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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1925
Page
12
Advertising copy promises Christmas music at home with a large stock of instruments. It lists pianos players grands reproducing grands phonographs violins saxophones cornets ukuleles banjos banjo ukuleles drums clarinets slide trombones PATHEX ROLLS and other music items.
In New Castle a lone horse boarding stable runs for convenience, not profit, tending about 25 horses on Saturdays for Amish farmers. Dr. T. F. Nugent operates the Cochran Way facility, charging 25 cents to park and another quarter for feeding, offering hay and oats as the menu.
A brief marked description of horses at Nugent barn showcasing their appetites. A few clients enjoy scrap chewing tobacco as an appetizer before their meal. The passage hints at digestion assistance as part of their routine.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover called for rapid waterways development at the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. He warned railways cannot meet rising traffic as population grows, urging improvement of the Mississippi system from Chicago to New Orleans and Pittsburgh to Kansas City, plus Great Lakes access to the sea and coastal waterways development.
The 1924 to 1925 Red Cross annual report notes the chapter's rural school nursing program, limited by county adoption, and calls for expanded outreach. It also details aid to ex service members, ongoing hospitalization and claims efforts, first aid at the New Castle Fair, and five executive meetings. Nearby, bears continued to roam Rural Valley and Rayburn Township, with a sighting near the court house and at a farm house.
Westminster College biology professor Dr Bert B Quick on a year’s leave visited New Wilmington and New York, plans study trips to Puerto Rico and California, and will attend a science conference before returning for the new school term. A health tonic Ocean-O sea water is advertised as aiding rheumatism and blood vitality.
The W. B. 4 held its regular meeting on Tuesday evening selecting officers: Commander Mia Kas Clark. Lieutenant Commander Mrs. Ralph Ayers. Treasurer Mrs. Fred Wallace. Record Keeper FL Myers. Chaplain Mrs. H. Meek. Lady at Arms Mrs. Than Mitcheltree. Sentinel Miss Margaret Kane. Picket Mrs. Dora On stout. After business, delegates enjoyed lunch hosted by Mrs. Adda Urey and others. Several members and guests attended events in New Castle and local hospitals.
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