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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1908
Page
6
Readable items include raisins seedless three pounds for 25 cents rice four pounds per bag tea green or black priced by pound Karo syrup one gallon cans only Lenox Soap eight bars Navy beans three quarts for 25 to 30 cents.
James Harry a Shenango blast furnace boss was shot on his way to work in Sharpsville. Police suspect robbery. $15 found on him, none recovered. Suspects John Ward and William Hug detained. coroner notes possible foreign motive. Harry, 40, leaves wife and six children.
After a pro longed dispute over unpaid city bills and alleged neglect, the electrical committee moves to declare City Electrician Devlin's office vacant. A missing check and failure to attend meetings triggered calls for losing the pole permit role and formal vacancy resolutions.
A review of recent contests notes the capital removal proposal from Sacramento to Berkeley failed decisively in California. The piece lists electoral results and reflects on shifts in party strength at federal and state levels across multiple states.
Franklin, Nov 27. Two large barns owned by Jacob Sheasley were burned near here causing an estimated loss of 18000 dollars, partially insured. Neighbors saved 75 cattle and 10 horses. two residences and a tool house were saved with difficulty. Crops including 300 tons of hay 1000 bushels of oats 100 bushels of wheat and 100 tons of straw were burned. M A Mosgrove aged 50 years died after racing to the barn with a harness at the scene.
Arthur Hoskins was discharged for want of evidence after a hearing before Alderman W H Crabill. He had been charged with malicious mischief in a roof injury to Evan Thomas's outbuilding. three co defendants pleaded guilty and paid costs.
Governor Stuart signed the pardon board recommendation on Wednesday afternoon, commuting the sentence of James Strail the Oil City wife murderer to imprisonment for life.
R S Weigle building a barn window toppled from boxes as a playful calf charged and caused a tumble. Beans to buttons the calf bawled while Weigle, boxes and broken glass landed in a heap.
One thousand two hundred workers will be hired as twenty hot mills of the American Sheet and Tin Plate company in South Sharon are set to begin next Monday with finishing operations starting shortly after. The plant, closed for months, has orders to run steadily through next spring.
A civic league appointed committee works in Youngstown to gauge public sentiment ahead of the upcoming wet and dry election.
An old epigram frames digestion as central to life and strength. The ad extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a superior digestive remedy aiding digestion, reducing gas and bad breath, toning the digestive tract, with claims of widespread physician endorsements and 50 cent price. It invites readers to send name and address for a free sample by mail.
Butler Pennsylvania November 27 A rumor says United States Steel Corp seeks to purchase the Standard Steel Car Co local plant and its subsidiaries The Butler Wheel Works Forged Steel Works and Butler Belt and River Works A $2 million wheel plant supposedly would be built here if the deal occurs The Standard executive denies any talks or consideration of such a deal
Miss Anna McClelland visited New Castle on Tuesday while Miss Jessie Mattison suffers tonsillitis. Numerous residents and guests are listed visiting friends, shopping, or attending services at local churches as community life continues with travel to Baltimore and Berlin Center and local operations resuming at Union Limestone and Srskine quarry.
An article extols apples as digestion aids and advises eating fresh or cooked apples with salt after meals. It notes the Apple Club of America promotes daily apple consumption and quotes founder Charles Edmund Tomlinson on benefits and optimistic outlooks from a fruit-focused diet.
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