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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
5
Miss Rena Vera Pettitt and Carl Francis Allison were married at 1 pm at the bride’s father home on Neshannock avenue. Rev. Sherman A. Kirkbride officiated in the presence of invited guests in New Wilmington.
The Shenango presbytery covering most of Lawrence county and part of Mercer shows 8001 members with 386 added by examination and 262 by letter in 1913. It reports 5700 Sunday school attendees and expenditures of 68401 for congregational purposes 5492 for Home missions 6060 for Foreign missions plus other uses, indicating a flourishing condition.
Harvey J Book Hazel Dell Goldie May Price Wampum Ferdinando Capogreco New Castle Andino Giralama New Castle George Wiegard Breckenridge Pauline Bobilin Tarentum Alex W Leslie Enon Valley Martha L Stewart Enon Valley
Leon A. Potter alias Allen O. Thomas of Elyria Ohio known as the Get Rich Quick Wallingford is jailed in Moundsville West Virginia for fraudulent use of the mails. He secured an option on the Hazen farm near Conneaut Lake and sold it to W R Kauffman of Coraopolis for three thousand dollars. Kauffman discovered the deceit when visiting the farm. Potter was arrested by Inspect or Craighead, tried in Cincinnati and sentenced to four years.
Five year old Ralphard Peters of Boston astonishes experts by recalling and reciting Grey's Elegy after hearing it once. He can read difficult literature correctly at a young age and explains Bible paragraphs to his grandparents, while still learning numbers.
Edward Cavanaugh Jr. 21 died after a night out with friends in Philadelphia. He reportedly never drank whiskey before and collapsed at home after several drinks, dying in the early hours at the Women's Homeopathic Hospital.
Realty transfers include Howard F. McMillen to Charles Leroy McMillen in Neshannock for $1 and John T. McCreary to Wm. O. Quest in Neshannock for $900. Other notes show The Pittsburg Co. to A. C. Frey in Ellwood for $550 and multiple small $1 transfers across Shenango Union Second ward and North Beaver.
The piece critiques magazine advice on dieting and body image, arguing that efforts to trim or slim are extreme and often ineffective. It notes that fat or thin tendencies link to heredity and personal traits and suggests the safest compliment is to call a thin woman fat and a stout one slender.
Kansas City June 18 Harvest hands specials carried hundreds to Oklahoma and Southern Kansas wheat belt. One train of ten coaches left Wichita with 1,000 men along the Santa Fe line. Churches in the belt were nearly deserted as binders worked.
Mayor Tyler Seth nicknamed Eye and known as Pete appeared in police court this morning to explain a red eye incident. The brief hearing touched on his efforts to avoid further trouble in the future.
Samuel Booher of Liberty Street, a Pennsylvania Railroad employee, was badly bruised and cut after he either jumped or fell from passenger train No. 210 near Mahoningtown station. He was taken to Shenango Valley Hospital by ambulance. no bones were broken and he may leave soon.
The mediation talks between Mexican and American delegates near crisis as Huerta officials and Mexican leaders clash over neutrality and elections. TheAmericans press for a constitutionalist provisional head while mediators consider a special commission to oversee Mexico’s 1913 elections.
Washington, June 18 A man riding a bicycle attempted to reach Hill Church but collided with a stray cow from a nearby herd. The cow bucked and tossed J F Welch from the bike, yet he walked home unhurt aside from wounded feelings.
Carnegie South works employees completed a 125 foot steel flag pole to unfurl Old Glory. It will be raised soon in front of the emergency hospital near the main gate. A 105 foot pole at the New Castle plant inspired the Farrell machinists to build a taller pole by 20 feet.
A crowding selection of corsets promises optimal fit and value, urging buyers to choose models tailored to their figures even with slight price differences. Spring suits from 1914 remain on sale at two revised prices, with a note that stock is selling out but the right model awaits eager shoppers who visit soon.
Handseome broadcloths for capes are offered in colors such as Copenhagen French blue navy welrose golf reds Kelly green reseda mustard leather tans coffee taupe grays and black. New shirred girdles with elastic belting have just arrived. Plain colors and fancy Dresden silks priced 50c. A brassiere called surplice crosses in front with a low V style priced $1.00. Other attractive models range from 50c to $4.00.
Edmund McDonald secretary of the Youngstown Ohio Y M C A will retire August 1 to take a similar post in St Louis. He will manage the Central Y M C A in St Louis, a promotion noted by friends and colleagues.
A concise aphorism noting that universal self rule would deplete those in authority, suggesting a critique of perpetual self governance and the role of leadership in society.
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