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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1908
Page
2
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for female weakness including pelvic disorders and headaches with claims of alcohol free formula. It cites endorsements from medical writers, urges avoidance of unknown substitutes, and promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as the original Liver Pills.
New Castle will gain from a Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad order for 2,000 all steel cars. The package includes 1,000 coke cars and 1,000 gondolas, with delivery beginning once completion occurs. The move signals rising tonnage and potential equipment contracts later.
James Peebles of Harlansburg and J C White Prof I L Smith and A P Thompson of the city were elected delegates to the State Prohibition convention at Sayre Pennsylvania and plan to attend the May 27 meeting. Sayre lies in Bradford County near Athens and Waverly New York, and the three cities with 20 000 residents will host the Prohibition hosts.
Ellwood City bankers and clerks vote to close at noon each Saturday starting June 6 and reopen at 6 30 p m until 8 30 p m, continuing through October. The shorter hours aim to ease the daily grind amid busy work.
Charles F. Robinson wins the first prize of 10 gold dollars in the Daughters of the American Revolution contest for seniors at New Castle High School. Bertha Rhodes takes second with an essay on The Louisiana Purchase read at commencement.
Dr. D. D. Cunnigham and M. A. Riley represent Ellwood City in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Arbitration and Peace conference. They left Sunday to stay through most of the week. The event opens in Horticultural hall with Hon. Philander C. Knox presiding. Gov. Stuart and John Dalzell attend.
The preacher rails against Sunday store openings and card games, calling such acts anarchistic and devilish. He urges church members to resist backsliding and keep faith, insisting true Christians join the body of Christ rather than seek worldly pleasures.
Louis Goldstein challenges all comers to an endurance test to be staged this month at the Ellwood City opera house. He claims to keep his arm vertical longer than any man in the country, after a 37 minute horizontal hold on a wager. Wardman of Cleveland and Benjamin Cohen have posted forfeit and will travel to Ellwood City to try conclusions.
A flurry of short notices lists residents and visitors in Pittsburg Beaver Falls Ottawa Can Cleveland and Titusville. Names include W J Kirk Vere Birchard M D McCarthy Edward Schweiger Arthur Cohen Alexander Twentier H F Liebendorfer Roeloff family and others with trips and visits noted. A sale item offers a quiet horse for sale through M Ralnick.
At a farm near Glade Mills, Lane B. Cruikshank, 16, was struck by a bolt while standing in a barn and died instantly. His father, three feet away, acted to extinguish a hay fire caused by the strike, but the boy could not be saved.
Moravia visitor C M Harvey stopped in Wampum this week. Miss O Neil business visitor in New Castle Monday. Mrs William Maloney a New Castle visitor this week. Miss Eva McMurdy of Albion visiting Miss Mary Robinson. Miss Anna Conn guest of friends in New Castle this week. Miss Elizabeth Brophey of New Castle a Wampum visitor this week. Mr and Mrs Pitzer of New Castle spent Sunday with Wampum relatives. Miss Madie Staff and Mrs Harvey spent Tuesday in New Castle. Mr and Mrs Charles Roberts of Dickson Run visiting here. Mr and Mrs McKee of New Castle returned home after visiting Miss Lenora M Orris. Orris returned home after a few days with friends in Sharon. Mr and Mrs Ferris and children returned from relatives in Cleveland. Mrs W C Davidson and daughter returned to Lyonsville after funeral of Mrs Filo Cunningham. Teachers examination held at Wampum school house Monday with a large crowd from nearby towns. Wampum ministers plan crowd for meetings at Sharon Friday night. a special train may depart at six o clock if enough people attend.
Local items note MT. JACKSON D B CLARK ordering a new rubber tired buggy with a handsome set of buggy harness. Other notices include a teachers exam by Supt. Lee Gilmore, memorial sermon by Rev. Paul Yourd, and several clergy assignments at Westfield and nearby churches.
Mr and Mrs W G Buffinger and their young son from Los Angeles California are back in the city for a few days and visiting friends in eastern Ohio They plan to stay for several weeks Mr Buffinger was formerly a prominent local merchant who moved west years ago
County Treasurer Baldwin announces the start of this year’s tax collection with planned stops in small towns for farmer payments. About $30,000,000 in assessed valuation supports a three mill county levy, unchanged from last year, with funds available for interest and expenses, though the Pittsburg street bridge project will reduce the amount.
Mike Hollander, a cripple from Washington County, was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for robbing a dying cripple by the roadside. He was barely able to walk when the crime occurred.
Prominent minstrel Hank Goodman is dying at his home in Friendship, Cattaraugus County. The veteran entertainer, famed in regional show circuits, is reported gravely ill as friends and fans await word on his condition.
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