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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1909
Page
7
The article extols Puffed Wheat and Puffed Rice from The Quaker Oats Company, praising their digestibility and popularity. It describes the production process with sealed guns and high heat, noting eightfold expansion and porous kernels, and claims broad consumer adoption and daily sales. Grocers nationwide carry the products.
John Morrison Fuller, a Glasgow banker and Harvard graduate, opened a Personal Liberty hall and dispensed free beer for a year except Sundays. He spent about 7000 dollars on rent furnishings beer and service and says townsfolk remained unconcerned with liberty laws and stayed dry after closing the hall. Fuller notes residents drank freely but ignored constitutional concerns. He declines to continue the project citing spineless locals and government restrictions. Fuller is 50 and from a Virginia family linked to Randolph Macon College.
Sharon residents face a dog control order after bites prompt Burgess Robinson to order all unmuzzled canines on streets be shot. The decisive action targets dangerous dogs amid local concerns.
The Mahoningtown Methodist church Men’s league hosts its annual June reception and banquet in the church parlors on Thursday evening. County Superintendent Lee Gilmore acts as toastmaster and Rev Dr Brown will deliver the address. After dinner speeches include Rev R N Merrill Dr T W Douglas and Assemblyman Robert Wallace. A musical program features Misses Florence Sheehy Claire Gilmore Helen Kelly and vocal performances by C H Martin and Jessie Marstellar.
Real estate transfers include Nancy A. Dean to Lawrence C. Dean in the Fourth ward for 4000 dollars. George W. Roe to Frank E. Dam bach in Ellwood for 1. James Potter to Filomani Conti in Ellwood for 1. Commercial National Bank to James McClenahan in Pulaski for 2000. McClenahan to George Greer for land in Pulaski township for 2900. M P Anderson to George Kocnik in North Beaver for 87.50. N P Anderson to John Mravlak. George T. Weingartner to Harry Ashton in the Fourth ward for 350. J S Allen to Frank L. Coulter in North Beaver for 1800.
A vintage advertisement urges reviving worn rugs with Easy Task soap. It instructs making a thick suds, scrubbing flat on the floor, wiping dry, and claims the rug will look nearly new. The copy promotes Easy Task soap as effective dirt fighter and fabric friend.
The Miller Construction Company of Lock Haven has won a contract to build 11 miles of the Pittsburg Shawmut Northern Railroad in western Pennsylvania as part of a planned 60 mile extension to Angelica New York. The work may start soon with eight tunnels planned and costs near 100000 per mile on some sections.
Local notices list residents at Sutton, Friendship, Long avenues and nearby streets. Sick calls, visits to Pittsburg and Cleveland, and social events mingle with street work updates and a baseball score at South Mill street grounds.
A New Castle citizen describes her husband’s back and kidney troubles, caused by train riding, and credits Doan's Kidney Pills with quick relief. She confirms the four year endorsement and notes repeated use and recommendations. For sale by all dealers in 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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