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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
5
Beach North Dakota reports a rattlesnake killed a 5 and a 7 year old. Mrs David Grant woke to find the serpent coiled among the bedclothes, believed brought in with the blankets after airing. Both children had complained of being pinched before sleeping.
William Boal and his son Walter sat on their West Middlesex porch when a thief entered a rear door and stole 57.50 dollars and an opal ring. Startled by a crying baby the intruder fled dropped some money. Greenville bloodhounds pursued toward New Castle before losing the track at the railroad. it is believed the thief boarded a train.
A lokal listing highlights new stationery sets by B and H Newcomers at 25¢ and 45¢ per box with corded paper and gilt letters. Also stocked water friendly wading garments for children 2 to 6 years at 50¢, bath caps, rosette handkerchiefs, boudoir slippers and infant shoes, plus a table assortment of children's wash dresses at $1.25 in various fabrics.
The Rae Muirhead Business Girls held its annual meeting after a Y W C A supper and named officers for the coming year. An invitation to a Y W C A camp picnic Friday was accepted with registration by Thursday 3 PM. Plans for an ice cream social next Tuesday at Dr Elizabeth McLaughrys home were made. List of officers includes Bible class teacher Mrs Charles Greer secretary Miss Emma Thompson Y W President Miss Laura M Steverson and many committee chairs.
Belgrade reports the Servian government sent a new note to St Petersburg regarding Czar Nicholas offer to arbitrate the territorial dispute with Bulgaria. Sofia dispatches say Bulgaria will take harsher steps if Servia rejects arbitration. Desultory skirmishing noted near Uskub.
In New York on June 26 Young Brown out-pointed Providence rival Young Dyson over eight of ten rounds. Hickey defeated Marcel Thomas of France in ten rounds. Gus Platts and Tom Maloney fought ten hard rounds with critics split on the winner, many calling it a draw.
The Excelsior club of the Fifth ward plans a three weeks camp on French creek near Meadville. Organizers say the program will focus on outdoor skills and youth development with participants from the local community.
An old advertisement touts Hay's Hair Health claiming immediate grey hair restoration with a money back guarantee. It offers promotions via druggists for discounted bundles including Harfina Soap and assorted prices, listing W. B. McKee Hutton's Pharmacy and G. W. Clutrraw among providers.
A new church building for the Christian Alliance congregation rises at 208 and 210 Pearson Street and is slated for dedication around September 1. It will seat 350 to 400, with Rev. Schuman as pastor and Bailey and Bender serving as contractors.
Rome reports Pope Pius X will hold a consistory in October to create nine new cardinals. Uproar within the church leadership concerns Cardinal Rampolla’s faction seeking the removal of Cardinal Merry Del Val as papal secretary. A possible compromise secretary could be Cardinal Falconio.
Pennsy Shops manager Iman seeks a good amateur team for a Saturday match on Shops grounds. The fast traveling Pennsy Shops boast strong form after recent wins over a Pittsburgh lineup and a New Castle team that overwhelmed rivals, inviting a competitive local contest.
Paul Nickols, a Sodus township farmer, reportedly coughs up brook trout from his stomach after weeks of illness. Doctors say he swallowed tiny minnows that lived and grew in his digestive system as he recovers.
Lewis Crippen aged 23 was killed by lightning yesterday while dragging a plowed field near Youngsville. The bolt struck him and one of the horses, tearing off a shoe and leaving a deep forehead wound. Investigators found his burned body when he failed to return home. he is survived by his parents wife and three children.
The Sharon post office will be advanced to first class on July 1 after annual receipts exceeded $40,000. Postmaster Joseph K. Roberts and Assistant Postmaster Fred Shartle will get a $100 yearly salary increase.
Hazel Duoff and Florence Wilson, both of New Castle, were among the graduates at the Indiana State Normal School yesterday. The class was one of the largest in the school's history. The People's theater in Chicago has been converted into a church.
Summer toilet needs offered at below regular prices. Jerken's violet glycerine soap 19c a cake replacement, Jerken's Benzoin and Almond lotion 18c, benzoin and almond bath tablets 8c, Colgate tooth powder 18c, Colgate toothpaste 18c, sanitary tooth brushes in celluloid tubes 25c, Gaileiaete-picka large size Be. Main Floor.
With June well advanced and heat rising, shoppers find summer basics at reduced prices in the basement store. Gold-filled filigree bar pins and cuff pins cost 50c a pair, forward shell combs 26c, rhinestone combs 50c, heavy silk-plaited boot hose 35c a pair, and lavender top lisle hose 35c. Infants silk hose in assorted colors priced at 25c a pair.
Yard wide white Japanese habutai silk arrives with a special price of 68 cents per yard. The fabric is a good weight and has a lustrous finish suitable for making shirts for men or women.
Bruce Celo, 39, an employee of New York and Pennsylvania Paper at Johnsonburg, was shot five times by a stranger who stalked him from the hotel to the paper mill. Two bullets struck Celo. he died at the hospital as the assailant fled. The unknown man claimed he sought Celo to confront him over a past marriage.
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