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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1925
Page
8
Detective memory recalls a Christmas eve prank by Sergeant Logan who told beat officers of a porch climber described as an old man with a gray beard. Officers chased a fresh anonymous tip from a downtown restaurant, then Santa Claus revealed himself two hours later to Youngstown officers, completing the joke.
Old residents of Washington and Oregon between the Cascades and the Pacific Ocean recount drier skies as timber is cut. Government observer L C Cover reports rainfall fell from 49.99 inches annually (1894-1900) to 43.96 inches (1920-1925), suggesting climate may have shifted though he stops short of blaming deforestation.
New Wilmington High basketball opens next Monday with inter class games among Dine and Gold squads. Coach John Lawther will assess material, trim the squad to a proper size, and schedule a final later in the week. Games are at the high school gym.
Mercer County obituary notes the death of Mrs. Sarah Vincent widow of John Vincent at her son’s Sandy Lake Road home Friday at 5 pm due to infirmities of old age. Survived by daughter Mrs. Etta Montgomery and three sons Vern, Wright, and Ray at Grove City. Funeral at Wright Vincent’s home on Monday with Methodist minister in charge. interment at local cemetery.
Mercury Pa December 7 report superintendent J C White and secretary W O Dight traveled to Philadelphia to fetch Wilfred Bareh of Farrell to the local county home Boureh, once a laborer in Farrell mills, had fallen ill and died in a Philadelphia hospital, the paper notes.
An advertisement promotes Flem-roid as a guaranteed internal remedy for piles. It alleges internal stagnation causes the condition and promises rapid relief by removing the cause. It touts painless avoidance of surgery and cost savings, urging readers to try the product.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports 2 year old Jean Karnes died at Presbyterian Hospital after a walnut shell fragment lodged in her throat, following an incident the previous morning when she watched her father crack nuts at home. Her parents, Edgar and Kendeth Karnes, live at 1764 Kendeth avenues, Arnold.
Advertising claims promise to halt a cold in two hours and grippe in three days using Caasenra-Bromide-Qeal. The message urges quick use and asserts decades of effectiveness, urging readers to trust this remedy over others and to buy from druggists.
A girl swallowed a substance described as ehellamicon, prompting three physicians to attempt relief. Unable to help, she was taken to Citizens General Hospital in New Kensington, then rushed to Presbyterian Hospital after transfer from Pittsburgh. The case involved a Seventh grade class activity interrupted by a ball game and pen chewing.
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