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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1909
Page
4
Public notice from The News Company New Castle Pennsylvania listing proper payee as THE NEWS COMPANY and directing all checks money orders drafts and communications be addressed to the company not to any individual for matters of public interest across the county.
President McArdle of the Amalgamated association urges tin mill workers to resist the American Tinplate company open shop plan. He warns nonunion defeat of wages and rights, urging united action to pressure the trust and possibly shut mills. Some New Castle workers fear permanent closure and ruination, while others favor negotiation and union strength.
A compilation of humorous scraps from papers like Cleveland Plain Dealer and Puck includes misadventures at sea, garden woes, social quirks, and light political jests. Phrases lampoon optimism, goat blame games, and anecdotes about hats, gardeners, and a flag day.
The Amalgamated union cautions workers against hasty action as American Tin Plate faces possible plant shutdowns. New Castle and Sharon workers show differing approaches with calls for compromise, while Pittsburg delegates at the convention hope a referendum will decide the dispute and satisfy all sides.
The American Sugar Refining company paid over 2 million dollars in duties after a civil case found withholding through devices at seventeen scales. The case cites pecuniary experience and statute of limitations but implies weighmen did not operate as cheaters.
The author of White Wings and other verses is criticized for a supposedly odd song about white wings. The remark highlights a claim that the wings were whitened with rub a lac, described as a modern dirt ex tractor.
The text describes a government driven criminal action and a $1,000,000 damages suit against a sugar refinery venture tied to Adolph Segal in Philadelphia. A loan secured by refinery stock enabled a voting control shift aimed at suppressing competition, forming a conspiracy under the anti-trust law and prompting a costly legal defense and training.
U S Consul Crowninshield ordered a thorough search of the steamer Berlin and all steerage passengers when it arrives in New York to find clues to the disappearance of Holland Bennett from his honeymoon voyage between Genoa and Naples. He suspects possible suicide but seeks evidence by questioning passengers aboard.
Commencement week at Mt. Union college Alliance Ohio features Rev J L Stratton of Croton Avenue church chosen as conference visitor to confer with trustees and faculty. He will travel Wednesday for the inauguration of William Henry McMasters as president and attend the president's residence reception and alumni banquet. Mr and Mrs Frank Moehle of Court street visited friends in Lorain and Elyria Ohio over the weekend.
Tony Cummings of New Castle, famed second baseman, left Saturday's victory after receiving a telegram saying his father near death could not recover. He departed for the east despite a hard fought game noted as one of his best. Pete Porter will take over at second in his absence.
Charles Nolan becomes manager of the Grant Street Athletic club, soon to be renamed the Nolan Athletic club. The team challenges any City league foe, with preference to the current leaders Italian A. C. The Nolan club is seen as a fast, strong aggregation with potential to win many games.
The article notes numerical quirks in league standings. It shows Brooklyn in the National League with a .368 percentage whose digits add to the team’s total wins. St Louis in the American League shares a similar pattern, with 17 wins and 7 losses highlighted. Cleveland’s .489 percentage also leads to 21 wins. In the O P league McKeesport’s .563 percentage sums to 14 losses, while New Castle’s .484 percentage sums to 16 losses, illustrating recurring oddities in standings.
The Sugar Bowl at 52 East Washington Street offers free music and flowers for the grand opening today and Tuesday. The Fifth Ward Bible class meets Tuesday at 7:30 at Mrs. Wheale’s home 13 Weaver Street to study Lessons 24 and 26. The class outing is planned for June 22 at Mrs. Shell’s home along the P H and B electric line.
Edenburg drops a tight game to Hazel Dell 5 to 4 on Saturday. Murdock allowed nine hits for Edenburg while Hergy pitched well for Hazel Dell, eight hits. Hazel Dell scored in the first and fourth innings and added a decisive run in the sixth as Edenburg,缺少几名主力, struggled to respond.
Evans City gears up for Old Home Week to be held next month with active committees and extensive planning. Many former residents plan return visits to see the town again as efforts focus on a successful event.
Town councils plan an evening session to decide Pittsburg street bridge removal and petitioned site changes for North street and Cunningham street. This will be the first meeting in three weeks. The L T L convention is set for next Friday at the First U P church on North Jefferson street with the program to follow.
Leetonia Ohio June 14. Authorities have no arrests and suspect the dynamiters may be Americans. The council voted a reward of $500 plus a county reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of those implicated.
A new act requires osteopaths to register at the court house by June 16. Those failing must take an examination before the state board to practice. Registered practitioners must be 21 or older, have two years of practice, and graduate from a reputable school. others must pass Harrisburg board exams.
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