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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
18
The ad lists Thursday only bargains across fabrics and apparel including 42 inch woolen fabric at 55c, embroidery, satin hose supporters at 17c, ladies umbrellas at 59c, table napkins at 1.97, jackets at 2.98, cambric muslin drawers at 29c, gingham aprons at 10c, brown sheetings at 19c yard, light calicoes at 0.54c yard, and spools of black white and color thread for Thursday.
In a potential clash with red labor, Republic Iron and Steel seeks to annul its four year wage agreement with Amalgamated. If not renewed, mills may close June 30 and stay shut until a new scale is agreed, signaling a major industrial fight across national mills. Sim Leonard and James Nutt advocate annulment in talks with Amalgamated leaders.
A Mahoning township teacher assigns a weekly essay and a boy responds with a chilling tale about killing a pig on Monday and meat lasting through Sunday. The item then shifts to a different note that after 27 years of blindness Alice Ellis, once of Port Huron Michigan now residing in Weisbaden Germany, has regained her sight.
Charleroi Pa March 16 1908 John K Tener candidate for congress writes Thomas D Brown of New Brighton outlining his stance on liquor local option He would not dictate details to the state legislature but supports giving locals a vote on license and favors a local option bill acceptable to local lawmakers He notes Charleroi's history of strict license control and urges citizens to oppose bossism and influence to reduce evils of legalized liquor.
Miss Emma V. Harry, high school faculty member, spoke on The Transition Period Immediately Preceding the Reformation at St John’s Evangelical Lutheran church. She discussed the Middle Ages, crusades, decline of papacy, rise of learning, and Chaucer and Wycliffe, closing with her own poem. The audience, including congregation members, praised her clear forceful presentation.
St Marys Dramatic Society presented Fifty Miles From Pittsburg in Kiss a Me. James Carton, Francis Quinn and others led a strong cast with Mary Griffith drawing praise for her singing and range. Rev Patrick Maher directed with William J Scollins assisting. Prof Julius Sypher led music and the St Marys orchestra accompanied the show.
A group of street urchins gathered around a crippled boy on a North Mill street iron grating. The crutch broke, leaving him helpless until Mrs. Hartsuff bought a crutch at a nearby drug store and gave it to him, prompting cheers as he walked away.
Greenville March 18 The Bes semer and Lake Erie railroad seeks a low grade route from Halliston to Grove City Engineers finished the preliminary survey The line will touch Slippery Rock a college town now without railroad facilities Residents and students now must drive to the nearest rail point creating great inconvenience
Greenville Pa March 18 The court refuses a new trial to Frank Emmett convicted of embezzlement and larceny He formerly lived here and was the government's chief witness in boiler fraud cases against C L Close and Jay J Dunn officers of the local Shel by Steel Tube plant
Traveling auditors from the State Auditor General’s office examined the Shenango Valley hospital and the Almira home in New Castle. They signed off on both accounts, noting past lax oversight but promising stricter future audits every three months for state institutions.
Five boys about 17 years old pleaded guilty in court to robbing a box car. Names given as William Murdock Robert Schrock James Martin William Curtis and John Cavanaugh. They claimed to work in Pittsburg plants but were laid off a month ago and rode the box car for fun.
Radical changes in the fair at Butler restrict premiums in all classes to Butler county exhibitors. The move aims to boost local stock raisers interest and ensure premiums are large enough to justify farmers bringing in their stock.
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