say it was a neighborhood imagination.
June 4 reports a serious affray in South Sharon leaving Jose Exposito with a knife wound to the abdomen a leg slash and a back cut. Police say Ralph Puna James Capon and Exposito were involved with Puna holding Exposito while Capon attacked. Puna and Capon were arrested.
Ground has been broken for three new brick houses on North Highland Plan of Lots signaling growth in Prosperity. The project reflects local development efforts and signals a new housing phase for the community.
Dr McCormick delivered an inspiring address urging continued studies and higher education, praising the graduating class. Prizes in gold were awarded for essays on American Patriotism, with Miss Sara Hunter and Miss Jessie Smith earning first and second prizes. Diplomas were conferred by Professor Thomas A. Kimes as Rev A B McCormick gave the benediction. a long list of graduates followed in scientific, shorthand, and bookkeeping tracks.
A long list of 1930s district court cases is summarized, detailing numerous charges including larceny, assault and battery, fraud, embezzlement, fornication, desertion and non support, burglary attempts, and receiving stolen goods. Prosecutors include Dominick Pignitelli, Joseph Moscarelli, Benny Featherman, and others while defendants range across multiple surnames with varying complainants and prosecutrices. The docket reflects a broad slate of criminal actions with no single dominant incident.
The article lists the Children’s Day exercises at the First Christian Church on Sunday at 11 AM. Participants include School No. 6 with a song, Gladys Allen recitation, a dialogue “Bright and Shining Lights,” School No. 12 with a recitation Reed McCullough, another dialogue “And a Little Child Shall Lead Them,” Sadie Nessle solo with quartet accompaniment, and School No. 18 singing.
The Men's Missionary Society of the First Christian Church plans a debate next Tuesday night on the topic Is This a Christian Nation. The program promises several engaging features.
A wedding tale recounts a man hired to eat heartily and pretend ptomaine poisoning to dampen spirits of other guests. The ruse aimed to keep the event peaceful and away from pranks.
Marion Ohio June 4 Mayor John Seiter orders arrest of all intoxicated persons and petty offenders, denouncing Chief John Klinefelter's Golden Rule policy as graft. He says drunks pressure officers to take them home, and prefers punishment with jail to avoid further disgrace.
Local butcher DeArman Bros announces home dressed lamb beef veal and pork with prompt delivery. Contact Bell phone 1268 or Citizens phone 375-W. Located at 30 East St.
Advertising copy touts Sexine Pills as the strongest and surest tonic for the weak and run down. The price is $1 a box or six boxes for $5 with a full guarantee. McKee's Cut-Rate Patent Medicine Store sells all remedies with no substitutions.
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