Grove City Posts Building Program Totaling 1.4 Million
Grove City ends 1925 with a building program of 1 395 006 dollars added to the tax books. Major item is church construction at 400 600 dollars for two buildings including a Presbyterian stone church and a Methodist educational block. Catholic construction adds 100 000. Commercial projects amount to 220 000 with a new Lincoln Avenue factory by Bessemer Gas Engine Co featuring a 49 ton electric crane. Additional structures include Elliott Brothers wholesale house and a Rainey Tool home and warehouse. Home building last year reached about 90 houses at 750 000. Lincoln Land Co finishes ten new homes. city improvements total at least 25 000. Street paving on Craig and Columbia done by property owners. old city hall revamped after power plant move.
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Grove City
Lincoln Avemue
Bessemer Gas Engine Co
Lincoln Avenue
Elliott Brothers
Erie Street
Rainey Too
H. M. Carruthers
John Bennett
Charles Wilson
C. A. Atwell
F. P
Lincoln Land Co
Craig Street
Columbia Avenue
Man Injured In Auto Accident Near Baldwin Stop
Mrs. E C Wolf reports a collision on the Ellwood City New Castle road near Baldwin stop injuring a man named S Corynas. He was taken to an Ellwood City physician after the crash. both cars sustained damage on the westbound and eastbound lanes. Open fire ignites boy's garb in Connellsville. five year old Robert Finch suffers severe burns from clothing catching on fire set by a neighbor.
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E. C. Wolf
East Morton Street
S. Cwrynas
Ellwood City
New Castle
Baldwin Stop
Connellsville
Robert Finch
Charles Finch
Bridgeport
Westmoreland County
Dawes Warns Youths Against Hip Flask Habits
Vice President Charles G. Dawes addressed Senate pages aged 14 to 16 in Washington urging them not to be hip flask boys. He praised their courage to stand up for right and warned against smoking swearing and chewing tobacco, urging cleanliness and individual integrity.
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International News Service
Washington
Charles G. Dawes
Senate
Hog bites off boy's fingers near Deep Run farm
Roscoe Robertson, five, is hospitalized after feeding a hog on his father's Deep Run farm. The hog clamped its jaws through a fence and bit off two fingers as the boy offered a piece of Christmas candy.
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International News
Kinston
N. C
Roscoe Robertson
Deep Run
Pupil Christmas Program at Linden Grove Public School
Pupils of Linden Grove Public School presented a Christmas program on Wednesday afternoon December 23. The event featured songs recitations dialogues and solos performed by students, with teacher Olive Ziegler White guiding the program.
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Linden Grove Public School
Linden Grove
Olive Ziegler White
William Marino
Carrie Mae Rentz
Richard Williams
Little Schemer
Mary Wirtz
James Marino
Santa Claus
Bertha Shenker
Maxine Welker
Mary Fasano
Hilda
Ella Mae Cameron
Albert Morrow
St. Nicholas
Santa
Gladys Kuh
Stock Exchange to Close Saturday in Christmas Week
Governors of the New York Stock Exchange voted not to open on Saturday December 26, closing the exchange for the holiday week. The decision affects trading across all floors and related operations in New York.
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Stock Exchange
International News Service
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Queen Mother Marguerite of Italy Reported Worse
Rome Dec 24 The Queen Mother Marguerite of Italy grew worse today with doctors saying she is feverish and has a high temperature. The report notes deteriorating condition while the rest of the text shifts to unrelated wartime musings.
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International News Service
Rome
Marguerite
Italy
Review of 1925 In Golf by Feg Murray
The piece highlights Bobby Jones near a double title in 1925 with a second open playoff loss and amateur win at Oakmont. It notes Willie MacFarlane wins the US Open in Worcester in a four-way finish, Jim Barnes claims the British Open at Prestwick, and Watts Gunn and Joyce Wethered make notable showings. It lists other 1925 title holders across multiple tours and confirms Barnes defeated MacFarlane for the so called world championship.
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Bobby Jones
Willie MacFarlane
Oak Ridge Country Club
Worcester
Mass
Johnny Farrell
Francis Ouimet
Hagen
Sarazen
Jim
Ouimet
Evans
Marston
Gardner
Knepper
Corkran
Watts Gunn
Atlanta
All Gunn
Jesse Sweetser
Joyce Wethered
Glenna Collett
Cecil Leitch
Robert Harris
Leo Diegel
Don Carick
Ada McKenzie
United States
Walter Hagen
Fred Lamprecht
Tulane University
Keefe Carter
Mac Smith
E. L. Reinhart
Jim Barnes
Walter Hagen Plans World Golf Tour Next Year
Walter Hagen the professional golf champion will tour the world starting with the British Open. The itinerary includes the French Open Europe India Japan Australia and the Hawaiian Islands as possible events.
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New York
Walter Hagen
British Isles
India
Japan
Australia
Hawaiian Islands
Harlansburg Senior Class Party Hosted by Ruth Moorehead
Miss Ruth Moorehead hosted the Harlansburg high school senior class and friends at a Christmas theatre outing in New Castle. Santa visited and distributed gifts before a dainty lunch prepared by Mrs. Moorehead with help from Mary and Luella Moorehead. The home glowed with a tree and festive decorations as Eleanor Locke Isabelle West Freda McClelland Blanche Walters Luella Mary Ruth Lela Moorehead Margaret Book Ernest Brooks Bill Murphy Russell Gormley Russell McClelland Glenn Studebaker Glenn Moorehead Frank Moorehead attended.
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Ruth Moorehead
Harlansburg
Harlansburg High School
New Castle
Santa Claus
Eleanor Locke
Isabelle West
Freda McCleland
Blanche Walters
Luella Mary
Ruth
Lela Moorehead
Margaret Book
Ernest Brooks
Bille Murphy
Russell Gormley
Russell McClelland
Glenn Studebaker
Glenn Moorehead
Frank Moorehead
West called to Philadelphia after aunt’s death
T C West was summoned to Philadelphia on Saturday evening due to the sudden death of Mrs. Chas Stevens, an aunt of Mrs. West. Mrs. Stevens, who was ill, had been visited by Mrs. West two weeks earlier and her condition had not seemed serious.
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Philadelphia
T. C. West
Chas. Stevens
Mrs. West
Missionary Meeting Held At Mrs Harlan Home
A Woman's Missionary gathering met at Mrs. Oscar Harlan's home. Attendees quilted and packed boxes, with a noon dinner prepared by Mrs. Harlan and helpers. Participants included Sadie Harlan Mary Harlan Laura Ewing Bessie McCalmont Ollie Moorhead Belle Brant Margaret McCalmont Minnie McFarland Rachel Wood Sergio Finisky Cora Winner Mrs Shoemaker Bertha Eakin Mollie Double. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs Edith Harlan.
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Oscar Harlan
Harlan
Aids
Sadie Harlan
Mary Harlan
Laura Ewing
Bessie McCalmont
Ollie Moorhead
Belle Brant
Margaret McCalmont
Minnie McFarland
Rachel Wood
Sergio Finisky
Cora Winner
Mrs. Shoemaker
Bertha Eakin
Mollie Double
Edith Harlan
Armistice Signed Between French and Dijebel Druse Tribesmen
An armistice was signed by French High Commissioner De Jouvenel with the Dijebel Druse tribesmen, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Cairo. The note appears in a London bulletin dated December 24.
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Cinternatyoral News Service
London
de Jouvenel
Cairo
Forty seven children moved from Margaret Henry Home
Forty seven children of the Margaret Henry Home were taken to an unspecified destination. The brief item notes the transfer but provides few details about the location or reason for the move.
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Margaret Henry
Grove City National Bank Declares Annual Dividend
Grove City Pa December 24 The Grove City National Bank directors at their last meeting declared a quarterly dividend payable January 1 1926 The bank will add a comfortable sum to assets of surplus and undivided profits with this payout
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Grove City
Grove City National Bank
U Auto No Girls Club Meeting Notice
The U Auto No Girls met at Esther Double’s home for a social gathering. The next meeting is planned for Tuesday December 29 at the home of Marjorie and Freda McClelland.
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Esther Double
Marjorie
Freda McClelland
Harlandsburg Social Briefs Include Illness and Home Return
Mrs. Bessie Fennish returns home from Ellwood City after a week away. Ora Cameron remains confined at home with scarlet fever. Irene Hettenbaugh, ill with scarlet fever, shows marked improvement.
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Harlansburg
Bessie Fennish
Ellwood City
Ora Cameron
Irene Hettenbaugh
Mercer County School Directors Convene January 14 15
Mercer Pa December 24 The Mercer County School Directors convention will meet January 14-15 in the courthouse assembly room. Dr Francis N Haas Pennsylvania superintendent of public instruction will open the two day program with the first address. The note adds a quip about modern sanitary houses and sewage in conversation.
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Mercer
Mercer County
Court House
Superintendent of Public Instruction of Pennsylvania
Francis N. Haas
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