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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
23
The school board set Duff's bond at sixty thousand dollars for his full term replacing a split yearly amount. Duff posted the bond and the tax duplicate books were turned over to him. The item notes community residents visiting relatives and local events including reunions, church services, and alumni gatherings.
McCaslin residents host and visit friends with many calls and visits reported. William White visits friends in McCaslin while Robert Cameron buys a fine pair of mules. James Ray and wife called on Monday evening. Mrs. Anna McCracken spent Thursday with Mrs. Ira Nelson and family. Mrs. Russell Parks of New Castle spent Monday in McCaslin. Mrs. Martha Boyd visited Mrs. Eliza Baker recently and Mrs. George Woods visited her mother, Martha Boyd, on Monday. Wedding bells are rumored to be coming soon to McCaslin as Ira Nelson family are visiting.
A Paris eater complains of heat, another just seated requests cooling. The proprietor resolves the quarrel by declaring to obey the customer who has not yet dined, a witty exchange reported by the Daily Mail.
Work has begun to remove the wreckage of the Franklin Bridge after it fell during flooding. Wrecking cranes pull debris from the river bed while a temporary pile bridge handles railroad traffic. Structural steel for a new bridge is on site and reconstruction will start once the old remains are cleared.
The ideal Thursday weather drew about seventy five people to Highland park for the Mahoningtown Presbyterian church annual Sunday school picnic. Guests enjoyed races, ball games, horseshoes and swings with a noon dinner of feast quality. Two long tables adorned with yellow daisies framed the scene before departure at five.
A delivery horse attached to Mornes & Brown bolted after an Italian band played on Cedar street yesterday afternoon. The frightened horse tore through Cedar and Cherry streets, chased by bystanders before being halted near Wabash avenue. A boarder grabbed the wagon’s lines and stopped it near Mahoningtown park and Liberty street. No damage resulted.
Miss Lillian Blanche Seamans daughter of Mrs Naomi Seamans of Madison Avenue and Richard Orville Wright of Shenango township were secretly married in Cleveland on Wednesday. They plan to spend ten days at the lakes and, upon return, will reside on Neshannonk Avenue. The groom, son of John Wright of Shenango township, is employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Shenango river odor vanished after repairs to the citys main sanitary sewer near the stove foundry. Flooding had washed out several hundred feet of sewer during high water, but the break is now repaired and the system is in good condition.
A plan gaining momentum proposes Seventh ward shops close each Wednesday at noon. Owners and employees would gain a half day off, with the measure slated for inauguration in the near future.
The Italian band performed yesterday in the Seventh ward wearing gaudy red uniforms as a prelude to the St Anthony's day celebration observed by local Italians today.
A party of 35 or 40 people from this ward plans a Saturday basket picnic at the home of Rev. and Mrs. M. W. Keith, formerly of the city, in Coraopolis.
The Mahoning Book Club completed plans for a picnic to be held at the park next Thursday.
A string of social notes records Frank Hamilton visiting Pittsburg while Mrs Maxwell, Mrs Davis, and other locals travel to Oil City Wampum Wheeling Ellwood City and Chicora. Edith McNary and Miss Johnston visit Canonsburg and Madison avenues. G I A meeting held in K P hall and other visits to Leesburg Pa and Wadsworth.
London reports Baron Churston rejects a published tale of his wife’s disappearance former stage star Denise Orme. He won’t reveal her whereabouts and Scotland Yard detectives are being called in though no trace of Lady Churston is disclosed. The case stirs London society as details remain secret and speculation grows.
In Reading Pennsylvania on June 13 Mrs. Clara Lash and her daughter Ida M Lash pleaded guilty before Judge Endlich to horse whipping Helen Y Ruth a local school teacher. The Lash women stated their conduct stemmed from anger over the teacher keeping Mrs Lashs son in school to rehearse for an entertainment. Judge Endlich ordered them to pay court costs within ten days.
Mrs Albert Wilson of Morton street Mrs Majors and Mrs Stritha zen and children of Ellwood City spent Wednesday with Mrs W C Patterson in Cedar street.
A large force of workmen are placing telephone poles at Gardner the new suburb east of the city and telephones will be installed in residents homes soon. Gas main work is nearly finished and connections to homes will follow.
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