Dickey Elected President of New Castle Kiwanis Club
Attorney Thomas W. Dickey was chosen president of the New Castle Kiwanis Club at a noon election in the YMCA dining room. Dickey has served since 1919 in roles including director and vice president. Other officers include Louis Wallace first vice president Moody second vice president and Charles McGrath treasurer with a slate of directors. An installation will occur at the December meeting as voters were tallied.
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Thomas W. Dickey
New Castle Kiwanis Club
Dickey
M. Louis Wallace
F. Moody
Charles E. McGrath
Robert L. Meekmans
James K. Love
Thomas H. Hitchcock
Louis A. Haug
J. C. Miner
H. M. Higgins
A. R. Kingsbury
C. D. Parker
Bart Richards
Daniel J. Reeble
Sweetheart accused in rival killing over love in Illinois
Ka ward Flickinger 18 accuses Gertrude Weaver a young school teacher of firing the shots that killed Morris Hardy on a lonely road. Flickinger says they planned to "get rid" of Hardy after enticing him to the spot. He remains jailed unable to post $10,000 bond.
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Cherokee
Kaward Flickinger
Washta
Gertrude Weaver
Morris Hardy
Hardy
Flickinger
State Reformatory
Woman Saves Baby and Warns Twelve In Pittsburgh Fire
In Pittsburgh a woman named Mrs. Carl Wachtel rescued her baby from a burning apartment and warned twelve other tenants to flee. Awakened at 5 a.m. by flames, she guided residents through smoke as firefighters battled the blaze for three hours. Damage reached about $10,000. the cause remains unknown.
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Pittsburgh
International News Service
Carl Wachtel
One man literary strike by Winston Churchill author
American author Winston Churchill declares a personal literary strike refusing to publish new books while prices remain high. He notes no new work since 1919 and says he will not release his stories to be sold to readers who do not value them.
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Winston Churchill
Churchill
St. Louisa
U.S. Naval Academy
Mabel H. Hall
Richard Carvel
Dr. Jonathan
Cornish
New Hampshire
Winston, Jr
Returns Begin On Xmas Seal Sales
Scattered returns from city and county on Red Cross Christmas seals sales show steady popularity. About 450,000 seals were mailed by the society in two weeks and are now out, with officials optimistic on the sale results. MADE HIS WORD GOOD An old woman recalls her doctor as the best, noting he once visited her sick husband who died.
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Red Cross
Tuberculosis Society
Attack Over Hewitt Will Sparks Spiritualist Trial
In Little Valley New York a surrogate court hearing will test claims that Dr W Irving Hewitt of Olean was unduly influenced by Spiritualist attempts at contacting deceased kin when he left 150000 to the Lilydale Assembly of Spiritualism The defense argues Hewitt was a brilliant scientist and businessman and will witnesses including renowned psychics are expected to testify
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Little Valley
N. Y
W. Irving Hewitt
Olean
Hewitt
Lilydale
Traditions Tell Of Many Sunken Cities
Traditions of sunken cities are noted with interest as places like Killarney and Lough Neagh are said to have housed famous Irish cities that were submerged as punishment for wickedness.
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Killarney
Lough Neagh
Penalty Of Lying Unfolds In Court Quip Echoes Maule
A Newcastle court official asks a girl in the witness box where liars go and a tester replies with disbelief. The episode recalls Judge Maule’s remark on a boy who answered hell fire to a chain of offenses.
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Newcastle
England
Maule
Swear him
A fragmentary line from the San Francisco Argonaut discusses beliefs on hell-fire and strict observance of truth, noting that if all offenses carried the penalty imagined, people would become better. The quote reflects religious moralizing in a historical publication.
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San Francisco
World's Wettest Spot in Assam Hills Cherripungi
A Tit-Bits note claims Cherripungi in the Khasi hills of Assam as the world’s wettest spot with an average 458 inches annually. It cites 1861 as a record year with 905 inches, including 40 inches in 24 hours on July 14 and 114 inches in five days, while Britain’s heaviest rainfall is 9.14 inches at Bruton in 1917.
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Khasi
Assam
Niagaras
London
Great Britain
Bruton
Somerset
Natal South Africa Named by Portuguese on Christmas Day
The most important Christmas namesake is Natal in South Africa discovered by the Portuguese on Christmas Day and named Natal for the nat al day of Christ.
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Natal
South Africa
Poor Innocent Nat uralist Provokes Quiet Laughter
A French naturalist, seated in a ravine watching a digger wasp, is mockingly labeled “a poor innocent” by three grape pickers as they pass by morning and evening. The anecdote, from P F Bicknell’s Human Side of Fabre, highlights public doubt of a scientist’s sanity and the clash between devotion and perception.
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Fabre
P. F. Bicknell
Love Makes the World Go Round
A concise aphorism from the Youth's Companion notes that love drives life and can leave one feeling giddy as it shapes perception and joy.
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