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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1908
Page
4
Subscription rates given: 10c a week 5.00 a year and 1.00 per year. mail subscription 3.00 a year. Public notices solicited from county readers. Checks and money orders payable to The News Company New Castle Pa not individuals.
The document lists William Howard Taft of Ohio for President and James S. Sherman of New York for Vice President with state designation following.
The letter from President Roosevelt to Taft praises Taft for renouncing personal ambition to serve the people by countering government wrongs. It highlights Taft turning down a Supreme Court seat to remain as secretary of war and the two leaders viewing Taft’s presidency as a possibility. The piece defends both men against claims of selfish motives and political dynasty myths.
A nostalgic verse depicts a confident office woman as priestess of business and muse of Cupid. The speaker longs for her happiness beyond clerical duties while admiring her charm and innocence. The piece ends noting it is from Collier's Fiction Number September.
Beaver Pennsylvania hosts the Presbyterian synod meeting with Rev Dr Thomas B Anderson noting Beaver valley towns and Saint's Rest sobriquet as a jest, and urging formation of a new Beaver valley presbytery. Reports cite $27000 yearly on missions and $87000 for ministerial helps, plus Billy Sunday conversions near Sharon and strong opposition to blue laws.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing completes new stamp designs labeled U S Postage with denominations from one cent to one dollar. Minor text, laurel side decorations, and a head portrait in an ellipse mark a simplified style. Washington heads for all denominations except the one cent Franklin. Shipments begin with the two cent stamp around November. existing two dollar and five dollar stamps will not be reprinted.
The procedure instructs slicing green beans into inch pieces and layering them in a dry crock with coarse salt. Alternate layers of beans and salt until full, pressing firmly. Store in a cool place with an inch of salt on top. To cook, rinse, soak six hours, then boil without added salt unless beans taste it.
A collage of witty observations from the era comments on voter behavior social norms and political slogans. It cites figures like Bryan Thaw Gould and references to prohibition attitudes and local satire. The piece blends punchlines with newspaper chatter about tags jokes and public notices from disparate locales.
Edward W. Townsend emerges as Democratic congress nominee in New Jersey seventh district. John G. Oglesby, Republican lieutenant governor candidate in Illinois, is son of former governor Richard Oglesby. Debs tours coast to coast with the Red Special ending in Faneuil Hall. Samuel G. Cosgrove, 61, is Washington governor candidate and Civil War veteran with a career in farming and law in Ohio Nevada and Washington.
The United States weather officials led by Edward B. Garriott and Willis L. Moore publish English weather lore that signals approaching rain. Proverb examples include damp walls, sweaty horses, damp doors, humidity effects on plants and animals, fog patterns, and halos around the moon as indicators.
Historic verse by Langdon Smith tracing love from Paleozoic seas to modern life. It chronicles evolution and soul transmission with a pair sharing a Delmonico luncheon, from Cambrian depths to Twentieth Century city life. The poem blends science and romance with vivid fossil age imagery and a playful dinner-table finale.
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