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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1925
Page
23
A brief bibliographic entry notes Penny Pst And Prva authored by Frederick A Godcharles in 1925 with copyright held by the author. The piece appears as a catalog reference or literary note in a 1920s publication.
Born in Philadelphia August 5, 1746, Allen McLane became a prominent lawyer before the Revolution. He served as a lieutenant in Caesar Rodney’s Delaware regiment, fought at Long Island and White Plains, joined Washington’s army, and earned a captaincy for his conduct at Princeton. While Philadelphia lay under British occupation, he led one hundred infantry and Crow’s Dragoons in a daring arson action at the redoubts, contributing to the American defense and Lafayette’s strategic retreat near Barrren Hill.
The text outlines Major and later Colonel McLane’s actions in 1779 defending James Wilson’s house, his rise through militia ranks, and his roles after the war as Delaware legislator and U S marshal. It also mentions his son Louis McLane who served under Decatur, held multiple national offices, and led the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Bishop Boyle of the Catholic diocese of Pittsburgh issues a pastoral letter to about 700000 Western Pennsylvania Catholics. Readings on August 9 and 16 urge support for the De Paul Institute a Pittsburgh oral school for deaf children founded by Archbishop Canevin and now with capacity for 159 pupils and a 22 member teaching staff.
Two women died when their automobile overturned on the Galena pike in Gallia County Ohio Mrs Nancy Luther 66 widow of Carlyle and Mrs Sarah Deemer of Pleasant Hill were killed Stanley Deemer husband of Mrs Deemer escaped with minor injuries The remark about reading a woman like a book ends the piece.
Jeannette W. Hutton announces candidacy for the office of Reg ist of Wills and Recorder of Deeds in Lawrence County subject to the Republican primaries on September 15 1925. Born in Lawrence County she lists education public service roles and experience from stenographer to chief deputy and asks for voters support.
An overnight blaze at the Point Breeze summer hotel in Nantucket Mass sent about three hundred guests scrambling into the streets in their night clothes. Firefighters battled the flames through the early hours as guests evacuated.
Warren Vandervoort, 17, is accused of shooting his father and mother in Holva Yh All appears calm after a late confession that family quarrels drove him to the act. Sheriff Burma compares him to Leopold and Loeb. The youth pleaded not guilty at a preliminary hearing and was sent to the grand jury without bond.
In Connellsville Pennsylvania detective W. J. Courtney organized swift action after overhearing suspects attempting to sell stolen merchandise. E. R. Gibson of Johnstown and G. E. Humbert of Altoona were arrested with about $2,000 worth of goods from Antonio Bufano's Army and Navy store in Mt. Pleasant. They were arraigned before Alderman Fred Munk and held on $2,000 bail each for breaking and entering a store.
In Oil City a quarrel during a horseshoe game ends in the death of John E. Britt 26 from a baseball bat blow to the head. His father Joseph T. Britt is jailed for aggravated assault involuntary manslaughter. Coroner reports erysipelas from the blow as death cause.
Dayton Tennessee readies a Bryan Memorial Association meeting set for August 12 to organize the first chapter and plan a Knoxville convention tied to the Scopes case appeal arguments. George F. Washburn of Massachusetts has offered to endow a Bryan fundamentalist university here.
Funeral services for former United States Senator George Gray will be held from his Wilmington home Monday afternoon after an extended illness. The second sentence notes that since Porto Rico was annexed in 1898 its sugar production increased about 800 percent.
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