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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
10
Mrs Newlywed claims she is washing both sets of clothes while Mr Newlywed resents the smell and steam in the house. Anty Drudge counsels the couple to replace old soaps and wash methods. Harry is sent to the grocer for elf Naptha soap while Nellie is urged to abandon the wash boiler.
An advertisement extols Fels-Naptha as superior for housecleaning and laundry. It asserts floor whitening and varnish protection, stain removal from fabrics and carpets, and disinfectant properties with minimal scrubbing. Full usage directions appear on the product wrapper.
Two men posing as picture agents robbed several houses near Richelieu Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. They entered together and distracted residents with talk of enlargements while the other searched for valuables. Items stolen included a gold watch a stick pin and various trinkets. County Detective Logan received a description: one man about six feet tall clean shaven black clothes no overcoat and a second smaller man with a short black overcoat. Housekeepers are warned to be on the lookout.
Special sale on rugs remnants carpets oil cloth and linoleum at Duffords. Prices are low. Sale emphasizes broad selection and affordability for shoppers seeking deals on flooring materials.
Wampum residents report visits by Mrs. Charles Miles and Miss Alma McMurdy to New Castle. Mrs. John Neumann is ill at home. Joe White and Miss Eva McMurdy visited New Castle and Hoysdale respectively. Mr and Mrs Overlander and daughter Ella from Homewood attended a club dance. Announced marriage of Earl Wykoff and Nellie King at Jamestown on Feb 29. The couple now stays in New Castle.
Daniel Sully stars in The Golden Rule in Newcastle Monday benefiting the New Castle Avenue F O E. The Cascade presents West and Fowler Elsie Jayne Steve Forrest Al and Nellie Fox and a 20 number program of songs dances and sketches. Lottie Blair Parker's Under Southern Skies returns to the opera house Friday March 20 in its seventh season with a southern tale that has captivated audiences.
Charlotte Leslie presents a new illustrated song act by La Draux and his duck described as one of the largest laughing acts seen. The London Christmas arrival features fifty performers in a grand musical comedy with massive scenery and two 60 foot cars required for transport.
The author vividly draws southern traits and the air of beauty chivalry romance and gaiety as the play seems a real life presentment rather than fiction.
The Star Family theatre presents Cora Swain with 25 educated cockatoos, Nick Conway the laughing Casey, Donit Sol and company with the lady with many faces, plus new moving pictures and illustrated songs. Management proclaims it the greatest vaudeville bill yet seen in New Castle.
A work train car detached from the Pittsburg, Butler, Harmony and New Castle street railway near Sand Hill school house in Butler township. The car ran a mile downhill, jumped the track, broke two trolley poles, and was demolished. No one was aboard or injured.
Missionary A Cunningham returned from China will address the Young People’s meeting at the Hoover Heights tabernacle Friday evening. The Christian and Missionary Alliance convention sessions are under way at the same tabernacle with ministers and workers from out of town making addresses. Cunningham is described as an interesting speaker and is expected to draw a large crowd.
A well known mill man of Youngstown declares that after July 1 the mills of Republic Iron and Steel will operate as a steel proposition with an open shop policy.
Health Officer C. C. Horner orders citizens to remove winter rubbish and refuse piling on premises. Warns that blocked back yards in outlying districts could trigger epidemics if garbage is not cleared promptly.
Judson C. Barteaux, street commissioner, is actively cleaning alleys across the city. The paved streets are now nearly all in good shape.
The Real Estate Association, affiliated with the Businessmen's Exchange, adopts rules restricting listings to properties with exclusive right to sell and limiting leases to agency controlled properties. It sets minimum fees of 5 dollars for value estimates and viewer appearances and 10 dollars for court appearances, effective March 17, 1908.
Carrara Paint Company offers three free color plans for your house if you mail in a coupon. The ad claims the paint never fades cracks or peels and covers more surface at lower cost than any other paint.
Lawrence County youths increasingly avoid the ministry though it offers solid pay and impact. New Castle shows a two year shortage of able ministers with salaries from 1500 to 3000 dollars and examples of early exit to higher paying fields. The piece argues ministry remains financially viable and socially valuable amid other career options.
Best for the Money is quoted as the general opinion of Duffords stock of rugs and carpets with a special sale now on. The notice highlights value and affordability for shoppers seeking quality flooring options.
More than 50 men were given lodging in the Youngstown police station last night.
A Quaker Health Teacher visit in Charleston drew many locals to a drug store. He sold Quaker Herb Extract and Oil of Balm, with testimonials from miners like Joan Ligeti of Bridgeport who credited the remedies with curing catarrh and related ailments. Prices were listed as Quaker Herb Extract one dollar, three for two dollars and seventy five cents, and Quaker Oil liniment twenty five cents.
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