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Newspaper
New Castle Press
Location
New Castle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1903
Page
3
City notes detail a bustling but wasteful street fair with expected expense and limited payoff. Local figures report visits, sales, and celebrations as residents remark on past and present civic events and notable individuals in Cambridge City and nearby areas.
The Rachel Starch Company and Steele Rudel process figures in a new Indiana venture. Secretary and chemist William F Rudel promotes a system claiming higher yield, purer product, and lower costs, with a proposed New Castle plant to process corn into starch. The firm seeks $656,000 capital split between preferred and common shares to build facilities and an elevator, warehouse, power house, and a large three story factory.
A letter to the Presa warnings of a proposed appropriation of a small stream by town trustees for a sewer project. The author argues the action would deprive owners along South Main Street of water and burden land with pollution, urging public opposition and citing local figures.
Postmaster James H. Joe received official notice of pay increases effective July 1 for clerical staff at the Lampt post office. Assistant Lauuier and the postmaster’s raise were not awarded, while clerks gain 1000 yearly. Emma Jones Welr Tm pin and Will Hutton wages were increased upon prior recommendation.
A local note discusses the South Main Street sewer project and Major Bandy's view on whether the tract should be severed. It argues any needed extension should be underground and embedded through affected properties.
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