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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1911
Page
4
Late arrivals in the Corset Department showcase new Empire Top Corset models for Empire Gowns and a range of Royal Worcester and brassiere top corsets. Prices run from 50 cents to 5 dollars with maternity nursing and maternity variants priced up to 3 dollars. An expert corsetier offers guidance and fittings.
Daly offers weekly subscriptions at 10 cents per week and 5 dollars annually. A weekly rate of 2 dollars and a daily mail option at 3 dollars per year are available. Subscriptions are on sale at leading news stands and correspondence on public interest matters is invited from all parts of the county.
In New Castle the city appoints Mr C W Neway as supervisor of the Boys' Jaygrounds. With assistants and Miss Weisbrod, he aims to boost playground programs and grow the movement, relying on public support to succeed.
Article notes President Taft opposes amendments to the reciprocity bill and warns of a veto if riders appear. It predicts the Root amendment defeat and a path to a vote on the reciprocity bill in the Senate. Farmers threaten a constitutional challenge if the bill passes with less than a two thirds majority, amid suspicions of corporate funding.
New York reports a theater dinner combining clams and asparagus soup lobster a la Newburg and sweetbreads with vaudeville, cigars, and demi tasse. The evening ended with a taxi ride home though not necessarily home as Terrace garden opened after two months of ads offering a $2 dinner plus Carmen and vaudeville. The dinner was excellent.
A blood transfusion from a park bencher saves the life of Dr. George R. Lockwood a renowned stomach specialist and ulcer sufferer. Fifty dollars paid to the hench warmer is noted in the report from New York.
Mona Reese the high priestess of the Absolute Life cult resumed her witness chair to aid Evelyn Arthur Lee in a sensational Chicago trial. She appeared nervous and evasive declining to identify key writings and to answer questions that could incriminate herself while choosing attorney Robert E Cantwell amid a courtroom dispute over representation.
Health Officer McCandless warns against a recently sold water filter claimed to purify water by a chemist's preparation. Laboratory tests show bacteria levels dropping from 1387 to 489 colonies after use, but McCandless does not commend the filter and urges the public to avoid it.
The Pennsylvania Bar Association began its seventeenth annual meeting at Bedford Springs hotel with Edwin W. Smith of Allegheny County delivering the annual address on Law and the Function of Legislation. It marked the largest gathering in the organization’s history.
Dr. William Osler formerly of Johns Hopkins was created a baronet by King George after returning to his English home following remarks that a man is old at 40 and should be chloroformed at 60.
A collage of mock notices and quips ranging from cat tales and fashion ads to jokes about advertising jails and beer. The pieces reference wasteful boastful talk, a Danbury wife’s fortune, forged charity, and a parade ban in Atlantic City, with punchlines on crime, cooking, and public life.
Chicago report from June 27 describes the kosmos club open air care sanitarium near Evanston where sun bathers wear Venus and Adonis inspired attire. Residents gawk as a reporter is boosted onto a fence to view. Police arrest Joseph Villas for vagrancy after a robe test. Women remain separated by a padded fence.
Kingston dispatch details testimony before Commissioner Shufeldt in the California case George L Patterson vs the late Mrs Harriet Thurston revealing how Mme Tingley and her associate Clark Thurston allegedly influenced the Kingston heiress. Evidence cites spirit communications from The Great Jehovah guiding purchases, a Kingston farm, temple ruins, and major funds diverted from the Patterson estate.
New York may see a sensational seizure of jewelry valued over half a million dollars linked to the Mrs Helen D Jenkins investigation. District Attorney Wise says evidence points to a large smuggling plot with many state connections. Nathan Allan and John R Collins are named in the affair with Allan denying involvement.
Frank L. Weller a Fourth ward constable died at his home 75 Raymond street after seven months illness from tuberculosis He was 55 born September 15 1855 formerly of Slipperyrock township survived by wife a son Paul D. Weller three brothers two sisters and died with funeral Wednesday at 2 pm at the family residence with interment at Hermon cemetery
Word reached friends today of the death of Catherine Laughlin daughter of Mr and Mrs Vincent Laughlin of Youngstown which occurred Tuesday morning. She had been ill about two months suffering heart trouble. Her death follows the death of her 12-year old sister who died at this time last year of the same disease. Catherine was about 11 years old a bright child whose death brings sorrow to many. The family formerly lived on Croton avenue and are well known here. The parents have one other child.
Relatives in this city receive notice of the death of Mrs. John Stevens formerly of this city and Parkersburg Virginia from a Chicago hospital where she had appendicitis treatment. She is survived by several children and funeral services will be held from Edwin F. Hoch’s home in Indiana Harbor this afternoon or Wednesday.
The article notes rising support for Governor Wilson in Ohio and questions about Harmon and Clark. It discusses reactions to temperance issues and the influence of the Personal Liberty league, with Bryan's possible backing for Clark shaping convention prospects. The piece highlights Wilson's magnetism and political acumen.
The News reports that New York and Pennsylvania party bosses may block Wilson if Murphy and Guffey control them. The poll aims to show the party wind through leaders and silent voters, not a straw vote, with instructions for voters to mail their preferences including precinct and ward.
The W M A holds an all day meeting at the church with invites for all ladies. Special services announced for July 2 with the pastor speaking to children in the morning and adults at night. Bible school to run all day. Communion on July 9. Children's day services in the evening. Baptism of children at any service. A $500 payment toward church debt recent.
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