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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1925
Page
4
The New Castle News urges all residents to register on the upcoming Thursday designated as the first of three days for voter registration ahead of September and November elections. Officials will place names on poll books at polling places, and every eligible man and woman must register to vote this fall.
A historical reflection on how discussions of war can push nations toward conflict. From 19th century plays to 1940s rhetoric, the piece notes that rumors and propaganda foster mobilization and that compromise becomes impossible when both sides seek inevitable war. It mentions Anglo German tensions and fears of US Japan clash.
The excerpt questions the prophetic aim of a book about defeating the Japanese fleet and warns it could fuel militarism. It argues motions toward war or peace are easily discussed, noting that peace often follows when belligerents start talking of it.
The article notes the American railroad centenary will trigger disputes over which line holds primacy. It recalls early tracks on Beacon Hill in 1807, steam trials in 1829 with the Delaware and Hudson, potential Baltimore and Ohio passenger first in 1830, and the first locomotive at West Point foundry for Charleston and Hamburg. It also mentions Col. John Stevens’s 1812 forecast of trains at twenty to thirty miles an hour and a closing quip on domestic life and beauty trends.
A reflective poem on human variety and shared feelings across classes and tastes. It contemplates differences in appearance, fashion, and fortune while affirming common fears, joys, and the inevitability of pain and death. The piece ends noting copyright 1925 by George Matthew Adams.
A brief religious quote frame cites Galatians 6 7 warning that what a person sows they shall reap. The line urges caution against deception and moral accounting in daily life.
A stream of local observations on politics humor, fashion, and everyday life. Notes on a new dry leader, a car gift in 1914, shifting entertainment hours in Atlantic City, housing and taxes, and light jabs at public figures. Oddities include flapper vows, porch rent humor, and scattered provincial commentary from New Castle era life.
A reflective piece praising self sufficiency and discernment. It extols becoming indispensably useful to a community while wisely declining flattery and valuing rival greatness. The text contrasts formal credentials with true education and urges listening without vanity.
A report notes the French Chamber of Caputins ratified the Lausanne treaty with Turley. The text then shifts to a garbled aside about Germans and Americans and drinking habits, unclear in meaning and not presenting verifiable details.
In this 1925 column Arthur Brisbane reflects on a confessed highwayman near Mt. Vernon who laments his fate and blames the victims for not sticking up. The piece surveys aviation’s agricultural uses near Hammonton New Jersey, future flight ambitions from Paris to New York, and Italy’s debt diplomacy. It weaves politics, war memory, and economic policy with literary allusions.
A fragment notes the Presbyterian church flourishing with 42,931 new Presbyterians enrolled last year and total membership at 1,874,859. Reported weekly income is 51,000,000 dollars, about 57 cents per member, portraying a vigorous and sizable church body.
Dr Frank Crane discusses selective memory and the power of forgetting. He compares memory to a cellar shelf where past experiences are stored and discarded, arguing that peace comes from forgetting unpleasant events and focusing on memories that empower the present. He warns against dwelling on past deeds, urging mental discipline to keep harmful recollections out of attention.
Santor Fletcher United States senator from Florida and ranking Democratic member of the Commerce Committee leads opposition to scrapping ships policy. As chairman he directed the wartime program to rehabilitate American merchant marine with adeatiste ships to carry troops and supplies to France. He is a Georgia native educated at Vanderbilt University, began law study in Nashville, entered Jacksonville politics, served as mayor, and has been influential in the Senate since 1908 guiding Democratic party counsels.
Kelso Washington Ang 35 The harvest of moss is under way as Rouka and Son gather moss from northwest forests. Moss varieties include a long draping tanker type used in window decorations by large city stores for Christmas.
Yale University Press produced a set of thirty three history films to educate Americans about the nation’s past. Fifteen titles have been released and sold to schools on a ninety nine year lease at an estimated total cost of twenty thousand dollars.
Highlights of notable dates including French emigrants to Louisiana and New Orleans founding, David Hume’s death, the Moon Hoax publication, bishop Nathaniel Bowen’s death, senator James E. Mardac’s birth, the Richmond Chamber of Commerce cornerstone, Bannock/Bannock unrest in Diamond Valley, and the Springfield ship sinking off Jacksonville after a collision with the Apache.
In Butler Pennsylvania John Solensky of Deegan, a crippled farmer with a wife and several children, appeared in criminal court with an interpreter after being charged with manufacturing and selling liquor. He answered in English only when asked about his foot, receiving a $190 fine and three months in jail. Another liquor violator, Mrs Kate Rats of Zalianopie, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the workhouse with a $209 fine.
We thank friends and neighbors and FG A. M. for kindness and sympathy shown during the death of our son and brother Edwin Klingensmith and for floral tributes and automobiles donated. W. J. Klingensmith and Family.
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