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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1911
Page
4
A collage of humorous notes and social quips on June brides, trains held up by bandits, politics, crime, farming, and everyday life. Observations include jokes about June weddings, Sunday baseball, city budgets, shanties to bungalows, a 400 pound Brooklyn cop, women in farming, and oddities from New Castle to Pittsburgh.
Notice states all checks money orders drafts and communications must be addressed to THE NEWS COMPANY New Castle Pennsylvania and not to any individual.
The ad highlights dainty tub dresses in cotton foulard at 2.50, wash dresses at 2.50 2.90 and 3.75, gingham dresses at 2.90, seersucker gowns with gingham trims in lavender pink blue and black and white, and embroidered batistes with bodices and sleeves in all over embroidery priced from 7.75.
The garbage problem worsens as families without cans dump waste in alleys or on back porches creating fly breeding grounds and health risks. Councils are urged to investigate the true state of affairs and propose an immediate remedy.
E A Stoll aged 32 and longtime YMCA official accepts the call to become general secretary of the New Castle association. He will arrive August 1, succeeding E A Hoover who resigned. Stoll has 11 years in YMCA work in New York Johnstown New York City and Jamestown and was impressed by New Castle's prospects during a recent visit.
The fishing season is open with daily limits listed. Smallmouth and largemouth bass capped at 12, rock and white bass at 12, crappie pickerel 12, blue pike 25, sunfish and striped bass unlimited. Susquehanna salmon and lake trout also noted with limits.
The piece defends Taft backed treaty and condemns La Follette for stalling on the reciprocity bill and tariff revisions. It argues La Follette misleads farmers, paints him as demagogic, and contrasts Taft’s sincerity with his own presidential ambitions.
Absenteeism in council meetings delayed a garbage contract with H J Cohen. Once appointed Cohen lacked preparation for the large citywide task of 40 000 inhabitants, facing a shortage of cans and awaited shipments while outraged residents besiege him with complaints.
Aviation experts in Paris condemn sport aeroplaning after a Belgium to London race disaster that killed three pilots LeMartin Lendron and Prindeau and injured others. The death toll since 1908 stands at 64 with 26 this year.
Philip S. Evans returned from Milwaukee after the supreme conclave of the I O H as a representative of Conclave 229. He presented a resolution to place the union label on all printing from the supreme headquarters and the measure passed unanimously.
Jacob H. Schiff offers 1 000 000 marks to establish a university at Frankfort on the Main with no restriction on Jewish students. The donation targets anti Semitism still present in German universities.
Fifteen arrests were made over the weekend. William and Elizabeth Grannis fought on downtown streets. William fined ten dollars, Elizabeth discharged. Several others were discharged after accusations or medical attention. Antoine Simone and Tony Morry paid ten dollars each after late Sunday arrests. Two drunks forfeited five dollars each and a remaining disorderly conduct case closed Sunday night. City jail tally notes seven arrests by Mehard.
Local notices list Bible classes and prayer meetings led by Mrs. I D Sherbine Miss Huston Mrs R E Graham Mrs Brettell and others. Meetings are in homes on Dean block East Washington street Walnut street Fairmont avenue Wilmington avenue and Pittsburg street with dates Tuesday and Friday afternoons and evenings including the 16th anniversary June 20 with a picnic dinner and all day gathering.
Topeka reports Ella Wilson seeks tips from Baldwin and Cottonwood Falls women who first held Kansas mayoral offices in 1889. Cottonwood Falls voters elected a full municipal ticket after a whiskey crowd joke backfired, with women gaining strong majorities and long running administrations.
The Modern Woodmen of America convention meets in Buffalo N Y for a week starting Tuesday. A degree team from this city will attend and tour Niagara Falls and Toronto. Members include Milbrant Twadie Smith Hartman Shaffer Sweet Taylor Dougherty Hoagland Marley Covert David and Thomas Woods.
Mrs. Jackson wife of Rev. Jackson of the Sharon Baptist church suffered painful injuries when she was thrown from a buggy in an accident.
Elaborate arrangements are being made for the annual reunion of the 134th regiment to be held August 10 at New Brighton.
Minneapolis leads in sanitary waste handling with a plan that dries and wraps refuse before disposal to keep cans clean and deter flies. The system uses boarding guidance, a central transfer station, and electric hoists to move loaded bins to rail cars for centralized processing.
Time offers a navy serge full length coat suitable for seashore and resort use. Protective from dust damp and cold and stylish over light summer dresses. Models feature Bulgarian color embroidered collars and bright lined satin inside. Priced from 12.50 to 25.00.
Large assortment of children's wash dresses with many styles and fabrics. Prices range from 1.00 to 8.50, including tunic dresses, beach dresses, and gowns with different necklines and trims. Materials include percales, galatea, ginghams, lawns, batistes, linens, and Swisses.
White Dresses of every description offered with large variety and prices from $1.00 to $12.50. Styles include lace and embroidery trim and all over embroidery or net dresses that are well made and durable under laundering.
An article describes sending garbage from homes to a crematory or disposal plant by train, with boxes lifted by electric hoist and dumped into the fire. Paper wrapping is waste, disposed of, and drained cans reduce bulk, cutting collection frequency and costs for the city.
James Jackamp and family of Cascade street Ephraim Hoover and family of Lutton street Mrs Katherine Lang Fred Arthur Clarence and Lotta Verman of Lutton street spent Sunday on the Slippery Rock. Dinner was at Elliotts Mills and an evening lunch near Rose Point after a drive.
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