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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1920
Page
24
The text lists publication details for WEW Castle News including staff roles, office contacts, subscription rates, and distribution notes. It mentions New Castle Pa as the city of record and notes telegraph and advertising affiliations with international news services.
All payments including checks money orders drafts and confirmations should be addressed to E News Co New Castle Pennsylvania and not to any individual.
The article warns of rising fatal and non fatal burn injuries from open gas stoves and fires in homes. It urges extra care during winter and Christmas season to prevent fires, noting the tragedy of decorations or materials igniting and the distress it causes to families. It calls for heightened awareness and safety measures to curb future calamities.
The Board of Trade announced the prize winners from about 200 essays by junior and senior high students on civic topics and town improvement. Many essays showed insight into local conditions and offered practical city suggestions, fostering future voters prepared to engage with city affairs.
The text urges annual essay contests in high schools to let students know their city better and understand its problems from a practical perspective, with broader participation expected in the future.
December 6 1920 message urges members to choose president and officers based on service, not self interest. Enclosed card asks for a 50 cent Christmas gift for a fellow Kiwanian. A December 22 meeting will award gifts and a December 15 collection funds Christmas cheer for city children led by speaker Sam Silmerman.
The list marks events and figures from 1592 English origins to 1918 Mecklen burg attacks, including 1796 Washington meeting Congress, 1815 Ney executed, 1837 Disraeli’s first Commons speech, 1879 Cincinnati Southern railroad, 1880 Buenos Aires capital, and New York City banning red flags in public displays.
A grieving wife sits in silence after learning of her husband’s death. She contemplates a wedding garment she began and a gown meant for happier days, while a garden column notes practical, everyday blessings and chores.
A collage of humorous vignettes and social observations from Abe Martin style commentary. Notes range from fashion gossip and wills to households, inventions, and local commerce, mixed with quips on labor, politics, and everyday life in early 20th century America.
John M. Morehead, urged for a cabinet post to recognize southern Republicans, is the lone North Carolina Republican in recent years to sit in Congress. A native of Charlotte, he represented the Fifth district in the Sixty-first Congress, shown marked ability. A state university graduate with an A B at age 20, he later turned to farming and amassed interests in manufacturing, notably as a woolen manufacturer.
A Chattanooga incident reported one year ago involved W. P. Hollingsworth's airplane killing two people and injuring several others. Local authorities investigated and noted multiple aboard were affected by the crash near the city.
Bellefonte Pa December 7 fire gutted the home of Miss Rebecca Rhoads president of the Centre County W C T U and a key figure in exposing illicit liquor sales. Most furnishings were removed by Bellefonte Academy students and many heirlooms may be lost. Rhoads had served in France nursing during the war.
A brief note from Louisville mentions Georgette becoming engaged to a beach guard after only two days of acquaintance. She does not know the guard’s name.
A report notes the world’s shortest tree, the Greekland birch, rises under three inches tall while spreading two to three feet along the ground. The plant’s unusual size attracts gardeners seeking compact, ground-hugging shade.
A remark notes that searching for insults is futile as insults rarely meet expectations and often fail to satisfy the seeker.
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