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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1902
Page
5
Big Run Valley notes a flurry of social visits and local updates. Numerous residents like James Gibson Mary White and Mr and Mrs J H White appear in daily life reports. The Mammoth June Movement sale promotes clothing bargains and free hats as rural life blends with commerce.
Walter Miller runs an engine on the P and L railroad. Miss Linnie Stewart shows typhoid symptoms last week. Children’s Day exercises held in area churches. Smallpox patient near Newport recovering. John McConahy confined with rheumatism. Rev. Long, newly installed Presbyterian minister, moved to parsonage. Howard Hoppengardner returns from Chicago to manage father’s gardens in Big Beaver. Fisher home reception honors Miss Quinn of Philadelphia. Quinn departs for home. R. H. Medard, now with Niagara Fire ExtinguisherCo., in town. Bob travels from New York to Texas with HQ at Louisville Hotel. Special offers from Cooper & Butler: goods priced 2.00–6.00 and 7.50–up, with men’s items listed.
June 9 1902 reports Mrs H M Wilson returning from a five week visit with Pittsburg friends Frank Chambers back from Altoona for the summer A T Young blacksmith burned his hand Mrs Joseph Campbell returning from funeral of sister Mrs Daniels Mrs Harry Lusk and her daughter visit their parents in town A Ladies Aid strawberry and ice cream supper set for June 19 Everyone urged to attend Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets advertised for biliousness Sold by Geo W Clutton and John F Neely.
Moravia Mrs H S Miller of Mahoningtown visited relatives here Sunday. New Castle guests include Mrs R M Leslie and daughter Grace. F W Cochran, working at Hillaville, spent Sunday with family. Several Mahoningtown and New Castle residents visited kin in Harborbridge and East Liverpool connections.
Joseph Chambers of Akron and James Wallace of Avalon joined Battery B veterans in Mt Jackson for a reunion. Locals and visitors from Pittsburgh to New Castle attended popular afternoon gatherings despite inclement weather.
The passage argues that placing a lamp between the book and the reader harms sight, as ill fitting glasses blur letters and strain the eyes. It warns that bright light causes pupil constriction reducing blur but damages the nervous eye system and muscles over time. A well fitted pair of glasses is preferred to protect vision.
June 4 1902 report notes W A Carr visits brother John ill with typhoid at New Castle while Mrs James Wareham recovers. Rich Hill holds a lively Children’s Day with ample surprises and praise for the young participants.
Slippery Rock Sunday school at the Presbyterian church meets next Sunday June 15 at 10 a m Y P S C E at 7 45 p m the sacrament of the Lord S Supper to be observed June 22 preparatory services Friday and Saturday preaching at 2 p m
New York Hat manufacturer closes out 1000 pattern and dress hats for two stores. Ladies and children's hats offered at half price with values from $1.25 to $8.00, marked down as part of a Great June Movement.
Local columns list a prospective wedding on State Street and multiple community updates. Mentions include Hoyt Shaw on business, Dr. Bittles and Miss Campbell visiting New Castle, and Mrs. Gavin Kerr hosting guests. June 15 communion at Oak Grove U P church and a church ice cream festival June 11 are announced along with a town-wide suits sale and various visits and gatherings.
Advice urges families to buy Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy now as it is essential for summer bowel upsets. Endorsed as the most successful medicine for bowel complaints for both children and adults, with local vendors Geo W Clutton and John F Neely listed.
Mammoth June Movement marks down White Bed Spreads to 69 cents and the 88c dollar White Bed Spread to 88c. Bleached and unbleached linens, muslin, sheets, and hotel napkins are priced with deep discounts across linens and fabrics.
A late edition ad promotes Brussels carpets Velvets and wall paper with sale prices from 0. to 6.00. It lists porch shades cushions and matting by the yard and advertises a large stock of 500 hammocks discounted to enticing prices.
H J Strickfadden of World-Herald Fair Haven credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with saving his son from severe whooping cough and possible pneumonia and from multiple croup attacks. The medicine is available from Geo W Clutton Washington street and John F Neely Long Avenue and Jefferson Street.
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