Library report highlights progress at New Castle Senior High
Dr. Ben Graham supervising schools presents to the board as Miss McMaster outlines a library year plan. Preparations in June rearranged shelves and catalogued books, sending worn volumes to bindery and completing orders. Library instruction began with sophomore classes in September, improving attendance and circulation. Each class receives two periods, one in class and one in the library for reference and card data.
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Ben G. Graham
New Castle
Losey
Chapel
Samuel Johnson
Mitre Tavern
England
Ben Franklin
Library Fund
Graham Brothers trainload ships 91 trucks to Florida
A Gra ham Brothers train left the factory bound for Florida with 34 rail cars carrying 91 trucks to seven dealers. The Miami allotment was 31 trucks. The trucks boosted by Foster Brothers say they help relieve Florida's transport bottlenecks for winter tourists and homeseekers. Florida deliveries surged in 1925, with September, October showing large gains over 1922 1924 and 1923 totals.
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Graham Brothers
Florida
Jacksonville
Miami
Foster
Foster Brothers
Dodge Brothers
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Graham Brothers Trucks
Chickens Overworked Spark Humane Society Probe
The Humane Society of Western Pennsylvania will investigate reports that a Indiana Pa. resident used electric lights to force chickens to labor 24 hours a day. Acting Superintendent Ahn notes some raisers turn lights on for morning and evening. he opposes all-night work and cites the strain on poultry. The item ends with a quip about finding a wife to wash dishes.
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Pittsburgh
The
Humane Society of Western
Horizon Puzzle Clue List for a Cross Word
A messy OCR style puzzle grid of hints for horizontal and vertical clues including numbers and partial words. It lists numerous clues across 65 entries with themes from geometry to language, featuring abbreviations and foreign terms.
Purity Campaign Begins in Lisbon Obsessed by Decency
Lisbon police launch a purity campaign with patrols instructed to monitor women alone after dark for decency and to curb foul language. Several people have already been arrested and fined for indecent dress or obscene speech as authorities emphasize clean conduct in public spaces.
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International News Service
Lisbon
Crossword Puzzle Row From Yesterday
Puzzle clued as Boys and Girls Running Across and Down asks for nursery items and elephant tasks. Yesterday's puzzle shows word hints about objects little girls are made of and related terms.
Made funny face wife gets alimony Chicago story
Leonard Fuleys who posed with fake faces outside Kedzie and Belmont streets drew attention for selling false visages. He later created false faces of prominent citizens. In divorce court his wife testified he completed the funniest face in the world which she instantly recognized as her own. She was awarded $250 a month.
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Chicago
Leonard Fuleys
Kedzie
Belmont
Leonard
Fulegs
Mrs. Fulegs
Monument to Rhode Island Red origin praised in Adamsville
A national monument of granite and bronze is planned in Adamsville Rhode Island to honor the Adam of the Rhode Island Red chickens. The breed began after a sailor from the Orient brought a Chitta gong cockerel home seven ty-one years ago hoping for a fighting game bird. Instead the fowls proved unusually useful and hardy.
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International News Service
Adamsville
R. I
Adam
Rhode Island
Consistency Falters Amid Inconsistent Standards
A brief observation notes that efforts toward uniform rules often clash with uneven application across contexts, highlighting how expectations can vary and undermine perceived reliability. The comment underscores the tension between ideal governance and practical variability.
Huge Atlantic Liner To Stay Says Franklin
LENINGRAD December 8. A plan to erect a massive Lenin statue hit a base size hurdle until a 200 ton granite block was found buried in a former traffic street. The block, originally moved for Kazansky Cathedral in 1912, was set aside after falling from rollers, now solves the base problem for the statue. The article closes with a maxim: The most successful debater in this world is time.
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International
Leningrad
Lenin
St. Petersburg
Kazansky Cathedral
Apteker
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Alo
Irie
Hanna
Tia
Fle
Lalor CielAls
Thorn & Summers
Manhattan
Buxton
Franklin
Time
Moravia Street
Ank & Harrison
E. Washington Street
New Castle, Pa
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