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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1916
Page
9
Members of the Board of Trade are urged to vote tonight. Ballots sent to temporary headquarters or delivered in person before eight o'clock will be counted. those arriving after eight will not be counted.
The counting begins at 8 tonight at the temporary Board of Trade headquarters in the Lawrence Savings and Trust building to select eleven directors from forty four nominees. The canvass will be public and ballots, printed soon, will be sent to members. a smoker a week later will count secondary ballots. An open forum and short talks by business leaders will accompany the smoker program.
Hilles announced by direction of the national committee the name of a delegate from Ohio Senator Warren G Harding to be temporary chairman. Harding takes charge by acclaim. A delegate shouted no other nominations and a cheer rose as Harding was chosen chair.
The program begins with Charles D. Hilles calling the convention to order and James B. Reynolds reading the call. Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio is presented as temporary chairman and delivers the keynote address. Committees on credentials resolutions permanent organization rules and order of business are named.
Temporary Chairman Senator Harding grows greeted with cheers as he steps forward. He reads from a printed keynote and delivers a calm, steady call for national unity and defense readiness, drawing sustained applause from the audience.
Delegates and spectators respond with sustained applause as Chairman Harding extols party unity and national defense. He vows to fight for justice and peace, rejects watchful waiting, and emphasizes loyalty to Americanism amid a cosmopolitan society. Delegates cheer as he returns to the chair.
Statistics indicate only one man in 208 attains a height exceeding six feet.
The advertisement touts Hokara a pure skin cream that smoothes the skin removes dead skin and eases irritations. It claims pimples eczema and blemishes disappear with use and offers a money back guarantee. It is sold at McKee's Kut-Rate Medicine Store for 35 cents for a liberal jar with a larger size available.
Arguments heard before Judge Emery over whether a $10 000 bequest for publishing a religious book is subject to collateral inheritance tax. Defense claims charitable dissemination of religion exempts it. plaintiffs cite cases denying exemption. Government health service reports a new cheap disinfectant from pine oil.
O C Orr leaves for Chicago to represent the Reformed Presbyterian church at the synod meeting convening today at 10. No services next Sunday as synod is in session and ministers are away. The local church is pastorless after Rev J Johnston departed, with a pulpit committee supplying sermons.
Edward B McDonough and Myrtle B Tissue of Finleyville. Harry Earl Lent and Fannie Maria Shira of New Castle, listed among local license issuances. The note mentions no further details beyond couple names and towns. The final line notes France’s coffee consumption has doubled in fifty years.
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