Bridge Safety Question Stirs Tubetown Area
A grand jury condemns the Shenango River bridge at Tubetown as unsafe. The piece notes streetcars crossing the bridge pose constant risk to passengers and property, urging fair funding from the street railway for reconstruction while predicting reluctance from the traction company.
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Grand Jury
Shenango River
Tubetown
Traction Company
Street Railway
Pittsburg Street
Street Car
Our Convict Class: Foreign Born Dominate Western Penitentiary
The article notes only 15 per cent of Western Pennsylvania penitentiary inmates are native born with 85 per cent foreigners mainly Europeans and blacks. Western Penitentiary is at capacity with 1,162 inmates, 44 overnight in 22 cells. Criminologists attribute the overflow to idle hands and labor shortages exploited by criminals.
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Wesern
Pennsylvania
Satan
Railroad men know laws and dodge hours rule
Pottsville report says a train crew deserted while on duty through the town and went to hotels to wash and eat. They then slept and returned to service after the new federal hours rule took effect last Sunday. The railroad shifted delayed passengers to another train and later assigned rested crew to finish the trip.
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Pennsylvania
Pottsville
Railway surgeon autopsy liability in Georgia case
In Lewis and Nashville Railroad Co. v Blackmon the Georgia Supreme Court ruled a surgeon sent to treat an injured engineer and later performing an autopsy without relatives consent exceeded the employer’s business scope. The decision limits liability for railway companies in such medical actions.
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Supreme Court of Georgia
Lewis & Shville Railroad Co
Blackmon
Hickory timber under study for future vehicle needs
Automobile and carriage manufacturers, allied wood users, and the U S forest service join tests on hickory grades to curb waste and extend supplies. Red hickory may rival white in strength, boosting conservation and private planting to avert shortages projected to last about 15 years.
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Allied Vehicle Industries
National Wagon Manufacturers’ Association of America
Carriage Builders’ National Association
National Hickory Association
United States Forest Service
H. B. Holroyd
H. 8. Betts
Forest Service
Washington
United States
Australia
Oil Trust Learns a Lesson from the March Magazine
After Judge Landis’s decision the Oil Trust shifts public stance. John D Rockefeller and James A Moffett appeal for fair play while Missouri sues to dissolve Standard Oil and Texas places the business with a receiver. Public opinion and a kinder image shape the new corporate posture.
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Oil Trust
March New Broadway
Landis
James A. Moffett
The
Trust
John D. Rockefeller
H. N. Casson
Standard Oil
Doughty Missouri
St. Louis
Texas
Miss Esther Watson Improves After Illness
Miss Esther Watson, formerly seriously ill with a head ailment, has shown marked improvement and is now at home. Friends express happiness at her renewed health and hopeful recovery.
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Esther Watson
Make the Stomach Work With Miona Tablets
An advertising notice touts Miona stomach tablets to strengthen stomach muscles and walls, reduce indigestion bloating and flatulence, and allow unrestricted meals. It promises a complete cure in a short time and offers a 50 cent box with a money back guarantee from George W. Clutton if claims are not met.
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Oil Trust
Standard Oil
Miona
George W. Clutton
Hints and Dints from a Bright but Busy Page
A collage of jokes quotes and wry observations from multiple columns. Items include teens idealized and rooted in chores, Prohibition party digs, a Dayton factory closure with 6000 out of work, lost watch recoveries via The News, jail treatment quips, Cupid jokes, barn painting mischief, and a playful note on dog barking as tax revenue.
Box of Wrinkles and the Key to the Curtain
A comic tale centers on Jessica Moyne and Boots as they navigate a coquettish ruse. Boots seeks a box of wrinkles to please Jessica while Lettice Jer ome and Ashley complicate the exchange. Mrs. Hill then recounts Boots’s fruitless chase for the curtain key.
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Josh
M&llon
Jessica Moyne
Eise
Sweenly
Mr. Boos
Miss Moyne
Mayne
Lettice
Ashley
Ephanks
Jessica
The New Princess-Dress Effect in Spring Fashion
Grace Margaret Gould notes the rise of one piece princess dresses for spring. They feature neck guimpes or cutouts, sleeveless or short sleeves, and lightweight materials like panama mohair and serge. Skirts extend above the waist with shoulder straps, epaulets, and trimmed with braiding and buttons. a new draped front panel offers plaited options. George Winter of North Beaver Street is in Pittsburgh today.
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Grace Margaret Gould
Panama
The Chase for Titles in France and Parisian Schemes
In the March New Broadway Magazine, Vance Thompson notes many American women claim or chase titles in France where aristocracy blooms despite abolition. He cites a surge of dukes and counts. a famed American marriage broker offers titles like Duc de Montmorency and Prince de Lecca, with the Corsican Colonnas’ Knight of the Sorrowful Visage among prospects.
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France
Vance Thompson
Marquis de Tete de Veau
Duc de Montmorency
Count de Chateaubriand
Prince de Lecca
Colonnas
Vinol Promises Health Through Purified Cod Liver Iron
An advertisement claims pure rich blood equals health and promotes Vinol as a modern cod liver preparation with iron peptonates. It urges New Castle residents to try Vinol at Paisley Pharmacy with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
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New Castle
Vinci
Paisley Pharmacy
County Commissioner Candidates Named for April 11 1908
The News announces candidates for the Democratic primaries on April 11 1908. J 8 Schwelnsberg is named for County Commissioner Fourth Ward and Joseph Hanno is named for County Commissioner Union Retain.
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Schwelnsberg
Joseph Hanno Union
Samuel J. Chambers
Third Ward
Guy Zimmerman
Joseph E. Martin
Wilmington Township
James M’kissick
J. Kemm
J. S. Long
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Publishea
Sycamore Street
Apple Alley
the News Company
George &. Treadwell
Fred L. Rentz
Frea L. Rentz
Bert W
Bell
Citizens
Hickory Supply
Washington Herald
National Cash Register
Dayton, O
Dayton
E. D. Haggerty
North Shenango Street
Earl Hiler
Dickson Street
Haggerty
Irene Haggerty
Butler
Birmingham Age-Herald
Dan Cupid
Pottstown
J. A. Anderson
Pearson Street
Fleeger
Division Street
Anderson
Admiral Cowles
Pittsburg
Paris
Revenue Department
George Winter
North Beaversstreet
Boston
W. D. Wallace
Lhc
Hyson
Japan
Santos
Baker's
Howard Munnell
Union Station
Mather Bros. Company
East Washington Street
Union
Central Laundry Company
Choton Ave
Spalding Baseball
Spalding
Patterson Stationery Co
Columbia
Hartford
Iver Johnson
Pierce
East
Washington Street
Roy F. Brandon
St. Mary’s Dramatic Society
St. Mary’s
Winter Brothers
M. C. Winter’s
Congress
John K. Tener
Washington Do
24Th
Thomas W. Phillips
Lawrence County
Joseph J. Zimmerman
Beaver County
Judson C. Norris
Thomas M. Eckles
Ellwood City
Charles F. Ball
Volant
Joseph BE. Ligo
George T. Weingartner
Shenango Township
State
Senate
Ss. P. Emery
New Castle, Pa
State Senate
Samuel P. White
New Brighton, Beaver Co
James E. Mooney
Second Ward
Robert L. Walla
Almatrim Beatty
Big Beaver Township
Walters. Reynolds
A. W. Gardner
W. D. Walton
W. W. Stevenson
Thomas M. Stewart
Little Beaver Township
Charles H. Andrews
William Keagnew
Frank L. Bigham
R. M. Leslie
North Leaver
Unty
Eave
Acob F. Corl
W.j
Pulaski Township
T. Atton
Hickory Township
John F. 2Itts
North Beaver Two
James A. Stickle
Slipperyrock Township
Jared Hamm
J. BE. Ramsey
Matthew W. Young
Scott Township
G. B. Zahniser
Clendenin Block
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