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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1908
Page
2
Affairs at the Elliott Blair Steel plant in the Fifth ward show an encouraging turn as Thomas C. Elliott reports to The News that the annealing department is receiving many new orders and the plant is operating steadily. The industry has run at only a portion of normal capacity for months.
Will Lawton of Pennsylvania Avenue, a screw boy at the Shenango tin mill, was badly cut opening a tin pack on Saturday. Several stitches were required, and great care is urged to prevent possible blood poisoning as the wound heals.
Attendants at a Welsh Congregational church enjoyed a Sunday evening recitation by eight year old Neces Jones of Cunningham Avenue. Jones displayed notable speaking ability and was recently awarded the Demorest prize.
Miss Margaret Richards entertained a small gathering at home on Saturday evening in honor of her guest Miss Edna Richards from Beaver Falls. The party enjoyed games and diversions with refreshments served at the end.
Bert Ward of Hamilton street near the Greer tin mill departed Saturday for Phoenix Arizona for several weeks seeking better health. He has been in poor health for some time and the trip was undertaken in hope of improvement.
L. R. Specht a junior member of Huber and Specht on South Mill Street leaves for his annual rotation visiting Buffalo Niagara Falls and nearby points. He will be absent for several days.
Harry Lane of Summit Street, a well known tin mill employee, has returned from his annual vacation at camp at Ranton in Crawford County. He reports fishing is unusually good in that locality.
Local notices report residents visiting and returning from trips to Pittsburg Cleveland Toledo Monaca and Niagara Falls. Several are recovering from illness including typhoid fever and other ailments. Workers at Shenango Limestone New Castle and Pennsylvania Engineering visit Beaver Falls and convalesce after illness.
Vendors express optimism for better peaches and lower prices at Union Market in Pittsburgh as they recall last year and promise improved offerings this season.
A historical ad extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as common sense remedies for indigestion. It explains that correcting diet and providing nerve force, fluids, and nourishment aids digestion, with claims that the tablets enrich gastric juices and support blood to stomach function. Free trial package offered by mail.
Rocco Racco was found guilty of murder in the first degree for the killing of Seeley Houk in Hillsville. The trial lasted a week with the verdict returned at 5 10 and the sentence to be carried out later, following confessions and corroborating witnesses. Deputy game wardens were previously ambushed in similar killings during 1906.
The Pittsburg Leader revisits Hillsville’s Black Hand era, detailing the 1905 06 murder of state game warden L. Houk and a years long wave of violence. Rocco Rocco led the Mafia linked group, with Pinkerton detectives indicting and convicting key suspects as violence terrorized the region near Hillsville.
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