Republican Ticket Includes Local Candidates in New Castle Area
The ticket lists Congress E F Acheson of Washington PA and assembly contenders R P Pomeroy Malcolm McConnell both of New Castle. County Treasurer John A DeNormandie and Prothonotary Ralph M Campbell also of New Castle. County Commissioner James A McMillin Scott Township and R L McNabb New Castle. County Auditor E N Houk Shamango Township and James Elder Wilmington Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
E. F. Acheson
Washington, Pa
Assembly
R. P. Pomeroy
New Castle
Malcolm McConnell
John A. DeNormandie
Ralph M. Campbell
James A. McMillin
Scott Township
R. L. McNabb
E. N. Houk
Shemango Township
James Elder
Wilmington Township
Price of War Staggered England’s Burden in Boer Conflict
An editorial reflects on the cost of the Boer War to England, arguing the price exceeds monetary sums. It cites figures for total outlay, troops, and losses, and notes postwar needs including a potential $15 million loan to restore the Transvaal. War is framed as hell.
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England
Paul Kruger
New York
the World
Michael Hicks-Beach
Transvaal
California
Britain
Ceylon
St. Helena
Bermuda
Cape
Great Britain
General Sherman
The Brown segmental wire tube rapid fire gun
The article describes a four ton cannon with four and a half inch caliber named the Brown segmental wire tube rapid fire gun. After 15 years of work it allegedly delivers a 15 pound shell to a target 25 miles away in under two minutes using minimal powder and a curved welded steel tube foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Giant coastal siege gun threatens New York defense shift
A 92 000 psi siege gun with a long barrel and reinforced carriage could outrange Sandy Hook defenses. Experts note its high range and energy, and warn such weapons could deter warfare among powerful nations if widely deployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sandy Hook
Coney Island
Ponder
Bryan misquotes Bible in Birmingham speech
In Birmingham Alabama William Jennings Bryan likened himself to Aaron and Moses while discussing the next Democratic presidential nomination. The column notes the Bible passage Joshua leading the Israelites after Moses death and argues the party is out of Joshuas.
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Bryan
Birmingham
Ala
Aaron
Moses
Joshua
Promised Land
Joshuas
Hadley Named City Superintendent of Sharon Schools
Prof. S Hr Hadley, former Terrace Avenue principal and New Castle educator, was elected city superintendent by a special Sharon school board meeting. The salary remains 1600 yearly. Hadley led Terrace Avenue to three terms as principal, advancing from rural teacher to city head in nine years.
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S Hr
Hadley
Terrace Avenue
Sharon
Pennsylvania
Astern
Ohio
New Castle
Sharpsville
Freedonia Institute
Locomotive Tumbles After Hill Collapse at Quarry Track
A TP and L E railroad engine derailed when track failed at Thompson Run Stone quarries. Conductor Charles Lanney and engineer Wheelan jumped before the engine toppled. Lanney suffered a dislocated knee and injuries. Wheelan, who has one leg, escaped with minor bruises. Lanney was taken to Beaver Falls for treatment.
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Ri Nten
Thompson Run
Charles Lanney
Third Avenue
Beaver Falls
Wheelan
Lanney
Dr. TV. PL
Simpson
All Humors Impure Matters Littering the System
The text claims all humors are impurity the skin liver kidneys and other organs cannot handle unaided. It describes accumulate causing pimples boils eczema loss of appetite fatigue bilious turns indigestion dull headaches and many troubles.
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Promise to Cure
Claims Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills remove all humors and invigorate the body. A user from Rumford Falls Maine says it drove out salt rheum and healed sores with continued use. The ad asserts the product both promises and delivers healing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Murs
Ina O
Rumford Falls
Class of 1902 Commencement in New Castle Opera House
A large audience enjoyed the New Castle High School Class of 1902 commencement in the opera house. Speeches by eight graduates explored science advances from electricity to the telegraph, with poems on astronomy and journalism and musical numbers enhancing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie B
Nicklin
Helen M. Armeen
David Lloyd
John T. Thomas
Parsons’ Orchestra
Roentgen, Edison and Priestly in Century of Science
A reflection on X rays transforming medicine and certainty in diagnosis. Mr Mueller places Roentgen atop century inventors. Mr Love chronicles Edison as a guiding magnet, while Miss Mamie Hogue notes Joseph Priestly’s birthplace and his pivotal chemistry discoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Thing
Roentgen
Gen
Hentgen
Mr. Mueller
Local athlete Ross Fiscus in dispute near Morgan shops
Ross Fiscus a New Castle athlete employed by Perkins Detective agency in Pittsburg and on duty at Morgan Engineering shops in Alliance and John Anderson a boilermaker clashed near the shops Thursday evening. Anderson allegedly struck Fiscus after a dispute sparked by a taunt about hiring union workers. Fiscus was arrested for assault and battery, pled not guilty, and released on a $40 bond.
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Ross Fiscus
New Castle
Youngstown
Anderson
Mr. Morgan
Fiscus
Col. Morgan
New Castle Man Arrested After Restaurant Cash Heist
William S. Bolton of New Castle was arrested in Youngstown on Sunday night on suspicion. M. J. Flannagan, who runs B. and O. railroad restaurants, claimed Bolton left his post and took $200 in receipts, prompting police to detain him. A more serious charge is expected once the arresting notifier arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Carpenter
Seaboard
New Castle
Carpenter
Star of Empire
Youngstown
William S. Bolton
Barrett
Nolan
M. J. Flannagan
Bolton
Memorial Services By Union Veteran Legion Encampment No 9
The annual memorial service of Encampment No 9 of the Union Veteran Legion will be at Central Presbyterian church on Sunday evening June 15. A ritual service precedes the address by Rev. H Moore. Two members T B Morgan and Robert McCurdy have died this year. Since organization there have been 31 deaths, with an average service term of three years four months seven days.
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Union Veteran Legion
Central Presbyterian Church
Roundhead Regiment
Boy Hurt Cutting Grass Near Bleakley Ave
John Fishburn six year old son of Mr and Mrs James Fishburn Bleakley avenue received a bad gash in the left leg after a sickle slipped while he cut grass in front of his home Monday afternoon. He was treated by an East Long avenue surgeon and the wound is painful but not serious.
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John Fishburn
James Fishburn
Bleakley Avenue
East Long Avenue
Prospect Great for Mechanics in Ellwood City
The Ellwood Advocate notes heavy residential construction in Ellwood City with many new homes intended for owner occupancy. Six buildings rise in the circle and about twenty more are scattered throughout the borough, signaling continued skilled labor demand. Projected work includes a new school, the Merchants' and Manufacturers' club house, and the Odd Fellows' temple, suggesting solid employment for mechanics ahead.
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Ellwood City
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Club
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Ellwood
Settlement Seems Remote in Anthracite Strike
News from Wilkes-Barre and New York shows no imminent settlement in the coal strike. President Mitchell and United States Labor Commissioner Carroll Wright report continued stalemate as miners and operators remain far apart with no new developments.
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Wilkesbarre
John Mitchell
Carroll
Wright
United States Commissioner of Labor
New York
Carroll D. Wright
United States Labor Commissioner
Roosevelt
Torrington
N. Y
Hocking School
Treesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Truesdale
Treusdale
United Mine Workers
Ralph Easley
Civic Federation
Mitchell
Easley
School Board Debates Matrimonial Ties Over Teacher Hiring
At a Monday school board meeting members debated potential conflicts between teaching duties and marriage plans. The board voted to notify all principals and staff to accept positions by July 1 or face vacancy. A member suggested courts could bar dual occupations after acceptance. Another advised pressuring suitors to decide by July.
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Fails
Injunction Sought Against P Y A Railway Case
Attorney Rh Kk Aiken filed a equity suit for Mrs Hannah Hughes and others against the P Y A railway and Charles A Sims Co asking a preliminary injunction to halt riverbank filling on the Mahoning river opposite Hughes property. Judge Wallace granted a preliminary injunction and a hearing is set for Friday at 10 o clock.
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Rh. Kk. Aiken
Equity
Hannah Hughes
Mahoning ‘Township
P., Y. & A. Railway
Pennsylvania
Aiken
Railroad
Charles A. Sims & Co
Mahoning River
Hughes
Wallace
Sharon and New Castle men form daily paper syndicate
A syndicate of Sharon and New Castle people plans a daily newspaper in Sharon modeled on Youngstown papers. An initial capital of thirty thousand dollars is set to launch the venture amid optimistic prospects.
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Sharon
New Castle
Youngstown
Happy Time in Old Town and Buck Len’s Arica Salve
R. N. Bevill of Old Town Virginia credits Buck Len’s Arica Salve with curing their daughter of a severe scald head, praising its effectiveness for eruptions and piles. The product is sold for two cents at Paisley’s Pharmacy and John F. Neely’s on Long Avenue.
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R. N. Bevill
Old Town
Bucklen
Paisley
John F. Neely
Long Avenue
Matrimonial Bars Erected by Synod
ASBURY PARK N J June 10 In a report to the general synod of the Reformed church a resolution was offered requiring any student in church seminaries to obtain faculty consent before marriage. Marrying without consent would end the student’s status. The measure drew dissension but passed. The education committee reported colleges and seminaries in prosperous financial condition.
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Publishers’ Press Dispatch
Asbury Park
N. J
General Synod of the Reformed Church
Committee On Education
Crane Fall injures Bartram man at tin mill
Bert Lytle of Bartram Avenue suffered severe injuries after slipping from a crane at a tin mill on Monday. He tumbled about 25 feet, injuring his left hand arm and side, and was treated by Drs Evans & Williams. doctors deem the injuries not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Lytle
Bartram Avenue
Drs. Evans & Williams
Italian man Raffaaelo Massocci freed after hearing
Raffaelo Massocci of the Fifth ward appeared before Alderman Cubbison Monday evening. The hearing found little evidence and Massocci was discharged. Prosecutor Domenick Diana led the case and a dispute arose when Massocci helped the prosecutors sisters move to Briar Hill.
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Rafffaelo Massocci
Cubbison
Dominick Diana
Briar Hill
Ready to Yield DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Piles Cure
S R Meredith of Willow Grove Delaware says the salve cured his piles without surgery claiming it is a certain cure. The product treats skin diseases and wounds and, according to ads, always yields to DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Paisley's and Cubbison Huttons and Iew Castle pharmacies stocked.
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DeWitt
S. R. Meredith
Willow Grove
Del
Paisley’s
Seventh Ward
Cubbison’s
Hutton’s
Iew Castle
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All Humors
Fred Eugene Westlake
Germany
Mr. Westlake
May Martin
China
Martin
Bessie Dice
Gallileo
Lick Observatory
Howard Sankey
Guttenberg
Great City Daily
Sankey
Miss Pearl Johnson
Pearl Johnson
King Coal
Johnson
Willis Pryor
Mr. Holland
Ces
Pryor
Ruth Watson
Kodak
Watson
Neil W. McGill
Trippler
Trippier
Farraday
Dewar
Lewis Thomas
Marconi
Mr. Thomas
Miss Pearl Merriman
Buffalo
Exposition Grounds
Niagara
Richard McComb
Richard Johnson McComb
Morse
McComb
Paul Mueller
George Love
Thomas A. Edison
Menlo Park
Mr. Love
Miss Mamie Hogue
Mamie Hogue
Northumberland County
Joseph Priestly
Miss Hogue
Nature
THE
Sickle
Shiloh
5. C. Wetts & Co
le Roy
Karl
Humphreys
Humphreys Medicine Co
Cor
William & John Bts
Drugeiata
Humphreys’ Med. CO
Cor, William & Jobo Sts
Meg
NEW Castle Business College
New Castle, Pa
Johnson & Carr
Moravia Street
William J. Moffatt
Pittsburg ST
Parker
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