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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1925
Page
26
Detective C G Logan recalls a Christmas Eve joke when as night sergeant he warned officers on their beats of a grey bearded porch climber with a pack. Officers traced clues to a downtown restaurant where staff described the hoax and directed patrols toward Croton avenue, ending in a misdirected call.
An officer on Croton avenue traced a man but could not locate him as the force stayed busy through the night. By morning the elusive figure, Santa Claus, was captured in a call back to Youngstown saying Merry Christmas, Logan.
Tacoma observers report a rainfall decline linked to regional deforestation. Government meteorologist L C Cover presents figures showing average annual rainfall dropping from 49.99 inches in 1895–1900 to 33.96 inches in 1920–1925. He stops short of blaming forests alone, but concedes the data support the old belief of climate change.
New Wilmington High School varsity basketball starts next Monday with inter-class games this week on the high school floor. A round of class games precedes finals later in the week as coach John Lawther assesses players and trims the squad on short notice.
Grove City Pa December 7 Mrs Sarah Vincent widow of John Vincent died at her son's Sandy Lake road home at 5 PM after a long illness of old age. She leaves daughter Mrs Etta Montgomery Polk and sons Vern Wright and Ray all of Grove City. Husband preceded her. Funeral services held at Wright Vincents home Popular Street Monday at 1 30 in charge of Rev H H Barr Methodist minister. Interment near Franklin.
Mercer Pa December 7 Superintendent T C White and Secretary W W Dight traveled to Philadelphia to retrieve Wilfred Burch of Farrell from a psychiatric hospital. Burch, who recently went to Philadelphia, suffered a mental breakdown and was a former Farrell mills laborer.
An advertisement touts an internal remedy for piles called Hem-Roid from Dr. Leonhardt that claims to remove the cause by improving blood flow in the lower bowel. It asserts safe, lasting relief, avoiding surgery, and lists drugstores selling it.
In Pittsburgh, two year old Jean S. Barney, daughter of Edgar Barney of Arnold, died last evening at Presbyterian Hospital from strangulation caused by a walnut shell fragment lodged in her throat since yesterday morning. The child had returned from church with her parents and watched her father crack shells before symptoms appeared.
An old ad proclaims the quick relief of a cold in 24 hours and grippe in three days with Hill's Cascara Bromide Qui Nine. It claims widespread use over 26 years and urges purchasing from druggists. It emphasizes cold prevention and cites pneumonia deaths.
A young girl bit into a shell and attempted to swallow it. Three Arnold physicians were summoned to treat her but failed, and she was ordered transferred to Citizens General Hospital in New Kensington for further care.
A Seventh grade class writes about a rain ruined ball game. The teacher reads a student’s note, which ends with the line No game rain, illustrating the classroom workaround after Pittsburgh’s rainout and a trip to Presbyterian hospital.
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