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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
4
Special Notice lists ownership officers and staff of The News Company in New Castle Pennsylvania. Includes President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Manager and City Editor, with publication and telegraph numbers. States subscriptions rates and sale locations, postal classification, and advertising representation in New York.
The Sharon Herald omits credit for a poem titled No Half Holiday for Them attributed to John W. White of The News. The piece lampoons misattribution and praises White as a diligent proofreader and paragarpher whose work is widely circulated. the complaint emphasizes proper credit and editorial accuracy.
The article describes the fight over a large Pymatuning swamp dam project in New Castle and Harrisburg. It notes strong local business support, partisan in-fighting in the Western Pennsylvania delegation, and the push to secure a $100,000 federal post road improvement grant amid broader budget tensions. Beaver County figures and Dr. Bittles are cited as allies.
The item argues against excessive spending and warns that blind obedience to setback leaders could jeopardize hopes in Lawrence and Beaver counties. It urges trust in local representatives and prudent fiscal judgment.
Militant newsboy and eight year old George Hice wants only pies baked by his mother. He rejects store and other bakers pies unless mother made them, taking two or more pieces when satisfied. The tidbit paints him as a typical hungry child with a likely future cooking challenge.
Distinctive invitations for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Gettysburg battle commission honor distinguished guests from Pennsylvania. Each invitation bears the Pennsylvania coat of arms with a gold embossed medal showing Peace symbolism, clasped hands, and state outline. Medals vary in gold silver gilt and gun metal, attached to ribbons of different colors for each guest.
A new electric auto route across the Alps connects Airolo Switzerland with Ulrichen Valais through the Bedretto valley and Nufenen Pass. The 25 mile line carries 22 passengers, runs at 12 to 22 mph, completes trips in 1.75 hours, and operates with ten stations and three daily trips each direction when weather allows.
Senator George Sutherland’s Utah talk at a Columbia alumni luncheon hints that Dr Nicholas Murray Butler could be the next college president to sit in the White House presidency. Friends say the Columbia proxy marks Butler as presidential timber for the G O P re construction effort.
In this column style piece the narrator jokes about dates and history from 1492 to 1904 and references the Spanish American War, the Boer War and later events. It weaves in local gossip on lawyers, doctors, grocers, holidays, and civic notes with wry humor from The News of New Castle Pennsylvania.
A collection of wry observations. Safe Bud’s sudden illness worries his wife. Farmers use rattlesnakes to control grasshoppers, a practice the writer disputes. Auditors’ report printed in three papers prompts questions about truth. Politicians imitate Teddy in libel suits. A Philadelphia preacher warns money rules are over as Penn graduates face life’s real problems. Heat complaints trigger calls for real work and brine. A German scientist doubts flying benefits. Newcastle fire alarms work only by hand. keep fires yelled or sworn. Government health advice on cleanliness is humorously contradicted by stubborn adults.
Civil Engineer Zahnizer testifies on the now defunct Black bridge 212 feet long 31 feet wide with about 12 feet above low water. Witnesses note heavy pedestrian and vehicle use from Seventh Ward and southern counties and discuss Atlantic avenue alleviating traffic. Estimates cite a $30,000 steel replacement and issues of grade crossings and brewer property impact.
George Lamoree, president of Standard Brewing Co., notes heavy daily traffic over a railroad bridge used by about 150 trains per day. He recalls no watchman or gates and argues a modern bridge with clear sightlines would reduce danger. He cites many workers, delivery wagons, and general traveler use.
A Venango County farmer writes of his wife describing her as fat fair and forty weighing 170 pounds She is a good cook and has lived all her life in Oil City She is a plain average woman who makes home the pleasant place for family and friends The piece extols the everyday wife as feminine salt of the earth and argues voting would not change her role or neglect of kitchen and nursery
The article explains that electric shock kills mainly by heart fibril contraction or respiratory failure. It notes direct and alternating currents differ in danger. low frequency is riskier. dogs die at 70 volts, humans feel little at 100 volts, cramps at 200–300, and 520 volts can halt breathing. It cites the New York Press.
A list of marriage licenses issued in multiple Pittsburgh area towns includes David Daniel and Alvesta Jones, Frank Blews and Maggie Keller, and Charles Robinson with Pearl Anderson among others. A separate line notes Venezuela imports reaching thirty one percent of total imports from this country.
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