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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1925
Page
9
A jumbled column recounts oddities from New York society and crime lore. A federal agent notes a cat nibbling a drug vine, Christmas tree imports rise with a 10 percent duty, Vanderbilts’ Fifth Avenue mansion hosts charity tours, and a five year old visits Sing Sing while fashionably themed pet bags trend on Park Avenue.
John Beech a Troop D state police member from Butler barracks died December 10 at the Beets ami Pittsburgh highway and Wessemer railway crossing in an accidental death verdict. The six jurors urged active warning devices or gates at the crossing due to multiple fatalities in two years. Coroner W J Mc Grath presided. eyewitnesses included Beech’s friend Johny Edelman and the Bessemer engine crew.
The article warns that adult carelessness and disorderly Habits cause child accidents and urges adults to model safe behavior. It outlines gas appliance dangers, causes of asphyxiation, burns, and property damage from leaks, stressing prompt gas company inspections and safety practices.
In Meadville Pennsylvania on December 1 a thief entered the Odd Fellows Lodge room and stole the jug labeled for the Odd Fellows Orphans Home. The jug held thirteen dollars from the lodge treasurer John Mark’s desk.
HADYN QUARTETTE WITH ORCHESTRA OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TO PERFORM A CONCERT AT MILLBROOK ON DECEMBER 18. THE GROUP, BOOKED IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, NOW WORKS ONLY ON GUARANTEES, PROVING THEIR VALUE AS ENTERTAINERS. A BRIEF NOTE DESCRIBES A DETROIT STORE ROBBERY SEEN AS LANDLORD RENT COLLECTION BY ONLOOKERS.
An advertisement claims that active adrenal glands powered Napoleon’s fighting force and that glands control health and energy. It touts Glandogen, a gland tonic in tablet form for men and women, urging readers to accept no substitute and to buy from Love & Megown Drug Co.
The regular meeting of the Pro tected Home Circle was held Monday evening in LO C hall with good attendance. Flower committee appointed Miss Margaret Kane Mrs Ralph Ayers and Mrs B T Mitcheltree. Installation of officers planned for January. Also Pulaski township auditors and supervisors held their annual meeting at Hotel Pulaski with several local residents present.
Sixteen people including twelve children were made homeless when a double two story frame house at Trauger near Greensburg burned. The blaze started in the area occupied by James O Neal and may have been caused by a defective flue. The Neal family escaped without a word. Firemen from Greensburg arrived as flames spread to the nearby home of Joseph Bertram, forcing five more people to flee. The loss was about 9000 dollars. The building was owned by the H C Frick Coke Company. In Meadville, Gilbert H Kepner, 50, was injured when his car overturned and pinned him, with multiple injuries including broken legs and fractured ribs.
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