Grover Syling Named President of City Police Lodge
Grover C. Syling, a well known member of the city police force, is chosen as president of the New Castle lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police for the coming year. Other officers elected include Vice President D. T. Nelson, Secretary James Steiner, Treasurer John Young, Conductor William Walls, Guard Ray Richards, and Trustee William Tyrrell.
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Grover C. Syling
New Castle
Fraternal Order of Police
Yvestir
D. T. Nelson
James Steiner
John Young
William Walls
Ray Richards
William Tyrrell
Mean Trick On A Policeman Story Reflects Christmas Prank
A historical anecdote recounts a police officer famed for kindness and diligence who is bested by a holiday prank. His colleagues execute a lighthearted ruse, teaching him humility. The tale is set many years in the past.
Christmas Gag Unmasks Self-Admiring Officer
A police officer once boasted of lavish gifts from city merchants. Fellow officers staged a Christmas prank, wrapping tin cans beer bottles and similar items as gifts labeled with merchants’ names. A drag delivered the packages C. O. D. to the officer’s home, his wife excitedly summoned him, and he never again bragged about merchant popularity.
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Police Department
Union Medal of Honor Recipient John Mostoller Dies at 82
Funeral services were held for John W. Mostoller 82 a Civil War veteran and holder of the congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry at Lynchburg Virginia He led his company after its captain fell saving comrades and driving the enemy back He was wounded at New Market and died last Sunday at his home near Stoyestown Somerset County Pennsylvania.
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Somerset
John W. Mostoller
Lynchburg
Stoyestown
Somerset County
Noise complaints ease as radio group helps
The Radio Association Technical Committee reports progress in reducing disruptive noise heard at The News and elsewhere. Electric company crews tested lines all Sunday to Tuesday, locating and clearing trouble, possibly in home sets or sockets. Coroner Caldwell disapproves of jazz, recommending a national amendment to ban it.
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The
Radio Association
New Castle Electric Company
Louis B. Round
Ray B. Davenport
James Pp. Caldwell
Radio Programs Across Cities on December 10 1925 Evening
Listings from Cleveland WCAE Pittsburgh KDKA New York WGY and others show dinner concerts orchestras and hourlong features. Highlights include Dutch Master Artists at WCAE and United States Army Band at M. Y. station with multiple time blocks and weather signals.
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Wear
Cleveland
Ohio
EDKA
Pittsburgh
Kdka Little Symphony Orchestra
Arlington
Pittsburgh and Vicinity
Possible in Day and Age
A fragment notes that house shakes may not indicate an earthquake and hints at a Boston Transcript explosion conspiracy. It also mentions women suffering and losing pleasure.
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Boston Transcript
Sloan's Liniment Eases Lumbago Pain Quickly
A St Paul reader, C. L. Normandy, credits Sloan's Liniment with fast relief from lumbago. He says after one day he could walk, after three days he worked, and soon was as well as ever. The remedy claims to improve circulation and fight germs at the pain site. Available from druggists for 35 cents.
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C. L. Normandy
St. Paul
Minnesota
Sloan
Radio Features Today Highlights Local and National Programs
Listings show Eastern Standard Time broadcasts from WGY Schenectady Jersey Collegians at 6 30 p m WIID Chicago instrumental hour at 7 p m WRAF New York United States Army Band EDEA Pittsburgh 8 30 p m Plectrum Trio WCAB Pittsburgh 10 p m first annual Pittsburgh Press Club radio party with The Floridans dance music and Pat Harnes of WHT Chicago speaking among other features
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WGY
Schenectady
Jersey Collegians
WIID
Chicago
WRAF
New York
United States Army Band
EDEA
Pittsburgh
WCAB
Pittsburgh Press Club
Pat Harnes
WHT
Small Fire Loss At Penna Plant
Spontaneous combustion on the third floor under a fan at the Pennsylvania Engineering works caused a fire Tuesday evening. Old greasy waste is believed to have sparked the blaze, with firefighters responding to box 51 alarm at 6 30 p m.
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Pennsylvania Engineering Works
Box 51
Dr Clarence True Wilson Speaks At Slippery Rock
Dr Clarence True Wilson a prominent prohibition lecturer spoke to Slippery Rock students in their chapel Monday morning. Rev Dr H A Ells of New Castle led the devotionals ahead of the talk. The piece notes local Birmingham butchers were told to mend their weights.
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Pene
Rock Pa
Clarence True Wilson
New Castle
Wilson
H. A. Ells
M. E. Church
Birmingham
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Asx
Horlick
Stevenson CO
Beaver Street
Bell
Griffith
Penn Symphony
Sym of
USC
Penn
Penn Harmonious Organ
Graham McNamee
Atlanta, Ga
WCAE
N. Y
M. Y
Des Moines
Iowa
Raleigh Quintette
Bankers Life Trio
Bankers Life Little Symphonic Orchestra
WBZ
New England
Backern
Kimball
United States
McEnelly
KYW
Mace Tara
Charleston
Cecil B. Demille
Keith
Danny Duggan
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Boudini
Bernard
Ultra Accordionists
Penna
Dr. Wilson
Slippery Rock
J. B. Nessle
S ‘Sons
South Beaver Street
Liberty Theatre
Atlantic City
Controb
William Fox
John Golden
By Winchell Smith
Harrison Ford
Claire Adams
Mahlon Hamilton
Margaret Livingston
Montague Glass
Victor Schertzinger
NIXON
Helen and Warren
Helen and
Warren
Mabel Herbert Urner
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