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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1915
Page
9
Ellwood City industries show a rapid uptick as orders flood mills. Steel Forge will begin a night turn next Monday due to heavy business, signaling expanded employment. Standard Engineering works runs full speed on a Duluth order while Shelby Steel Tube boosts output with auto forging and a railroad car order.
An advertisement promises a hair removal paste using delatone to give hairless skin. It instructs mixing powdered delatone with water, applying for 2 to 3 minutes, then washing to remove hair with no pain and no skin damage, urging consumers to buy real delatone.
Welfare meetings start at 8 and 9 tonight and tomorrow at the Methodist Episcopal church Ellwood City with speakers Elmer Woods Harry Howell and Ralph McKenzie. No admission charged and the events are arranged by the Ladies Aid Society promising entertaining and instructive sessions for a large crowd.
One of the largest payrolls in months will be distributed at the tube mill today. About fifteen hundred men will receive pay as orders have been plentiful and a busy week is anticipated for merchants due to the funds in circulation.
Local complaints grow over motorists opening mufflers in residential areas and past the hospital. Attorney M J Kraus notes discussions to place signs such as Hospital Run Quiet to curb the nuisance. Citizens urge a city ordinance banning mufflers to reduce noise and vibration in Ellwood.
Reported at Fountain avenue and Fifth street, a haunted corner sees multiple blowouts in one afternoon. Drivers pass the spot frequently with one student tallying 14 turns Sunday. locals call it the city’s most popular autoist corner, with wagers on repeat turns.
City officials plan to install hitching posts along Bell avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets parallel to Lawrence to accommodate farmers and others with rigs. The decision follows a council meeting held last week and construction is expected soon.
An advertisement warns against surface hair removers and touts De Miracle as the only depilatory that devitalizes hair beneath the skin. It claims Immitations fail, offers a binding money back guarantee, and lists 50c 1.00 and 2.00 bottles with mail order from De Miracle Chemical Av. and 12 St.
Farmers struggle to find space to stand their rigs in the city, especially Saturdays. Removal of old posts worsened the problem. Installing new posts on Bell avenue is seen as a convenient, accessible solution to reduce inconvenience and satisfy many.
Shenango presbytery meets at Slippery Rock Presbyterian church on the Harmony line. Rev. Gusta West will be ordained this afternoon and installed this evening with sermons and charges by regional ministers.
Mr and Mrs A O Anderson of the Fourth ward celebrated Velma Anderson’s eighth birthday with about 30 friends. The party ran from 3 to 7, featuring games, merriment, refreshments, and gifts including a gold bracelet from her parents.
On Wednesday the 16th of August the One Hundredth Pennsylvania Roundhead regiment plans its annual reunion at Portersville if present. The event is a major affair with survivors scattered across the state expected to attend. Several members residing nearby anticipate joining the gathering.
Rev. Charles Bell ofBell Memorial church will leave on the fifteenth for a three month vacation. He plans to visit Vancouver Seattle and the forests of Oregon then travel to California for the exposition and other interests before returning home.
Mrs Margaret Kay sold a 36 by 89 6 foot frontage lot on Spring Avenue in Ellwood City to Jennie McDonald. The parcel is part of lot 532 in the Pittsburg company plan of lots.
John G. Cobbler and Mrs. Grant depart for the annual Ladies of the G. A. R. convention in the east. The local circle delegates will attend all week and return at week’s end.
This week the C. L. L. club meets at Miss Margaret O'Toole's Franklin avenue home. A social evening will be enjoyed with refreshments served afterward.
The advance man for the Redpath Chautauqua program touring Ellwood City arrives to promote the event scheduled July 4 to 10. The article notes preparations in the city for the series.
An advance agent has begun work with a twenty eight day man already in the city. Signs announce the session dates and ticket sales progress is described as satisfactory and encouraging to promoters.
Two tenants lodged at the city lodging house this month. Will Steven son from Cleveland and Ise Rooney of Williamsport are registered as roomers.
On Thursday evening a get-together banquet will honor the board of directors and governors of the local hospital. Plans will be discussed to boost the institution and aid its work in the community.
Mrs Charles Bells Mission Study class announces a social this evening at Bell Memorial church. Organizers spare no effort to ensure success and expect a large crowd.
Local figures including H H Reynolds C Henry Spagler Captain A C Grove and many residents are recorded as visiting New Castle Butler Altoona Youngstown Evans City and other nearby towns. Frequent trips include hospitalities and returns from outings with families and associates across multiple streets and towns.
Eugene C. Roberts Jr, longtime superintendent of Fairmont Coal at New Castle Pennsylvania, and son of the company’s general manager, will leave within 30 days to serve as a junior lieutenant in the Canadian overseas contingent. He is noted as the only American offered a Canadian army commission. His name does not appear in the Buffalo city directory.
In Oil City Pennsylvania on June 8 temperance leaders and Criswell supporters express confidence that the Venango County judicial contest will be decided at the September primary. They believe Criswell will secure at least a majority despite liquor interests' efforts to defeat him.
An old advertisement claims stimulants are temporary for nervous issues and promotes glycero phosphates as a natural buildup with Trutone tablets. It urges readers to buy Atos marzo tablets at Paisley’s Pharmacy, promising value for money.
In Venango County Criswell is the sole name on the primary ballot and is the sole recognized candidate for the general election. The Prohibition party openly supports him and can mobilize its county organization. The judge has a cross party group of supporters, while liquor interests plan heavy spending to defeat Criswell but cannot unify behind a single rival.
Peter Bongevenengo and his wife Mary are charged with selling liquor without a license by Detective Dol C Walcott at Alderman J Lee Cooper's office. Peter Bongevenengo is jailed awaiting a hearing while Mary Bongevenengo was released on bail. Hearing time not yet set.
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