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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1913
Page
4
Special notice explains to address all checks money orders and drafts to THE NEWS COMPANY New Castle Pa rather than individuals. The piece lists officers editors city editor subscription rates and contact telephones and notes second class matter filing and foreign advertising representation.
Wells B. Clendenin of New Castle warns the Clark law’s council form may centralize power in a few, risking urban governance. He cites past city mismanagement, calls for middle class control of the five commissioners, and urges a vigilant, organized voter response to curb ambitious agitators and partisan excess.
A veteran and a new arrival clash over selling territory in a bid to secure a prime corner. The rookie, met by taunts, defends himself and knocks the regular boy to the ground before resuming deliveries with his second bundle.
A street weighing device in a downtown pool room spoke the weight when a mother allowed her child to try it. The penny slot activated a phonograph voice that announced a surprising weight of sixty three, prompting the child to claim a man was inside the machine.
Mayor Tyler holds court when a woman rushes in seeking aid. The chief of police is dispatched to a stable near her property after she reports the door was left open, prompting a swift but calm inspection.
A group of boys swam yesterday near the Washington Street bridge in the Neshannock Creek. A large crowd watched as the youths rode a small driftwood raft, rested briefly, then resumed swimming. An onlooker urged them to come out to warm up, but the boys replied that the water felt warmer than the air.
President W. P. Hansell Vice President James Mulvihill and other Independent Brewing Co officials of Pittsburg were found not guilty by a Butler County jury on charges they violated liquor laws. The case alleged unlicensed beer sales to Butler County from Pittsburg in carload lots.
J R Smith Advertising Counselor announces office hours for mailing list services offering names and addresses of registered voters in Lawrence County Pennsylvania. He plans to hire copyists to start soon and will provide lists in indexed books or on law copy for merchants candidates and township ward or precinct outreach. Appointment by call requested.
A humorous column mixes verse and prose with stray jests about Cupid, Vulcan, and a golden arrow that causes havoc. It pairs light poetry with satirical notices on local life including weather, politics, and education.
Grant City announces children’s day exercises to be held at Zion church on June 15. Flora Bruce attended the literary event in Jacksville Saturday evening. Mary Ruby visited her brother F. H. Ruby near Princeton on Sunday. Floyd Young of Salem spent the weekend with his parents A. M. and Mrs. Young. Talks of macadamizing the road from A. McCracken’s to the Grant City store are reported. Mrs. Robert Linton and daughter Dorothy of New Castle visit her mother Mary Gill. Mr and Mrs T. Kennelly and son Edward of New Castle spent Sunday with Eva McCandless. Clarence McCormick of New Castle visited his grandmother M. L. McCormick recently.
A collection of Abe Martin quips touches on a June wedding, Palace Bazar hours, harmony, and superstitions about gardeners and cats. It notes the legislature adjourns June 11, cites Roosevelt and Taft, and jests about a Beaver Falls police dog incident and gendered politics in New Castle and Chicago.
Petersburg hosts visitors Carl Wendt from Cleveland Fred Frey from Alliance Robert McCurley and mother from North Beaver Casper Hinikel from old Enon and son of Freedom Mrs Walter Suthern and son Kenneth from East Palestine visited the Scholls over Sunday Petersburg beat New Galilee 10 to 9 in a recent ball game Fred Krall and daughter and Mr and Mrs G Lusk and children from Girard visited John Schnable family Clark Wise and mother from New Middletown Clarence Winters and family from Youngstown visited the Sibers
In Constantinople on June 12 troops patrolled streets after the assassination of Mahmud Shevket Pacha grand vizier. His body was buried with rites as arrests mounted, many soldiers among the detainees from the Military league amid fears of further bloodshed and mutiny. The sultan remained nominal head while power lay with the military dictator.
A complaint to the mayor alleges that blasting by a cement company near Cascade Street shakes and damages houses. William Johns spoke on behalf of residents, describing several homes as badly affected by explosive charges.
In Beaver Pennsylvania on Cemetery Hill Theo dore Mohr aged 11 of Fourth avenue and his companion Fred Holsinger aged 12 of Eleventh street drowned in the borough reservoir while Holsinger attempted to rescue the older boy shortly before 5 oclock yesterday afternoon.
By action of the fire committee of councils last night the electrical committee was instructed to hire an electrician to look after the fire alarm system until a regular employee is secured.
A Minneapolis wife scalded her hand badly while cooking and, aided by a neighbor, used Allen's Ulcerine Salve. In ten days the hand healed with no scar. The salve, advertised since 1869, claims to cure chronic ulcers and old sores and to heal burns quickly. Sold by Geo. W. Clutton and other druggists.
Lord Leven, descendant of a storied European lineage, died in London today at age 27. The noble family once served England and Scotland, with forebears tied to Mary Queen of Scots, a Swedish field marshal under Gustavus Adolphus, and military action under Oliver Cromwell.
The 500 ton gunboat Concha ran aground and was wrecked today near Madrid. She is a total loss.
The article states that South America averages five and one tenth inhabitants for each square mile. This regional density figure highlights the concentration of people across the continent's varied terrains and nations.
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