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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1900
Page
8
An advertisement at the Boston Store on Washington Street near First National Bank pledges reliable goods and fair treatment. It invites continued trade from old customers by offering the best value for money, emphasizing lowest prices as usual.
Special prices valid through Saturday and Monday on mackintosh skirt binding and best brush binding. Discounts on corset laces pins writing paper envelopes and buttons. Spool linen thread and Barbour Marshall linen products offered at reduced rates. Dress shields and corset steels priced to attract buyers.
Advertises seamless socks in tan and cream colorways with black and white feet. Highlights value and pair options for men.
Misses' hose available in all sizes priced at seven pence per pair. Colors include black and ivory. Limited stock as advertised in local shop circular.
Advertises bicycle hose available in all sizes at 12 percent price per pair, matching the described quality and style. The note emphasizes sizing and price parity with the described “the kind” standard.
An advertisement touts Misss ribbed hose available in all sizes at 25e per pair, claiming best quality for hosiery shoppers.
A compact ad promotes ladies' stockings with a guarantee of quality. It markets a pair described as black imported dermshort and asserts value at 200, with an offer promising a like price if not as advertised.
An old classified style note touts 95 cents for a wrap of the best wrapper. It asserts the product will fit better than any other wrapper and promises well made dimity in light colors.
Listing of handkerchief sizes and types in turkey red and white linen. Includes 21 and 24 inch kerchiefs with hemstitched corners and lace details. Describes ladies and gents handkerchiefs offered in various styles and prices.
Readying a fresh stock of ladies' shirt waists in white embroidery with inserting, offered at the value price of 1.25 dollars. Modern styling aims to appeal to shoppers seeking affordable, latest designs.
Court session hears Commonwealth case against John Maroney Bert Robinson and David Thomas for riot and assault and battery based on George Allen testimony. Witnesses recount car incident on Saturday night and a thrown stone. verdicts include guilty of assault and battery by the jury. Several motions noted. other cases adjourned to Wednesday and Tuesday with rulings pending.
Charles Lutten of Grant street tended cucumber vines with care hoping for early home grown produce. A cucumber reportedly grew from an inch to seven inches overnight sparking astonishment and neighborly chatter. Some suspected a store bought prank as Lutten planned to seed the vines for a noted variety.
Judge Wallace refused the motion to quash the indictment in the Peter Varvada murder case this afternoon. The trial will proceed and court adjourned until 2 45. The jury selection is expected to take the remaining afternoon.
Philadelphia will assemble delegates from all sections of the United States to nominate a candidate for president. Excursion tickets will be sold June 1 to 18 via Pennsylvania lines to Philadelphia, valid returning Tuesday, June 26.
A Washington cabinet member reported President McKinley is confident of renomination and will not express preference for any running mate. He said Roosevelt’s name is unlikely due to his declination, and noted strong Republican prospects in the West including Colorado Utah Montana Nebraska and Idaho with Oregon results bolstering optimism. The gist is McKinley expects re election with or without Roosevelt and aims for a free convention.
Editor George W Shaw departs with a picnic of cold meats and bananas for a ten day rest at Chautauqua and Buffalo He carries a letter from Mayor Warnock to Buffalo authorities for a guard and has funds sewn into his shirt He plans to return to his typewriter with a wry line about his carnivorous readers and a life preserver ordered for the lake crossing
Notice that New Castle Shovel plans to apply to the governor for a charter amendment to change its purposes and name to New Castle Steel Company. D C Wallace signs as president. application to be made on July 2.
John Urmson suffered a painful accident at the park on Tuesday when he attacked a man selling tickets through a window, cutting his right hand at the wrist and severing an artery. Dr. Wood Friton treated him.
A pocketbook containing money was found near Holenburg. The owner may claim by proving property and paying for this notice. Contact St3 B. W. Cover, Mdenburg, Pa.
A brief item notes a 48 pound sack of Best Winter W Ho colour, indicating a heavy grain bag likely intended for sale or storage. The line suggests a commodity listing or local trade reference without broader context or additional entities.
Acting on the India Famine Relief Work of the New York Christian Herald, Mayor Warnock establishes a famine relief fund and names EK. J. Magill treasurer of the Citizens' National Bank. Newspapers may receive contributions and a mass meeting is urged to aid India as millions face hunger. contributions go through American missionaries in India and will be acknowledged in the Christian Herald.
In Alderman Potter’s hearing, Mrs. Martha McGreedy charged neighbor Bernard McAleer with disorderly conduct after a visit to her villa. Four McGreedy children testified, disputes over alleged assaults and identifications were noted, but McAleer denied disorderly conduct and was discharged.
Word arrived Wednesday that Mrs Elizabeth Chadwick died at her home in Allegheny from paralysis. She was 60 years old and the mother of Mrs Anna K Irvin of 241 Superior Street who was with her mother at death. Mr Irvin left this morning to attend the funeral Friday afternoon.
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Taylor of Morris street died this morning aged two weeks after a period of frail health. The baby, once noted as perhaps the smallest ever born in New Castle, grew weaker overnight and passed away. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 from the parents residence and interment will follow at Oak Park cemetery.
W Os Randall ex chief of the third district of the New Castle fire department was badly hurt in Franklin last evening. While the fire wagon crossed the bridge to respond to a works fire he tried to board it and was caught between the wagon and the bridge work. He sustained bruises to his side and chest a wrench to his shoulder and a head cut requiring three stitches. He was treated at the New Grant house and was resting easier next morning and expected to be out in a day or two.
An advertisement urges using DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for ivy poisoning and skin ailments. It claims a quick cure for accidental injuries piles and skin diseases. The notice lists Central Drug Store Long Avenue Rhodes Drug Co 121 Washington Street and names Fred Hyde Mahoningtown.
Publisher Dispatch reports General E. S. Otis reaching Chicago at 7:40 AM from San Francisco, meeting officials, then proceeding to Rochester and Washington to report to President McKinley. He discusses war status in the Philippines, Aguinaldo, troop needs, and European perceptions. He comments on natives, Catholic influence, arms sources, and Admiral Dewey.
James Lawson of New Castle, a prominent colored Republican, is named by the Afro American Republican State league as a delegate receiver for color ed delegates to the Republican National convention in Philadelphia. Lawson says league grievances are resolved, harmony is restored, and members will back the straight Republican ticket this fall.
Commencement week at Westminster College New Wilmington draws many from New Castle with the Mth annual junior oratorical contest judged by Miss Harriet Phipps and Prof W Fowler Luck. Class day exercises and a cantata Maiden precede entrance exams portrait unveiling and alumni banquet with Dr J Q A McDowell toasts.
The passage extols a healthy lifestyle for beauty through good food sunshine and exercise. It promotes the laxative Syrup of Figs by the California Fig Syrup Company as a gentle pleasant cleansing remedy integral to maintaining beauty and health.
Des Moines bound trips offered from Pennsylvania Lines for the annual Music Teachers' Association convention. Valid June 1 to 21 with reduced tickets from ticket stations. return Saturday June 28. Des Moines service details imply round trip travel to support convention attendance.
Rev McCurdy of Jeanette preached to the Sons of Veterans at Epworth Mill Church on Sunday evening. He reviewed U S history and said before the Civil War the three great enemies were slavery temperance and political corruption. He linked political corruption to recent Pittsburg and Philadelphia findings and urged Sons of Veterans to show loyalty at home through friendship and charity. Mrs Parsons sang a solo and Miss Carpenter with Mrs Carsons sang a duet.
At the Var vada murder case heard in court on Monday, defense seeks to quash the indictment claiming it was filed in the quarter sessions rather than the proper oyer and terminer court. The judge remanded the prisoner to jail and will decide Tuesday morning.
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