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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1907
Page
4
Public interest correspondence across the county is solicited. All checks money orders drafts and communications should be sent to the News Company New Castle Pa and not to any individual.
East Liverpool residents pass Beal local option measure by 293 with 4295 votes cast to close all saloons for at least two years. The article notes potential future elections, the rise of temperance sentiment, and parallels with Wellsburg West Virginia, plus possible clubs selling to members under state law.
The piece argues that New Castle under Judge Porter regulates saloons well and urges a local option law to align Pennsylvania with Ohio standards. It notes the risk and politics of local license tests and calls for a clear public expression to ease court pressures and ensure fair privileges.
Mr. McNaughton, a Scotsman visiting Clevedon in Somerset, reports a large snake like creature leaping near his skiff a mile from the pier. He describes a mummy like head with sunken eyes and hairy flaps and says the beast attacked, flinging him into the water before vanishing and leaving him to swim to Portishead.
The late George M. Clark of Feldville was a Barnum & Bailey clown detained as a witness in a Concord New Hampshire divorce trial. The prosecutor mocked Clark asking if he as a showman bleached makeup to imitate a negro. Clark replied that his father was a lawyer.
A collection of wry vignettes and quips touching politics, society, and daily life. It includes jab at Pennypacker, fashion laws on hats, car and horse clashes, marriage jokes, and references to Germany and Italy amid a playful editorial tone.
Professor Robert Leuc imayer of the University of Prague proposes that tree toads swallows fishes and other species may sense atmospheric electric waves and pressure changes indicating coming weather. He notes no definitive scientific link yet but suggests instinctive animal adaptation could exist and be advantageous.
Passage extols grass as nature’s forgiving force that heals battlefields, shelters lands, and reshapes climates. It notes grass’ underground resilience and global reach, its quiet power to hold soil, sustain nations, and even avert famine if harvests fail. John J. Ingalls is quoted.
A rich gentleman hosted a party for friends with a stereopticon talk on the tropics. The audience, engrossed in the slides shown by a guest lecturer, failed to notice the host’s well behaved dog quietly watching near a corner. The dog then lunged at a simulated tropical glade with ducks, causing the lecture to end suddenly.
A note from Tuesday, November 6 1492 describes encounters with many travelers on the road home holding half burnt weed, the herbs they smoke as part of their routine. The entry is cited as from Journal of Columbus' First Voyage.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox asserts happiness in marriage rests on love, sense, and patience. The quotation emphasizes enduring qualities as foundations for lasting unions.
Japanese exporters led by a Tokyo merchant report shipments of frogskins for purses reaching 130000 skins in under a year. The growing trade highlights Japan's role in the wildlife export market and the scale of demand for exotic leather goods.
Little Ethel reports to her mother after church that Deacon Brewster passed the money but she did not take any. The item reads as a moral anecdote highlighting honesty in a small-town setting.
A New York physician warns readers to pass on prunes as a staple while noting most people avoid them unless they personally react. He cautions about potential adverse effects and recommends moderation.
During the reign of Charles I London recorded a death rate of 70 per 1600 or more, a figure more than three times higher than present rates today.
Patterson Stationery Co. urges early purchases for 4th of July displays. All fireworks in stock, limited supply, and no more once sold out. They highlight kodaks, bicycle sales with Iver Johnson Hartford Columbia brands, and 40 percent off picture moulding with 15 000 feet of stock. Located 65 East Washington Street Roy Brandon’s old stand 24 Ravine Brandon is JP.
John receives two alarm clocks from aunts to wake up for college. He sets one to ring at rising and places the other 15 minutes later at the stairs outside his landlady's door. Each night he writes home describing how the clocks work and his morning rush when the stair clock seems to ring first.
A 19th century remark from Ladies' Field critiques upper-class English girls as dull and unambitious, saying their main thrill is marriage and even that is approached timidly due to sheltered lives and lack of opinions or temptations.
A Ladies' Field observation notes that a woman who has known poverty retains frugal tendencies. It argues past deprivation shapes ongoing economies and small meannesses, regardless of later riches or extravagance.
Health Culture notes health reformers die young, attributing early deaths to extremism harming both body and mind. The piece highlights that most reformers are extremists, suggesting a link between radical views and reduced longevity.
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