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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1914
Page
4
New Castle News published every evening except Sunday from Corner Sycamore Street and Apple Way. Addresses telephone lines Bell and Citizens listed. subscriptions priced at 10 cents weekly and five dollars yearly by mail four dollars to insiders. Entry indicates second class matter in New Castle Pennsylvania.
All checks money orders drafts and munications should be payable to THE NEWS COMPANY New Castle Pa and not to any individual.
The News announces Barney N. DeFrance in Ellwood City and John M. Graham in Volant as new postmasters. The editorial praises their character and Democratic credentials while noting their ready acceptance of office and regular pay.
LaMont R. Skidmore of North Mercer Street sends word from Trappe Maryland praising The New Castle News sports page. He recalls John Franklin Baker known as Home Run Baker, famed for guiding Connie Mack and the Philadelphia Athletics to two world pennants.
Earl Merrick of Trappe Maryland sends a six month subscription to The News. The editorial says The News serves all classes, citing Mr C Hugh Blair as sports editor and noting a daily readership over forty thousand. It links reading to health and public service while praising the paper's broad coverage.
Robert A. McKinney promotes locating a hosiery factory in New Castle. He organized the venture, invested stock, and seeks others to join. The project targets 75,000 capital, with 52,000 pledged, and aims to employ about 150 workers, reflecting the city’s rejuvenation and redevelopment efforts.
Springfield reports six disabled witnesses testifying in the John Collins case against Holyoke Street Railway Co. about earning capacity before and after a limb loss from an accident involving a streetcar. In other towns residents push name change, a milk wagon driver sues for 25,000, Erie counters for 100, a heart treatment uses a captive balloon sleep experiment.
A column of humorous lines and quick quips touches on investment brokers and holidays, gas prices, storm warnings, suffrage, family dynamics, a czar assassination attempt, a blacksmith dog, Mercer County officials, Brown for Congress, Cincinnati asylum ballgame, cucumbers, Andrew Carnegie spelling, and Democratic postmaster forecasts in New Castle.
Kin Hubbard argues personal magnetism is a modifiable trait that improves social and financial outcomes. He cites cheerfulness a radiant smile and careful conduct as foundations, urging readers to improve their demeanor, join groups, and use magnetism to attract friends and opportunities.
In a collage of wry notes and anecdotes a speaker ridicules knockers and trunks, laments lack of park benches in Kansas wheat fields, and jokes about lawsuits, cucumbers, and fish tales. The column riffs on lawyers, romance, and social foibles with comic skepticism.
In Deer creek near New Bedford City Poor Director Jim Hamilton and Ed Garvin fish a large prize. Hamilton’s tackle fails and he dives after the fish spilling into the river, then Garvin pulls him to shore as the fish remains at large.
A historical advertisement offers a Sunday Special Chicken Dinner for 50 cents at IDEAL LUNCH located at 209 E Washington Street. The meal includes soup cream of tomato roast stuffed spring chicken with dressing radishes olives potatoes coffee and vanilla ice cream and a whole broiled squab with maitre d hotel sauce for 50 cents.
First United Presbyterian Church hosts a strawberry and ice cream festival on Patterson lawn at 315 North Mercer Street Tuesday June 23. Items priced at 15 cents. Community event advertisement notes proceeds support church activities.
New York dispatch lists today departures including Olympic to Southampton Rochambeau to Havre Lapland to Dover Antwerp California to Glasgow Minnesota to London and Pannonia to Naples Gibraltar Also due in are Celtic from Liverpool Washington from London Philadelphia from Southampton Provincia from Palma Iroquois from London.
In pursuance of a Camp Fire action by the Civil War Veterans' association at Cascade park on June 17 Comrades James A. McMillen of the 134th Pa Inft A Love of the 142 Pa Inft and J M are named among those organizing the reunion plan.
Martin of the 57th Pa Infantry and others are appointed to a committee to attend the Rochester Pennsylvania reunion on July 36 1914 and devise ways to erect a memorial at the grave of Dr. Robert Audley Browne late chairman of the regiment. John P. Brest commander Moravia Pa directs the action on behalf of the association.
Mr and Mrs W H Wolford of Lathrop street travel to Pittsburg to attend the funeral of their nephew Jacob Grunkie a fourteen year old boy killed by a fall from a building. Local friends mourn the tragedy.
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