Twelve Dead Highway Toll
The county reported twelve automobile fatalities this year, with three deaths in November. An accident on November 12 at New Bedford claimed two lives, and another on November 20 in Bessemer added to the toll.
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1925
Page
13
The county reported twelve automobile fatalities this year, with three deaths in November. An accident on November 12 at New Bedford claimed two lives, and another on November 20 in Bessemer added to the toll.
Police reports show November recording 122 automobile accidents, the highest monthly total this year by about 17. Despite more crashes, injuries dropped to 22, and alarmingly no fatalities or persons being filed in auto wrecks occurred that month.
Steubenville December 3 Two youths heard a Mastrianni child cry that her savings bank was burning. They entered the burning home and retrieved the bank containing 15 dollars then fled by a rear exit. Police seek them though admit the boys probably earned the money.
Prothonotary R M Campbell prepares a notably brief December court argument list of five cases. Florence E Truby vs Charles W Nolan motions for a new trial Ireland Brothers vs Simon Clothes Shop judgment for want of sufficient affidavit of defense Thomas A Hines vs Elizabeth Stoner motion for non-pros John F Beltz vs Tessie E Beltz administratrix demurrer to suit in equity C A Stewart vs H W Lindsey et al suit in equity
Henry Sterner, 54, of Clarks Ferry, is recovering in a Harrisburg hospital after being rescued from the Susquehanna River. He clung to an overturned boat and was carried for about three miles downstream while helping demolish the old Clarks Ferry bridge. Richard Dudley, 59, of Duncannon, survived by holding the new bridge piers.
Dr. John J. Abel, Professor of Pharmacology at Johns Hopkins Medical School, wins the Research Corporation of New York award for outstanding scientific contribution without profit to himself. Renowned for artificial kidney work and epinephrine synthesis leading to adrenalin, he has long served in academia and professional circles.
Mrs. Lawrence Hulme receives notice on condition of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Percy Blackford after an accident near Bellefonte Pennsylvania The wife is badly bruised but no bones are broken while the husband was not seriously hurt They have been moved to Unionville Pennsylvania for care and recovery The crash occurred on the Tyrone and Bellefonte improved highway while en route to Seven Mountains and the timing of their return home is unclear.
Five bandits robbed the Majestic Garage in Brooklyn after binding the owner and the night manager. Two truckloads of silks valued at fifty thousand dollars were stolen in the early hours. Police pursue clues as witnesses describe the bold heist.
London reports the Bank of England increased its discount rate to five percent. The move is linked to rising U S federal reserve rates, with New York and San Francisco the only banks yet to lift theirs.
A reflection on earlier times when a girl preferred conversation before any affectionate advance, contrasting casual dating norms with newer quick connections. The piece recalls social expectations, flirtation rituals, and evolving courtship in past decades.
Abingdon Massachusetts resident H P Seaman reports long standing piles relief after using Hamadala Tablets. Dunnville Ontario resident Eugene F Diener says the remedy helped his 29 year bleeding piles. The treatment is sold by McKee's Kut Rate Store New Castle Drug Eckerds and other druggists with a mail option price one dollar.
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