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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1908
Page
28
Silk Moire belting ribbon and assorted ribbons priced at 25 cents a yard. Wide ranges include Copenhagen blue brown navy cardinal white pink and black in 6 inch 41 54 inch and other widths. Warp print and plaid ribbons offer floral or color combos, plus satin taffeta and taffeta ribbons in multiple widths.
Paris May 16 United Press reports operatic star Geraldine Farrar lost Taft's political support due to his obesity. In a brief interview she said she hopes he is not elected president as he is too fat, adding she is rarely interested in men beyond 20 minutes and describing an ideal woman with mixed national traits.
May 16 New York cautious reaction to William Waldorf Astor plan for a 3,000,000 apartment house not to receive Jewish tenants. Louis Marshall and other Jewish leaders urge Jews to avoid Astor properties. critics call the policy narrow minded. Jews contribute an estimated 3,000,000 in annual rents to Astor properties.
Washington May 16 Through substitution of a new mail bag Sec ond Assistant Postmaster Gen Mc Cleary proposes a plan to reduce the annual post office deficit by several million dollars. The lightweight waterproof sack weighs about three pounds half the old weight and costs less. He says adoption would cut transportation costs and provide substantial savings in weight and initial price.
Clare Du Shane breaks ground for a new house at Pittsburg and Harrison. W. H. Breder holds the contract. The project includes several houses on Pittsburg street and Wallace avenue, planned for the fall moving season.
Winter Avenue offers prime plots on the North hill each lot 50 feet wide priced at seventeen dollars per foot. Contact ImecBride and Long at 361-2 North Mul street for details.
A historical contrast of New Castle as listed in an 1875 76 Mahoning Shenango valley directory. It notes a population near ten to twelve thousand with two colleges, fourteen churches, multiple business blocks, and several newspapers. City officials, wards, fire chief, pastors, and attorneys are named, alongside early merchants William E. Bown and James McWilliams, plus the era’s four dentists and several dry goods firms.
The directory lists New Castle with one female physician Mrs Devoe and 13 male physicians including Barker Blackwood Devoe Eberle Hock ing Linville McKinley Peebles Searles Wallace White Wood. Railroads New Castle and Franklin and New Castle and Beaver Valley. Towns Mercer Sharon Youngstown population notes.
Reading Circle of '89 organized a civic department to beautify city yards with flowers. Over 2100 seed packages were distributed to intermediate grade classrooms across the city. Citizens are urged to save seeds from their flowers and donate them to the circle for next year.
San Francisco readers press for Packey McFarland to fight Joe Gans after Anholtzs hard bout. Fans howl at Anholzs poor showing with Gans and offer big purses for McFarland to meet Gans on favorable terms. Gans shows little damage.
Clare P. DuShane advertises Lot No. 124 in the Walton plan for sale at 300 dollars cash, located fourth lot east of Highland Avenue on Wellington Street, a price far below its former cost years ago, noting the street where cars previously turned off Highland Avenue.
Real estate and rental notice invites property owners and buyers to contact McBride & Long at 2291s 86 1-2 North Mill St for selling or renting. Includes Hanna's Green Seal Paint and indicates sale by New Castle Hardware Co.
New York May 16. Enthusiasts along Broadway express strong support for a New York to San Francisco transcontinental race. A stock automobile rule committee may limit entrants. two routes will test endurance. Entries are already partly filed as manufacturers and racers plan August event. Trophies and rules to be decided next week amid optimism despite a Paris New York race failure.
No American cars will drop out of the San Francisco to New York run. The event, outlined last night, will be conducted under the auspices of several of the nation’s largest newspapers.
Sheriff Waddington seizes personal property of Peter Lotus & Co. at 19 South Mercer Street and will sell on Friday May 22 under an execution issued by C E Thomas for 300 dollars rent. Lotus & Co. appealed but lost. Lotus currently whereabouts unknown. Goods include show cases candy and furniture.
Dr. Scott F. Hershey of the First Presbyterian Church traveled to Philadelphia Saturday for the ongoing Peace Arbitration conference. He serves as an officer, and will preach before the gathering. Dr. J. D. Barr of New Wilmington will fill his pulpit tomorrow.
J. T. Gleason’s Bible class at First Methodist Church met at his Walnut street residence last night to organize for expanded outreach. Fourteen members attended as officers were chosen: T. D. Ketler president, Allan Wallace vice president, Miss Ruth Pettitt secretary, Thomas Davis treasurer, with committees led by Mrs. A. Biddle and Attorney E. N. Baer.
Have you neglected your kidneys or overworked your nervous system causing kidney and bladder trouble. Pain in loins side back groins and bladder and a pale face under the eyes. Williams Kidney Pills priced 50c and sold by Geo W Clutton in Cleveland Ohio.
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