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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1911
Page
3
The 101 Ranch Wild West Snow promises natural riding Tuesday June 20 with no forced gaits or fixed poses. Cowboys cowgirls Mexicans and Cossacks perform the free style in a vast arena showing speed grace and daring without rings or restraint.
The Pittsburg Gazette Times reports a proposed electric trolley line connecting Pittsburg to Buffalo New York. It would start at Butler Pa run along private right of way via Slippery Rock Grove City Mercer Polk Franklin and on to Meadville Cambridge Springs then north to Erie and finally to Buffalo via the Lake Shore Buffalo line. An entrance into Pittsburg is planned over the Pittsburg Butler Short Line. A second suburban line Allegheny Northwestern from Verona to Evans City Pa is awarded to McComb Construction Co of Olean New York with construction to start.
Fifty years ago Mercer hosted a reunion banquet for survivors of Company F Tenth Reserves Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers. John A Andrews and George R Graham attended with Honorable Yorge W Wright, recounting campaigns from 1861 to 1864 and wartime service under Captain A J Warner.
A Kansas feature notes half a million adults have never seen a saloon. It claims no Kansas newspaper carries liquor ads, many counties lack prisoners or paupers, about half did not send convicts to prison last year, and Kansas leads in per capita property value.
Mischievous boys placed a hornets nest on a Westview trolley car in Pittsburg causing temporary chaos. Passengers and the police inspector acted to curb the disturbance, with the inspectors warning of severe action.
Governor Tener approved multiple bills including highway width by rail crossings 24 feet and a five year extension allowing banks to hold real estate settled debt. It also covers tabulated appropriation lists, city planning departments, real estate trustee sales, burial duties for Civil War soldiers, lunacy real estate lists, tightening extortion crimes, special county taxes for memorial halls, minor labor act changes for under 18 tanning workers, and admitting non miner injuries patients to soft coal region hospitals.
The Postal Guide announces a new one cent domestic postal card designated No. 5 to replace the K card. Size three by five inches, white card printed in red with a Lincoln profile facing left. Back bears U S Postal Card border, denomination 1 cent, laurel decor, and address side inscription in Gothic capitals.
Mme Sarah Barnhardt known as the Divine Sara remains a top draw with nearly 1 million dollars in gross receipts from an American tour ending June 21 in New York. The Players' Club plans a reception before she sails for France after 285 performances in 238 days over 25,000 miles across 103 cities. She is 67 years old.
Mrs. E. E. Lloyd of New Brighton is at death's door after a splinter while chopping kindling struck her eye, severing a nerve and causing a hemorrhage. Doctors fear she cannot recover.
Frederick Gebhardt and Thomas Barnes were executed in Sing Sing prison for murder. Barnes killed John P. Leonard in Brooklyn in 1910, while Gebhardt killed Anna Luther, whom he had married as Otto Mueller in Newark, then despoiled her and shot her near Islip. Police linked Anna Mueller to Hamburg store slips and a missing wife known as Anna Luther.
Chicago reports 20,000 homeless men, many migrants from the country, sleeping on docks, parks, and bare boards in firetrap lodgings. Three lodging types dominate: stall houses with 90 stalls per floor, the flop where sleepers furnish their own paper bed, and bed lodging houses with open floors and beds. Rates range from 5 to 35 cents with scarce soap and shared wash facilities.
New York report notes the Root amendment to the Canadian reciprocity bill is dead per a World poll. It says the Senate will approve the bill as received from the House with the Root amendment failing. The poll shows 33 against and 20 for the amendment. Non committed and absent voters total 47, majority against the amendment.
Y M C A directors meet tomorrow in the association building to choose a successor for General Secretary Hoover who has resigned. Several candidates are considered, with the final call to be extended at the meeting. Hoover wishes to depart only after a clear handover of duties, while Black of Oil City declined the post causing adjustments.
An old advertisement touts EZO ointment for instant foot relief from soreness bunions and corns. It claims easy nightly use with no preparation and urges purchase at druggists or by mail order from Ezo Chemical Co Rochester NY, with Geo. L. Clutten as a local dealer.
First Christian Section Two meets June 14 with Mrs J D Walker at 121 East Sutton. Mr Brooks to preach at First U P church June 15. Section Four meets June 14 at 3 with Mrs A D Mornes 221 East Falls. Section Five meets June 15 with Mrs R W Hettenbaugh 538 Harbor. Christian Men's society meets June 19. pastor to speak on Western Pennsylvania and Bible school. Mr McFadden and Mr Bryan to speak. Russell White directs music. One hundred men wanted. 551 new members are to be visited for Bible study. Children's day at First Methodist featured decorated service and baptisms. A temporary partition and removed organ in the north addition. Evangelist Rev Joseph H. Smith preached at Epworth M E and Airdome camp meeting. Shenango presbytery June meeting at Central Presbyterian with home missions conferences and public evening meeting.
Miss Li-yuin Tsao of Shanghai graduates from Women’s Medical College at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. The class includes students from Canada, Porto Rico, Germany, and Russia, with Tsao serving as class vice president and treasurer and regarded as the top scholar. She plans to practice medicine in her native city before returning home.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Shaner went to North Vandergrift to levy on a piano, was knocked to the floor and bruised by women at Laura Sells home, while a mob outside hurled stones. He later returned with Constables to seize the piano.
The article notes a rising trend in using life insurance as a method of saving among the population. It highlights growing numbers of policyholders and indicates a favorable view of life insurance as a financial tool.
Mrs Orville Rock of Paw Paw Michigan recounts a severe displacement that led to seven months of treatment and a four week hospital stay with worse condition after. She attributes recovery to Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and urges others to try it before surgery.
A man reaches an age where daily post dinner naps become routine. He asserts continued youth and vigor to those around him, despite aging.
Moody's Magazine notes that life insurance holders exceed 28 million people in the United States, with total insured value around 150 times the population. It cites 1910 figures: 14.68 billion in policies, 533 million annual premiums, 3.67 billion in assets, and compares insurance scale to bank savings.
The notice offers daily home news delivery during trips in the United States or Canada for a few days or up to a month. Arrangements must be made at The News office. Order before leaving to ensure home news at the same price.
All work guaranteed for a year. Watches cleaned. Main springs 50¢, hair springs 10¢. All kinds crystals 10¢. All styles jewels 50¢. All kinds hands 5¢. Any clock repaired 1.00. Jewelry repaired at reasonable prices. Gluck Jewelry Co., On the Square, 20 East Washington St., Opposite Traction Co. Office.
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