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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1908
Page
6
The Fifth ward discusses when the Greer tin mill will restart. No definite start date is known, but the plant is ready and could resume on short notice. officials and workers await official word amid several unauthorized reports.
The Iron Trade Review notes several tin plate producers including American Sheet and Tin Plate Company and independents plan increased mill activity in the remaining year. Much of the tonnage will head to the Pacific coast for salmon packers with shipments starting in January. The rise is expected to be modest due to existing finished product stock.
Win Fisher of South Mercer street suffered a painful lacerated hand when a babbit hammer of a fellow worker slipped and struck the back of his hand. Two small bones were broken and the flesh torn. He will be off work for some time due to the accident.
The large brick store at 412 South Mill Street at the corner of Friendship is undergoing extensive overhaul. A new front is being added and other changes are in progress to improve its condition.
Residents protest fast driving on Hamilton and South Mill streets and Long avenue citing numerous near misses and injuries. Police have been requested to curb the reckless chauffeurs.
Miss Mame Hanna of Sween Hill has been ill with typhoid fever for some time, with reports describing her condition as steady but serious through the period. No further details on treatment or outcome are provided in the fragment.
The text notes Fred Ellison of Pollock avenue, once employed at Greer tin mill, has accepted a good position at the Standard Steel Car company plant while friends express concern over a serious condition.
Many notes list residents such as Dave Lewis East Long avenue and Pete Rhodes Hamilton street returning from trips to Zelienople and Philadelphia. Illnesses are recorded for Edith Fulton and Harry Hoch with others visiting Sharon, Struthers, Franklin, Youngstown, and Pittsburg.
In Youngstown yesterday, drivers created burlap socks to protect horses from slipping on slick streets, reflecting practical care amid winter hazards.
A New Castle, Pennsylvania letter calls for public attention to a 12 month old boy seeking a home. The father, a B&O railroad fireman, pays only 36 dollars monthly support after separation papers were drawn by a city attorney. The mother and child were cast adrift as the man neglected his parental duties.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage hair tonic promising rapid hair improvement and dandruff relief with a money back guarantee. A letter from Mrs Maud Hagar endorses the product, while a local report quotes Captain Herbert Young defending Volunteers of America work amid rumors about a welfare case.
The Tube company will move into its new rod and wire mill at the Struthers works in early December. The plant, acquired from Morgan Spring, has undergone extensive rebuilding including doubled rod mill capacity and expanded wire galvanizing and barb wire facilities.
Rats carrying matches sparked a blaze on Preston avenue just before 8 pm. The Fifth and Seventh ward fire crews fought the flames with a chemical tank, then returned to the scene after a false second alarm to find the house being cleared of bedding and furniture by occupants.
The Shelby Tube case involving Jay J. Dunn Charles L. Crose and Frank L. Emmett for conspiring to defraud the U S government by supplying defective tubes for battleships will be moved to May in the United States district court. District Attorney Dunkle had sought January for a special session but the defense argued witnesses would be unavailable.
An advertisement promotes EMPRESS Instantaneous Hair Color Restorer for faded or gray hair in a one dollar box and EMPRESS mustache color restorer in a seventy five cent box, sold at Paisley Drug Stores.
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