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New Castle News

Location

New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1909

Page

23

Tribe Ben Hur Memorial Sunday Service

Rigel court No. 9 Tribe of Ben Hur holds its annual memorial service Sunday at 3 pm in the Jackson block lodge hall. Open to the public, Dr E B Higley will deliver the memorial address with music. Four lodge members died in the past year. the sorrow lodge meets each year on the second Sunday in June. Committee: Francis Mersheifmer, Mrs Annie Coulter, Mrs nie Mayers.

Rigel Court Tribe of Lodge of Sorrow Francis Mersheifmer Annie Coulter Nie Mayers

Farmers' Posse Catches Thief in Chicken Coop Raid

Youngstown report says Elmer Summers, tied to raids on chicken coops and smoke houses, was arrested after a long chase and pistol duel. A. B. Knopp triggered the alarm, and a posse pursued by telephones. Summers suffered a missing finger and a gunshot wound. three men escaped.

Youngstown Elmer Summers Washingtonville A. B. Knopp Summers

New Castle Cricket Club Plans Practice and Next Week's Match

The New Castle Cricket club will hold a Saturday practice at Tube Town grounds at 3 PM. A match against Cleveland is arranged in Cleveland next Saturday, June 19, with the New Castle team aiming to win the game.

New Castle Tube Town Cleveland

Woman Sentenced for Tenement Fire in Youngstown

Lilly Edwards was yesterday sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary for burning a tenement house at Youngstown. In the blaze started by the woman, one man was burned to death.

Youngstown Lilly Edwards

Car negie steel mill department to resume today

After a 18 month idle period the 10 inch department at the Greenville Carnegie steel mill returns to operation today.

Carnegie Steel Mill Greenville

Local Option For Pennsylvania By Electing Temperance Judges

A new local option method spreads in Pennsylvania where liquor interests lost a local option fight via a Penrose-Oliver alliance. In Mifflin county last year, a judge pledged to refuse licenses led to 26 saloon closures. Bedford Snyder counties replicated the tactic, sweeping primaries for license-opposing candidates. The anti liquor effort, led by State Senator Miller, faces a powerful Penrose machine. Voters should support judges pledged against license. upcoming Lawrence county races will use the same issue.

Pennsylvania Penrose-Oliver Mifflin County Mifflin Bedford Snyder Counties Philadelphia Bedford County Foot Anti-Saloon League William C. Miller Miller John Wesley Huff Saxton Snyder County Penrose Hiquor Lawrence County

W C T U Holds Regular Meeting in Prospect Street Home

The Terrace avenue W C T U met for its monthly business session at Mrs R A Black's Prospect street home with Mrs Mary E McKay presiding. After discussing business, a general temperance discussion followed and lunch was served before adjourning to meet again in Morris street at Mrs Simon Ferry's home in three weeks.

Terrace Avenue R. A. Black Prospect Street Mary E. McKay Simon Ferry Morris Street

New Furnace Planned by Snyder Company at Sharpsville

Plans are prepared for a new No 2 furnace in the Shenango group by W P Snyder and Co at Sharpsville It will be one of the largest and most modern furnaces in the country with an estimated cost near 1 000 000 The Shenango Furnace Co a Snyder subsidiary already enlarged Nos 1 3 and 4

W. P. Snyder & Co Sharpsville Shenango Group Shenango Furnace Company

Chickens and Spring Lamb at Rearie Bros Storefront

Rearie Bros located at 125 Pittsburg Street advertises chickens and spring lamb. The brief note urges shoppers to visit the store for fresh poultry and lamb offerings.

Rearie Bros Pittsburg St

Struthers Sheet Mill May Start Rumor

The Youngstown Vindicator reports that American Sheet and Tin Plate may open the Struthers mill in July. The plant employs about 300 skilled workers, with Charles Gibson, superintendent, saying no start order has been given yet. The Cambridge plant of the same company will start next week after a two year delay.

American Sheet & Tin Plate Company Struthers Youngstown

Edenburg Evangelist Rev Willis Draws Crowds Each Service

Special evangelistic meetings drawn large crowds in Edenburg as Rev Geo W Willis speaks at 8 o clock services this evening and Saturday. Four services are planned Sunday at 9 45 10 45 2 30 and 8 p m with Willis staying to Monday evening for a lecture. He preaches sunshine religion and has made many warm friends since arriving.

Edenburg Geo. W. Willis Willis

Better Street Car Service to Cascade Baseball Games

Better street car service will be provided for baseball game patrons at Cascade grounds by Superintendent Smith of the Traction company. Starting today cars will depart Washington and Mill streets at 1.55, 2.05, 2.15, 2.25, 2.35, 2.40, 2.45, 2.50, 2.55 and 3.05 to serve all city areas.

Cascade Grounds Smith The Traction Company Washington and Mill Streets

Flower Mission Day Observed Citywide

Flower Mission Day was observed Friday with WCTU and Loyal Temperance Legion volunteers delivering bouquets to the sick, shut ins, and city institutions. Hospitals, Almira Home, City Home, and streetcar workers received floral reminders, an annual pretty custom.

Woman's Christian Temperance Union Loyal Temperance Legion Shutins Almira City

Bryan Declares Candidacy for U. S. Senate in Nebraska

William J. Bryan will seek the U.S. Senate seat to succeed Elmer J. Burkett whose term ends in 1911. The announcement, issued by Richard Metcalf, editor of the Com moner, states Bryan will run under a direct primary modeled after Oregon law. Nebraska’s general election is in November 1910 with a September primary. This marks Bryan’s first authoritative declaration.

Omaha Neb William J. Bryan United States Senate Elmer J. Burkett Richard Metcalf Commoner Bryan Nebraska

Windy City Health Picture From Dr Evans

Chicago health commissioner Dr. Evans paints a grim view of the city’s health crisis. He cites tuberculosis bronchitis overcrowded housing and air pollution as spreading diseases and coal dust coating lungs. He urges strict smoke laws and better ventilation even in cold rooms.

Windy City Evans Chicago Joliet Prison

No Life Free From Care Says Old Adage

The saying reminds that no existence is free of heart pangs. One must accept troubles as they come, face them, and swiftly cast worries from the mind.

Indiana Sociologist Calls Married Women in Business a Peril

A Washington Post quotation notes a Indiana sociologist claiming married women in business are a peril to their male competitors, reflecting 19th or early 20th century attitudes toward women in commerce and gender roles.

Indiana Washington Post

The Only Limit Motivates Effort Across Tasks

A quotation attributed to Carlyle declares that men fall short unless they do all they can. The saying emphasizes personal drive and total effort as the true boundary of achievement. No additional context is provided.

THE Swift Specific CO Atlanta Carlyle

Bounty for Babies Promoted by Nantes Council

The Nantes city council voted a bounty for marriages and children. Any Nantes city employee in good standing will receive 20 dollars at marriage and 10 dollars monthly for each child until age 14. If the father's salary exceeds 600 dollars yearly, payments stop, deemed sufficient for a large French family.

Nantes France New York Tribune

Woman joins society. husband spoils dinner table break

A quirky remark notes that just as a woman resolves to enter society, her husband often ruins the moment with a dreadful break at the dinner table. The line captures a light social humor about domestic interruptions.

Remark on dealing with fools from Ca Tullo Mendes

A sharp quip on social behavior and politics quotes Ca Tullo Mendes noting that polite restraint with fools distances one from them and that the best distance stick can save trouble. It frames politeness as isolation and critiques political tact as ineffective.

Catullo Mendes

China’s Early Paper Money Decline and Commission Probe

China led early in paper currency use in business but stopped issuing bank notes after the fifteenth century. Now, amid industrial growth, the government has appointed a commission to investigate the matter and explore potential revival or reforms.

China Celestial Empire

Northwest land riches praised as a whopper truth

A land agent in the great northwest extolls the region's riches prompting a protest from a listener. A writer in the Outlook defends him with a paradox stating the truth is so wonderful that it takes a whopper to express it.

Great Northwest

Largest ostrich feather sale in London hits 105000 pounds

A London auction set a record with the largest single sale of ostrich feathers, totaling 105000 pounds in value. The event marked the biggest consignment ever dispatched in one auction, drawing buyers from across the city.

London

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Tribe Ben Hur KE. BE. Higley UEAT S.S.S Eagle Brand Bell Phone Washington New Castle, Pa Ihe United States Mahorivecow Struthers Sheet Mill U. S Schloss Bros. & CO. Fine Clothes Makers Baltimore and New Yort East Washington Street Nature’s Citizens National Bank Corner Mill Washington Streets Thomas W. Phillips Lewis S. Hoyt David Jameson J. P. H. Cunningham Alex. Crawford Hoyt Edward T. Kurtz J. Norman Martin John H. Preston Chas. H. Andrews Samuel McCreary Cascade Park Jordan, Brauneck and Chalita Tom Katz Strickland Rube Leeds and Lemar James R. Waters Singing Orpheum Comedy 4
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