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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1925
Page
4
New Castle and Lawrence county report a commendable summer record with fewer drownings. The improvement is credited to ongoing educational efforts by the Y M C A, Boy Scouts, and school programs teaching swimming, self rescue, and water safety across the community.
The article asserts that the American building sector will top 4.5 trillion dollars this year with housing 40 percent, highlighting widespread home ownership as a sign of national thrift and confidence. It argues owning a home provides security and views real estate as America's best investment for the future.
Governor Sorlie of North Dakota faced a dilemma after Senator Ladd died with ambition to fill the late senator’s seat. He weighs resigning as governor to be appointed, but public demands accountability and political risk loom.
The piece discusses North Dakota Governor Sorlie naming Mrs Rizpath S Ladd to succeed her husband with an expected one year tenure, hinting she could become among the first women in the U.S. Senate, and cites precedent from Wisconsin and Senator La Follette’s widow. It also jokes about politics and social commentary, including remarks on aging prodigies and debts of Mexico.
A report notes a bird nicknamed Safety Sam speeds forward with headlights on, seeming unaware of its direction yet proceeding with determined motion, highlighting a cautionary urban wildlife observation.
A satirical column mocks publicity stunts and local hustle in a town. It jokes about advertising cards, newspapers as event guides, school boards, and a culture of chatter. It notes political talk, a Kentucky bill defeat, and social quips about wealth and fashion.
A rambling collection of social quips and anecdotes from Franklin remarks on celebrations debts and diner habits. It riffs on summer widowers and breakfast mishaps, highway police arrests, theatre rumors, jokes about Harvard athletes and inflation, Hollywood and politics and local manners. It notes jokes about marriages divorces and public opinion in a provincial voice.
A Havana dispatch reports voodoo ritual threats against a three year old girl, dubbed the kid without horns. The piece contrasts white American greed with a milk thief, Eva Sidealman, jailed for stealing milk due to $50 bail. Mussolini and Liberty quotes follow, then a Vanderbilt trolley buy, price hikes, monopolies, and global trade notes.
A fragmented discourse argues that law breaking drains families and increases taxes. It contends harmful impacts begin at home, damage children, and trigger social disorders, challenging government policy and personal opinion as justifications.
In a candid remark Tie Hold Moots mocks Ike Soles who has spent four to five years attempting to craft wine free from vinegar, noting that directing wit and energy properly could bring wealth and fame in two months. He cautions against mixing political talk with routine winemaking.
Advice poem to youths about resisting temptations and dangers while pursuing a honest life. urges guardianship by father and God, warns of pain from betrayal, and promotes self control, integrity, and faithful living as path to lasting happiness. Copyright 1925 George Matthew Adams.
1915 John Winthrop chosen governor of Massachusetts. 145 Francis Asbury born in England, first American Methodist bishop, died Richmond, Va March 31, 1816. 1885 William T L Barry Kentucky statesman and first postmaster-general with cabinet seat, died in England. Born Lunenburg Va Feb 5 1785. 1889 San Francisco swarmed by millions of crickets. 1897 Prince of Wales and Lord Roberts invested with Order of St Patrick at Dublin. General William Booth died in London. Born near Nottingham in 1929. Universal Panthe-Con Bros convened at The Hague. 1923 Twenty-one plane squadron from Langley Field Va to Bangor Malina.
The Day's News notes former President and Premier Raymond Poincaré turns sixty five today. Once a cabinet minister at thirty and finance minister at thirty four, he later stepped back from active politics to pursue legal work that yielded significant income. France revered him for guiding the nation through the great war era.
A report notes that one year ago nearly four thousand houses were destroyed and sixty Hyves were lost due to earthquakes in Russiagurstan. The piece highlights Chicago's new Union railway station chapel to care for the dead in transit and allow travelers to pray while awaiting connections.
Frank Crane argues Charles Perrault created Cinderella and other tales while the serious works fade with time. Fairy tales, not historical exactness, reveal human nature and inner drama, spoken in universal language. Liza Ysaye in The Inn of Disenchantment notes what matters is not events but what we are.
The Reformed Presbyterian Young People's conference at Rose Point Pennsylvania hosts an evening session with picnic and dinner for delegates and visitors. Professor Charles M. Lee, Geneva College Latin Greek chair, discusses Rome of Today with illustrated pictures. Friday features Rev. Charles Belt on the dangers of superficiality in life followed by a social period. Geneva college night is set for Saturday with Dr. D. H. Elifort and short talks by local delegates. Pittsburgh district plans to send 200 to 300 delegates to this conference, a major Young People’s department event ahead of a national gathering at Winona Lake next year.
Butler Pennsylvania August 20 J Wile son Henry 27 coal broker son of George E Henry of East Brady fatally injured in an automobile accident on the Lincoln highway near Gettysburg He died at Gettysburg hospital The smashup occurred on a straight stretch of road Police say rear left tire failed causing loss of control The car left the road and overturned throwing both occupants out They had planned to spend the night in Gettysburg The parish of Elizabeth City which has just celebrated 345th anniversary is the oldest continuous parish of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America.
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