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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1925
Page
6
A look at lesser known pastimes of national figures. William K Hutchinson fields intimate glimpses into personal tastes and everyday habits of prominent leaders. The piece blends anecdote with lightly drawn character sketches, revealing human side moments of public figures.
Senator Robert Nelson Stanfield of Oregon is described as a lifelong cowboy who loves the open West. His career spans cattle ownership, a shift to politics in 1921, and losses in the 1922 23 cattle panic. He now pursues ranching nostalgia on vacations and maintains a herbal herbarium at his Oregon home while supporting wildlife and forest plants.
The article portrays Senator George McLean as a West loving reader who favors frontier novels about Indian chiefs rustlers and survival. He reads for recreation, desiring plots of capture and survival, and he indulges a soft secret for ten cent poker and the thrill of risk.
American visitors keep London's theatres busy as England endures hot weather. English productions borrow from the U S and many performers follow the trend. Ashley Dukes new play The Man With a Load of Mischief gains attention for Broadway transfer. Jack Buchanan and Charlot's Revue draw crowds. Hulburt and Courtenidge plan an autumn move to New York. Frank Tinney continues his long standing blackface act to English audiences.
A large mixed list of crossword clues covering prefixes colors places people and abbreviations across horizontal and vertical sections including geography terms and common words. The puzzle includes many abbreviations months and numeric hints for solving.
The performer says he is tired of the act and plans a vacation in August with a possible new act later. English audiences will finally see Charles Gilpin in his original role as Emperor Jones after four years of persuasion by London managers.
Nearly 100 former Bradford residents who became wealthy in Oklahoma oil fields arrived on a seven car train for Bradford's Old Home Week. The celebration, starting today, includes parades and historical pageants as former residents who left penniless in Tulsa return as millionaires.
Sherman and Prudence Gallagher sue H. B. Parkins in two trespass suits filed with the county prothonotary. One seeks 200 dollars for damage to the Gallagher automobile and the other 2500 dollars for personal injury from a June 21 collision on the Butler New Castle road. Parkins allegedly drove carelessly on the wrong side of the road, crashing into the Gallaghers’ car and injuring Mrs. Gallagher.
President Coolidge and Secretary Wilbur approve Navy Day for October 23 honoring the birth of the American Navy and Theodore Roosevelt. The Navy Department leads the observance with the Navy League, aiming to display ships at many ports and hold public at homes.
Crossword hints from a vintage page list clues: Word 1 Tom the Piper’s son stole what. Word 5 a common fruit. Word 4 a beam of light. Word 1 the man children followed out of Hamlin. Word 2 a small valley carved by water. The format mirrors a playful grid clue set.
A salesman touts Pep-O-Mint Life Savers as a simple remedy for indigestion observed at a luncheon. He claims the peppermint method, once used by grandfathers, is now available in a convenient candy form to alleviate discomfort.
Mr and Mrs Fred J Miller of McKees Rocks and their daughter Elizabeth 18 were injured when their car skidded and overturned on the Lincoln highway near Jennerstown en route to Elizabeth New Jersey. Elizabeth suffered fractures to the right leg and shoulder and a deep back cut. The Miller head injuries and a left hand cut. The family’s sons William 17 and twins James Clyde 14 were left with their grandfather as the mother vanished en route to Atlantic City amid amnesia rumors. Mrs Schuck, a former Butler music teacher, is identified as the mother of the family.
Relatives in Butler Pennsylvania believe Mrs Maude Mitchell Schuck of Philadelphia was drowned after going missing at Atlantic City for four days. She is the daughter of James B Mitchell, lives near the Mitchell homestead east of Butler, and is an organist by profession. She had visited her father this summer.
Officials report Wheeling West Virginia inundated with raised banknotes mostly twos and fives, quickly circulated at local banks. Three Secret Service agents arrived to lead an investigation, with sources tracing the counterfeit source to Pittsburgh.
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