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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1911
Page
17
Postmaster McKee says last month’s mail count is not finished but likely around one million pieces. The lengthy counting aims to inform a possible penny postage plan and reveals gaps in current profit reporting by class. Transport payments remain based on weight, with railways arguing losses and seeking rate reform to cover about 20 million dollars yearly.
City Engineer Milholland and Engineer Welker of the Mahoning and Shenango Valley Railway study the East Side for a Washington street car line extension and a sewer main from the park to the Cascade plant. They will report to the city council and the street car company on conditions and decisions.
Boston police link a youth calling himself Edward Brooks to locker looting at the Y M C A and other sites nationwide aided by letters from a girl signing Kath ryne. Investigators find jewelry worth hundreds of dollars and circulars warning others of a man matching the suspect.
E A Stoll secretary of the Y M C A at Jamestown New York may take the post left vacant by E A Hoover's resignation. Stoll visited on his way home from the Columbus convention and is evaluating the field. Secretary Black of Oil City has declined the call here.
Pittsburg June 7 James Lappman 77 president of the James Lappman Manufacturing boilermakers a well known horse racing lover and athlete of no mean reputation and longtime local political figure is dead at his home. He is survived by three children.
Washington June 7 Roosevelt has not pledged to support Taft for the 1912 Republican nomination. Taft and Roosevelt discussed nothing political in Baltimore. Roosevelt intends to stay with the regular Republican candidate selected by the convention, according to his supporters.
Yesterday afternoon a grocery store owned by Ludwig Lewis in Quakertown near Hillsville was broken into while the owner was away. About $50 in cash and goods were stolen. Two men were seen fleeing toward the Pennsylvania railroad tracks but no arrests were made. The old building likely allowed easy entry after breaking a door. No nearby buildings meant burglars faced little interruption.
More than ten thousand school children and about twice as many adults were disappointed as the annual city outing was canceled due to rain. County Commissioner ONeil has funded the event for six years, covering all expenses on the closing day of the term, making the picnic the city's premier yearly happening with last year drawing over 25,000 attendees.
At a Tuesday gathering of the National Protective Legion held at Mrs. C W Waddington home on North Bay street the group elected officers. Names include President Mrs C M Todd Vice President A L Freshwater Secretary Mrs Minnie Mayers Treasurer Miss Mabel Corbett Chaplain Mrs Elizabeth Waddington Conductor Mrs Sara Waddington Sentinel Mrs Jennie Stauffer Guard Mrs Anita Carlisle Trustee Mrs J Moore Degree master Mrs Minnie Mayers Refreshments followed by an impromptu musical program The next meeting in two weeks will be at the same location.
More than 2 000 delegates from the United States Canada Mexico and Cuba attend the 38th annual meeting of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections in Boston. Prominent speakers include Charles W. Elliott John Mitchell and Lewis Brandeis. The week long session covers law breakers children drunkenness health housing recreation social work families neighborhoods state supervision and administration.
A man named Soloman was arrested after a seven year old girl was taken to an empty house on Mahoning Avenue. Neighbors reported seeing the abduction and the mother forced entry to find the girl and Soloman in a room. He was later located hiding in a closet and jailed on suspicion. The mother swore out an information with Alderman Cooper. Soloman denies the charges.
Reports from Winnipeg show a rapidly worsening fuel shortage in Alberta and British Columbia due to the coal miners' strike. A government commission met at Coleman to press another settlement effort, after Allied interests urged action.
Local notices list residents Morris Blinn and Margaret Burnside of New Castle along with William J Thatcher Pearl M Waite and Fatima E Brown from Ashtabula and Fayette Munsell from Ashtabula. Names are presented without additional details or context.
St. Louis June 7 Gen Porfirio Diaz former president of Mexico will spend time in Southern France according to Jose Limantour former finance minister. Limantour and Guillermo Landa former governor of the Mexican federal district will meet Diaz in France this month en route to Niagara Falls New York.
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