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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
5
Fragmentary ad style note claims scarves and silks cost retailers 47%4c per yard wholesale, urging buyers to remember the store’s discount. The text is garbled with missing context and unclear locations or dates.
A New York express arrival brings fresh stock of dress goods and silks. The best items are described as exceptionally good with big bargains. Customers are invited to visit Saturday to view Miller & Wilder’s remarkable selection and savings.
Mr Euwer reports from New York that Miss Watkins is there buying a plum from a large suit and waist house. She recently purchased from Floersheimer's Fine Suit and Waist House.
Mr. West travels to New York for Alexandr Smith & Co sale of carpet and rug stock. The firm, once kept busy during the panic, auctions off surplus stock aiming to boost employment and attract buyers with deep discounts on carved pieces.
May 7 New York The Amér secretary of the New York milk committee claims imported women are the best mothers, citing birth rates and death rates to argue the poorer native class should be replaced by immigrant mothers. He cites blocks near the Plaza and East 57th Street showing lower births in native elites and calls for importing better mothers to curb child mortality.
The text reports that flaws in the uniform primary law will be addressed by the next legislature. Proposals include moving petition filings to county clerks, requiring attestations by voters, preventing cross party petition abuse, and raising petition thresholds to match ballot nomination hurdles. Examples cite multiple counties and districts with cross endorsements and low vote tallies highlighting the need for safeguards.
Evangelist Billy Sunday derided critics to a 3000 strong Sharon New Castle audience urging hard work over idle living. He shouted, demonstrated, and mocked gossip while declaring education not enough without labor and joking about Carnegie money to frighten the devil. Foxhunt excursions were arranged for nearby towns.
Fehan called a strike on April 10 seeking 2.56 for an eight hour day and 243 for a day’s work. About 1,600 of 2,200 Mercer Butler miners stayed out as operators met with union representatives in Mercer. A secret agreement collapsed and miners were urged to accept terms from the Toledo and Pittsburgh conferences. Mines to resume full operations next week.
United Press reports a quarrel over Irish quarry profits between Eugene Zimmerman and the Duke of Manchester on the Kylamore Castle estate. They once patched a split but further disputes loom over surface rights and wealth from slate deposits valued around five million dollars.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church holds its 2nd annual New Castle district convention in Stoneboro May 5–6. More than 60 delegates attended, including two missionaries from abroad, Miss Guteapgel of cores and Miss Mary Williams of India. Local Methodists joined from Epworth and First churches. Katherine Olivia Reis, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Reis, became a life member of the King's Heralds with a 310 payment, marking honored recognition.
Street committee decided to press the railway company on car whistle gongs at street crossings and to remove jagged, colored signs on cars. They plan further talks with company officials next week with Finger, Wilson, and McKee involved.
Street Commissioner Barteaux received seven commissions from the street committee. Tasks include repairing or relaying poor sidewalks, laying no cement gutter on South Jefferson, obtaining cement quotes from vendors, fixing the Bryan avenue approach at Washington street, repairing the Oak street crossing above Raymond, and cleaning Washington street at night. Work starts immediately with a lamp-post installation noted.
In 1908 New Castle prepares for final exams as seniors near completion of four-year course. Oral examinations set for next week precede a two-week vacation before commencement plans are finalized.
Mrs. Georg Rilpright, 70, killed herself by swallowing nara green at her Canela home near Youngstown. Neighbors found her body lying behind the stove in a room where she lived alone. Her husband died a year ago, a shock to the family that ran a local business for over four decades. Coronial inquiry is under way.
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