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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1909
Page
5
Three styles of tailored suits priced at $8.50 feature 42 inch coats and full gore skirts. Colored linen with white piping and patch pockets are among the design details, with a special version at $9.79.
The 1909 Westminster junior class event in New Wilmington saw Carl W. McNary of Steubenville win the oratory prize and Marian Forsythe of Steubenville take the top essay award. Judges from New Castle and Mercer County officiated as readings and music accompanied the program.
State Fish Commissioner W. H. Meehan of Harrisburg will spend next week in Greenville and vicinity. He will inspect the best known bass and trout streams in the area.
Rain postponed Sunday’s games in the Sunday School league. Epworth and Mahoningtown Presbyterian lead with perfect records. Week of June 14 schedule includes matches: Mon Second U P vs Mahoningtown Presbyterian Grace M E vs Trinity Central Christian vs Epworth. Tue Central Presbyterian vs Fourth Presbyterian First Baptist vs St John’s Lutheran. Thu First M E vs Third Christian Mahoningtown M E vs B A M E Fourth Presbyterian vs Third vs P. Fri First U P vs Central Christian Epworth M E vs Central Presbyterian.
Joel Snyder the son of Mr and Mrs Co L Snyder of the Fifth ward is praised as a promising young pitcher and enthusiastic baseball fan. The Gazette Times will feature three pictures of him in action in the Sunday magazine section, sizing him up as a future National Leaguer.
Dr A R Rich of Epworth M E church will conduct Sunday service at 3 30 pm in Fairview schoolhouse where Highland avenue mission meets. Rev Dr W Foulke has led the mission for years but ill health stops his continuing involvement.
New York reports that Elbert H. Gary cites open shop preference at American Sheet & Tinplate mills, posting a wage scale unchanged since July 1 but contested by Amalgamated Association president P. J. McArdle who accuses Gary of error and warns wages will fall for tin mill workers. A Pittsburgh meeting is planned to decide next steps.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sophia Evans were held Friday afternoon at 109 South Jefferson street with Dr. E. E. Higley officiating. Interment in Oak Park cemetery followed with pallbearers named. Also noted is the death of 14 year old Sara Jane Gill in Youngstown from typhoid fever and the death of John M. Stewart of Pittsburgh whose funeral will be held at his sister’s home Monday afternoon.
Largely attended and impressive funeral services were held this morning for Archie Rankin, with a strong showing from family, friends, and community members. The somber ceremony reflected on Rankin's life and contributions.
James F. Young died at his West Middlesex home from heart failure linked to injuries from a March 26 tree fall. The 62 year old leaves seven children.
A brief, vintage dialogue excerpt contrasts Broadway strolls with financial caution, as a narrator recalls a man who avoided wandering but never risked his pocketbook, underscoring prudence over impulse.
Bay Sheets, an auto mobile driver in the New York to Seattle race, reached Erie at 8:33 am at 50 miles per hour. He was arrested by Sergeant Pinney and Patrolman Schwartzman for speeding, posted 25 as surety, then left for Toledo with two companions, forfeiting the cash. Sheets condemned the arrest, claiming Buffalo passers went faster without incident.
A basement salesroom offers Printed Cretonne and Chintz in many designs for porch cushions scarfs and drapery at 8c to 16c per yard. Yard wide Bleached Muslin 5c, standard indigo prints 5c, Percales 12 1 2c, Linen finished White Percale 12 1 2c. Dennison crepe paper 15c sets and 5c toilet rolls. A display of fine china and cut glass aides graduation and wedding gift selection.
Reports arrive of deaths in Pulaski Lafayette and Oakland with funeral services in Oakland Welsh and New Castle. Alexander Randolph 71 died May 12 in Lafayette Ind. Survived by wife and four sons. Mrs Ann Lewis 53 from 41 Wakefield Oakland funeral at Oakland Welsh church. Mrs Della Hubbard Clapp 78 died in Pittsburgh residence 718 Amberson Avenue funeral Saturday.
Conversation reveals a performer finally reaching the stage after a long study period. The note ends with a business update that all twelve open-hearth furnaces at the Ohio works plant in Youngstown will soon be in operation. Here the juxtaposition of personal ambition and industrial progress marks the item.
An old advertisement invites readers to have The News mailed to them while away. It promises “better than a dozen letters from home” and offers a ten cent weekly rate. Arrangements must be made at The News office and no agent or carrier is authorized to take orders.
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