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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
5
A call announces a Tabasco themed limerick contest with cash prizes from $1,000 to $5 for 100 runners up. Entrants are invited to submit a last line with name and address, while Tabasco is praised as a kitchen staple used by hotels and chefs for forty years.
McIlhenny's Pure Concentrated Flavors of Vanilla and Lemon offered as pure vanilla and lemon extracts. Packaged for price of 25 cents at all grocers and used widely.
Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad will invite bids soon for 24 new freight and passenger locomotives. Most units will serve the Pittsburg to Great Lakes ore and coal corridor with delivery expected early next spring to meet peak freight movements.
A train wreck on the Youngstown & Sharon electric line was narrowly avoided when obstacles on the rails threw a big car from the tracks. Fourteen passengers and the crew escaped unharmed though the derailment could have been deadly if the car had been traveling at high speed.
Ellwood City moves to form a local Y M C A with two preliminary committees gathering data on building location and purchase or rental costs and on gymnasium apparatus costs. The groups report to the temporary organization committee next Tuesday and plan to affiliate with New Castle or Pittsburgh.
In Ellwood City on September 24 fishermen report unusually good luck in local streams. The Rev A P Lentz and A Welsh landed ten bass at the Pennsylvania Power company dam with three over three pounds. W R Thompson, a councilman, also reports regular catches and expertise in angling.
The rise in pupil numbers forces use of the public school kindergarten room for Circle school grade. The room is now taught by a supply teacher and the directors may appoint another supply to teach the present teacher at the next meeting.
The Hospital Lecture course committee held an informal meeting yesterday. It is preparing an informal winter entertainment titled home talent that will be held in January and will involve many local musicians and entertainers.
H. M. Creswell secretary and treasurer of Standard Engineering Company left for Cambridge Springs today with Mrs. Creswell. The couple plan to remain away for several weeks.
Maude E. Forgie of Leesburg Virginia writes to Mrs Pinkham praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says months of feminine illness left her nearly unable to live before using the remedy and prescribed treatment, now she feels strong and well again.
An advertisement promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy for female illness including displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities pain backache and nervous prostration. It invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts and claims to have guided thousands to health.
Ellwood City, Sept. 24. Christopher Haswell aged 79 or 83 died after a paralytic stroke suffered last Sunday. Survived by wife Susanna eight children 30 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. A native of England he farmed and was a member of Slipperyrock Presbyterian church with funeral plans to be announced.
Borough council reviews letting the paving contract for First street between Spring avenue and Pittsburg Circle. Shelby Company and Pittsburg Company petition the paving. Water contract may need a second reading. Lighting contract possibly at October’s first meeting. Sports notes report Wampum’s visit to Ellwood for a game against Steel Car Forge with O P players likely, promising a tense clash.
Ed ward Mills, Prohibition candidate for West Virginia governor, spoke to an enthusiastic audience in a series of three lectures. He impressed many listeners with his abilities and departed this morning to continue lecturing in his home state.
Cc D Coban and Dr Silas Stevenson visited Pittsburg and New Castle yesterday while J W Humphrey traveled to New Castle and H M Creswell took a flying trip to Pittsburg. Mrs B B Nye of Franklin Avenue visits her parents at Lillyville. Lee McQuilken goes to Mercer to see his sister Mrs Mabel Whistler. W T Rupert of Standard Engineering works visits the Mercer fair.
Levi Young, accused of impersonating an officer at a hearing before Mayor Harry J. Lusk, was discharged. It was shown he worked for a detective firm and had been trying to stop a foreigner from robbing a drunk. The alleged offender, with a friend, had Young arrested, but later refused to testify.
Jacob Dornduff of South Chicago arrived in Youngstown seeking his stepdaughter Annie Schuster who ran away with Julius Zerb. They were found at 31 Front Street. Dornduff says the girl is only 13. Zerb says they came to be married.
Weekly sessions titled Cide Making run Tuesday to Friday at Energy, Pa. led by B. M. Shaffer of 2616 with ongoing weekly schedule details.
A barber uses razors to shave and style hair while a parent uses wisdom and guidance to raise a child. The joke contrasts profession and role with wordplay on shave and raise.
George Davidson aged 59 of Vevay claims to have invented the ice cream soda in 1870 while running a confectionery and ice cream parlor. He added ice cream to syrup and soda water, prompting curiosity from his sister Mrs Wymond and Judge Malin, and soon 13 employees served the drink as demand spread.
The National Encampment of the Union Veteran Legion will be held in Philadelphia from October 5 to 10 during Founder’s week. Members of Encampment No. 9 of this city are listed as entitled to seats and votes, including J.3. DuShane Vice National Commander, James A. Gardner and many Past Colonels, plus delegates John P. Brest and John S. Holden.
A group of boys played baseball on the Mahoning river bed near Market street viaduct in Youngstown. The sandy exposed river bottom provided an unusual spot for baseball as curious pedestrians watched the boys throw and bat on the spot where river waters normally flow.
Notice from CITY OF NEW CASTLE WATER COMPANY prohibits hopper water closets and requires tank pattern outlets of approved make. Only licensed plumbers may connect to service pipes or mains, and violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Lew Dockstader and his 70 member company perform at the opera house tonight marking his first New Castle appearance with his own troupe. The program emphasizes genuine minstrelsy with comic and spectacular acts, avoiding vaudeville features and aligning with up-to-date expectations.
The program promises special features most notably Zenda's act where an automobile passes over his body while he lies on stage. The display includes other unusual spectacle and the entire performance is described as new and up to date, yielding a pleasing entertainment.
The Mahoning River gauge at Youngstown shows no change yesterday, while residents are urged to stay alert and follow local guidance.
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