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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
7
An advertisement offers a free mailed package of a combined treatment for catarrh. It asserts catarrh causes bad breath ulcers bone decay and loss of appetite and energy. The pitch promises a quick permanent cure by ridding the system of germs through the catarrh cure.
David Ross of Montreal has been selected as baritone soloist in the quartet choir of the First Baptist church of Franklin. His recent Franklin appearance is remembered, though he has not sung there for years. Will C. Price and John T. Thomas were considered before Ross’s selection.
Mrs James Fishburn of Bleakley avenue has been seriously ill and taken to Pittsburgh for treatment at the hospital. After a consultation an operation was deemed absolutely necessary. The date for the unusually severe procedure is set for next Monday. Friends are greatly concerned at her critical condition.
Circulating among Fifth Ward tin workers is word of a new tin mill to be built soon at Massillon. Dozens of Newcastle tin workers have received offers to join the up-to-date facility, signaling growth in the local industry.
Miss Maude Thomas of South Jefferson street entertained a group of friends on Wednesday evening with a masked Halloween party. The guests enjoyed unmasking later, playing cards and other games, music, and high refreshments at the close.
Work on the Fifth ward storm sewer on South Mill street advances rapidly with most of the trench dug and a large portion of pipe laid.
John Piper of Wampum has located in the Fifth ward and accepted a position at the Standard Steel Car company plant. He will reside on South Jefferson street for the time being.
A glanced list shows residents such as Tom Reese in town for a few days, John Barnes on East Long Avenue returning from Pittsburg, John Reed moving to Grimes Street, and others traveling to Youngstown Beaver Falls and Parkersburg. Several residents are ill or recovering, with Miss Martha Welsh convalescing and John Baker reported ill for days.
The New Castle Water Company will install a duplicate fire alarm indicator at its Shenango pump station to alert the engineer and feed alarms to all city departments. The $425 system, with over three and a half miles of wire, will raise North Hill and Sixth Ward pressure during fires and ink large downtown blazes. Installation is under City Electrician William Devlin and expected to be ready in three weeks.
Roosevelt releases a long letter from Samuel B. Donnelly of the New York Building Trades endorsing Taft. Donnelly argues Taft is not an enemy of labor and urges labor to accept the president's record as refuting attacks by opponents. He notes labor workers are guiding eastern campaigns and discounts spontaneous anti Taft movements.
George Montgomery of Plaingrove township began his sheriff canvass early. He spent Wednesday in Wampum and continued the day selling a few sakes in this city.
John Evans of East Division street a hot mill employee at the Greer tin plant has spent months at his old home in Wales and is expected to arrive in New York City Evans reports a pleasant time during his stay across the water.
A Tarentum move involved 50 families totaling about 200 people who loaded two barges with household goods and travelled to Pittsburg then Charleroi. The migration followed a Tarentum glass plant fire that left workers jobless and led them to accept employment with the same company at Charleroi.
About ten days ago a stranger hired a horse and buggy from J. W. McConnell of Lowellville. He has not returned, leaving the owner worried and seeking information about the missing vehicle and his hired driver.
Lydia E Pinkham's remedy endorsed by Mrs Copenhaver of Parsons Kansas as a treatment for feminine illnesses. The article also notes Lynn Johnson from Montgomery Avenue a medical student at University of Pittsburgh playing guard in a Seventh Ward football game at Exposition Park. Several Seventh Ward updates cover local illnesses relocations and a birth in the Wallace addition.
Near death described as stomach trouble relief through Mi o na. Ad cites Mrs. Nelson Lucier from Athol Massachusetts and George W. Clutton selling the product for 50 cents with a money back guarantee. Includes a series of local notices about residents traveling, recovering, or visiting in the city.
BESSEMER Co. O. Nord and Ellwood City friends. Enoch Hill of Hillsville. visits by Mackalin family to Youngstown and Moravia. Jessie Kerr and Orlo Gehr. Elmer Manewall with grandfather Mauch near Springfield. Oleson and Gabert families in Lowellville. Booksing of Moravia with daughter C. Nord. Lago and Emma visit N. Oleson. Ruehle families of New Middletown. Oleson clan visits Ohio. Bloomer and Samuels dined with Nord. Agnes Rydan returns to Ashtabula. Kanengiesers return from Cleveland.
West Pittburg records show Mrs. Frank Jones of Sheep Hill visiting, Irwin Stevenson of Princeton visiting, and John Bene of Tenth street leaving for Shamokin to make his future home. Mrs. J. Frisbee of Cleveland returns after a visit with Mrs. Mary McMahan. Blanche McMahan to host Sunday school class meeting at Riverway home. Prayer meeting at G. F. Pitzer’s Riverway home discussed The Life. H. W. Armstrong of Pressed Radiator and Jno. W. Shaw of Garland were in town on business. Coliseum orchestra back.
A letter from George H Bartlet of Mattapan Massachusetts testimonials rapid cure using Pyramid Pile Cure soothing piles with immediate relief from itching and pain. The ad claims a free trial by mail upon sending name and address, then a regular 59 cent package from a druggist.
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