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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1920
Page
7
Pork prices have dropped below the prewar peak of April 1912, per a review by the Institute of American Meat Packers. Beet prices also declined in early November with a 4 percent drop, and 7.7 percent lower than September 1. Trade sources are reluctant to say if the bottom has been reached.
A fragment notes admiration for an honor system in penal institutions tested in Montana. It highlights self regulation and discipline as a model, implying practical application and approval from the speaker. The remark emphasizes integrity within the system and its potential broad use.
Three bandits held up and robbed the mail car on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line train Mybridge bound for Minneapolis. They boarded at Hop king Minnesota about ten miles outside the city, bound and gagged the mail clerks, and escaped with cash reported to be $740,000. The robbers left the train inside Minneapolis city limits.
A weathered affidavit by Corporal Hugh J. A. Davidson, NWMP, found near Regina, asserts the first shot of Louis Riel's 1895 rebellion was fired by half breed followers. The document traveled 250 miles from Prince Albert and settles disputes over who sparked the Duck Lake clash.
NEW YORK The population at the Tombs, 336, is smaller than it has been in ten years. At times there were 900 inmates. District Attorney Swann notes the decline stems from broader crime trends citywide and swifter handling of prison cases. About 35 prisoners are listed as awaiting trial, 4 in oral seldooms, 68 awaiting grand jury action, and 173 held as federal prisoners.
Berlin dispatch reports an unconfirmed Avhturblail notice of imminent renewal of hostilities between Poland and Soviet Russia. Polish military leaders push for war while Soviet Russia is stronger than in previous clashes. Generals Wrangel and Metinra reportedly crushed. defeat of Talachovitch could leave Moscow free to press Poland with fewer internal interferences.
A U S Bureau of Standards apparatus measures concrete fluidity by dropping a coned sample onto a table after 15 crank revolutions. The flowability number is the spread diameter divided by the original diameter times 100, yielding 150 for strong brick use and 225 for reinforced concrete suitability.
The Nation expands its Caribbean possessions, adding small tropical islands from Denmark and Spain as a strategic stretch from Porto Rico to Venezuela. Debate rages over cost versus benefit, with a Boston paper calling it wasteful while a Senate committee returns from inspection. Experts urge Americanization of islanders, economic development, education, and closer ties with the mainland.
Germany is assembling what is billed as the world’s greatest leather museum in Offenbach near Frankfurt am Main. The collection will span from stuffed animals to art objects, and a photograph will be added to show a logical position. Hugo Eberhardt is the present director. Offenbach, an industrial town of about 76,000, owes much of its prosperity to French refugees in the 17th and 18th centuries, with leather goods rivaling Vienna and Paris for years.
A stray fragment from a 19th century style report notes inquiry into a song leader at a Wilmington workhouse. It references warden discussions about escape attempts and a plan to remove the prisoner while a state leave was being prepared, with mention of Stone formerly a cowboy and the warden’s cooperation with Sunday services.
The article notes the growing population of the Uotted Shores and the draining of marshes and shallow lakes to harvest land, which threatens waterfowl habitats. It stresses the need for timely steps to preserve remaining water fowl breeding and feeding grounds, highlighting declines in regions like Cad States and nearby wetlands.
Reviewers quote a rapid stream of comments about new film snippets shown at Donte theatres. The piece mentions actors and scenes in a lively, if garbled, scene from a current movie reel.
A garbled report notes a wrong way driving incident on Neshannock Avenue involving Amara Tabaney and AG Tha 10 DRIVES WRONG WAY. The text mixes wildlife notes on marshes and ducks with local legal lines, mentioning a mayoral charge, a one way street accident, and various unrelated fragments about birds and observers.
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