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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
7
An advertisement extols Goldine to improve stamina and vitality. It features testimonials from A F Penfield and others, urges attention to digestion and nerves, and lists locations in Lawrence County for purchase. The pitch emphasizes reversing debility and restoring strength for a healthier life.
Lawrence county farmers look to a bumper year as wet spring weather boosted wheat and hay. Fields show thick wheat with sturdy stalks and full heads, Timothy and clover thriving, oats and corn improving with warm nights and no hard frost. Haying begins in earnest with harvest near.
Edenburg Mrs. C. S. McCullough spent Monday in Pittsburg. Simon Wurtz of Cleveland spent Tuesday with A. C. Robinson. Children day will be observed at the Christian church Sunday July 2. Mrs. Hugh McCreary of Hillsville spent Wednesday with Mrs. E. F. Ashton. Mrs. J. R. McGuire of Mahoningtown spent Wednesday with friends in town. Lois Needler of Bethel visits aunt Mrs. E. E. Douglas. Mrs. Harry Christy of Springboro visits sister Mrs. C. A. Mitcheltree. Mrs. Harlan Haun and daughter Margaret of New Castle were guests of the mother Mrs. Ira Beight. The Ladies Missionary society of the M. E. church entertained the Queen Esther circle at Mrs. Alice Lamm’s. Thomas Baird will move his family to the Sam Brown farm around September first. Mr. and Mrs. Brown plan to go to California.
Dr W L Beal of New Castle participates in the annual Pennsylvania State Dental Society meeting at Carnegie Music Hall Pittsburgh. Clinics highlight the program with Beal presenting one session as the convention, largely attended, wound down this afternoon.
An advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a rapid remedy for eczema and various skin diseases. It promises disappearance of scales and lesions in days, claims to treat barbers itch red skin and ulcers, and notes pharmacists sell a small bottle for 50 cents with home-use directions.
Mrs. George J. O'Keefe, wife of Special Sessions Justice O'Keefe, launches a women’s group to supply American troops in the Mexican front with cigarettes and tobacco. The plan aims to offer brands beyond the government issue, inspired by Mrs. George Washington Loop who sent millions of cigarettes and tobacco to Allied troops.
In Beaver, a well dressed stranger posing as a room renter won entry at Miss Maggie Dambach’s Beaver Falls home and stole a watch and money after moving in with promises of paying rent in advance. The suspect, 25 to 30, claimed steel company ties. No arrests reported.
Members of the Mahoning Valley Grange met in the Grange hall for their regular meeting and outlined a July 4 picnic at Elmer Douglas grove Stop 36 Youngstown line. Committees were named for purchasing, finance, dinner, amusements and advertising. A Grange talk, new chairs for the hall and a July 11 meeting date were noted.
John Ward a seventy year old Philadelphian told Magister Williams at Abington that a malignant influence, always with him, has made him a vagrant for ten years. He sought food at Curtis country place in Rydal, threw it away when it displeased him, and caused a disturbance, prompting police to intervene. Ward was found by Patrolman Nice a half mile from the Curtis home.
Magistrate Williams ordered Ward to Norristown county prison for a thirty day sentence. Doctors will assess how hallucinations may affect his mentality.
In Jefferson City Missouri on June 29 Reverend J A Cowling pastor of the Presbyterian church resigned after a weeks long dispute with the local Presbyterian Brotherhood over tobacco at informal meetings. The Brotherhood continued smoking despite the pastor's opposition and the congregation accepted his resignation.
In Columbus Ohio M J Shinnick cut through a ceiling seeking a roof leak and uncovered a large mass of honeycomb dripping honey onto plaster. He had earlier blocked a bee entry point, ending an earlier nuisance, and did not know a swarm was storing honey in the attic. The article notes the black wood hen is a New Zealand bird.
An advertisement proclaims lon o lex Unguent stops inflammation in eczema erysipelas and many throat and lung diseases and claims the product is not a drug and harmless. It notes two forms external Unguent and internal Liquid and offers a money back guarantee at Love and Megown's.
Captain Isaac Gaskill, 90, of Buckshutem near Millville, celebrated with a birthday party and refused modern dances. He recalled planting the first oysters in Maurice River Cove, started sailing young, earned $2 a month, and served five years at sea. He served 96 boxes of strawberries and opened 175 oysters for guests.
Franklin New Hampshire June 29 Private Ernest Murphy of the Franklin Machine Gun company N H N G came up from Concord yesterday and killed his driving horse two dogs a cat. Officer George Burrer assisted. Murphy will join his unit at the border and chose to end the animals life rather than leave them with strangers. They were buried in one grave on Prospect Hill pasture. Buffalo reports 10 983 licensed chauffeurs and 100 000 in New York State.
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