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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1908
Page
14
Publication details list edition schedule and subscription rates for The News Company New Castile Pa. Public notices invite submissions on matters of public interest from county residents. Communications should be sent to The News Company address, not to individuals, with payment via checks money orders or drafts.
Wright brothers of Dayton Ohio say air travel will soon reach practical mastery for pleasure and commerce. They note early flights are hard to control but predict motor advances storage batteries and lighter devices will boost safety and reliability as wireless power emerges. They warn early development will cost lives but progress mirrors other travel advances.
The text describes severe and prolonged drought across North America with autumntinted foliage, dust filled highways, and brown pastures. Farmers struggle as crops relying on late rains suffer, cattle seek scarce deep springs, and only some late-harvest crops escape disaster, while wildfires in the northwest threaten to grow until heavy rains arrive.
Farmers in various parts report looming butter and milk shortages unless rain arrives in the next days. They warn that continued dry weather strains dairy supplies and could trigger a famine if showers fail to materialize.
A collage of light verse and quips from various papers notes oddities from a mock traffic stop to fashion jibes and political barbs. It pokes fun at bank exams pig pens and high schools while hinting at upcoming campaigns and local chatter across towns.
Three thousand men applied for a four fifty weekly job in London on Saturday. Despite the large pool, there is no discussion of altering England's rulers and the population remains accustomed to such conditions.
Grand jury notes the county jail is in good condition overall but cites failing locks and doors and likens it to needing screen doors for the county hosp tile. Pittsburg chemists conclude city water is not harmful to drinkers, though bills may deter usage. A fish trust collapse is blamed on lend of suckers. most high school students are children of workers from distant North hill district, prompting questions about the new high school’s remote location.
A storyteller recounts a geologist lecture on Niagara Falls slowly eroding toward Buffalo over 200000 years, ending with a sobbing girl whose sister lives in Erie, highlighting the absurdity of unfounded fears.
David J. Davis of New Castle a tin worker and Amalgamated member is named by President McArdle as successor to National Trustee Elias Jenkings of Youngstown. Jenkings resigns after years on the board and Davis is considered an honored, well informed delegate with convention experience. Jenkings is a Prohibition candidate for Congress in Youngstown.
Sharon Pennsylvania September 14 About a year ago Sharon musicians started a fund to raise 25000 for Arthur Dalby a musical director who was permanently injured in a wreck one foot amputated at the ankle The Sharon musicians adopted resolutions and the union headquarters publicized the effort Result 25000 turned over to him Money contributed by every union in the United States.
The piece lists multiple campaigns and candidates including A F Otte of Cincinnati for governor and James F Carey of Haverhill leading the Massachusetts Socialist slate. It notes David W Hill seeking U S Senate in Missouri, W Rourke Cochran touring for Democrats, Gilbert N Haugen as Stand Patters’ choice, and Longworth speaking in New England. It mentions unions backing Bryan and Kern, and quotes Bobbin King J Elwood Cox and John Hays Hammond’s political role.
T W Powderly of the immigration bureau argues the industrial downturn aided American ideas in Europe as thousands of workers returned home. He notes many will come back to the United States, bringing experience, and insists only good aliens should enter the country to become citizens.
A new lead glass tube shield for X-ray devices reduces operator exposure. The device places the tube close to the patient, with rays exiting only through a small window aligned to the lesion, directing energy to the target tissue while shielding the clinician.
The 23rd annual Lawrence County Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention will meet at the First Baptist church from Monday 7 45 p m to Wednesday noon. Delegates from every union are expected with locals hosting. Y night features a silver medal declamation contest and Loyal Temperance Legion songs. Tuesday includes executive session, officer elections, department reports, minister greetings, a memorial hour, and Dr H J Whalen of First Baptist will speak Tuesday evening.
A married man reveals a confidant's secret to his wife and debates the ethics of disclosure. The wife probes motives while urging candor yet questions the harm in sharing. The husband worries how Brown will view the leak and whether the secret should stay private for reputation and trust.
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