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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1908
Page
4
The News Company is described as a partnership between Mrs EB Treadwell and L Rentz with a manager and editor in charge. The fragment outlines the ownership structure and leadership roles within the paper.
The piece portrays Senator Joseph Benson Foraker of Ohio as seeking public vengeance in a Toledo speech to the G A R. It argues his critique of executive power reflects personal jealousy and diminished standing, contrasting Roosevelt’s fairness with Foraker’s persistent opposition.
The News receives daily communications from writers who wish to remain anonymous. Some are good but not publishable under policy, others are harmless, and a few are vicious assaults the writer cannot risk taking responsibility for.
A patchwork of humorous observations from a local paper notes hatters and cap sellers, cider mill work versus tin mill toil, and grocers as heavyweights. It also reports a 106 year old Jewish rabbi marrying again, a Methodist pastor’s combative sermon, a Akron woman seeking divorce over snoring, and G A R encampment impressions.
The piece argues that anonymous accusations weaken trust and cites editors who refuse unsigned letters. It urges writers to own their criticisms openly, noting editors should bear responsibility for published attacks and condemns nom de plume abuse.
Lancaster star pitcher Walter Justus lies in Marion hospital near death from convulsions and paralysis of the tongue due to overwork in two Sunday games. The blood clot on the brain, long battled, has flared after the doubleheader and doctors fear he will never play again.
The village council considers a proposal for a sanitary sewer system for Hubbard. Gas service exists and plans for a water system are already underway.
Members of the New Castle Male Glee Society will meet Sunday for the first fall rehearsal at the Welsh Congregational church on East Reynolds street. David Lloyd will direct the club this year and a successful season is anticipated.
The chorus, about 70 trained voices, is well balanced. Rehearsals occur each Sunday afternoon. Summer outings included McConnell's mills and stop 81 on the Sharon car line. No rehearsals since June. Members will resume with renewed vigor and plan several out of town concerts in winter.
Blast furnace activity rises as steel firms push output. Carnegie Steel runs 30 of 35 stacks and plans additions. National Tube operates 6 of 11 stacks. Jones & Laughlin 4 of 6. Republic Iron 3 of 6. Hall furnace added last week with two merchant stacks south. Republic suspended this week but to resume next week. overall plant operation near 70 percent of normal.
John Czolgosz claiming kinship to McKinley’s slayer was jailed in Sharon after a Tuesday arrest by South Sharon police. Squire Cook sentenced him to ninety days in the Allegheny county workhouse for disorderly conduct after he broke iron chains from a cot and destroyed cell furniture, with authorities deeming him possibly demented.
Albany reports secretary McLoughlin denounces Harry K Thaw as a nuisance in Duchess county jail Poughkeepsie He cites luxuries and an entire corridor for Thaw as harmful to prison discipline and to other inmates saying he has food from a hotel and bouquets of flowers and that the setup fosters discontent and rebellion.
Ville de Dieppe balloon with Captain A. Mueller and two youths Perry and Gerald Gregory crashes near the whirlpool in Niagara gorge during landing. All three occupants are badly injured as the basket tears loose and drags 1,000 feet before settling near Devil's Hole 200 feet from the gorge.
Fifteen million bushels of coal lie in the river at Pittsburg awaiting enough water to float it south. The cider mills run at full tilt as the apple crop remains heavy. Rural carriers will skip Labor Day mail delivery and a $100 fine targets minors tobacco sales. General Charles Miller provides free transport to G A R members attending Toledo encampment. Straw hats are near obsolescence as summer ends.
Minnie Goers twenty one was forced from her home at 2 o'clock in the morning. She walked from Harvard street to Arndale and Federal streets and on the sidewalk gave birth to a girl. The mother and child were taken to Mahoning Valley hospital and are reported in good condition.
Officials of the American Sheet and Tin Plate company deny a report that South Sharon tin mills will move to Niles Ohio. Repairs are underway at the Sharon plant, indicating no change is planned.
McKee Medicine Store in New Castle promotes Dr. Howard Co specific for constipation and dyspepsia at 25c a bottle instead of 50c. The store guarantees refunds if customers are not cured, claiming rapid sales and widespread praise from locals.
Reverend C. S. Brooks broke ground yesterday for a brick residence on Moody avenue on a lot bought from Hon. Thomas W. Phillips. The house will be modern and occupy a knoll with a fine view of the southern city.
Henry Glenn captured a large bald eagle in Mill Creek park Youngstown yesterday. The bird was fluttering on the ground with a broken wing.
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