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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
22
Farmers report two week drought injuring corn with ears stunting and fodder losses. Some fields are mature and untouched, while others suffer as ground remains hard delaying wheat plowing and silage is being cut early due to dryness. Local growers urge rain but remain discouraged.
Liberty Hyde Bailey of Cornell Universitys New York State College of Agriculture will serve as chairman of the Farmers Uplift commission appointed by President Roosevelt. His decision, after initial hesitation, suggests a longer, more thorough effort and may require a temporary leave of absence from his Cornell directorship.
Walter R. Knapp sues the Lake Shore Railroad in Youngstown courts seeking 15000 dollars for injuries alleged to have been sustained while employed by the company at Ashtabula.
State report by John L. Rockey cites 1,422 fatal and 6,140 non fatal accidents in PA mills and factories last year. Most fatal and many non fatal injuries occurred in coal mines, with iron steel next. Chief Rockey urges lawmaker action and safer practices, including banning unskilled labor from high risk work and prohibiting child labor in dangerous places. The report notes progress in sanitation and worker health but a continued high fatal accident toll across industries.
Fifty years ago peaches of note were Larry Tillotson and Early York ripening in early August with leaves prone to mildew. Progress brought Amsden’s June and Alexander from Missouri and Illinois, followed by Triumph, Sneed, Waddell, Victor, Greensboro and Carman. Carman from Texas ripens mid to late July, with Arp Beauty a similar Texas fruit, smaller and less robust.
Labor Day excursion offers adults 85 cents and children 55 cents on B and O rail. Train departs Union Station at 8 30 a m with stops at Gardner Avenue New Castle Junction and arrives Ellwood City at 9 a m. 1113
A shoe merchant recalls a buyer of low cut shoes who left with a single shoe horn in his shoe. After a week he returned, complaining the horn wore his heel skin. The clerk explained one horn suffices, revealing the buyer mistook the horn for a shoe accessory and left puzzled by the utility.
Spokane dispatch reports the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line from Taft Montana to St Joe Idaho costs 11.4 million dollars or 190000 per mile for 60 miles. G P O Neill notes this is the world’s largest sum for a line of this length and the route includes 35 tunnels the longest over 8000 feet. The road cuts through the Palouse and Big Bend wheat belts which shipped over 40 million bushels in 1907, with plans to double track within five years to handle traffic.
R N Nelson completed the purchase of Milliken and King undertaking and furniture business in Ellwood City. Earl Miller will run the business with occasional visits by Nelson, who remains focused on his Mercer store affairs. Nelson hails from Plaingrove township, Mercer County.
Real estate transfers listed include Robert W Reynolds to Kenneth B E Smith Fourth ward for 400 dollars William E Wallace to Clarke O Lemke Seventh ward 375 dollars Hiram G Miller to Ed E Roberts Fourth ward 175 dollars Walter W Ford to Wm Powlaski Wayne township 100 dollars Margaret S Moffatt to Francis I Moffatt First ward 1 dollar Willis O Mayberry to Matthew Lewis Fifth ward 700 dollars P J Watson to John W Canon Second ward 1 dollar I R Reeder trustee to John W Canon Third ward 300 dollars Jacob N Cover to Martha E Hunt Pulaski 300 dollars William A Elliott to Joseph Gier loch Seventh ward 1 dollar Grant W Robinson to Joseph Robinson Third ward 1 dollar Joseph Ace to Harold Clyde Hoon Neshannock 1500 dollars
In Youngstown a woman chased pigs from her back yard. John Nuscovitch is alleged to have slapped Mrs. Catherine Jordan in the face. The justice's court outcome is noted as an interesting result.
P Till inghas was yesterday appointed receiver for the First National Bank of Niles Ohio The suspension stems from the Akron China company failure and other financial embarrassments against which the bank holds notes A suit this week by Rock Creek Banking makes the bank guarantor for 70000 in paper alleged to have been sold by former cashier BEJ Job Depositors are to be paid in full says William Herbert president and reiterated by C P Wilson vice president acting cashier The bank shows 450000 in deposits and 825000 in assets Capital stock 300000 surplus 125000 Directors sought to reduce capital stock to tide over the crisis but were refused by the comptroller.
Pennsylvania fiscal authorities prepare to test if state tax liens have priority over other claims across the commonwealth courts. The auditor general argues state taxes on capital stock loans and gross receipts carry priority with interest on unpaid taxes after 30 days, while some corporations resist. The state contends taxes apply to capital stock for all but manufacturing use, plus loans and gross receipts, and unpaid taxes create a lien ahead of all others.
Miss Alma Barry visits Rochester relatives while Mesdames Dunbar and McKelvey visit Petersville. Mrs Beahm shops in Butler. Mrs J M Love visits Butler friends, and Miss Myrtle Watters visits Weigel and Watters families. Other locals host or travel to Euclid Beach Syracuse New Kensington and Harmony Street in a sequence of social calls and visits.
The Haselton furnaces of the Republic Iron and Steel company will resume operations shortly after a long shutdown, signaling renewed activity at the plant and potential impact on local employment and production.
Health Commissioner Dixon warns Pennsylvania residents to boil all water from streams and exposed sources as typhoid fever risk grows with low stream levels. He notes progress from sewage controls and filtration but stresses vigilance and public cooperation across 7 million people over 45 000 square miles to eradicate pollution.
Mrs. E. E. Higley and her three children from North Jefferson street are expected in the city about Tuesday or Wednesday next week after a summer in Centerville, Pa. Dr. Higley, now at conference, will pause there on return and accompany Mrs. Higley home.
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