Co Ed Seized Near Toledo School by Mysterious Man
Miss Louise Washburn an 18 year old freshman at Toledo University was grabbed near the campus entrance by a man about five feet tall weighing 150 pounds. She was taken to her home in a highly hysterical condition. Police fear a link to the so called club murderer who has killed two women and wounded nine since May.
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International News Service
Toledo
Louise Washburn
Toledo University
Miss Washburn Strug
Fifty Bodies Are Taken From Alabama Mine Blast
Fifty miners died or were recovered after a gas explosion at Overton Coal Mine No 2 near Birmingham Alabama. Rescue efforts continued as black damp hampered operations and ten miners remained missing.
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Alabama
Ernational News Service
Birmingham
Ala
Overton
Alabama Fuel & Iron Company
Aged Los Angeles Man Faces Death For Double Murder
S C Stone a 60 year old Los Angeles watchman and step father of Jack Hoxie faces the death penalty after a jury found him guilty of killing May Martin 12 and her sister Nina. The girls vanished August 23 1924 and their bodies were found in a foothills grave in February. A rouge box believed to have belonged to one of the girls was found in Stones room. The defense failed to locate Hoxie to testify for Stone. Stone and Hoxie had been estranged for some time.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
S. C. Stone
Jack Hoxie
May Martin
Nina
Stone
Hioxie
Hoxie
Bryson Crowned Champion Old-Time Fiddler in County Contest
Nineteen fiddlers competed at the Penn Theatre drawing a surging crowd of about two thousand. Henry Bryson of State Street won unanimous judges verdict for best performance earning a silver cup, with Harry McCrack and Charles Brickner taking second and third prizes.
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Penn Theatre
Henry Bryson
State Street
Lawrence County
Terry W. Carson
LaVerne Irvine
Fred Emery
Henry
Ir. Bryson
Theadio
WCAE
Pittsburgh
Dember
New Castle
Hal Davis
Harry McCrack
Slippery Rock
Charles F. Brickner
Volant,i
B. Colvin
Pine Street
Peter Shoaf
Sycamore Street
Chares Eskew
Adams Street
War Department records cited in court martial near canal
Documentation presented at Col. William Mitchell's court martial links a German Austria firm to commercial aviation in Central America within striking distance of the Panama Canal. Major George W. Strong introduced the War Department records to support Mitchell's bid that foreign interests gained footholds through negligence and indifference.
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International News Service
Washington
William Mitchell
Central America
Panama Canal
War Department
George W. Strong
Mitchel
Canal
Council Begins 1926 Budget Preparations
The council will meet Thursday to compile the 1926 budget. Superintendent of Finance Burns announced readiness for budget compilation, while Councilman Davies stated he is not ready to proceed and set next Thursday for appropriations.
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Council
Burns
Davies
Republicans Accept LaFollette Into Senate Fold Amid Pact
The Senate will admit Robert M. LaFollette Jr. to full Republican standing following a peace pact among leaders. Senator James E. Watson of Indiana opposed the compromise, arguing LaFollette’s past campaign attacks on the president warranted removal from the party. A majority of leaders favored treating the son separately from his father’s record.
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International News Service
Washington
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr
Senate
William M. Butler
Massachusetts
Republican National Committee
Coolidge
LaFollette
Butler
Watson
James E. Watson
Indiana
Westminster Freshmen Girls Win Inter Class Debate
Freshmen girls from Westminster College defeated the Sophomores in a unanimous 3 to 0 vote at the college chapel in New Wilmington. The affirmative argued government control of coal mines with team members Dorothy Wray Lois Wagner and Phyllis Coley, with Dorothy Stankard as alternate.
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Westminster College
College Chapel
New Wilmington
Dorothy Wray
Lois Wagner
Sharon
Phyllis Coley
Cochranton
Dorothy Stankard
Pittsburgh
Hazel Blush
Carnegie
Lorena Garloch
North Girard
Jane Gordon
Connellsville
Mildred Lawson
Bellevue
G. H. Taylor
John Lawther
Franz Bellanger
Anna Grace Smith
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Bandits Disguised as Officers Loot Liquor Warehouse
Two bandits wearing fake police badges robbed the U S customs liquor warehouse in Los Angeles. They entered, bound watchman T F Hubbard, and escaped with about 600 cases valued at over 50000 dollars.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
Calif
United States Customs
T. F. Hubbard
Many Applicants For Citizenship Are Turned Down
One hundred four applicants for second naturalization papers passed the exam out of a class of 165 yesterday. Three were refused for prior violations of prohibition laws and another for liquor-law arrests in Mercer county. Most were refused for unsatisfactory answers. some were told to study and return for reexamination. The successful list went to Pittsburgh and will be published when the papers are issued.
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Mercer County
Pittsburgh
Professor Faces Hearing Monday In Ohio State Row
Ohio State students defend independent faculty member Professor Dabney Horton English instructor and the university braces for a Monday hearing on charges of illicit liquor production. State liquor authorities say a book listing suspected faculty ties to alcohol may be presented to trustees.
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Ohio State
International News Service
Columbus
Ohio University
Dabney Horton
University Board of Trustees
B. F. McDonald
State
Justice of the Peace
John R. Holcomb
Horton
Four Year Old Named Youngest Patron at City Library
Master Arthur Gurgiolo of Shaw Street becomes New Castle Free Public Library’s youngest regular patron after writing his name with his left hand and reading a few lines. Librarian Miss Alice Sterling granted him a library card for selecting books he wants to read. He also shows notable counting skill and can recite the 23rd Psalm from memory.
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Arthur Gurgiolo
Shaw Street
New Castle
Miss Sterling
Surprise Watch Presented to Dr Ben Graham by New Castle Teachers
The New Castle chapter of the Pennsylvania State Educational Association honored Dr Ben G Graham with a handsome watch and charm at a meeting held at Benjamin Franklin Junior High School. Officers elected for the coming year include Frank L Burton as president and Thomas W Johns as vice president. Delegates to the state convention in Scranton were chosen as Dr Graham Miss Jean Rummell and Miss Kate Stockman with alternates James Hughes Miss Violet King and Miss Jessie F Jenkins. Dr Graham urged continued loyal work under new superintendent James Hughes who takes over January 1 1926.
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Ben G. Graham
Benjamin Franklin
New Castle
Pennsylvania State Educational Association
Frank L. Orth
Graham
B. K. Thacker
Frank L. Burton
Thomas W. Johns
Elizabeth Treser
de Los Burnsides
Death Notices and Address Updates for Local Residents
Deaths announced for Simon Hutt age 66 of 311 North Shenango Street Miss Mary Burd age 90 of New Wilmington PA and Mrs Marie Egizzi age 51 of 418 East Reynolds Street also Miss Alesia R Peck age 81 of Youngstown OH. Rev and Mrs George Owen and family relocated from Hamilton Street to 921 South Mill Street.
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Simon Hutt
North Shenango Street
Mary Burd
New Wilmington
Marie Egizzi
East
Reynolds Street
Alesia R. Peck
Youngstown
George Owen
Hamilton Street
South Mill Street
Water Main Break on Shenango Street Causes Flood
A 16 inch water main on Shenango Street burst at 3 30 am sending water 15 feet high turning the thoroughfare into a lake. Police notified Sergeant Nelson alerted company officials and workers rushed to the scene. They shut off the leak and opened a reserve line to supply Mahoningtown Seventh ward while hills were affected.
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Shenango Street
16 Inch Water Company
Nelson
16 Inch Main
Mahoningtown
Seventh Ward
Woman Rescued After Plunge Toward Niagara Falls
An unidentified young woman from Buffalo walked to Prospect Point and waded into the Niagara River intending to go over the falls. Niagara Falls rescuers formed a water chain and brought her ashore unconscious. She was taken to St. Mary's Hospital for treatment.
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International News Service
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Buffalo
Prospect Point
Niagara River
St. Mary's Hospital
Marriage Licenses Issued in New Castle and Nearby
James Hudson and Fannie Dukes of New Castle, Howard H. Sutton of Wampum, and Sarah Haswell of Ellwood City listed among recently issued marriage licenses in the region.
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James Hudson
New Castle
Child Struck By Tree Stump Killed In Accident
Coroner rules death of Ethel Crouser in Hanover Pennsylvania accidental after a tree stump fragment struck her head. The stump was blown 200 feet while farmer Lincoln Trestle used dynamite to clear stumps. body found near a rural road by John Rudisill.
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International News Service
Hanover
FE. C. Miller
Adams County
Ethel Crouser
Here
John Rudisill
Lincoln
Rudisill
Love for Old Time Melodies Amid Modern Music
The speaker praises old time tunes and dances over modern jazz and opera arias. He notes the comfort of jig and reel melodies and hopes they never fade as weather is given as forty three.
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Jeanne de Balzac
Bulletin
Bryson
Panama
WAR Department Records
Bob” LaFollette
Bob
James Watson
Westminster
Obi State U
City Library
Ben Graham
Shenango St
Arthur Mometer
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