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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1910
Page
4
Clyde Sanders tendered his resignation to the board of directors of the Young Men’s Christian Association last night. He has been secretary of the boys’ department for the past year, expanding its work to its largest size in history. He will leave association work to take a position with Good-
House Bopp & Co silk manufacturers of West Pittsburg notes a member will stay active in association work and aid the department after resigning as active secretary. No successor for Sanders yet. a committee was appointed to secure a replacement. The department now has over two hundred boys aged 12 to 18, with new equipment added and a reading room created in the Work among bars.
New Castle Y M C A board ends summer session with plans for a city wide ten day fundraising drive for a new building. A special campaign secretary will be hired, elections confirm officers, and a budget committee is formed to draft next year’s financial estimate.
United Press reports a hazardous Glidden tour from Sheffield Alabama to Murfreesboro Tennessee. Nine cars keep perfect records though yesterday proved stern with 15 to 30 foot streams blocking routes. One non-contestant car broke down and crew was rescued after marooning. Another car sank in swampy Dunn area leaving injuries. Today's leg spans about 60 miles through stump fields and mud. Penalties of seven and twenty two points were levied against two cars after the Nashville run.
Ellwood City officials failed to attract the Metal Products plant as it opted to locate in Greenville. Jamestown origins and Ellwood board of trade discussions preceded the decision. The move may dampen local economic prospects amid unsettled city affairs. Walter Woods of Rochester is held for the murder of Mrs. Ida Miller after a morning shooting.
Lou Schretengost was brought from the county jail this morning for a hearing on drunkenness and disorderly conduct. She was sentenced to pay a fine of 15 or serve thirty days in jail. She accepted the sentence.
The advertisement promotes Calvin Smith & Sons established 1889 as a storefront with a broad display of fresh green groceries. It highlights home grown strawberries for Sunday meals, a seasonal assortment, and emphasizes cleanliness courtesy and politeness as core values to invite shoppers.
A 1910s style advertisement touts ice tea glasses and plates, lemonade glasses, custards, goblets, sherbets, cut glass and hand painted novelties. Haviland dinner sets in 1910 patterns and china of all kinds are offered at the city’s lowest prices.
Report describes Wright brothers and Knabenshue displaying aircraft at the Independence Day aviation ground. Observers witness multiple Wright machines lifting and landing with precise control. Enthusiasm rises as crowds watch the rapid maneuvers and a wind wagon with an air propeller compete on the Indianapolis track.
The will of Joseph McCown of Muddy Creek township was admitted to probate on Thursday with John Castor and William Humpires granted letters of administration. The deceased, a widower with no children, bequeaths a 7 percent bequest and a $200 monument for himself and wife. The estate, valued around $2,000, is to be divided among friends and neighbors, with any balance going to the trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Portersville for church burner funds.
My Controller Lyman C Vnghe has nearly completed compiling serial and city statistics for the year book which is now being published. The book provides a clear and automatic report of the condition of every region of the city.
Advertisement notes a groceries sale with ten percent off all goods except items at marked prices. It promises extra goods for money and mentions a sale starting Saturday the 18th and lasting four days, at a grocer located on a street called MIM.
The YMCA magazine contest ended with 4002 total copies sold since start. Seven winners sold 2825 copies, averaging 4 per day over nine weeks, earning $8.10 per boy on 405 copies. Seven winners receive a week of free outing valued at about $4.59, totaling near $12.00 for the group. Ten entrants remained faithful through the period. Winners listed: Irving Jones, Stanley Whee lson, Roy Perry, Carl Kingsbury, Harry Blanning, Harry Forney, Jefferson Craig.
An ad from Druggist McKee’s Kut Rate Store touts Samose a new fresh-forming food with tonic effects claiming to help thin people gain fat and restore health. The dealer guarantees refunds if results fail and urges trial after ten days with small postpaid cost.
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