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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
9
A Tuesday evening lollypop scramble followed serenade gifts to newlywed Frank and Mrs. McCreary. Children queued as two girls distributed money to buy candy, boxes spilled, and excitement peaked briefly before calm returned.
The Boy Scouts meeting announced for Friday night at the Presbyterian church will now be held Saturday at 7 30 in the pastor s study. All local troop members are urged to attend as final camp arrangements for the city scouts will be made then. The camp opens next Monday.
A new manhole will be constructed at the point where workers cleaning the North Cedar street storm sewer were forced to dig down and break into the sewer. The change aims to allow future cleaning without reopening the street.
W H Chambers the contractor for the new Mahoning school building has taken out insurance under the Workingmen's Compensation Act to protect workers if any are injured on the job.
Frost damaged the North Beaver strawberry crop leading to a markedly smaller harvest and higher prices in the market this season.
Bricklaying on the Fast Madison avenue section, overseen by Contractor M. J. Scanlon, began yesterday. If the present fair weather holds, the stretch should reopen to traffic within a week.
Freight trains from B. and O. and P. and L. E. again block traffic on the Mahoning town line. Cars and other conveyances are held up from ten to thirty minutes, prompting calls for city action.
The J W Hyde residence between Grace and Shankweiler on North Cedar street is being elevated to match neighboring homes. The project to raise the house has already begun.
Workers remove debris and clear a standing section of the Standard Steel Car plant. Officials indicate the ruined area will be rebuilt, signaling a broader reconstruction plan for the facility.
J. L. Leslie and A. O. Forney, janitors at the Mahoning school building, wheeled seats from St. Margaret's church to the manual training department for storage until fall use.
Earl Davison of Newell Avenue will join W H Chambers and Son on Monday to learn bricklayer trade. He will be succeeded as driver for A D Newell and Company by his brother Robert Davison.
The Ladies' Aid of Mahoning M. E. Church held a monthly meeting yesterday afternoon at the church. Attendance was very good and routine business was transacted.
Contractor William H. Chambers accelerates tearing down the burned Mahoning school. At current pace, officials expect the old building to be razed by week’s end.
Library day will be observed as usual at the Seventh Ward fire department building on Friday afternoon and evening. The hours will be announced.
Princess Mary Eagle Feather a Sioux girl in the Miller Bros Arlington Ranch Wild West show says she will not marry an Indian. She admires her people, learned from Haskell School, and reads white mens books. The show with Jess Willard comes to New Castle on June 23 with a morning street parade to inaugurate the engagement.
Lowellville files two damage and injunction suits in common pleas court against the B and O and the Pittsburg and Lake Erie alleging they crossed Water street at an unapproved grade. Each seeks 5000 dollars in damages and a court order to raise tracks and restore safe approaches.
June reports from Great Bend Kansas describe a severe hail storm that hit Rush and Pawnee counties. The storm flattened thousands of acres of wheat with strong winds, leaving two 20 by 8 mile strips as the worst affected areas.
The 38th annual convention of the Beaver Valley women opens with plans for meetings and activities. Delegates from local groups gather to set goals, share programs, and strengthen community ties during the event.
Rev. W. E. McCullough D. D. of Pittsburg will address the convention in the evening as part of the program.
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