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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1925
Page
1
Registration opens tomorrow in New Castle as voters are urged to register for September primaries and November elections. Voters must show a paid county tax receipt at polling places open 7 AM to 10 PM. many expect record registration and officials stress duty to participate in selecting leaders.
Funeral services for Miss Amatta McKee general secretary of the Y W A will be held Thursday at 2 20 PM in the Y W G A auditorium. Friends may view the remains from 11 to 12 o'clock.
An altered narrative describes a failing vehicle named Arthur Mometer struggling up a hill with a stubborn engine. The crew backs up, attempts to restart, and finally reaches a spot where gas can be procured as eighty seven degrees is noted. The piece reads as a quirky, fragmented travelogue about machinery, effort, and a moment of fuel discovery.
Survivors of the One Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry gather at the sixtieth reunion in Fullerton area, with 31 members present and activities at Central Presbyterian Church. District Attorney Keyes plans to bring Dr. Thomas W. Young jury to the Beverly Glen cistern site for the murder case.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania on August 28 1946 John K Lewis planned a strike order likely to direct 158000 anthracite miners to walk out on September 1. The talks aimed at averting a strike collapsed with little optimism among participants.
A contract for a new modern factory addition to house a boiler foundry was awarded to Silth and Bauman of this city by the National Radiator company. The foundry will cast cast iron heating boilers and employ about sixty men. Construction starts this week and the building, 112 by 65 feet, will be ready for use this fall. The plant is on the East Side with good railroad access.
A Boston gun battle headlines the Tong war as police patrol Chinatown across the nation. The trigger is a white married woman Yee Yin, head of the On Leong Tong, who married into Hip Sing influence and sparked retaliation. The article notes a armistice breach and widespread vigilance.
Fire at Al Sharlow’s Mercer county stock farm two miles west of Mercer on the Pulaski road destroyed the barn and adjoining structures. Loss estimated at 25000 with 2600 insurance. Farm machinery including threshing equipment, two Ford autos, tractor, truck, saws, and livestock perished. Mercer fire department saved the dwelling. threshing separator also burned. Farm long noted in the county.
Representatives from city organizations receiving Chest funds met at the YWCA and re elected directors for the coming year. The slate includes A C Hoyt Marcus Feuchtwanger W E Waddington H B Richards I B Round James K Love Joseph Han min H J Marvin James Mayberry Thomas H Hartman J K Furst F L Rentz John A Butler Ira M Romsey Mrs H M Kirk Mrs G G Stitainger Mrs J H Eagan Miss Marion Wallace.
A New Castle radio audience missed a long night of talent on WKBG. The Apollo Glee Club led by Richard BE Johns and Miss Marty Snyder offered pleasing numbers, followed by George Anthony, Harry Evans, and several soloists. Performers included Bertha Pritchard Taylor, Dorothy Robinson, Genevieve Young, and Genevieve Whittaker with Higgins Brothers Company providing courtesy. Ernest Black and H B McConnell entertained with mouth organ and guitar, while E Martin, Thomas Martin, and Sure Swisher delivered old time dances. AL Kissinger recited a poem and Dr Roy Strobel played Laybachs Fitth Nocturne. Nick Whytes Southerners from Cascade Park closed with a dinner concert and promised a midnight revue with requests.
Chicago police guard railroad depots after a tip that Mileen hatchet men are en route from New York to join a Tong war. Thirty five Chinese seized in Chinatown raids, seven found with criminal records, as officers question detainees for clues on the feud. An attempted assassination of Chief Stege was narrowly thwarted by detectives.
Tuesday afternoon the county commissioners office staged drawings for Republican sheriff ballot places. Florence Pritchard drew 17 for Frank Johnston, Harrison Reynolds got 7, Ella Griner 18 for Jack Dunlap, W R McKee 3, F J Waddington had Pritchard draw 19 for him, Albert Dinsmore 12, Rose Zarrilla 7 for John E Pee, Leslie absent so Edward Fritz drew 14 for 6th place. District Attorney race continued on page two.
American fliers arrive at El Fonda Camp join Lafayette Escadrille style unit to support French action against Moroccan rebels. Vivid reports from Casablanca note American pilots to reinforce with French aviators before forming a single unit. Bitter sentiment toward white men poisons frontier as tribes raid settlements, leaving blockhouses encircled by barbed wire.
The News reports two additional entries in Lawrence county’s sunflower contest. Ella Gennay of New Wilmington says two sunflowers atop Neshannock Avenue plants reach B feet with stalks growing and tied due to weight. Saunders of Sterris Street in South New Castle submits a report describing a sunflower 1a foot T inches tall with a tower on the stalk.
Ballot listing includes candidates for Sheriff District Attorney Register and Recorder Jury Commissioner City Council two and four year terms, School Director seats. Names shown include John Lockhart Wallace, Frank Johnston, J Connie Wardman, Jack Dunlap, F J Waddington, M C Kennedy, James McClelland, Richard Lewis, Charles Patterson, Herbert McElhern, W L Campbell, Edward Smith Glynn Morgan Frank Young, Alfred Hyde, James Love and others for multiple offices.
A Central News dispatch reports Tokyo and surrounding areas submerged as heavy rains trigger floods across central Japan. A third of Tokyo is underwater with casualties and millions of yen in property losses. rivers and canals fail to carry the water, forcing thousands to seek higher ground on the outskirts. The passive mention of classified ads appears as filler.
A compiled list shows marriages and licenses for individuals including Louis Pasotin and Lucy Ross, Mika Sharehaw and Mary Kallfaroe, Ralph DP Stimple and Mildred J Brooks, R L Molot and Ellisoo, Willam C Leonard, Anna E Riea, William T Machine, Hatthe Worthington, and others across New Castle Youngstown Butler and related locales. The item records these names without additional biographical details or dates.
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