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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1908
Page
4
The News Company announces subscription rates and mailing options for its New Castle Pennsylvania publication. It lists owners Mrs. George E. Treadwell L Rentz Pred Rentz Bert Wells and urges readers to direct checks money orders and communications to the News Company rather than individuals.
A short pal, warning readers to stay calm during political discussions. It urges avoiding heated arguments with friends, valuing personal relationships over allegiance to any candidate, and remembering that differing views do not make others less honest.
Opinion letters argue brick roads are more durable than macadam on rural lanes. The Harlansburg road in particular shows top dressing worn away and furrows from fast autos. Authors contend brick, though costlier upfront, would outlast 20 macadam roads and reduce long term repairs and dust issues.
In Zelienople the progressive town moves to curb street clutter. The borough council enacts an ordinance prohibiting the placing of advertising signs on telephone and telegraph poles bridges railings and fences to preserve the town’s beauty.
The text notes Zelienople residents pride in a neat town and urges other towns to follow by banning signs that blow down and litter streets, praising councilmen as practical businessmen enforcing cleanliness.
Towns including New Castle test school water sources as worries grow about well contamination. Officials urge testing every school well to protect children and residents from unsafe drinking water.
The August report lists 414 wells completed with 72 dry. The 342 productive wells produced 1114 barrels daily, averaging 314 barrels per well. Despite activity, production lags, and Pennsylvania loses prominence among oil states.
The body of Henry Clay Marshall Jr. of New York, a Brooks & Co. investment broker, was found in a field near Stanton avenue Pittsburg with two gunshot wounds to the head. A 32 caliber revolver, three full and two empty cartridges, and Brooks cards were found on the deceased who was about 30. Marshall had left his New York employer on July 1 after ill health and was last known to be eastbound before going west.
Mrs. Amanda Catherine Horchler 24 wife of Henry Horchler dies at 148 East Division Street after tuberculosis. She leaves two sons Charles and Gelbert, husband, parents Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Seamans and four siblings. Funeral from the Seamans home expected Monday or Tuesday afternoon.
A collage of quirky notes from Chicago News about social trends and curiosities. The piece mentions family sizes, private bars, Debs jokes, sheath fashion, and whimsical sea serpent reports. It also notes readers sending souvenir postcards from a Canadian outing party.
Acrid wood smoke drifts over Detroit from northern Michigan fires. The pall covers the river and city, vessels pause in Lake St Clair, and home and office lights stay on as Port Huron navigation halts and several towns brace for danger. No lives reported yet aside from upper peninsula casualties.
Word is received of her death and funeral services are announced for Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the late residence.
The remains of Paul Fenton, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Fenton of McKees Rocks, were brought to the city Saturday morning. Services were held at the Oak Park chapel with Dr. I. A. Thayer officiating. Interment followed in Oak Park cemetery.
Old soldiers from the city plan to attend the funeral of Captain Joseph Siefert of Youngstown. The service will be Sunday at 2 PM from his residence 716 Wirt Street with interment in Belmont Park cemetery. Siefert, born in 1838 in Kuppenheim Germany, came to America young and served in the first German regiment during the Civil War. He leaves a wife and seven children.
A mix of wry anecdotes and short items follows including a Youngstown estate tale, a will tied to marriages, jokes about lay on of hands, and a tramping printer seeking work. Pleas for launches at fairs and oddities like sea serpents and ice bills pepper the column.
Local notes report Rev W J Coleman of Pittsburg Pa delivering a lecture to a large audience. Moravia and West Pittsburg Athletics arrange a baseball game this afternoon on West Pittsburg grounds with expected big turnout.
In Wilmington Delaware the City of Chester rammed and sank the tug J. S. W. Holton on its last trip from Philadelphia. Leonard Atkins mate and James B. Lynch second engineer of the tug were killed in the accident reported as the steamer’s express arrival time.
Private Charles J. Cotter of the Fifth Infantry, stationed in Cuba, was convicted by a court martial for laughing at his commanding officer Captain Price after a remark about dirty clothes. He faces six months of hard confinement as punishment.
George Wengler died Saturday morning at 6 30 in his Locust Street residence after a period of ill health. He was 46 and came from Beaver Falls a year ago. He leaves a wife and daughter Laura Jane. Funeral Monday at St Joseph's Church with burial in St Joseph's Cemetery. Also, John Frounis reports death of their 11 month old daughter Elsie from summer complaint. Funeral Sunday at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran with interment in Greenwood.
New Castle merchants boast city advantages in pyrography with over 1000 pieces in stock and more on the way. A 150 page catalogue is available and prices claim a 50 percent reduction while quality purportedly doubles the value.
Mrs. Eliza Jane Barrett widow of John Barrett died Thursday at the home of her son in law John S Brady 3 Vandera Jane Homestead aged 83 years Friends in this city have...
A New Wilmington report notes residents plan to travel to Ellwood City Monday to hear Evangelist W. W. Orr. Forty or fifty are expected, with possible New Castle streetcar transfers for both services. Orr previously preached here in spring, leaving many friends.
Five men are reported killed in an explosion on the North Side at 8:15 today. The blast, caused by gasoline ignition, occurred in a building housing the Wall Adding Machine company. Three of the five presumed victims were found. one man had both eyes blown out and another had a torn ankle. Two others were still in the ruins as the building lay partially wrecked.
Rev. G. S. W. Phillips arrives in the city from Fredonia to become pastor of Grace M. E. church. He will occupy the pulpit tomorrow in morning and evening services and plans to move his household goods next week after securing a residence.
Word from Greenville reports farmers across the Mercer county line in Ohio are battling a large forest fire. No injuries reported and firefighters from nearby areas respond to the blaze. Local authorities coordinate containment efforts and evacuees are advised to follow official guidance.
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