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Newspaper

New Castle News

Location

New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1908

Page

6

Diary Pages Show Suspected Fix and Mayor Lusk Embarrassment

A diary kept by James Deskin is described as listing poker rooms, addresses, and city figures from 1907 to 1908. The document allegedly contains entries against Mayor Fike and Mayor Lusk, with dates and names scattered across pages, and notes on a diary discovery by a motorman after being found on streetcar tracks.

Hainer Croton Fike Tom Mylott Mercer St LUSK Deskin Brooks Hollands Gilmore and Lusk Bill Marquis Baker Shop Tusk Gilmore Minnie Davis Joseph Gilmore Select Council Big Tree Gilmore Maud Adams Mill St Swadner Keifers Gilmore Quigley W. A. Gallagher C. J. Kirk Kelly Eagle Hall Mahoningtown Tidball Tim Mitchell Frances Crane Old Eagle Hall Rep Fikes Edward Johnson New Castle Maud Adams Young Collins Thomas Davis Hughs Duff Paul Garronas Motorman James Deskin James J. Deskin Short Street

Foreigner job scam target Cronin sought by 156 men

A crowd of 156 foreigners and police are seeking Mike Cronin, alleged head of Union Life and Benefit Association offices at 713 and 714 Lawrence Savings building in Pittsburg. They say he promised jobs after collecting 2 to 3 dollars, and he vanished when doors to his office were locked this morning. Investigators will locate Cronin and determine if he truly represented the association and honor refunds or promised employment.

Mike Cronin Union Life and Benefit Association of Pittsburg Cronin Lawrence Savings & Trust Company Eport

The Real Panama and Its People article review

Eleanor York Bell examines Panama and its inhabitants, detailing conditions under which engineers work and dispelling misrepresentations about the region. The piece in December's Metropolitan Magazine is praised as sane and valuable.

Panama Canal Metropolitan Magazine Panama Eleanor York Bell

The Two Living Skeletons Marry at Circus

From The Bohemian Magazine November issue, a note reports that the two living skeletons have married, with a quip about their being made of flesh. The remark reflects circus intrigue and sensational spectacle surrounding the unusual duo.

The Bohemian Magazine

Temperance Sunday Speakers Praise Local Option Gains

At the First M. E. Church World Temperance Sunday featured lay addresses by Robert McKinney and Dr. W A Worner. McKinney cited 8000 saloonkeepers ousted and 30 saloons closing daily, while praising The New Castle News for supporting local option. Worner, a physician, argued alcohol weakens body mind and soul, noting lower work capacity and poorer child outcomes in temperate homes.

Higley Robert McKinney W. A. Worner Mr. McKinney McKinney New Castle News United States New Castle Worner

McPhail Starts Relief Fund After Marianna Mine Disaster

James McPhail of this city traveled to Marianna after the mine disaster and proposed a relief fund for widows and orphans. He left five dollars with The News to seed the effort and urged other New Castle residents to contribute. He noted the Jones mines provide good facilities for workers and observed the sorrowful recovery scenes and identification challenges at the shaft.

Marianna James McPhail Pennsylvania Engineering Works McPhail New Castle Jones Monongashela City

Who the Yeggman Is

Excerpt from Fritz Graves in The Bohemian Magazine December outlines the nemesis of bank robbers, describing the Yegg and its mythic brotherhood. It details 100 expert nitroglycerin users, 500 lesser members, and a network that evades detection with covert operations and swift exits.

United States Yeggs Pinkertons Yegg Yegi Fritz Graves Bohemian Magazine

The German Doctor's Graft Revealed in Lake State Swindle

A German doctor and accomplices executed a large scale fraud near a lakeside village involving a millionaire in seclusion and a troubled child. The tale centers on alleged medical claims and a widow with a daughter sharing similar afflictions.

Lake States America Eurone

The German Doctor Swindle in a Widow’s Tale

In The Bohenan Magazine a tale from Don Mark Lemon recounts a wealthy man misled by a German doctor who treated a widowed mother’s child then demanded a Texas land deed and fifty thousand dollars. After cashing the check the doctor vanished with the widow and child, leaving the father to face a costly fraud.

Texas Buenos Ayres Don Mark Lemon Bohenian

Senator Roosevelt Addresses the Gallery in Historic Outburst

The excerpt portrays a Senate scene with T. R. Roosevelt speaking to the people from the gallery while the New York senator is out of order and the North Oklahoma senator holds the floor, capturing a dramatic moment in the chamber.

New York North Oklahota Roosevelt Senate Puck

Fretful magnate urged to testify in trust probe

The Washington Star quotes a magnate seeking to ease his troubles. Dustin Stax suggests the simple tactic of placing him in the witness chair during a trust investigation to gain relief.

Dustin Stax Washington Star

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