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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1901
Page
20
The Cairoryta Fig Syrup Co. promotes Syrup of Fies as a pleasant, effective laxative benefiting kidneys, liver, and bowels. It claims to cleanse the system, relieve colds, headaches, fevers, and constipation without irritation, using figs for taste and senna-based medicinal qualities.
Boston routed Chicago 11 to 1 and again 10 to 4 in separate games. Philadelphia topped Cleveland 12 to 8 while Milwaukee beat Baltimore 7 to 6 and Detroit defeated Washington 9 to 2.
National games yesterday saw Boston beat Philadelphia 9 to 8 while St Louis defeated Cincinnati 12 to 1. Today Chicago faces Boston Milwaukee plays Baltimore Detroit visits Washington and Cleveland meets Philadelphia in key league contests.
Schedule notes listed for today includes St. Louis versus Pittsburg Philadelphia facing Boston and New York playing Brooklyn. The matches outline the marquee games for the day with city and team pairings.
The piece recounts Philadelphia player Chiles avoiding a forty cent charity for a sick Cuban, prompting a clash with Steinfeldt in Cuba. Steinfeldt later visits Chiles in Texas jail and, moved by remorse, gives him tobacco while vowing to repay the debt, ending with a tempered mercy. Also notes brief sporting items.
Westminster College baseball capped a successful eastern swing with a 3 to 2 win over State College in the commencement game on State grounds. They followed with an 18 to 8 victory at Altoona before a 5 to 0 loss at Johnstown. Cameron pitched the State and Johnstown games with McKim at Altoona. H. L. A. C. is set to play New Wilmington coming Tuesday and Wednesday.
President Soden of Boston advocates a two region league with a central office to cut travel costs and ensure fair returns. He predicts a shift to 25 cent baseball, lowering salaries to attract top players. Also notes ongoing fish law enforcement in iCal City with dynamiting concerns and a $100 fine plus six months jail as penalties.
Westminster College defeats Fredonia Institute 8 to 2 at New Wilmington. Yolton earns win with 12 strikeouts and four hits allowed. Edmundson also shines. McKim Cameron Kuhn collect three-base hits. Porter and Edmundson cited for walks and HBP. Umpire Dunlap.
The Pullman sleeper departs for Chicago via the P L E R R at 6 55 P M and is due to arrive in Chicago at 7 60 A M.
A wartime style promo notes keepsake rate of 4 dollars 30 cents to Buffalo every Tuesday aboard the fast through car service. Departures at 7 50 a m with a 2 p m Buffalo arrival, tickets good for three days.
An ad copy touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic to refresh tired blood sharpen appetite and restore courage during summer. It emphasizes health benefits and urges use this season.
George Watkins, described as a suspicious looking man, was arrested early today after police noted his heavy purse of silver coins and attempts to convert them to paper money. He claimed the pay was in silver and intended for easier carrying. Police tied him to a Youngstown theft case involving nearly $100 in coins.
The Presbyterian General Assembly creed revision committee met at Shady Side church at 10 AM and elected Rev. Dr. Minion as chairman and Rev. Dr. Roberts as clerk. Three sub committees were formed with chairs Minton Johnson and Roberts to split the creed into three sections for later reports. The meeting adjourns at 5 PM with a fall session planned.
Ezra Matson a Fin employed in the Marquis limestone quarry fell nine months ago striking his right hand on sharp limestone. A piece entered the palm at the base of the thumb and could not be removed despite several attempts. Monday Dr. J. M. Blackwood cut out the fragment and dressed the hand which was beginning to heal.
The Courtney homestead on Neshanock avenue has been sold to J. A. Steahline, proprietor of the South Mill street dye works, who will take possession July first. The house is a desirable location and Steahline has not decided whether to use it as a residence or convert it into a dye factory.
Beginning June 1 the P L E R R offers daily Buffalo excursion tickets with several options. Season tickets run to Oct 31 at 5 75, fifteen day tickets 7 30, ten day tickets 6 45, and a Tuesday special coach ticket at 4 30 not valid in Pullman cars for train No 17 from New Castle at 7 50 am, returning by midnight Thursday after sale.
A Boston man who recently wed a sickly wealthy young woman is relieved after using Dr Kings New Life Pills to restore her health. The ad extols cures for jaundice biliousness malaria fever and ague and promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and Kodal Dyspepsia Care with pharmacy samples and local stores named.
A New York Mail and Express item notes that in 1879 only four British boroughs paid over a shilling in the pound for education rates, while today more than 40 do so. It also mentions academic moves at Williams College and Cornell, plus a northern North Dakota anecdote about a late night medical billing dispute.
A lawyer questions grounds for divorce, the client insists on exertion as the basis. The exchange humorously misreads desertion for exertion as the wife supposedly made the husband miserable by continual effort, in a Detroit Free Press snippet.
About 300 acres in Butler sit atop a coal seam three feet thick uncovered by workmen digging a cellar for a Main Street business block about 12 feet underground. The article also mentions medical ads for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with testimonials from H S Pitts of Arlington Texas and local pharmacies and drug stores.
Schedule of passenger trains at New Castle Pennsylvania in effect November 25 1800. Trains arrive and depart central time one hour slower than city time eastbound.
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