New Castle News Masthead and contact details
The New Castle News lists officers including Bearah G. Treadwell as trustee president and Ames T. Ray as vice president. L. Rentz serves as secretary and treasurer, with editor Ww. Gallant and city editor val City Editor. Publication details given for daily editions and office addresses on Sycamore Street and Apple Way. Subscriptions priced at 10 cents daily, five dollars weekly or yearly, and mail rates three dollars yearly. Sole foreign advertising represented by S. G. Lindenstein, Inc. in New York City.
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Bearah G. Treadwell
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Custer’s Last Fight Anniversary Noted In Newcastle
Residents recalled the 37th anniversary of Custer’s last stand at the Little Bighorn. The event is memorialized by monuments and a West Point statue, with the battlefield preserved as a national cemetery and visited by many. Comanche the horse, wounded at the scene, survived sixteen years and was buried with honors at Fort Lincoln before later reinterment at the battlefield.
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Ten Commandments for German Economy Recalled in New Castle
A notable American manufacturer returning from Germany cites ten commandments urging a home market focus and German-made preference. The remarks stress buying domestic goods, using German products, and avoiding foreign influence to bolster national prosperity and patriotism.
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New Castle
Germany
Town Pride and Prosperity Advice for New Castle Residents
Observers urged residents to support local commerce and real estate, boost the city’s growth, and invest in New Castle real estate or businesses. The letter cites a 29 percent growth in the past decade and stresses paying local creditors, advertising the town, and uniting business interests.
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New Castle
Two pigs saved by water in summer heat
In New Castle a pair of fine pigs arrived by express and were tested for illness. A veterinarian found no health issue and applied a water hose. The pigs relaxed in their crate, noting heat makes fatty animals suffer in summer.
Local fishing party fails to bag bass on Neshannock
Attorney and Mrs. Davis and Dr. and Mrs. Kirkum fished Milburn on the Neshannock creek. Despite clear bass visible in the transparent water the big fish passed their minnows. A barefoot informant revealed that helgamites are needed as bait to catch bass, prompting a plan to return for another try.
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Charles R. Davis
Charles Kirkum
Milburn
Neshannock
New Castle
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Kirkum
Joe Johnson
Isaac Walton
Dog Discovers Pocketbook Lost By Money Bag Return
Fifth ward dairy man recounts how his money bag containing 32 dollars and 10 cents was recovered. A dog owned by Jess Shoaff mistook the bag for a rat, shook it, and carried it to the Thomas home yard where Mrs. Thomas found the purse and the cash. The money was returned to the owner.
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Fifth Ward
Jess Shoaff
Rain Sends New Castle Passengers Back Into Storm
In Youngstown a group from New Castle rode the Pittsburg and Lake Erie train through a passing storm. They traveled about a mile a minute from Youngstown to Edenburg then reached Union station where rain began again as the same cloud hung over New Castle Junction.
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Hints and Dints A Memory at New Castle
A reminiscence column piece blends satire and local notes from Portland Oregon to Gettysburg and Nashville. It jokes about fake cures, baldness, wedding gifts, and municipal elections while praising organized civic effort in New Castle with mention of John K Tener and local commissioners. The tone is wry and observational.
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John K. Tener
New Castle
Walls
Portland
Ore
Balkan blouse offsets gains in hot weather comment
A mosaic of regional notes from Harrisburg to Philadelphia discusses fashion, public school tenure, local crime, and social tensions. The column cites long serving Easton teachers, wage disputes, theft disguises, a divorce bid over prayer, and a Philadelphia judge ruling on wife earnings from boarders and typing work.
Hungry Wayfarer Meets Determined Woman at Homestead
A determined woman offers to feed a hungry traveler if he helps with chores. She asks him to saw and chop wood, fetch water, weed the garden, and repair the fence. The traveler, Meandering Mike, clarifies he is not her husband.
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Grace
Mike
J C Walls Praises Portland During Eastbound Visit
In a Portland diary dispatch J C Walls recounts leaving San Diego May 10 and arriving May 18 after a pleasant voyage. He admires Portland’s streets water supply from Mt Hood and manufacturing emphasis while noting idle workers and comparing California cities. He comments on New Castle’s commissioned government shift and hopes for capable leaders for mayor and commissioners.
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Minnesota Traveling Man in Bad Shape
An affidavit sworn in St. Paul recounts a traveling man with a chronic neck ulcer near the jugular vein. Allen's Ulcerine Salve is advertised as a longstanding remedy that cured the ulcer in six months, claimed to draw out poisons and heal from the bottom up. It is sold by Geo. W. Clutton and other druggists.
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Allen
America
Geo. W. Clutton
Safe and Sane Fourth to Be in City
New Castle shows a restrained Fourth with few firecrackers on display and no city program planned. Residents seeking a traditional celebration will need to travel to county towns for any festivities.
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Safe and Sane
New Castle
Methodist Men Picnic at Cascade Park
The Men's Organized Adult Bible class of the First M. E. church plans a picnic at Cascade Park on Friday, June 27. Members are urged to bring baskets and attend. supper will be served at 6:30.
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M. E. Church
Cascade Park
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