New Baptist Church to Cost Twenty Thousand Dollars
Ellwood City Pa June 30 work will start on the new Baptist church on Fountain avenue within the next month Architect J W Earl of Rochester Pa who drew the plans says bids are being prepared and contract will be awarded in two weeks The Gothic style stone and brick building will seat about 800 with a main auditorium for 450 and will join the present church and parsonage Rev G Morgan Davis long time pastor leads the congregation Earl who built other area churches also oversees local building projects including the Ellwood City fire department contractor J A McCarthy plans a ninety day completion for about 8000 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Fountain Avenue
J. W. Earl
Rochester
Congation
G. Morgan Davis
Earl
Hebrew Synagogue
Reformed Church
Upper Sixth Street
J. A. McCarthy
Merchants of Sixth Street Triumph In Local Baseball Contest
In Ellwood City Pennsylvania on June 29 the Merchants of Sixth Street defeated the office force of Standard Engineering Works 12 to 7 on the engineering grounds. McCarthy was hit often by the winners while Burr pitched well for Sixth Street. The Merchants broke open the game with an eight run fourth inning after a four run first by the Engineers. The two teams listed their players and positions, and the Merchants have arranged a follow up game with the Steel Car Forge office force in the coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Merchants of
Sixth Street
Standard Engineering Works
Engineering Works
McCarthy
Burr
Howee Merchants
Merchants — Strealey
Howard
Howell
Baisey
Michaels
Wrench
Krause
Frazier
Boyle
Jones
Allison
Badger
Clark
Davidson
Harris
Mellvaine
Merchants
Ellwood Borough Sells Work Horse to Italian for 75
Ellwood councilmen learned that the borough sold a city work horse to an Italian for $75. The horse had served for years and could no longer handle heavy tasks. The deal was not sanctioned by council and no one knows who initiated it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood
Connoquenessing Club Dance Planned at Cascade Park
The Connoquenessing club expects a dance and party at Cascade park on the evening of July 6 with the date to be finalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade Park
Italians Fight But Do Little Damage
Tony Beatrize of Little Italy escaped a razor attack by Koke Kila after a quarrel over a girl. Beatrize ran to Squire Butler's office to report assault and battery and peace breach as Constable Sam Parker searched Little Italy, but the assailant remained at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Tony Beatrize
Little Italy
Koke Kila
Tony
Squire Butler
Kila
Beatrize
Sam Parker
Great Advantage of St Ry One South Ellwood City
Announcement that the New Castle and Harmony Street Railway would include a wagon road on its Beaver River bridge at West Ellwood Junction brings satisfaction to Ellwood City. It opens land rich in farms and minerals and provides a direct route to Koppel, replacing the detour via Wampum or Beaver Falls. Officials say the bridge will serve public use, with more street railway developments expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
New Castle
Wampum
Beaver Falls
Ellwood City Council Schedules Tue Evening Meeting
An adjourned Ellwood City council meeting is set for Tuesday evening since the Fourth of July falls on Thursday. Harmony company seeks a franchise with a $5000 payment and a shorter term may be favored. Beaver Falls Koppel New Castle line may attend offering $10000 for a perpetual franchise, with locals preferring a 40 year grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellwood City
Ellwood City
Harmony Company
Beaver Falls-Koppel-New Castle Street Railway Company
Twenty seven more join with soldiers in Ellwood City
Samuel Parker reports twenty seven new members joining the veterans organization, including four veterans and twenty three sons of veterans, with more names expected next week. An expanding local effort aims to organize the Sons of Veterans soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Samuel Parker
Sons of Veterans
Henry Parker
Miller McCormack
Edward Stull
N. C. Wimner
Homer Rhodes
D. E. Campbell
C. E. Edwards
J. E. Bannon
S. B. Clark
R. A. Morrow
W. H. Parker
W. R. Ramsey
L. M. Michaels
H. H. Hazen
George W. Blank
B. T. Montgomery
H. L. Clarke, Jr
J. E. Wright
D. A. Evans
J. S. Jamison
J. A. Evans
G. W. Lott
W. V. Knapp
S. A. Parker
F. G. Bolier
H. L. Ketterer
Surprise appreciation party for Mrs Carrie Reynolds
Mrs Reynolds former secretary of the W C T U in Ellwood was honored at a Spring avenue residence gathering arranged by local members before she moved to New Castle. Guests attended, music featured, a fine lunch served, and a cut glass dish given in appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Reynolds
New Castle
Ellwood
A. D. Pander
Spring Avenue
Reynolds
A. G. Crawford
P. W. Blocher
Pittsburg
R. E. Butler
Harmony
Ruth Cook
Greenville
R. A. Snedden
Wayne Avenue
Bertha Kern
South Bend
Ind
William Kern
L. A. Henderson
Public well lacks usable cups at Sixth and Lawrence
The public well at the corner of Sixth Street and Lawrence Avenue has had no usable drinking cups for a week. Only a broken tumbler, holding about a third of a glass, is available and the ragged glass poses injury risk. Cups keep getting stolen or broken, creating ongoing difficulty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Street
Lawrence Avenue
Eleven Ellwood City men join Elks in Beaver Falls
Eleven Ellwood City men were initiated into the BPO Elks at Beaver Falls Thursday night. The group returned home on a special train via the Pittsburg and Lake Erie line. Most members belong to Beaver Falls Lodge as Ellwood City lacks one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
B. P. O. Elks
Beaver Falls
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Elk Lodge
Local social notes from Ellwood and surrounding towns
Visitors and residents travel between Bruin Wampum New Castle Greenville and Wayne township with gatherings at Battery B Mt Jackson and Wayne avenue. A tube mill forge company and other works report pay day Brisk business expected as workers like B R Reed face injuries and rest periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Cohen
B. R. Reed
Lake Erie
Ellwood
Sunday worship and Sunday schools listed for multiple churches
Reformed church holds Sunday school at 10 a.m. and services at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Christian church offers Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and morning service at 11 a.m. Evening service at 7:45. U P church schedules public worship with sermon and Y P C U at 7 p.m. Free Methodist and other denominations list services, sacraments, devotions, and street meeting at Lawrence and Sixth streets this evening. Catholic Mass times listed with weekday and Sunday hours and devotions. First Baptist and Presbyterian churches provide Sunday school and evening preaching, with midweek prayer and praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformed Church
Christian Church
Church of God
U. P
Lawrence
Sixth Streets
First «Baptist Church
Who Scratched the Bath Tub
Readers recall a porcelain bath tub damaged by someone washing it with common yellow laundry soap containing resin and caustic. The notice warns that such soap can ruin enamel and questions what it would do to clothes. It endorses Easy Task Soap as safe for cleaning dirt.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ellwood City News
New Baptist Church
Earl Preps. S
Standard Enginering Works
City Horse
ST. RY
Beaver River
Autocrat
Keystone Auto CO
Mercer St
Solons
ELKS
James Cook
Bruin
Harry Stiglitz
G. P. Pate
Tessie Wayne
Butler
Ziretta
Polly
The
Fas
Zira
Cigareta
Church Notes
McBride Bros
Cunningham St
Bell Phone
Union
Williams
Price
Williams Mfg. CO
Cleveland
George W. Clutton
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!