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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1908
Page
8
Postal workers will observe Labor Day with limited operations. City carriers make one morning delivery, windows open 11:30 to 12, general delivery and stamp windows 10 to noon, money order window closed all day, no evening service, no rural carrier deliveries, mails dispatched as usual.
State Game Commission Secretary Kalbfus reports unusually plentiful quail and pheasants in Pennsylvania. He notes good partridge prospects for November and says deer are scarce with many lacking antlers this year.
Captain Groome announces that 92 percent of Pennsylvania state constabulary members are regular army veterans. The records show many enlist after discharge from the U.S. Army seeking positions in the force.
Harry Bemus of Warren survived a fall from a trestle at Riverside Junction after doctors removed a vertebrae from his spine and inserted one from a dog's neck. Surgeons expect him to be ready to leave the hospital soon.
Senator James M. Campbell is elected chairman of the Mercer County Republican committee following the resignation of Joseph A. Kerr. The move reshapes local party leadership and guides campaign coordination in the county.
A committee from Ellwood Water and the state health board tours Slippery Rock New Castle Youngstown and Butler plants to compare purity and capacity. They aim to gauge if Ellwood’s system matches regional standards as a 90 day upgrade deadline looms under the charter challenge.
A curious skin found at the City hotel created a theft scare when rubbed on a gold ring, turning it to silver. After a quick test the ring returned to its gold color with hot water and elbow grease revealing a potential method to steal by transforming gold items.
George Shuster died from injuries after falling from the West Ellwood Junction bridge last Sunday and was buried in Greenwood cemetery, New Castle, yesterday. No kin claimed the body and local men funded the funeral. A false rumor claimed a hotel refused him care. his room was prepared for his arrival that day.
E A Uber, the cheerful hotel clerk, resumes duty at the City Hotel. He just returned from Mercer county where he pitched hay and ate hearty meals, returning bronzed and 15 pounds heavier, feeling like a new man.
M. M. Billingsley joins the American Express company here as the new manager replacing Agent McCune who has moved to Gary Illinois on the first of the month. Billingsley comes from the Pittsburg office and already likes the town.
Councilmen and business men from this town toured Butler yesterday as guests of Harmony line officials. They met Newcastle councilmen at the thriving borough and enjoyed a day trip by special cars starting about 10:30 a.m. and returning after dark.
R N Nelson assumes leadership of the Mercer based business succeeding Milliken and King. He will continue the high standard the firm has built and will oversee ongoing operations in this transition.
W. R. Thompson visited Butler yesterday. George Hartsough of Mercer was in town yesterday. Attorney John H. Buttner spent yesterday in Pittsburg on business. Mrs. F. Denny of New Castle is visiting Mrs. Joseph Badger for a few days.
Youngstown officials and local ministers were invited to attend a moving picture show featuring the Salome dance, which they have requested city officers to prohibit. Also note the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station exhibit at Mercer fair from September 23 to 25.
Commonwealth cases listed include Armitage larceny Englet and Bodnar aggravated assault and battery plus Colwell felonious attempt to kill, For est road contract interest, Flynn road contract issue, Nas to and Barbara Nasto assault, Moon larceny by servant, Johnson building entry, and others including Sanseverino liquor sales and Christie defrauding a boarding housekeeper. Prosecution names include Bittner Diefenderfer Seigle Emin Shoaff McCart Liebentorfer Frazale Zucarello Cox Masri Christie and Mira Christie.
An advertisement extols Samose as a flesh forming tonic promising weight gain and improved health with a 50 cent price and a money back guarantee after one to two weeks if results are not seen. The page also lists multiple Commonwealth legal cases including larceny and assault prosecutions with various defendants and prosecutors.
Connoquenessing and nearby towns host guests including Walker Stewart Brownsdale visiting daughter Mrs Thomas Watson. Other visitors include Tony Anderson New Castle and Annie Stewart Butler at Hazel Brunerman’s home. Typhoid pneumonia threatens Wm Anderson at his daughter Mrs Jacob Niblock’s residence with very limited hope.
Rev J E Reilly D D rector of Trinity church and his family returned today after a two months stay at the Reilly cottage at Island Heights New Jersey Services at Trinity will be resumed in full Sunday
Saturday, Sept. 6, 1903. New knit underwear for youngsters features medium weight high neck vests, long sleeves, knee or ankle length drawers priced 25 to 50 cents by size. Union suits with rise per size, boys Balbriggan shirts, and girls Merino vests or pantalettes offered in natural or white.
Infant merino wrappers priced at 50 cents each with sizes from small to 5-3k, three for one dollar.
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