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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1906
Page
4
Saturday and Monday sale notes show printed lawns with floral designs, Gefo cloths, and seersucker at low prices. Brown shooting cloth, bleached toweling, damask, umbrellas, and silk fabrics are listed with reduced rates, plus shirt waists and undergarments.
Hosiery reductions offer savings on ladies' Fancy Silk hose and men's weave. Prices drop to 2 cents a pair on several lines including white and light shades. Special sale extends to children's and layaway items with bulk pricing on many stock lots. Limited quantities remain.
Fragments indicate a local sale offering reductions on underwear items including ribbed vests and other intimates. Details are unreadable but show efforts to clear stock with marked price cuts and limited quantities.
A mangled, humorous collage features R S McCulloch and Co and a tuld essayist discussing truth in papers, then a spring morning encounter with a young man and a morning ride with a lady. An eccentric pigmy tale follows, with musings on peacocks and language, ending with a Kennedy’s Laxative Hawey syrup advertisement.
Obituary notices for Mrs Mary Sackett of Neshannock Falls aged 78 born Keiny Williamson in Clarksville Mercer County. She lived in Neshannock Falls six years and was a member of the First United Church of New Wilmington. Survived by five children including Mrs J Wlevins. Also noted are obits of Mrs Cunningham and John Croran with details on birth, residence, and surviving relatives. The notices reflect local deaths in the area with mentions of family connections and church affiliation.
The New Brighton News reports the annual convention of the Christian Union of the Meaver Viallex Heesbytuny of the Unified Presbyterian. Delegates attended Thursday evening with devotional services led by Rev. Dodds and speakers from New Castle and Allegheny. The event featured an address by d. Campbell White on "God's Call to any Church" and officers elected include Miss Lynn Mitchell president and J. Brad Craig treasurer.
Dunn and Rice Co livery service operates day and night from 27 North Mill Street opposite the Opera House. Directors listed as Vinenat with two phone numbers available for contact.
A Chicago era tale describes Prof Spiegel selling stunts with beavers at a post office. A leather oil trick fails, a tin piece proves the ruse, and on a Milwaukee and St Paul railway a group of Indians causes chaos before officers intervene in a comic misadventure. The piece weaves anecdotes about cleverness and deception with parlor lessons and a columnist’s wry commentary.
The News publishes an official lack list of fire alarm boxes with locations across streets and avenues including Sharp, Jefferson, Grant, Mercer, Washington, Croton, Walnut, Mill, Court, and many others. The enumeration names numerous intersections and landmarks such as Shenango Valley Hospital, Moravian Street, and Pittsburg Streets.
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