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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1925
Page
21
Franklin county authorities rush to Zeigler after three day wild cat coal strike erupts in riots. Six men wounded and moved to nearby towns as telephone lines into Zeigler fail. Local union officials and foreign communist elements blamed as violence continues amid efforts to call off the strike.
Old Timers Reunion at Cascade Park draws thousands as fife and drum corps tour the city. Crowds travel from distant places to renew old friendships while the park hosts a grand march in the pavilion and Civil War Veterans meet.
Reynolds town School Association held its eighteenth annual reunion at the W N Aiken school on Pearson street with over one hundred alumni attending. John M Snyder was re elected president for the eighteenth time along with Mrs James Pollock secretary and Robert Whaley treasurer.
Trevorton, Pa. August 12. Mr and Mrs Michael Hunt became grandparents three times on three consecutive days. A son born to Mr and Mrs John Hunt, a daughter to Mr and Mrs James Hunt, all of Trevorton, and a second daughter to Agnes Hunt, who is married and living in Shamokin.
New Orleans reports a sweeping drive against liquor rings in Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and beyond. A covert force of 200+ agents seized scores of wholesale bootleggers as $50,000 bribe payments to crooked officers surfaced, signaling forthcoming indictments against top organizers and financiers of the bootlegging network.
Mahoning school remodeling faces a funding deadlock between the union, city layers, and the New Castle School Board. The board favors completing the project under the contract, resisting extra $392 for concrete over brick, and directs the contractor to proceed with the original terms, delaying opening day if needed.
Alexander Thomas of 2328 Murray Avenue Pittsburgh sustained a severely cut left hand and wrist and body bruises Tuesday afternoon about 3 30 o'clock on the Wilmington highway at the private drive of the New Castle Field Club when his car a Hupmobile turning toward New Castle grazed the Pearson Packard coming from the field club drive. Thomas car left the road into the ditch and rolled over injuring Thomas and three passengers who escaped with minor bruises. The Pearson car was only slightly damaged and none of its occupants were hurt. Bushes along the field club drive limited visibility for both drivers. The wrecked Hupmobile was en route west on the left side of the road. The injured man was taken to Shenango Valley hospital by a passing motorist.
Arthur Mometer bears swollen jaw and face from mumps. He meets the day with a brave smile, insists he has the mumps rather than ailment, and receives well wishes as a doctor is summoned. The narrator notes the weather at seventy six and hopes for his quick recovery.
New York police brace for gang warfare between two factions the Neary Mob and the Diamond Mob as they reorganize in Manhattan. A confidential order warns detectives of hostilities with gunmen from Detroit aiding the underworld conflict. The alert cites a mobilized war in a city with two rival mobs.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports telegraph operator Kavanaugh Jacobs aged 55 at Lake Erie station Monongahela near Pittsburgh hoisted the red danger signal and died at his key refusing to leave as death neared. He alerted trains halting traffic for about an hour until his body was found and cause learned. He had phoned a physician just before death.
Edwin J. Klingensmith aged 25 of Maywood Station California Jessie Ethel Wilson 40 of Woodlawn Pennsylvania Joseph Colick 49 of Chewton Pennsylvania and Luigi Montanaro ten months of 610 Pearson Street are listed in a concise death notice with names ages and addresses.
Garden City Kansas August 12 a 17 year old high school boy from Ohio whose name is said to be fictitious told Sheriff Brown he killed Professor Adam R Clawson of Lodi New York after an attempted holdup between Jefferson City and California Missouri. He claimed he was broke and wanted Clawson s car.
Paris Tenn Aug 12 J O West sheriff of Fulton county Kentucky was shot dead early today while attempting to arrest Monroe Weatherly at his home West accompanied by Tobe Jackson as West crossed the porch a shot rang out and the sheriff fell Weatherly escaped and has not been caught
A tragedy in Manhattan leaves waiter Sol Trencher of Jack's Eating House severely injured after a trip from the Hotel Flanders ninth floor. Three principals sit in police custody at the Forty seventh Street station as investigators piece together the incident amid a nightlife scene of parties and crimes.
Daniel J. Horney a 20 year old messenger for Washington Trust Co was robbed of about 10000 by bandits in a stolen car He was beaten severely and cast from the car He recovered in a hospital Police recovered 9000 in checks and found the stolen auto and began a citywide manhunt for the underworld bandits Mr and Mrs Charles R McCullough of Washington street are visiting Franklin PA
John Kraft reports from Paris on Europe wide living costs versus wages. He notes currency volatility, low pay for clerks and teachers, and the high price of goods, with stark contrasts in Romania Hungary and France. He cites workers in farms and factories earning meager sums amid rising living expenses.
The New Castle school board after a North Street Junior High meeting approved a resolution under a state act changing tuition for township pupils. Townships will pay the cost of sending township students to city schools, replacing prior per student payments by parents. The act shifts the burden from individuals to the township taxpayer, spreading the expense across all taxpayers.
Dr W C Booher will serve as the New Castle schools dentist for the coming year after Tuesday night’s board meeting filling the vacancy from Dr Raymond Lutz. Salary set at 125 dollars a month for nine months. No action on a school hygienist. Secretary authorized to buy 3977.24 dollars worth of supplies.
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