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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1908
Page
2
Advertisement for Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root promotes the kidney remedy as a cure for kidney and bladder trouble. It asserts kidneys cause most diseases and touts a trial bottle by mail, with prices in fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes and instructions to mention the paper.
Next Saturday will be payday at the Greer and Shenango tin mills, with thousands of dollars to be handed out to several thousand employees. The tin mills will be the only plants to pay besides stove foundries, as the steel mill and furnaces already paid last Saturday, signaling a citywide business revival.
W L Jenkins of Pennsylvania avenue, a noted doubler in the Shenango tin mill, has been unable to work ten days due to a painful hand infection from a scratched cut. He neglected treatment, developed blood poisoning, and was formerly tied to prize fighting with bouts in New Castle, Youngstown, and Niles before Jimmy Dime arrived in the city.
Dr. T. W. Williams, president of the Fifth Ward Local Option Club, announces the next meeting at the Welsh Congregational Church on East Reynolds Street next Saturday evening. Honorable George T. Weingartner, state senate candidate, will deliver an address on local option, with a musical and literary program in preparation.
W. H. Loller head of the Youngstown fire department and his wife visited town as guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Davis on Phillips Street. Loller, a leading Ohio firefighter, is being discussed as the potential state fire marshal for Ohio.
Will J. Walters a high U S Steel official in Pittsburg circulated among friends yesterday. Walters formerly a tin mill shearman in New Kensington and rose to high position by pluck and efficiency.
Dave Clark of Reynolds street has resigned as chief clerk in the tin mill offices and left yesterday for Philadelphia to enroll at the University of Pennsylvania. Clark has served many years in the tin mill office force.
Street Commissioner Jud Barteaux has nearly finished his drive to keep Fifth ward streets clean. Most southern city streets are free of winter mud and filth as his campaign progresses.
A large force began tearing down the old red mill by the steel plant Monday morning. The structure had stood wrecked for years and its removal was demanded due to its decay.
East Long avenue resident and noted painter Lee Long relocates his family to Braddock. He plans to open a large vaudeville and moving picture establishment, expanding his artistic and entertainment ventures beyond the Fifth ward.
A Japanese social will be held at Emmanuel Baptist Church on East Reynolds Street a week from the coming Wednesday evening. Rev. W J John is pastor and an elaborate program is in preparation.
A 70 pound gas gusher struck at the Twentier farm a mile and a half from Evans City Saturday by drillers for Marburger and Twentier owners of the Central hotel. The well came in unexpectedly and owners plan to drill deeper hoping for oil. News of the roar drew crowds and Pittsburg oil men visited the site on Sunday and Monday.
Joe Fisher longtime Long avenue resident and former owner of a large dry goods store is moving to a newly purchased handsome home on Highland avenue in the Second ward.
Bernard Edwards a well known tin worker and Dan Sturdevant a boiler maker at the New Castle Junction shops of the B and O both of the Fifth ward have concluded several days pleasant vacation in Pittsburg.
Griff Jones a roller at the Shenango tin mill is convalescing after a crushed foot suffered some time ago and hopes to return to work within a few days as recovery progresses.
Samuel Perry of South Mill Street is improving after illness. S. W. Lewis returns from a short Sharon visit. Mrs. Bettie Minzer visits Ed McClintock of Pittsburg, with Maurice Minter of East Long Avenue. John Crane of Waldo Street, a Shenango mill screw boy, toured Youngstown. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hunter of East Division Street travel to Akron to visit relatives.
All carpenters are requested to be present at the meeting Thursday evening March 26 1908. Business of importance. Also to arrange for the social to be given April 2 1908. Elton A Bonzo, Sec.
Material received for improvement at the Safety Armorite plant in West Pittsburg signals progress on a new battery of kilns. Several car loads of material arrive this week and active construction begins at once. Plans aim to have the project well under way by next week with no definite completion date announced. Conduit production will continue during the upgrade.
Ellwood bride Elsie R Cook aged 16 wed electrician Fred W Green at high noon with Squire Douds officiating. Daughter of Mrs D Cook of Hazel Dell, the couple plans to reside in Ellwood after a honeymoon trip.
The annual congregational meet ing of the Presbyterian church will be held Thursday evening at the First National Bank building hall. Officers for the coming year will be elected and church reports read. After business, a social hour with light refreshments follows.
Ellwood City residents Mr. and Mrs. C H Blatt have left for Denver Col where they will reside. Mr Blatt has suffered asthma for years and seeks relief from his health condition. The community extends good wishes as they begin their new life away from Ellwood City.
E S Gordon of Rochester a noted glass man spent yesterday in Ellwood surveying the town and the Ellwood City Glass company plant. He is believed to consider locating in Ellwood in the near future due to interest in lower Ohio valley plants.
George Fisher, local representative of Metropolitan Life Insurance, moves his family to Connellsville and will start a business there on April first. He recently endured the loss of his wife and a serious illness, returning to his old home among his people.
Miss Lillian Debalt longtime Bell Telephone night operator in Ellwood will leave the first of April to reside in New Castle. She will join the American Union company in New Castle which is her native county.
All fifteen are ready for an oyster supper and evening of entertainment in the old school house. A special arrangement will have the midnight westbound train on the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie stop at West Pittsburgh at 12 06 to serve attendees from New Castle. An excellent program is planned followed by dancing.
H W Dambach returns from Ohio trip while Zelienople and New Castle residents visit and Mary Evans stays with friends. Mrs Adam Dambach visits sons H W and F E Dambach. Household goods offered for sale including sideboard gas stoves carpet mower and more at 301 Crescent Ellwood 18013.
Work on the Pittsburg Harmony Butler and New Castle Street Railway main line advances with daily and nightly shifts. A major Connoquenessing gorge bridge was destroyed twice by floods but a new structure nears completion. The New Castle division aims to open soon, with Butler branch rushed afterward. Power plant at Harmony Junction ready, cars 60 feet long with 500 HP motors and speeds up to 70 mph.
Article explains backache as a signal of feminine organ distress and lists accompanying symptoms such as nervousness headache and pelvic pain. It asserts a single remedy quickly removes the cause and restores health, urging immediate attention to the feminine organism.
Mrs Will Young of Rockland Maine finds relief after three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures backaches and side pain and restores her health Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania reports severe backaches sleeplessness and loss of appetite disappear and she feels like a new woman The ad touts thirty years of use as a standard female remedy for displacement ulcers fibroid tumors and other female ills with many cures noted from roots and herbs.
The Woodhouse, Bopp and Company silk mill, a major West Pittsburg industry, operates at full capacity as demand booms this winter. Large orders are on hand and a full workforce is continually employed.
Nick Lloyd of West Moravia and John Mitchell of the Center Avenue hotel were briefly in New Castle yesterday. George Waller of Eleventh street visited Ellwood City, and G E Pettingill of Garland Corporation completed a short Pittsburg trip. J H Armstrong of Pittsburg, president of the Pressed Radiator Company, also ended a short stay in West.
A dynamite blast wrecked the Daily News plant in Rock Island Illinois injuring janitor H C Heuck and his family. Editor Miron Jordan was at the building just before the explosion as anti saloon forces backed by a law and order league fought gamblers in the city.
The Greenville trip features the high school minstrel troupe performing at the opera house on Wednesday. Local boys receive 60 percent of receipts. new numbers and updated jokes aim for local hits. They will wear dress suits instead of sailor costumes, with a large student crowd expected to attend. Miss Mary Tunison of Greenville will host a party for participants afterward.
Pittsburgh March 24. Mayor Tom L Johnston of Cleveland will address the Allegheny county auxiliary of the Bryan league at a mass meeting Friday night at Exhibition Music hall.
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