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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1925
Page
10
Mrs Margaret Lenardy aged 20 and her alleged youth ally John Provanzana were held by police as material witnesses in the slaying of her husband James Lenardy, 32, who was shot four times while asleep beside his wife in their bed. The couple had traveled from Pittston Pennsylvania to Rochester New York when the incident occurred early yesterday.
The Passion Play presented at Regent Theatre will show for four days from Monday to Thursday. It is the first American presentation, in six reels, with a musical prelude and symphony music, featuring the famous Passion players. Also showing Robinson Crusoe Jr., a six reel Jackie Coogan film about a real American boy on a Robinson Crusoe Island.
Police focus on 22 year old Provanzano after a shooting near Mrs Lenardy with three sleeping children nearby. A threatening unsigned note in Provanzano's handwriting and alleged past intimacy with Lenardy's wife are cited as key connections to the Black Hand feud. The Lenardy couple married ten years ago in Pittston.
Baltimore April reports on Dr Nicholas Culpepper’s 1630 English pharmacopoeia now held by Dr Henry J Berkeley. It shows early medicine mixed reptile venoms and insect parts with cures for cancer leprosy lovesickness and drunkenness. A snake boiled in whiskey and eaten head ended many desires for drink according to the potion.
Denver April 6 The federal government will seek to prosecute Mormon Jon Ute medicine man on two charges connected to the alleged burying alive of an Indian baby on the Ute reservation in Colorado. A second charge arose when Mormon Jon beat Joseph Chavez to death with a table leg after Chavez taunted him. The Cortez jail killing occurred off the reservation, so authorities will turn Mormon Jon over to the state for murder prosecution while the federal government defends him on the accessory to murder charge.
A travelogue-like piece recalls vanished ancient sites. Baraboudor Javahad Ayathia Tibet Angkor and Cerro’ at St Mary’s are described as swallowed by jungle or forgotten by time. The piece notes rediscovery by explorers and temple ruins amid encroaching vines.
Father James F delivers the final sermon in a series titled Christ Dying on Calvary, concluding the ongoing set of messages.
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