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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1907
Page
8
H. Hice as receiver will offer and expose for sale the estate of McKee and Mitchell at public auction under Bankruptcy No 3573. Details of time and place to follow in official notice.
The court granted a rule to show cause on a receivership of a trust company. It also considers petitions to create Slipperyrock and Little Beaver townships, appoints viewers, and approves a bridge request. Insanity ruling commits Annie Sullivan to Polk. various divorces and property actions are assigned. A ward man seeks investment of $10,000 in oil bonds. a man pleads guilty to check forgery linked to wages.
An advertised tonic claims to restore vitality, cure insomnia, and improve digestion and circulation. It promises permanent cessation of drains, offers a $5 guarantee, and lists Boston agents and local drugstores as distributors.
Attorney Baer, appointed to inspect the Little Beaver township dispute over a schoolhouse site, concludes directors acted within the law. He finds the J. B. Field farm site suitable with minor fixes, despite objections about dampness and river crossing. Judge Porter ordered the report filed with a ten day objection window before formal confirmation.
Monday evening the city council approved locations for forty additional arc lights to be installed immediately. The proposed sites include West Falls and Beaver streets Locust Street in the hollow Jefferson Street in the hollow Falls and Locust Craig and Beaver Green and Wood Wallace Avenue and Mercer Moody and Delaware Sumner and Highland Glenmore and Highland Myer and Highland Highland at Johnston's Lincoln and Reis Boyles Avenue Hendricks and Carlisle Duquesne and Croton Cascade and Dewey Cleveland and Muberry Erle and Crawford County Line and Spruce Ashley Taylor and Chestnut South Croton and laundry Bay Street at fire department Bartram Avenue at top of hill Cascade and Butler Pittsburg and Morton Lathrop and Finch Arlington Avenue and Lathrop Long and Clearview Uber Street at top of hill Denver Avenue Center Street Jefferson and Sutton South Mercer Rebecca and Harbor Emery and Sampson Washington Street South Front Street Jones and Atlantic Avenues McKinley and Mahoning Clayton and Cedar East Madison Montgomery Avenue at bend Newell Avenue Ashland and Mahoning Avenues
The common council introduced several ordinances at its regular meeting. They cover repaving Highland avenue, safety for street railways, appointing a consultant for damage assessments, constructing a sanitary sewer on Arlington avenue, renaming Cochran alley to Cochran street, and sidewalk repairs on South Jefferson street. Members Elliott McClvenny Wallace Davis Warner are noted as sponsors or contributors.
The common council defeated an ordinance to pave Bridge Street in the First ward from Shenango to Beaver. Ex City Engineer McConahy argued the street is lightly used as travel declines. Councilman Warner pushed for paving to spur better homes, while others opposed. A separate bill re paving Lawrence Street passed. A sidewalk ordinance later passed amid protests.
Members of the Presbyterian union will hold their first annual banquet Friday evening in the First Presbyterian church. Rev. S Edward Young of the Second Presbyterian church of Pittsburg will speak. The banquet will be attended by all city ministers and their wives, plus elders and their wives from all four churches.
We offer great silk values in New Castle with40 yard specials. Foulards in several colors priced at 29c yard, about 10 patterns of fancy silks worth 75c priced at 49c. Eight pieces 23 inch foulards $1 value at 69c yard. 27 inch colored plaid wash silks at low prices. Black silks and other dress goods offered, with $7.25 to $7.00 items marked down. Compare prices on Pittsburg street and Washington window displays.
Our cloak room offers $5.00 dress skirts with a claim that everyone can be a prize winner. The ad notes strong sales from Saturday’s Long Gloves event and urges readers to act fast before stock runs out.
Manager Billy Smith of the Nocks mourns losing a valuable gold watch that vanished during Memorial Day in Youngstown when New Castle faced the champions. The Nocks stopped at the Colonial Hotel on Federal Street that day and Mr. Smith left the watch behind.
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