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29 Jun 1907
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1907
Page
1
Georgia Governor-Elect Hoke Smith Promotes Education and Disfranchisement Debate
In his inaugural address Governor-elect Hoke Smith calls for disfranchisement via educational tests for black voters while pledging to curb lynching. He opposes corporate lobbying, urges end of railroad passes, and supports campaign finance reform. He defends race based education stance and insists on white superiority as context for policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Publishers’ Press Dispatch
Atlanta
Hoke Smith
South
Georgia
Smith
School boards report on salaries under Snyder act
State circulars from the Department of Public Instruction require districts to file by October 1 reports proving they have adopted the Snyder act raising teacher salaries to a minimum of $40 per month for provisional certificate holders. The increased pay begins June 1907, with full state aid only from June 1, 1908 after proper report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Instruction
Harrisburg
Twins Laid in One Grave at St Vitas Cemetery
The twin babies born to Mrs. Nicola Monaca at the county jail Friday morning were buried together in a single grave at St. Vitas cemetery Saturday. The second infant died soon after Mrs. Monaca was sent to the hospital. She will be returned to jail when her health allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicola Monaca
St. Vitas
Camnitz Optional Return to Clarksburg May Be Approved
Manager Smith telegraphed Clarksburg manager asking if they want Camnitz for the rest of the season. If accepted, the pitcher will finish the season with that team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Camnitz
Clarksburg
Scarlet hatches plan against plunderers
A terse report notes Scarlet vows action against plunderers amid tense city worry. Authorities pledge firm measures as residents await details and potential arrests.
Attorney General Eyes on How to Prosecute Defrauders
Harrisburg June 29 Chief Counsel Scartet states the attorney general will decide whether to pursue civil and criminal actions over alleged 13 million fraud in trimming capital. The plan may target broad or specific cases and seeks restitution while avoiding disclosure of legal methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Publishers’ Press Dispatch
Harrisburg
Scartet
Capitol Investigation Committee
L T L Convention Sets July 9 at Third Presbyterian
The county L T L group moved its convention to July 9 and will meet at Third United Presbyterian Church with Rev J Elmer Campbell delivering the address. A Fourth of July booth at Walton Park will offer coffee sandwiches ice cream lemonade peanuts and more. Senior Legioners will sing at the celebration with a practice at Wilbur Baer’s home July 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third United Presbyterian Church
Pittsburg
Beckford Streets
J. Elmer Campbell
Walton Park
Wilbur Baer
Neshannock Avenue
Mill Owners Buy Residue of Timber in Lawrence Co
Lawrence County saw mill operators have bought nearly all available timber. McClure Brothers, among the largest in the county, report contracts that will keep their mills running for more than two years. Many tracts are cut over, with remaining timber being cut into railroad ties, signaling scarce timber once contracts end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence CO
Lawrence County
McClure Brothers
Court names master to inquire into Mrs. Eddy
Judge Edgar Aldrich appointed master to assess the competency of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy for an accounting of her property. The case, raised by her son George W. Glover and others as next friends, seeks to determine if she could intelligently manage her financial affairs dating back to March 1, 1907 and prior periods as deemed reasonable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
Edgar Aldrich
Littleton
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Robert N. Chamberlain
Supreme Court
Death Record J Wesley Rhodes and Others in Counties
Obituary notice lists J Wesley Rhodes age 77 of Hickory township William Myers age 70 of Portersville Butler county J Harvey Christley age 82 of Slipy Rock and Rachel Cratty age 89 of Buber County with deaths reported in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wesley Rhodes
Hickory Township
William Myers
Portersvile
Butler County
J. Harvey Christley
Slipy
Rock
Pibry
Rachel Cratty
Buber County
Central American War Threat Seen After Nicaraguan Fleet
Three Nicaraguan gunboats escorting steamers sailed from Corinto bearing troops. The fleet, believed sent by President Zelaya, may attack El Salvador or Guatemala, with preparations in San Salvador and Guatemala City to move soldiers to threatened ports La Libertad or Acajutla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Publishers’ Press
San Salvador
Corinto
Nicaragua
Pacific
Zelaya
Salvador
Guatemala
Central America
la Libertad
Acujutla
Mt Jackson Alumni Hold Fourth Reunion at Cascade Park
The Mt Jackson High School alumni met at Cascade park for the fourth annual reunion. About 100 alumni attended with 35 gathering Wednesday morning to reminisce and share meals. Officers elected include President Thomas Shaffer and Secretary Blanche Ruthrauff, with next reunion slated for late June 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Jackson High School
Cascade Park
Township
Lawrence County
Mt. Jackson
William Alexander
Alumni Association
Thomas Shaffer
Mr. Kyle
Blanche Ruthrauff
Mona Gailey
Big Trolley Line Is Now Assured
Ravenna Ohio June 29 The Cleveland Alliance Ma hon ing Valley electric line project is assured with junctions planned at Ravenna linking Warren and Alliance lines. J W Holcomb of Cleveland spearheads the effort, securing a Baltimore and Ohio line segment between Ravenna and Newton Falls for the new route. The line would extend from Cleveland to Youngstown New Castle and Sharon. Portage County commissioners grant Thomas L Childs of Akron a one year franchise extension for an electric air line from Akron to Youngstown. Childs predicts the project will be built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenna, O
Cleveland, Alliance & Mahoning Valley Electric Lines
Warren
Alliance
Ravenna
J. W. Holcomb
Cleveland
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Newton Falls
Youngstown
New Castle
Sharon
Portage County
Thomas L. Childs
Akron
Guthrie Announces Fifth Marriage Plans in Chicago
Ossian Guthrie a noted geologist and engineer says marriage is the natural state and reveals plans to wed next Monday evening for the fifth time. He jokes that after four experiences he would risk one more at eighty-one. His grandfather discovered chloroform and Guthrie contributed geologic exhibits at the Columbian World Fair and to the Smithsonian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ossian Guthrie
Guthrie
Samuel Guthrie
Smithsonian Institution
New Castle Fight Firecracker Policy Quiet Fourth
Mayor Hainer urges a sane Fourth of July celebration in New Castle. He supports festive boy activity but vows police action against giant crackers loaded with dynamite and cap canes. Officers ordered to arrest violators while dealers ensure legally usable fireworks. State law bans dynamite explosives and dangerous crackers. Blank cartridge revolvers are banned in streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hainer
New Castle
Uncle Sam’s New Laws Take Effect In Fiscal Year
Washington June 29 The new fiscal year brings several laws into force. Ten cent stamps may substitute for regular special delivery stamps with the words Special Delivery on the envelope. A ten dollar gold certificate debuts. The immigration law governs solicitation and accommodations aboard ships. The U S will gain writs of error to the Supreme Court in certain criminal cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Uncle Sam
United States
Supreme Court of the
Welsh Reunion Set for July 20 at Cascade Park
Preparations underway for the annual Welsh reunion in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio on July 20 at Cascade Park. Jointly hosted by First Congregation and Emmanuel Baptist churches, the event expects several thousand attendees with athletic sports and music as the main features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Cascade Park
First Congregation
Emmanuel Baptist Churches
Perons
New Castle Water Pollution Questioned by Sharon Eagle
The Sharon Eagle accuses New Castle officials of dumping dirt and filth into the Shenango river from State Street. It argues the act violates state pollution laws and federal statutes governing navigable rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Eagle
New Castle
State Street
Shenango River
Local Court Dockets Include Arrests and Settlements
John Clingen is arrested for passing a bogus five dollar check and settles by repaying the funds and costs. Joseph DeMarie faces larceny charges over lumber taken from Antonio Calangelo, with some lumber recovered. bail set for hearing. J N Patterson, accused of assault, is discharged after a hearing. Yi Feh resolves a shirt theft case by paying the prosecutor and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clingen
John Stitt
W. D. Wallace
Spangler
Colonial Bank of
South Sharon
Wallace
Clingen
Alderman Mayne
Joseph DeMarie
Williams
Antonio Calangelo
Patterson
Yi Feh
Alderman Williams
William Lear
Lear
Feh
Chief Operator Miss Florence Leightner Resigns
Miss Florence Leightner resigns as chief operator of the Bell Telephone office in the Seventh ward citing ill health. She has led the Mahoningtown office to near fifty percent business growth and will leave the company Saturday night, after two years in the role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Leightner
Bell Telephone
Seventh Ward
Leightner
West Middlesex
Mahoningtown
Boy Beheaded as Freight Elevator Mishap Rocks Cleveland
In Cleveland on June 29 a 14 year old, Irving Glueck, was decapitated when he was drawn into a freight elevator in the Colonial arcade as onlookers watched. A 20 year old, Joseph Whitlock, was injured after being caught in another elevator at the Tavistock hotel and slipping two floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Irving Glueck
Colonial Arcade
Joseph Whitlock
Tavistock
Glueck
Appraisement of Wilbur Property by Sheriff and Jury
Sheriff J. W. Waddington and six jurors appraised the Wilbur property at the Shenango and South streets corner for partition proceedings. The house and lot plus a half vacant lot were valued at 3800 dollars. Appraisers included E. A. McMillin John Edwards Fred Pearson Robert MecCandlass John Hutton and H. E. Bleakley. Administrator on the estate is E. B. Locke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Waddington
Mary Jane Wilbur
Shenango and
South Streets
E. A. McMillin
John Edwards
Fred Pearson
Robert MecCandlass
John Hutton
H. E. Bleakley
E. B. Locke
Western Pennsylvania Weather Update
Rain tonight sweeps across the region with cooler air in the north. Sunday brings partly cloudy skies and a warmer trend across western Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Treasury Receipts Show Eighty Six Million Surplus
A report highlights a surplus of 86 million dollars in treasury receipts. The summary notes the figure appears in government financial records and stresses the large positive balance across the agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Treasury reports steady surplus amid tariff revision debate
Internal Revenue provides 50 million toward the total with Customs making up the balance as revisions stir arguments for new schedules. At year end Uncle Sam's receipts exceed expenditures by about 84 to 86 million, nearing the 1902 record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Press Dispatch
Washington
United States Treasury
Uncle Sam
Customs
Internal Revenue
Pittsburg Targets Asher And Pierce In Newark Trade Talk
Newark may lose its crack battery Asher and Pierce as Pittsburg seeks the duo. A Pittsburg scout watches Newark versus Lancaster today to assess the players for potential purchase. The standout pitcher in the O P league, in his first season, has 13 games with 10 wins and 1 loss, five shutouts, two two hit games, a four hit game, two five hit games, and 64 strikeouts to 26 bases on balls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Asher
Pierce
Pittsburg
Lancaster
Bookkeeper Also Highwayman, Detectives Say
Boston June 29 Detectives say Charles J Whelan a bookkeeper for the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad led a double life and committed a bold daylight robbery he detained Miss Dora Goldberg and took 2027 from her last Monday in broad daylight as part of a highway robbery career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Charles J. Whelan
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Whelan
Dora Goldberg
Chicken thief’s long career tied to workhouse life
Alderman Green reports a professional chicken thief seen at the workhouse. The man’s regular business for over twenty years has been stealing chickens, with about eighteen of those years spent in the works for this offense. After release, he stole sixty chickens from workhouse authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Green
Grove City man to speak at First Presbyterian Church
A. F. McGarrah of Grove City Pennsylvania will address the First Presbyterian Church Tuesday evening at 7:45. He has spent years among California gold miners and will discuss current conditions among those miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. McGarrah
Grove City
California
First Presbyterian Church
Engineering Works to Shutdown July 4
All employees of the Pennsylvania Engineering works will be given holiday July 4. The night shift will lay off at midnight the evening of the third and will not resume until the day. The day shift will be off by one day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Engineering Works
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Withares
R. R. Passes
Bars Corporation
Scarlet
J. Harry Mills
Fountain Inn
Sam
Joseph de Marie
J. N. Patterson
Wilbur
Visionists
Asher and
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