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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1909
Page
8
A local retailer advertises a limited week sale on ladies muslin drawers and cambric undergarments. Items include ruffle trimmed muslin drawers at 38c, nainsook cambric styles at 4% per pair, plain hemstitched riffle drawers at 39c, long cloth with lace and embroidery at 6c, Isabella style longcloth drawers at 98c, and fine drawers priced 1.39.
The New Rengo Belt Corset designed for stout figures features heavy coutil and bauiste fabrics, high bust options, long extension hips, double watch-spring steels, rust-proof guarantee, elastic garters, reinforced abdominal section, lace trim, and a $2.00 price for sizes 41 and 48.
Reformed Presbyterian holds Sunday school picnic on June 30 at Center Grove with 9 am assembly and bus transport. Grace E M E and First Baptist arrange meetings and social events. Epworth league hosts a social at Miss May McGaughey’s home. St John’s plans tea, July 14 Highland park activities, choir trio featured. Communion and union services slated for July. various ladies and missionary societies meet in coming days.
Harmony street car operations in Pittsburg are interrupted by a general strike. Suburban cars run only to the Pittsburg Railways connection on the north outskirts, causing inconvenience for riders entering the city. Workers are members of the National Association of Street Car Men. three Sunday talks with officials failed to reach an agreement.
Beginning Sunday after next the North Jefferson Street churches will host union evening services for July and August. The First Presbyterian First Methodist and First United Presbyterian will participate with a further service announcement to follow.
In Jacksville area many farmers including Sherman Humphrey Joseph Studebaker William Davis James Drake and Madison Davis are building silos this summer using wood tile and concrete.
The annual election of officers of the Presbyterian union of the city will be held Monday at the Reformed Presbyterian church.
Pittsburg dispatch reports a plan by United States Senator George T. Oliver and cousin Congressman John K. Tener to form a family political machine in western Pennsylvania. They aim to oust U.S. Marshal Stephen Stone and install an Oliver Tener lieutenant, possibly Arch Mackrell, to secure Oliver in the Senate and Tener as governor. Ernest F. Acheson eyeing a challenge to Tener or his renomination is noted.
A Lawrence County man is endorsed for governor citing a six year legislative record and ten years as deputy secretary of agriculture. The local Republican committee elected R. T. Brown as chairman and Martin and Ball as secretary and treasurer respectively. The meeting raised funds and discussed committee staffing and future campaigns with emphasis on party unity.
Dr Lewis B Davis of East End Pittsburg fractured his right arm in several places when he tripped while leading a horse to a barn at his summer home near New Wilmington. He was brought to Shenango Valley hospital for X rays and bone setting after surgery on his throat recently.
Miss Bessie Henderson, German and French instructor at Belle Vue High, visits friends in New Wilmington after a visit at Jos. Howards home. Uniontown reports Prof. F. W. Wright, former Zelienople principal, is re-elected high school principal in Zelienople with a salary of 1800 dollars for the coming year.
The First United Presbyterian Church plans a test of an acousticon next Wednesday evening to enable deaf members to hear sermons via telephonic links from the pulpit to pews. If successful, the instrument may be installed for clear hearing during services.
Methodist ministers from the city and a few others attend the New Castle district conference of the M. E. church in Sharon at the First M. E. church. Sessions run Monday afternoon to Tuesday with laymen taking part in the program. Participants from this city include G. G. Stitzinger, Hon. Walter S. Reynolds, Rev. G. S. W. Phillips, Ralph M. Campbell and others.
At the last regular meeting of Fidelis lodge 460 K of P officers were elected and will be installed July 9. C C William Cross V C Archie McVean prelate John Cross M W E G Hall K of R G A J Broadhead M of F E E Davis M of E J A Lowash M of A E C Snyder I G Geo Vandegrift O G Baker Bitner trustee E G Hall Rep 8 S G L J H Douglass.
A vintage promotion urges housewives to use Easy Task laundry soap to keep table linens spotless and white. It paints washing day as a race against grime and suggests a Monday trial to transform laundry into easy task day.
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