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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1908
Page
2
The piece urges fair treatment for cooks and emphasizes giving bakers access to the best flour and opportunities to bake good bread. It argues that quality ingredients and effort are essential to producing superior loaves.
The Burnstown bridge on the Pittsburg Butler Harmony and New Castle Railway has been crossed at the Connoquenessing and traffic between Ellwood City and New Castle is expected to resume within six weeks. Some workers quit claiming unsafe falsework, but Marshall McClintic shows competent construction, leaving the disgruntled crew jobless.
Ed Reilley faces Zach Sirbel in Graeco Roman wrestling at the Casino tonight. The bout is billed as a hot clash with both athletes confident, following past injuries, and four local preliminaries preceding the main event slated for 9 pm.
After three months of petitions by citizens and officials, the Baltimore and Ohio Railway resumes regular stops for No 5 at Ellwood City. Dr. D D Cunningham led the effort, and Superintendent G L Peck, recently ill with typhoid, approved the March 25 restart. The town gains improved service after long demand.
Ellwood glass house bowlers defeated Beaver Falls at City alleys on Saturday afternoon. Dietz led locals with 295 total as Moumfort starred for Beaver Falls. teammates posted steady scores in a close six pin bowling meet.
Rev. Percy Wilson announced that the successful Christian church revivals will be extended for a further week. He said the ongoing meetings are satisfactory and in the church’s interest to continue the services through another week.
Y Douds traveled to Beaver for the funeral of his cousin John Black buried there. This followed the burial of another cousin, John Watters, at Beaver a week earlier, marking two Douds relatives buried in seven days.
Claude Lowry is on the sick list. T. P. Hotchkiss of Meadville visited Ellwood on Saturday. George Schreiber spent Sunday with friends in Greenville. H. H. White of Evans City came to Ellwood on business Saturday. Frank Twigg returned from a visit with friends at Chicago Junction. Harry Tomlinson spent days with R. P. Travis and family of Slippery Rock. The Rev. and Mrs. A. W. Renton returned home from a two week visit with friends in Pittsburg. Mrs. Mabel Whistler and daughter Mary of Mercer are staying with Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Whistler. Mr. and Mrs. John Keller returned from a week with Mr. and Mrs. W. Scheidemantle of Scotts Ridge Butler County.
A one year old promissory note for $500 surfaces in Lawrence County, accusing forgery. O T Adams is missing from Ellwood and R F Ross says the signature on the note bearing his name is forged.
Gillilan the humorist is the next attraction at the opera house on Tuesday night March 31 as part of the Hospital Lecture Course. He is a leading entertainer in Western Pennsylvania venues and joins other winter attractions funded by the hospital group.
H. W. Hartman returns from Colorado where he was monitoring railway and real estate interests and brings home a few large potatoes.
Editorial cites Dr John Fyfe and Prof Finley Ellingwood praising Unicorn root and Golden Seal as key ingredients in Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It claims the remedy acts as a uterine tonic improving reproductive and general health, listing indications such as back pain, leucorrhea, abdominal dragging and menstrual irregularities.
Souvenirs of the state feature five large potatoes. The heaviest weighs three pounds twelve ounces when dried, with four others about half a pound lighter. Each potato could feed three meals. They are exhibited in Johnston's show window and attract passersby.
Local items list residents visiting and staying with relatives in New Castle and nearby towns. Entries mention illnesses and confinements, travel by residents such as Miss Cora Allen and Howard Allen, and social events like the K of P banquet and funeral attendance for Mrs. Weaver. John F. Pitts attends a county commissioner reception. several people plan moves to farms near Chewton.
George Spannell of New Castle was arrested Friday night guiding a drunken man found with $73 on his person. The unnamed man was released Saturday morning while Spannell remains jailed for investigation, suspected of planning to roll his charge.
The new five story Knights of Columbus building at Youngstown will be formally opened May 10.
Theodore J. Shaffer once head of the Amalgamated association and a New Castle resident is now an optician in Pittsburg. He opened a school of instruction at 5470 Rosetta street Smoky City after studying at an optical school in Philadelphia.
In Youngstown on March 30 Judson Harmon of Cincinnati is announced as the Garber candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, opposing Pomerene the Johnson man. Garber agents cite Starke y commins as favorable, while Welty's previous loss for Congress exposed weaknesses.
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