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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1908
Page
10
United Press reports in Kent England as sixteen days of rain ruin the hop crop leaving forty thousand idle and ten thousand ill with pneumonia and meningitis. Many sleep in ditches due to poverty and exposure as aid attempts to reach the stricken district amid late newspaper coverage.
The West Side Women s Christian temperance union held its 24th annual meeting at Mrs A E Lett s Sankey street home. Officers elected include President Ida Cramer and recording secretary Laura Urner with various church delegates and department superintendents named for Loyal Temperance Legion foods Temperance Light Bearers evangelistic medical temperance scientific temperance Sunday work and other committees. The group adjourned to meet at Mrs Tressie Kimmel s Etna street home on September 18.
Residents of Berlin township believe the bronze statue of Chester Bedell will topple when a proposed Mahoning River dam raises waters. The statue, showing trampling the Holy Writ, sits above Bedell's cemetery plot and may be undermined by rising flood levels.
A. R. Musgrave faced court on a desertion and non support charge after his wife Hattie testified he failed to provide for their family for over six weeks. He posted bail for his court appearance at a hearing before Alderman Charles B. Mayne.
The Alameda Literary Society at New Wilmington High School organized for the year with officers led by President Frank Shaffer and Vice President John V. Thompson. Borough council approved issuing 38,000 in bonds for a sewer project, with sixteen 500 bonds to run about 25 years. Driving racer Manila, Earl Campbell and Watson Morrow raced in town.
Mrs Wm Prather of New Castle visits Mrs Weston in town. James and Ralph Stoyer of Sharon visit friends here. Mrs Lytle leaves Friday for Colorado to make her home. Dr J O Campbell returns from a month in the west preaching. Rev and Mrs D M Thorne leave Friday for a month in the Catskills. Elizabeth Elliott returns from Harlansburg after two weeks. J D McLeod, R Francis, Mary R Clarke and E M Harwood of New Castle were in town Friday. Mrs David Taylor leaves Friday for Jamestown to attend the Methodist conference. Rev R W Thompson and family leave Friday for Cambridge to visit. Dr W W Orr plans an evangelistic campaign at Ellwood City starting tomorrow.
Two airships collided during a closing dress rehearsal in New York causing wreckage to rain onto rooftops. The opening performance of The Battle of the Skies was postponed a week and several occupants were shaken but not seriously injured. Edwin Clark saved from serious harm by grabbing a rope ladder.
Senator Campbell of Sharon departs Monday for Harrisburg to press Lombardi’s appeal in the murder case. Lombardi faces a death sentence set for September 29.
Workers at Shenango quarries faced 23 deputies patrolling the Berry farm area after a strike over pay and weighmaster control. Manager Kincaid and Sheriff Waddington reached a peace plan, but leaders protested and began moving toward safe exit as deputies assembled. The dispute centers on a 2 cent per ton raise and weighmaster authority, with talks continuing.
A memorial service is planned at Fourth Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening September 6. Rev. W. G. McConnell returns from vacation to lead both services with the evening program focusing on Ira D. Sankey. Mrs. Thomas Joseph will sing The Ninety and Nine, William James Lew is will perform Hiding in Thee, and a duet by Mrs. W. G. McConnell and James Lewis titled I am Praying for You.
G W Kincaid, promoter of the New Castle Normal Industrial school, arrived to deny claims by J M Hanson secretary of the Youngstown Charity organization. He explained the school's work and said it benefits young boys.
In Genoa Anton Galloni was run down and killed by a car. Engineer Angello Galloni drew a pistol and killed the chauffeur and fatally shot the younger Marchioness, while the elder was fatally injured when the auto overturned. Galloni is under arrest as the scene stirred public debate.
Postcards bearing pictures of negro lynchings have been barred from the mails by the post office department. The decision follows circulation of cards showing five lynched men from Sabine county during recent race riots, with slogans claiming white supremacy and white rule.
Augusta Nack, once an accomplice in the Guldensuppe murder, released after a long term, seeks a matron position in a prison. She met Matron O’Brien at the Tombs and described her past work in the prison system.
Rev. Father Franche of Villa Marie New Bedford with Dr W R Clarke Youngstown and Dr Pickard Cleveland led a grand river catch Thursday. Five fish weighed 10 to 25 pounds each marking a record for the year.
Mr and Mrs Matthew A Riley chaperoned a Thursday evening corn roast on the Connequenessing near Frisco. A bonfire lit the scene as corn roasted and mandolin guitar sangl after which the party returned to town at 1145 p m. Attendees included Maude Conway Edith Gelbach Lillian Gelbach Mary Butler Tina McGinley Mary Cobler Etta Frishkorn Dorothy Hallstein Catherine Hollerman Flossie Christy Byrd Wilson J H Robel and others along with Dr Elwood Helling G C Cobler R L Lowry John Wilson Garfield Wilson T W Davidson David R Merton David Thompson Carl Davidson Joe Ingram Ben R Gardner.
The Butler fife and drum corps leads a 20 piece Republican group from New Castle as 50 members depart at 10 30 AM on a special Pennsylvania train to Youngstown for the campaign opening. The procession forms on Croton avenue and Pittsburg street with a stuffed coon as a centerpiece while Deputy Sheriff Frank Waddington carries it.
Col Oscar L. Jackson of North Mercer street arrived from Toledo after attending the annual G A R convention and joining Col Fuller’s brigade reunion. He delivered the response to the address of welcome on the occasion.
Notice invites farmers to visit the Farmers Supply Co at 6 to 10 Cunningham for a new shipment including Fancy Timothy seed Hallock’s diggers Kemp’s spreaders fertilizers lime sulky plows disc harrows cream separators gasoline engines and other farm supplies at competitive prices and terms.
George L Whitney of Whitney Stephenson says A O Brown and Co collapsed after helping him through prior troubles. He credits bank officer E F Buchanan for generous aid. receiver Charles E Littlefield says Brown and Co affairs are tangled with no clear financial status yet.
Pastor C. S. Brooks of the First Christian church resumes Sunday sermons after a summer away. Mrs. Brooks and daughter Lida Ruth accompany him, visiting relatives in Ladoga Indiana and Lexington Kentucky. Brooks also enjoyed fishing at Macatawa Michigan during the trip.
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