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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1914
Page
5
A Lancaster County grower consulted State Zoologist H A Surface on potato blight. Surface outlines two forms early blight and late blight with symptoms and that Bordeaux mixture is the primary preventive spray, including lime, bluestone and optional arsenate, plus timing and reapplication after rain.
A local battle over high trolley car steps ends with Wilkes-Barre Railway Company agreeing to lower steps after complaint by the Women's Civic Club. Women had complained hobbled skirts made entry difficult and even required a ladder to board cars. The club committee pursued action despite initial inaction.
Officials have installed double deck steps on some cars easing entry for women in hobbies. They pledged to lower steps on other cars using the same method.
Local boxer Tommy Jones has gone to Dayton, Ohio, where he has secured a position and expects to box in that city.
Portersville items note Alice Covert attending the summer term in Grove City while Harold Covert returns from New Wilmington college. Mentions plentiful berries, work on Clarence Newtons store addition by Aiken and Campbell, improving health of Helen Kennedy, and visits by Annetta McKee, Rev Laughner, and others. Also recalls Civil War veteran James Cleland who died in Grove City at 79, with service details and postwar associations.
The Creston Iowa anecdote reports a woman plagued by female troubles becoming strong and content after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims the remedy has helped many and urges letters to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. for confidential advice.
At a Friday meeting of the Ladies Aid society held at Mrs. H. A. Andersons home in West Pittsburg the group conducted a short business session and re-elected all officers: Mrs. H. A. Anderson president, Mrs. A. S. Dunkle vice president, Mrs. J. S. Free treasurer, and Mrs. F. L. Pitzer secretary.
Mt Hermon community updates include visits by Minnie Pence Nancy Emery Eva Forbes Edith Kildop and George Martin. Evangelistic services begin August 17 at Oak Grove Church led by Rev Fred Bright. Willing Workers plan July 10 ice cream and raspberry social at J A Ray residence. Fourth of July church picnic mentioned.
A nostalgic ad copy invites readers to reach into the bottom drawer for a fresh pipeful of Five Brothers tobacco. It extols the habit as enjoyable and echoes memories of old times with rich Southern Kentucky tobacco aged three to five years for mellowness and smoothness.
An advertisement for Five Brothers tobacco claims it is an honest healthful pure tobacco for men who chew or smoke. It emphasizes a solid satisfying flavor and mouth filling quality with a week trial proving ongoing use. The copy notes the product is sold everywhere by The American Tobacco Co.
Event repeats at the same site as last year with ice cream delicasies and a sports program. Prizes will be awarded to winners and the day is open to all residents and guests.
Harrisburg June 30. Flags installed in the state capitol rotunda will be numbered and rearranged for better viewing. A front key chart will identify each flag, with some moved to new cases if needed. Flags from 1812 Civil War and Tenth Pennsylvania in the Philippines will be framed and silk covered for preservation and shown in capitol corridors.
A compact quotation from Juvenal warns that revenge mirrors a narrow mind and offers little pleasure. It emphasizes the moral stance that retaliation harms the taker as much as the target.
Diet advice claims thin individuals can gain 5 to 8 pounds in two weeks by taking one Sargel tablet with meals. It says Sargel converts eaten fats sugars and starches into usable nourishment, stops waste, and yields lasting weight gain. Sold by McKee's Kut Rate Medicine and other local druggists with a money back guarantee.
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