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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1925
Page
17
A crew in upper Spearfish canyon northwest Black Hills uncovered frozen soil revealing an ice formation like a stone wall with ice mortar. The ice vein runs west on a sunlit slope, about 15 feet wide and 10 feet high, potentially opening to another Wind Cave near the original Wind Cave in the southern Black Hills.
Salem reports an ancient peat bog north of the city between Albany and Ellsworth roads has been burning for months. Investigators say the bog may burn for years as ground underneath is undermined and smoke rises constantly. Residents note rabbits once gathered around the area as the fire continues with no effort planned to extinguish it.
London may lead in accident deaths with New York close behind. For the first three months of 1925, 23,242 street accidents occurred in the 24 square mile area, resulting in 226 fatalities. Privately owned vehicles, automobiles, and motor trucks caused the most fatal accidents.
A Portage County Ohio woman abandoned at the poor house eighty five years ago bore a nameless baby later known as Delia Jones. The child grew up in anonymity as the world passed her by due to the circumstances of birth, a life marked by poignant tragedy.
Chicago postal inspectors questioned postal clerks as part of an alleged plot to rob air mail between Chicago and San Francisco. Forty clerks were detained after a valuable consignment vanished from a San Francisco bound plane. Investigators say similar disappearances have occurred and that many postal employees may be involved. No arrests were made yet.
In Pennsylvania near Maitland two animals fled onto a railway track as a train approached. They scampered for half a mile with tails aloft while the engine whistled. They then jumped a fence, halted to face the train, ears back and mouths open.
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on August 28 John Boulebush of Valley City killed what may be the region's largest rattlesnake. The five foot four inch reptile had 12 rattles and a button as Boulebush and friends hunted groundhogs on the ridge at Greenboro behind Dunbar.
In Sunbury Aug 28 two young mules grazed by railroad tracks illustrating how rail transport shares space with animals. The Sunbury area Council sent a request from Frank Foulkes architect Greer building to committee for a plan to build a 4 sidewalk in the rear and along the block Sycamore way on Greer block.
Col. Aug. 23 William Stapleton, 78, retired newspaper editor long tied to the Rocky Mountain region, died today after a brief illness. He led the old Denver Republican and worked in Chicago and St. Louis papers. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Engineers halted a line of power cables crossing Niagara Falls when the steel conduit loaded to capacity. While probing the shoreline they found a four inch gun main into the American shore, nearly half a mile wide and seventy five feet deep. A sewer rat was captured, tied to a stout string and sent through the pipe. Halfway it stopped, delaying progress. An engineer then proposed sending a weasel to pursue the rat.
A narrative describes a rat appearing after a delay, dragging a string and followed by a wingel. The text notes heavier cords pulled into a conduit and power cables patently severed, indicating an accidental or curious disruption near electrical infrastructure.
Mrs. Eta Sparrow of New Athens will become Harrison county's second woman official when she takes office as clerk of courts September 7. She announced today she will appoint her father, Harvey Given, as deputy. Sparrow was nominated and elected on the Republican ticket after the death of her husband Deputy Sheriff Forrest Sparrow, who was slain while on duty.
At Wembley the Prince of Wales is honored by a butter statue from Canada. Over three and a half tons of Canadian butter sculpted to form the Prince and his horse, mounted before a High River Alberta ranch house, draws visitors as a standout exhibit.
NATROBS East Africa reports alluvial gold finds over a 200 area in Tanganyika Territory. Prospectors from Kenya Nyasaland Rhodesia and South Africa rush to the area. A rash deposit demand of 200 is imposed to avoid local tax burdens. Gold on the surface is washed by rivers and left clean with no refined process described.
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