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Public notices announce a New Castle Pennsylvania newspaper’s contact details and editorial staff. It lists offices on Sycamore Street and Apple Way with telephone numbers and subscription rates.
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1915
Page
4
Public notices announce a New Castle Pennsylvania newspaper’s contact details and editorial staff. It lists offices on Sycamore Street and Apple Way with telephone numbers and subscription rates.
An editorial warns against loud, reckless fireworks and urges a safe celebration. It cites fires and deaths, urges evening displays supervised by trained staff, no matches for children, and preparedness with water and extinguishers. It promotes public support for cautious, patriotic celebration.
Charley Brickley legendary Crimson athlete who starred as a football drop kicker and baseball player receives his degree at Harvard commencement. The photo captures Brickley in a notable campus moment reflecting his enduring popularity.
A collage of witty verse and quirky observations from a 1900s newspaper page. Notes on June romance, a funeral ship tragedy, Evelyn Thaw testimony, seances, sun and moon times, and social quips about kissing norms, crime, and politics all mingle with light commentary by Duncan M. Smith. The tone blends playful poetry with clipped editorial snatches and local color.
Abe Martin muses on pink blossoms and the proper time to harvest fruit. He notes a boy’s joke about a chained dog as the right moment and jokes about people chasing money and road work. He comments on murder as a business, paint laws, a Pittsburg dining-room shooting, and voters who stay quiet yet vote.
A young newspaper woman faces a stern, accusing wife in a local office. The wife recounts a sleep talk about kissing, then laughs, revealing it was a joke and leaving the young woman flustered and embarrassed.
Officer Isabella found an empty suitcase on Home Street and turned it in to the police. Mrs. McGonigle reported 17 chickens stolen from her flock on North Jefferson Street. A bicycle stolen earlier from Jos Ayan was recovered when a boy on Spring Street returned it to the police. Joe Richie was arrested for reckless motorcycle driving and discharged after a hearing. A two year old girl was found on North Mercer Street and the finder led authorities to her. Only one arrest occurred over the weekend. A petition asked to grade Neshannock Boulevard but was sent back due to a mistake. M T Reynolds visited the council and spoke on the petition process.
The council referred the mercantile tax exoneration of a contractor to the committee of the whole stating no contracting work in the past year. This morning the payroll for a public comfort station employee was approved, totaling $61.
City solicitor Gardner was directed to draft an ordinance for a sanitary sewer on Moody avenue from Neshannock boulevard to 310 feet west. Howard Leslie named inspector for Phillips place paying job. Two poles on Diamond alley to be moved after city investigation due to blockage of a garage entrance. Petition for Norwood avenue sewer laid over without action. Partway widths on Fairfield avenue set at 24 feet with 13 foot sidewalks. Council favored not creating a board of health.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Young express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness during the illness and death of their little son James.
Fireworks from New Castle were shipped to Buffalo this morning for use in a Fourth of July celebration. The shipment will be mounted and prepared for display by local organizers.
Classified snippet lists Lawrence F Low Adella G Aiken Butler Howard Lawson New Castle Susie May Ellis New Castle as part of a local notice. Sparse text suggests a register of individuals linked to the New Castle area.
June 28 1920 New Wilmington Gun Club held its first practice day with many spectators. Scores ranged from J Elliott 46 of 50 to D Means 12 of 25 and D Tinker 12 of 26. Shots were landing in an adjacent orchard and on nearby buildings, prompting a move to a new range location.
The Y P S C BE of the Presbyterian church elected officers for the next six months at Sunday afternoon’s meeting. Chosen were President Roy F Conway Vice president Arthur Kirkbride Secretary Hazel Porter and Treasurer Jean McClure.
Andrew Dodds of Toronto is visiting J. Y. Munich in town. Mrs Geo Axe and daughter Emma are visiting relatives in Cleveland. Children’s Day was observed at the M E church with a fine program. Mr and Mrs Mayberry and child of Greenfield visited Mr and Mrs R M Stewart over Sunday. Dr S A Kirkbride preached at the Presbyterian church in Princeton on Friday and Saturday.
The remaining lots in the North Highland Land Company plan fronting on Highland Northview Meyer Edgewood Hazelcroft Fairfield and Northview avenues will be sold to the highest bidder. Sales begin Thursday July 1 at 1 30 p m at Highland and Meyer avenues and continue July 2 3 5 6 and 7. Lots within city limits with utilities and paving on many streets. Souvenirs will be distributed to attendees regardless of purchasing. Call 125 East Washington Avenue for map and souvenirs.
Paris June 28 official war office communique reports German attacks repulsed at the Calonne trench in the Meuse Hills and east of Metzeral in Alsace. No significant events occurred overnight besides these two assaults.
Ocean News reports ships sailing today including Patria to Naples and Marseilles. Arrivals expected: Kristiania Fjord from Bergen, Lord Ormonde from Havre, Strathspey from Barcelona, Minnehaha from London, Saxonia from Liverpool, Moreni from Tunis, Sommelsdyk from Rotterdam, Vitalia from Rotterdam, Knutsford from Havre, Drammensfjord from Christiania.
The Barry club baseball team will take a 9:30 train to Volant on Monday July 5 for two games. An informal basket picnic is planned as part of the trip with 50 to 75 rooters and fans expected to attend.
Evidence of growth shown as the Bessemer Limestone company recorded a plot of lots in the borough. It marks the second addition to the thriving little town.
Joseph Wardman of Stanton Street and companions returned from a day’s fishing along Slipper Rock Creek with 17 turtles. The haul is the season’s largest reported.
An English correspondent with Belgian forces reports harsh policing and misread papers. He recounts 52 road stoppages on an 80 mile trip to Namur and Dinant, arrests as spies, and peasants and officers mistaking reporters for enemies.
Mrs James McGinley of West Washington street has returned from a trip. Details of destination and purpose are not provided in the fragment.
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