First Scrimmage Held By High Team Friday
New Castle high school opened its practice with a full scrimmage on Friday, using the starting five from last season. Len Friedman Day Robinson Sumner and Klaber led the attack as Tony Monaco Bob Winter McLure and Melcher contest for varsity berths amid a 30 man squad. practice resumes Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Day
Friedman
Robinson
Sumner
Klaber
New Castle High School
Bridenbaugh
Len” Friedman
Harry Robinson
Walter Sumner
Clarence Klaber
Saat
Sharon High
Sharon
Northwestern Pennsylvania
Day
New Castle
Tony Monaco
Bob Winter
McLure
Melcher
New Castle P O Quintet Beats Sharon Local 52 to 14
Coach P D Hunt took New Castle to Sharon and won their first league game 52 to 14 at Buhl Armory. McCormick Colalucca Crawford starred for New Castle while Van Fossen and Cummings solidified defense. Sharon’s top players were Jones and DeMay.
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P. D. Hunt
New Castle Aggregation
P-O
Sharon
Buhl Armory
McCormick
Colalucca
Crawford
New Castle
van Fossen
Cummings
Jones
DeMay
Sharon Peocotmick
Ewe Jones
Gaergie
DeMay Crawford
Ie Saute Williams Golden
Ce Rete
Ferguson van Fossen
Heasley
Golden
Lackey
Riley
Baxter
Ferguson
Elliott
McMillen
Supber
Caboose Burns On Pennsylvania Railroad Line
An overheated stove in a Pennsylvania railroad caboose caused a fire shortly after noon today. Firemen answered the alarm from box 78 and the train crew isolated the car near the round house by Wayne Street. The caboose was destroyed by the blaze.
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Pennsylvania Round House
Wayne Street
Civil War Veteran George F. House Visits Braddock
George F. House, Braddock’s well known Civil War veteran, arrived to spend winter with his son F. R. House on Euclid Avenue. Thursday evening his family hosted a dinner honoring his 82nd birthday with close relatives in attendance.
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George F. House of
French Program At Bessemer High
Bessemer High School presented a French program featuring first and second year classes. Performances included orchestra selections, a Barcarole duet by Dorothy Winland and Edis Duvall, plays Le Medecin Mystifie and Les Deux Sourds, a Leander McCombs vocal, and The Star Spangled Banner. The next program will be led by Mr Lingerman.
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Bessemer High School
Barcarole
Dorothy Winland
Edis Duvall
le Medecin Mystifie
Baseball Moguls Have Ideas
Norman E Brown reports on major league owners meeting in New York on December 10 to discuss season length, world series seating, rotating sites, and Florida winter play. The column notes weather, attendance, rail interests, and Cubs resistance as factors shaping potential reforms.
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Norman E. Brown
New York City
Florida
Chicago Cubs
Peninsula
Cubs
California
Clark Griffith
Barney Dreyfuss
Colored Post Of Legion Plans Charter At Elm Street Meeting
The Colored Post Of Legion held a Friday Elm Street Y W C A gathering to organize and collect signatures for a charter application. Commander Earl Brown led the meeting and appointed Commodore Tilden to chair a membership committee to recruit new members for the next gathering. The post shows strong prospects and aims to include all colored ex servicemen in the county before year end.
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Elm Street Y. W. C. A
Colored Post of
The
American Legion
Earl Brown
Commodore Tilden
Colored Post
Marriages Rise in Mercer County Amid State Decline
A federal report shows Pennsylvania marriages fell in 1925 from 1924 while Mercer County bucks the trend with 961 marriages in 1924 and 850 in 1925. Divorces in Mercer were 75 in 1924 and 81 in 1925, lower than the statewide rise in divorces.
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Mercer
Federal Department of Commerce
Pennsylvania
Mercer County
Jobless Man Steals Food. Jailed After Arraignment
Samuel Farthingham, 25, unable to find work or obtain credit, admitted to breaking into Chambers & Wilson grocery in East Liverpool Ohio three times to steal ham bacon potatoes and flour to feed his wife and 2 year old son. Arraigned on burglary charges, bound over to court by Mayor Charles Brown and committed to jail on a $500 bond. His wife testified a baby had been born since the robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
Samuel Farthingham
Chambers & Wilson
Charles Brown
Farthingham
Mercer Bar’s oldest member William A. McCormick ill
Mercer Pa December 5 Attorney William A McCormick the oldest member of the Mercer County bar is ill in his East Market street home. He has been confined to bed for two weeks. The community looks to the Salvation Army as the only army near Christmas.
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Mercer, Pa
William A. McCormick
Mercer Co
East Market Street
McCormick
Franklin Flickers at Ben Franklin Junior High School
A column from The Ben Franklin Junior High School issue humorously critiques student conduct and school life. It notes a candy discovery, jokes about youth overconfidence, and warns against smoking and loud behavior while praising polite, hardworking students.
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The
Ben Franklin
Ben Franklin Junior High School
Weekly WBZ Schedule Highlights From December 7 1925
WBZ New England presents a packed evening lineup on Monday including an organ recital at 6 30, market reports at 7, a psychology series seventh in the sequence at 7 05, a program at 7 30 and a late 10 pm weather report with Leo Reisman’s Hotel Brunswick Orchestra previously noted.
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WBZ
New England
United States Weather Reports
Leo Reisman
Hotel Brunswick
Amorous Verse to a Radio Maid Sparks Widespread Signals
A reader notes many stations vying for space around dinner time with WSM Nashville heard for the first time. Anonymous authors a playful poem compares lovers to radio gear, then Joseph F. Lacinak shares his 1925 two tube loud speaker set and crystal detector ideas while hoping to receive distant stations, including Chicago, on the horn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
WGY
Joseph F. Lacinak
Evening radio schedule features multiple city programs
Eastern Standard Time WHCN Chicago 7 p.m. Il more's Community Band WIAD Pittsburgh 8 p.m. Testimonial dinner to Councilman James FE Malone IDEA Pittsburgh 8:30 p.m. Westinghouse Band and Harry A Gretton bass WLW Cincinnati 7 p.m. Community Fireside Sing WPAA Dallas 9:30 p.m. Schubert Choral Club.
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WHCN
Chicago
Ilmore
WIAD
Pittsburgh
James FE. Malone
IDEA
Westinghouse
Harry A. Gretton
WLW
Cincinnati
WPAA
Dallas
Schubert Choral Club
Plan Drive For Legion Members
At the Perry S. Gaston Post meeting the main topic was the upcoming Legion membership contest and drive. The contest pits the local Post against Butler Post with a banquet for the loser after February 15. Commander Edwin Hoye named Harry M. Long as general drive chairman and outlined an intensive plan aiming to boost the roster by several hundred, the strongest push since 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry S. Gaston
American Legion
Legion
Butler Post
Edwin ©. Hoye
Harry M. Long
Mr. Long
Aged Minister Home in Sharon to Open December 15
Sharon Pa December 5 The Elizabeth E Haywood Home for Aged Presbyterian Ministers will open December 15 with Rev E Glenn Witzer and wife of Baltimore named superintendents The late Mrs Haywood widow of Benjamin J Haywood left 25000 residence and 400000 to the Presbyterian Board of Ministerial Relief which will operate the home in Philadelphia The board took over the estate in October At most four or five aged ministers will reside as guests in the 23 room house.
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Sharon
Elizabeth E. Haywood
Presbyterian
E. Glenn Witzer
Baltimore
Switzer
Paris Stenographers Fight for Higher Wages Soon
In Paris, women stenographers and typists are agitating for higher pay, signaling protests ahead as workers push for better compensation and working conditions. The move reflects broader labor tensions affecting office staff and administrative roles in the city.
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Paris
On The Air Tonight Concert Listings Digest
International News Service bulletins list radio swaps from Pittsburg KDKA and New York WEAF regions with 8:00 Princeton Triangle Club college songs and orchestra, later Atlantic City WPG 10:00 dance program, Chicago WBBM college program, Cincinnati station chime concert, Ottawa CNRO musical program scheduled in varied local times.
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International News Service
Pittsburgil - Kdka
New York
WEAF
Triangle Club
Princeton
Atlantic City
WPG
Chicago
WBBM
Cincinnati
Ottawa
CNRO
Re Elect Officers At Day Nursery In New Castle
Mrs. Lilia Miller was re elected president of the Children's Day Nursery of New Castle Friday afternoon at the annual election of officers in the Y W C A parlors. Mrs. J C Haney was made secretary and Mrs. George MekKee treasurer. The organization is not doing any specific work but may renew the splendid activities the Day Nursery has accomplished in this city.
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Lilia Miller
Children’s Day Nursery of
New Castle
J. C. Haney
George MekKee
One Attempt Ends Effort to Become Bandit
Charles Paul a 22 year old resident of Kane Pa started out to be a bandit Tuesday night but his career ended with arrest after a holdup attempt He was jailed for larceny attempted robbery and pointing firearms Police say he stole a truck owned by W J Lind and with an unidentified accomplice drove to Durant City stopped at a filling station where Paul allegedly held up clerk Mike Chicalo but did not take the 65 cents then fled The truck was found abandoned the next day and Paul was captured after a chase Lurid literature is blamed for his actions despite a previously good reputation.
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Kane
Charles Paul
W. J. Lind
Greeves Street
Brady Matched For Erie Battle
Eddie Brady of Brooklyn will make his first appearance at Erie Pennsylvania on December 14 against Art Wander or Willie Cunningham, then debut in Youngstown two weeks later vs Benny Gershe. Promoter All Zill arranged the Erie bout after manager Jimmie Dime pressed strong opponents. Zill later sought Gershe as Brady’s foe. Zill traveled to Cleveland to present the contract to Joe Lewis.
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Eddie Brady
Brooklyn
Erie
Art Wander
Willie Cunningham
Youngstown
Benny Gershe
Rosey Stoy
All Zill
Jimmie Dime
Dime
Eric
Brady
al Zill
al Corbett
Brooliyn
Gershe
Zill
Cleveland
Joe Lewis
Deputy Clerk Ruth Reed Returns to Mercer County Duties
Mercer Pa December 5 Ruth Reed deputy clerk to the county commissioners resumes her duties after a ten day vacation spent with her daughter Mrs C Red Davis and family in McKees Rocks.
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Mercer
Ruth Reed
C. Red Davis
McKees Rocks
Deer Bagged in Clearfield County Hunting Trip
J Henry Hendrix Fred Bell and Jacob Frederick recall a five day hunt in Clearfield County where Mr Hendrix killed a deer. They estimate about 2,500 hunters were present and note the deer were plentiful while a diligent game warden tried to keep count. Bandits in Chicago netted 3000 and 30000 was overlooked, underscoring the warning that haste does not pay.
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J. Henry Hendrix
Fred Bell
Jacob Frederick
Clearfield County
Mr. Hendrix
Miner John Sherman Dies in Coal Mine Accident
Ban nnock Ohio December 5 John Sherman aged 20 died today from injuries in a coal mine accident He was the fourth Eastern Ohio coal miner killed at work this week in a string of fatal incidents that raised concerns over mine safety.
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Bannock, O
John Sherman
Sherman
Ohio
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