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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1925
Page
10
Robert E. Crowe Cook County State’s Attorney confronts Chicago’s underworld advocating swift punishment and religious training for youth to curb crime. He urges use of both the gallows and legal measures, framing crime as a social issue influenced by environment.
A new French process powder called Melloglo claims to resist perspiration and prevent shine. It supposedly stays on until removal, smooths pores, and gives a natural velvety complexion. Available at McKinley & Frantz-Puaisley's Pharmacy.
A speaker in Chicago urges swift justice to curb crime among youth, calling for immediate trials and execution for murderers. He criticizes lenient attitudes, court delays, and alienist influence, stressing spiritual education from a young age to deter future violators. He cites Loeb-Leopold cases and notes many crimes by those under 22.
First passengers on the Cairo to Karachi air service scheduled to begin may sleep in a desert encampment with risk from hostile Arab tribes. One friendly tribe near overnight stops will be paid to guard the camp. The route goes through Baghdad and Bahr a.
International News Service reports Dr. Thomas A. Carter of Chicago advises sedentary workers to walk or ride if possible. If not, use a cane or keep a dog to aid health and mental focus, noting that walking and distraction from business can improve profits and reduce leash entanglements.
Ad claims McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets help users gain weight quickly without fishy taste. Sugar coated tablets touted as gentle on stomach, with directions and formula on box. Sold by local stores and druggists in New Castle and beyond.
The article argues walking three to five miles daily beats tire wear and saves life, noting the automat’s mixed blessings, the rise of social contact, and city youths walking more than rural folk who prefer short country rides. Sundays bring crowds out of cities for country outings, while rural men favor motorized travel.
The Ladies Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church marked its fiftieth anniversary with a program from 2:45 pm including devotionals greetings and readings led by Mrs. W J McConkey and others. Four successor societies were named and funds show strong growth in the last 25 years. Mrs W J McConkey received a bouquet, and a dinner followed in the church parlors.
Grove City Pa Aug 24 Instructors from Grove City College occupied local church pulpits on Sunday August 23 Speakers included Dr A R Robinson of Sixth U P Church Pittsburgh Dr J G Machen Princeton Theological Seminary preached in the evening Dr A T Robertson Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville preached in morning and Dr A E H Robinson in evening Various churches heard the instructors praised as best in Bible School history Additional instructors to lead services next Sabbath Local churchgoers benefited from the lectures and sermons by the visiting faculty
Jun-ichi Nishimura of Tokyo becomes the youngest primary school teacher in Japan after passing the required examinations at age fourteen. He graduated from primary school last spring.
Fragmentary OCR reads mentions Bumsteads Worm Syrup and scattered text about children, angels, and places, with unclear phrases and several garbled names. The readable bits hint at product names and possibly a Philadelphia reference, but the passage remains largely indecipherable.
Vienna embraces moving electric signs after earlier favors to bootblacks and cafeterias. The first sign stands on the Ring strasse opposite the State Opera, hailed as among the finest streets in the world.
Twenty thousand people gathered to receive a free vegetable cure advertised as a miracle for colds coughs and asthma. Suffering crowds paid high milk prices as handbills required abstinence from liquor and meat. The holy man appeared at midnight distributed the cure but insisted dosage be taken at full moon prompting a three am intake and reports of two sneezes among those who left early. He scheduled another meeting after the monsoons pass.
Jack Richman, seventeen, fled Milwaukee July 7 to ride to the coast. He grabbed the wing of a plane piloted by Major C. C. Moseley and Sergt. Chestnut Wood near Las Vegas, hanging on while the craft climbed. He was pulled inside safely after the near crash and given an army shirt. he claimed the voyage was his first airplane ride.
Tokyo officials report Japan has the highest infant mortality rate among nations. An average of 150 to 250 of every 1,900 babies die. Authorities blame sanitation gaps and maternal knowledge. Government plans to spend 1.5 million dollars to build nurseries in main cities and educate mothers on child health.
A Buddhist priest Kwaiun Okada aged 56 in Ibaraki prefecture Japan killed himself with a sword at his temple saying he atoned for the wrong done by his adopted son. He wore white garments of death and fell upon his ancestral sword before the temple altar.
Albany Aug 24 New York state remains a leading dairy producer according to a 1924 report by Commissioner Berne A Far of the Department of Markets and Markets. Total milk production for the year was 1 900 000 000 pounds with 1 295 000 dairy cows and heifers over two years counted as of January 1 this year.
An advertisement touts Parisium Sage as the best toase and grasp treatment to stop tatling hair and lteking scalp, banish dandruff, and promote hair growth. It claims guaranteed outcomes and is available at Melae's Cut Hate Store and other druggists.
A report notes New York farms held fewer numbers than 1920 with 1,482,000 farms. Milk use split between households and dairy processing, with 18 percent for home use and the remainder shipped to plants for city consumption. Estimated values include $172,000 for milk delivered to dairy plants and large retail and plant movements totaling billions of pounds. The text also mentions possible boxing match discussions involving Tiers Flowers and Jock Malone.
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