Reduction Sale Ends Soon With Tuesday Additions
The advertisement notes all items from last week’s Reduction Sale will be sold at reduced prices until exhausted and adds new Tuesday selling terms.
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1908
Page
8
The advertisement notes all items from last week’s Reduction Sale will be sold at reduced prices until exhausted and adds new Tuesday selling terms.
Several brief items report visits and travels of professors students and residents. Prof J A Shott and others visited Mercer New Castle Sharon and Wampum while Miss Erma Graham and several Westminster alumni are home or visiting. Rev J H Veazey and Rev D M Cleland preach and plan church and foreigner school events and a March convention.
Dr H J Whalen the new pastor drew a large Sunday morning crowd at First Baptist with a sermon on The Qualifications of the Prophets from Ezekiel 37 1 15 He urged surrender to God and touched lives for good A communion and 11 new members were received including 10 foreigners from a church mission. Evening service featured The Comforting Presence and guests were invited to a series of social welcome events.
Evangelist Charles F. English of North Amherst Ohio conducts revival at Croton Avenue M E Church with strong interest. He preaches on Faith with large morning and night crowds. Services 7 30 pm nightly, 2 30 pm Tue Wed Fri, 8 pm Thu. Pastor Rev J L Stratton sees great work ahead. EnglishPreaches Walking in the Right Monday night.
A Panama letter from February 24 details a Smithsonian expedition led by Dr. F B Von Teuber into the San Blas coast jungle. One man died, two others were stricken with fever, supplies ran out, and hostile Indians forced a retreat to Colon. T R Bradley of Boston died, D H Smith of Norfolk and B Bartlett of Boston remained hospitalized.
Dr Isaac Ketler president of Grove City College will speak Monday night at First M E church on how modern discoveries illuminate the Bible The event opens a Bible school series with no admission charged. Finance committee of the Y W C A to meet next week to report on a $100 per member fund drive among 18 leaders.
Street Commissioner Judson Barteaux says damage will be less than feared after a heavy storm. East street and Smithfield street on the West side show serious washouts, with extensive repairs needed to clear mud and rubbish. Minor damage reported on other streets citywide.
Rev E E Higley pastor of First Methodist church announces a seven part series on the Lost Boy. The first sermon titled The Depart ure was delivered last evening. Next topics include The Profit and Loss of Sin March 8 The Far Country March 15 Moral Insanity March 22 A Wise Resolution April 5 The Welcome April 12 The Elder Brother April 19.
The Men’s Missionary Society of the First Christian church recommends the church take four offerings for missions yearly. Proposed distribution: Western Pennsylvania 20 percent, church extension 20 percent, home missions 30 percent, and foreign missions 30 percent. The four offerings would be taken for missions in general and then divided accordingly.
Robert A. Quartermass of Amy filed what is described as the most unique will on record in Michigan. Drafted on a three foot square Manilla board, the document yields a detailed plot of every piece of real estate and shows each heir’s exact share. The estate is valued at about $9,000.
Mrs R W Skinner, County President of the W C T U, reports on a January 31 1908 leaflet from the International Union of United Brewery Workmen of America arguing prohibition harms working people. The message claims prohibition reduces wages, increases child labor, lowers farmer income, and diverts money from labor to the liquor trade, urging investigation of liquor traffic and its economic impact on labor and society.
Miss Elizabeth Patterson and Miss Olive Braham of Westminster College spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs T A Patterson on Wallace Avenue.
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