15 Apr 1929
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1929
Page
1
County Scout leaders gather in New Bedford for a big banquet honoring regional executive Major R. F. Seymour. Rotarians heard the noted scout speak on service and duty amid reports of a bride visiting the circulating library with a volume titled The Man Ideal suggesting inspiration for pointers.
A Boston newspaper fragment notes a fatal day for Hoover as crowds across the country gathered to consider action to support government work. The piece mentions Coolidge smiling in Northampton and a mood of seeking meaningful guidance amid a tense national moment.
Fragmentary notice about Owen Pent tist in early career details. It mentions projection, theatre, Sou en Casile, and first piece, plus later work as an advertising man. References to Castle Dr and Ayr ox suggest places or affiliations.
Orville Brown of New Castle is recommended for appointment as supervisor of the census for a district comprising Beaver Butler and Lawrence counties. Secretary Harold Hunter announces the plan as Beaver Butler Lawrence counties prepare for the 181st census district. Details of the census taking work are not yet finalized, but work is expected to begin soon.
Rev GS Bennett professor of Bible at Bethany College in West Virginia is invited to accept the pastorate at the First Christian Church after a Sunday congregational meeting. He has supplied the pulpit for eight months since Rev C M Molcomb’s resignation and is expected to respond next Sunday.
A Highland School meeting of the High Association is set for Wednesday April 17 at 3 o clock. O Delane of Washington Junior High will discuss intelligence testing and how it informs teaching methods and student development.
Authorities seek to identify five badly mangled bodies found along the Rock Island railroad near Mokennil after a car was demolished by a passenger train. Four adults and a 10 year old boy, all from Chicago, were found with envelopes bearing the names Zuronsky Stasimas Agafon and Anna Funik among the wreckage. Coroner E A Kingston of Will County will hold an inquest in Joliet.
The Hoover administration summons Congress, elected last November, to a special session with four duties: pass farm relief measures, revise the tariff, provide for the next census, and reapportion itself if possible. The president aims to satisfy Hoover and move forward on domestic policy.
John H. Knox aged 72 revive merchant and churchman died this morning at 7 43 at his home 221 Winter avenue after a two month illness from complications of disease He was a prominent resident and figure in local business and church circles with a career ending in 1922 when he retired from work in the city
Mrs Olive Knox of Cleveland died in a car crash about April 11 near Chagrin Falls on the Cleveland to Youngstown road. Her husband John D Knox an associate editor of Penton Publishing, seriously injured and taken to Bedford hospital. Susan Knox, their daughter, escaped with minor injuries. A traveling salesman, Tray of Cleveland, witnessed the crash.
New Wilmington Pa April 16 Interior decorators have completed most decorating of the chancel wing in Old Main at Westminster Colleges new building and expect painting to finish by weeks end. Gothic designs adorn ceiling and walls in red gold blue brown. Carpenters installed carved oak balcony woodwork and the phase was funded by a $10 000 gift from a donor who asked to remain anonymous. Stained glass windows are installed, including the main window given by students in memory of James W Stewart. Transept windows bear armorial shields and Magna Charta insignia. The electric class bell system clocks and belts cover each floor. Continued on part two.
Harrisburg dispatch notes three bills on special order will shape the opening of the final week of the 1979 legislature. House reconvenes at 8 to speed adjournment related work with joint committees to settle amendments and conferences. Administration backed major acts await governor action after Senate amendments.
Loss to day estimated at a half million dollars was caused by a fire that yesterday laid waste to the grease plant of the W. C. Hardesty Company and Park & Co. at Rosslyn Farms near Carnegie. The fire burned steadily through the day.
El Paso reports that General Juan Agdrett Almazan’s federal army pursues rebel forces in Juarez as remnants retreat toward Sonora. Federals number in the thousands. rebels flee across the border with leaders possibly seeking asylum. Escobar’s shattered command reportedly concentrates near Agua Prieta and Nogales amid mutinies and duress.
A party at the Park Avenue apartment of Mrs. Robert W. Scuttette, a $5,000,000 heiress, end with a fatal dispute. Airs. Robert L. Brown of Lexington Kentucky is held as a material witness and faces possible bail reconsideration while the police determine next steps.
Obscure list shows multiple death notices with ages and partial addresses including John Knox seventy two at 221 Winter Avenue and Howard Cor Dartington Mose Ladin Denniston seventy three, plus others with unreadable details across several streets and cities.
A drowning accident Saturday night on the Shenango River near the railroad bridge. Rescue efforts to recover a missing tin worker continued, with reports of a worker slipping from a wall and falling into the river near the Dean Hole area. details are incomplete as the article continues on another page.
An unclear report notes a traffic incident with injuries. Details are garbled but the focus is a serious crash and its impact on those involved. Further information is not readable from the fragment.
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