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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1908
Page
8
The Prohibition party has aged into a long running third party with a presidential candidate in every election for more than 35 years. Historic vote counts show dramatic rises and falls from 1872 through 1896 amid shifting party strength and split lines.
Beginning Monday September 14 the first synod of the west of the United Presbyterian church will meet in Cleveland for three days. All city United Presbyterian ministers are expected to attend with sessions starting at 7 45 p m. The body handles district business including reports and committee appointments. Ministers from four local congregations are expected to attend.
Harrisburg reports a farmer's four pound green cast-iron frog used to prop a door went missing. A nearby plowman found a seven foot blacksnake with two half grown rabbits in its body, and the frog recovered in the post mortem.
Mark Twain will leave New York for rest and diet of quiet life in his Italian villa at Reading Connecticut after weariness from public functions and invitations.
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as quick relief for sleeplessness backache and period pain. Charity A Hightower of Caldwell Texas testifies the pills cured her severe monthly suffering without sedation, recommending them to other women. Sold by druggists with a 25 cent guarantee by Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
Mrs. Daniel B. Sickles returns to Gen. Sickles after a long separation. She says they will not discuss past troubles and that she dines with him each evening at his hotel. She left Spain to return to her Spanish home and now travels with her son Stanton in Athens.
The World editorializes on Mayor Tom Johnson and Cleveland’s 3-cent fare plan. It notes financial troubles an employee strike, a taxpayers suit to null old railway security and a special election to validate the franchise, urging a fair multi year trial of the 3-cent fare and its service viability.
Funeral services for the late W T Wright were held at United Presbyterian church in Zelienople on Thursday at 1 pm with many relatives and friends attending. The pallbearers were Wright’s brothers in law R M Young Dr W Aiken M A Wright and Charles Steffler. Interment followed in Zelienople cemetery. Mrs Henry Shaner reports the death of her grandmother Mary M Lee at age 90 in Youngstown. Born in Newton Falls Ohio she lived there most of life before moving to Youngstown to live with her daughter. She leaves several children and two great grandchildren. The remains will be taken to Newton Falls Tuesday for funeral services.
Labor day event in Youngstown Ohio featured a large demonstration in Idora park with principal speakers Isador Philo from Akron Rev Herbert Bigelow from Cincinnati and B F Wirt of Youngstown. The theater venue hosted speeches and F L Koppenhofer served as meeting chairman.
Harmony, Sept. 7. Wilbur Ingham, resident near Harmony, was badly cut while cutting corn. A sickle blade slipped and pierced his knee, severing a blood vessel and leaving him ill for several days.
Nightcaps may be worn again as fashion shifts toward traditional habits. A social leader says the custom of saying prayers before retiring could be revived, signaling a return to old fashioned nighttime routines.
King Edward will leave London for a week during the Eucharistic congress week. He aims to avoid the protest over his planned reception of Cardinal Vincent Vannutelli, papal legate, amid Protestant objections. No replacement plans or locations were announced.
A Labor Day celebration in New Castle featured an elaborate reception plan for visiting union men and a grand parade led by Chief marshal H C Greenert. Delegations from New Castle and multiple nearby cities joined Musicians Local 188 bands, various unions, autos carrying Ladies of Musicians, and a fire department division with floats.
Secretary Wilson reports a department investigation in Juniata Idaho into Alaska wheat. An agent found yields near 25 bushels per acre with badly mixed, inferior quality grain. Protein analysis shows Alaska wheat at about 9 percent versus 10 percent for soft winter and 12 percent for hard winter wheat.
Miss Mary VanDivert daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred VanDivert of Milton Street left Monday for Mt Pleasant Pa to teach Latin for the winter She will be instructor in Latin at the Western Pennsylvania Classical and Scientific School A graduate of New Castle High School class of 1904 and Mt Holyoke College last June
Broken lenses replaced with new lenses in old frames. Perfect correction stops headaches and blurring. Dr Likens, Eye Refractionist, 33 North Merstr Street. Office hours Wednesday and Saturday.
Martin Beck, a farmer from the Conwego hills, told of geese at his neighbor Beck’s farm that ate sun warmed pulp from a cider press heap. The geese fell seemingly dead then revived after the pulp fermented into a crude applejack substitute. Ducks followed the same fate and the tale ends with the poultry recovering.
The Women's Missionary Society of Beaver Valley presbytery will meet Thursday at Center United Presbyterian Church. Session begins at 10 AM with three sessions planned. Delegates will be sent from each church. Second U P Church to name delegates Tuesday evening. Evening session starts at 8 PM with Ralph Thompson as principal speaker. he has taught in Egypt for three years and hails from Cambridge Ohio.
The Canadahta chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Titusville reports progress on a petroleum memorial for the Drake well site. Subscriptions reach about $5,000 with five acres donated by Mrs. Susan A. Emery. Total cost estimated at $100,000, aiming for the sesquicentennial of Drake’s achievement on August 28, 1909.
The annual reunion of Company F of the 100th Regiment gathered September 3 at Eastbrook United Presbyterian Church. A noon dinner followed with many officers and visiting soldiers in attendance and re-elected officers listed. A death noted was Sidney Bentley of Idaho in 1908. speakers included Col Maxwell and several reverends. The item mentions visiting locals and promotes the Mercer fair September 23-25.
The piece advises finding the owner of valuables found on streets, trains, or boats. It urges returning items to company representatives or using newspaper lost and found columns to locate owners. If ownership remains unfound after diligent effort, one may claim the item with a clear conscience.
Harlem matrons discuss a husband who joined a shipbound friend and sailed to Europe by accident. The wife sent a Marconi gram to ease worry, while another matron recalls a prior plan to be carried off secretly, with confidences shared between husbands and wives.
The piece argues that humans can exhibit deceit and vice while a dog remains loyal. It notes the paradox that calling man the dog's most faithful friend would sound harsh to some, implying dogs deserve loyalty in return. The excerpt uses contrast to explore human and canine behavior.
A dialogue shows a wife asking her husband to fish for jellyfish to make preserves. The exchange humorously frames domestic duties and fishing as a light domestic task.
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