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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1925
Page
2
A magician entertained Friday in Bessemer with rapid hand tricks and numbers on a learning course. The demonstration drew a large crowd, with the performer explaining methods and inviting observers to watch as sleight of hand unfolded in short sequence.
Funeral arrangements are set today for Dr. George M. Romig, an early Allenston physician from Pennsylvania. He was found unconscious in front of his home after being brought inside yesterday. Authorities indicate he apparently fell from his bedroom window during a hook incident.
William J. Andrews is reported to have sold property on South Jefferson Street in a suit by P. G. Cameron, the bank secretary, for $2,000. The bid was made by Attorney R. L. Wallace for Cameron. The asset includes two storerooms and two flats. indebtedness cited near £59. An earlier note mentions the transaction but details are unclear.
The text recalls a memorial service for eight Elks who passed away in the past year. It highlights sermons and music, including the anthem Though I Walk Through the Valleys, and notes absent brethren by name. The article also mentions future plans for lodge events and political shifts shaping the session ahead.
A city union meeting of Methodist churches heard praise for prohibition efforts and the Volstead Act. Dr Wilson touted Will H. Wars as postmaster general for halting mail robberies in a week by arming workers. He argued the nation would be rid of bootleggers and predicted the Volstead Act would endure alongside Lincoln’s Emancipation. Reverend Herbert A. Elis presided at Pigat Meharet as pastors shared the platform.
The new Congress opens in Washington amid plans for a major revenue act likely to cut income tax by about one half by March 1 and remove wartime taxes. Debates over aviation, prohibition enforcement, and farm policy begin as leaders clash with Mitchell and administration plans for aircraft programs and defense along wartime lines.
President Coolidge urged farm cooperatives and government aid to help farmers market produce and manage surplus. He backed a cooperative marketing bill, expansion of credit banks, and closer use of Agricultural and Commerce departments to improve farming profits. He said government should supplement, not control, farm efforts and emphasized sound financing and expert guidance. The speech highlighted plans to involve domestic and foreign representatives and to expand lending to about 35,000 farmers who have already received loans totaling around 1.2 billion.
Audiences flocked to the Re Rent theatre to see Black Cyclone featuring Rex the wild horse and a parallel human love story. Rex battles three foes, defeats wolves, and faces a death duel while Killer dominates two battles, with Rex finally prevailing in the third. Also on bill are The Globe Trotter and a preview of Johnny Aloe in The Early Bird, promising more laughs and action.
The speaker argues agriculture must be treated as a whole despite local exceptions as price levels do not fully recover from 1921. He warns against federal price fixing and tariff revisions that could spark overproduction. He praises farmers as nation builders from America’s founding to World War I, crediting them with the first agricultural empire.
Bronson was named head of the Work Farm Bureau at the Lawrence county meeting. H. M. Culloch presented the treasurer’s report, urging use of the Bureau by farmers and city residents alike. Reports covered dairy, crops, poultry, forestry, club work, bees, and home economics. A Budget Committee was formed and next December’s meeting will be at Mahoning Valley Grange.
The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania requested the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve the sale of properties worth 668,458 dollars in Erie and nearby Pennsylvania to the Mutual Telephony Company.
Senior Hi Y Club plans its regular weekly meeting at the Vo Mo Acak locale with all members urged to attend. The program includes a brief session and a meal before activities conclude for the evening.
Petition before Registrar Jeanniette W. Matton cites Bella Walczalk and Mary Gorgas alleging forgery or undue influence in Jean Sakalowsky will. Judge Emery allowed appeals and directed further action while multiple related probate matters, including guardianship and allowances, proceed.
Councilmen created a building permit system in Naw Castle one year ago and boosted salaries for an engineering clerk. The system cost $200 for Williams training, while permit fees totaled $666.50 for four months of 1924, yielding a net city revenue of $215.85.
A Gaston Park bench fund, started by subscription in 1924, has a new treasurer. The fund stood at 185.55 dollars with H. A. Wilkinson first named treasurer, then C. L. McMillen, and presently L. Medfillen has resigned with Ire Ramsey appointed. Councilman Davies said he was unaware of the fund’s origin.
Approximately two hundred boys gathered at the Peoples Sayings & Trust Company Bank on Saturday and collected their free copies of Boys Life Magazine for Lawrence County Council. The bank’s board of directors arranged the gift to support scouts and replace costly magazines. Subscriptions have already been secured for over eight hundred boys, and any boy not yet receiving a copy can obtain it at the bank.
Der Ti Laster Hickock 72, one of the few to cross continents on a high wheel bicycle, is dead after injuries from a fall down a flight of stairs weeks ago.
Counell today authorized payment in certificates amounting to 29.80 to Woods and Solder contractors who completed grading of Ryan Avenue.
Multiple death notices from a Midland area paper list the passing of Mrs. William Woolway aged, widow of William Woolway, at 2:26 am on Sunday at her home 1812 Hamilton Street. Born January in Wales, she leaves a daughter, a son, a sister in Wales and a brother in Pittsburgh, with funeral plans set for Tuesday at 2 pm from the Hamilton Street residence and burial at Oak Park Cemetery. Additional obituaries include Marry G. McKibben of 139 E Wallace Avenue after a long illness, Abs. Worekinds McCreary, Mrs Marty J. Waddington McCreary of Massbrook at 75, and Robert Kennedy with services Tuesday at 2 pm from the Butler Road residence. Rosa Stefano Clause of 232 Grove Street died Sunday evening of pneumonia at New Castle Hospital, survived by husband Colomba Clause, son James, brother Albert, sister Kathryn Holtzapple, born April 20, 1897. Mary J. Brothers, 75, of 1007 Delaware Avenue, widow of John W. Brothers, died December 7 after a long illness.
A Shenango resident, 70, described chronic fatigue and weakness that left him unable to walk without a cane. After trying many remedies, he credits a new medicine with rapid recovery, enabling him to regain strength and vitality like other men his age.
An investigation follows a man’s death after a jump from a fifth floor window at the Adelphia hotel. Police and coroner’s officers probe whether foul play or suicide was involved as investigators interview witnesses and review security footage.
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