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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1920
Page
4
The notice lists the WEW Castle News publisher staff and office details including editor W. Conway and city editor, with address at Corner Sycamore Street and Apple Way. It notes subscription rates and mail options and mentions telephones and circulation references.
Notices specify that checks money orders drafts and similar items should be addressed to News Co. New Castle Pa and not to any individual. This guidance applies to all forms of remittance mentioned in the notices.
Mayor Barnes warns youngsters to stop coast ing on streets with dangerous intersections and car tracks. Council to discuss protective street restrictions Friday as safety measures for winter coast ing are advocated by officials and parents. The piece also notes the 1920 census director's report on war‑era enumeration challenges and the completion of data in 87,234 districts.
Local authorities report iDeports reaching the city while Fayette and adjacent counties take extra precautions to protect schools against arson. Police claim a ring leader may be among those arrested, with two key suspects described as pyromaniacs whose thrill comes from destruction. The push for stricter measures aims to halt a spreading reign of terror by firebugs.
The text advocates harsh penalties to deter crime among dangerous citizens and calls for exemplary punishment of a chief offender in the Fayette arson wave, stressing prevention as the primary goal of law and justice.
A compact note lists notable anniversaries and events: Andrew Johnson born 1808 in Raleigh, Gladstone born 1809 in Liverpool, John S. Barbour born 1820 in Culpeper. Marquis Wellesley appointed Irish Lord Lieutenant in 1821. 1845 Biela comet sighting at Yale. 1876 Ashtabula bridge disaster. 1895 O Gorman named bishop of Sioux Falls. 1905 Prince and Princess of Wales reach Calcutta.
A collage of verses and aphorisms mix with local notes and anecdotes. The column blends poetry about soldiers and children with quirky one liners and brief notices about community events and local figures.
Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur has accepted an invitation to deliver the opening address at the fifteenth annual NCAA convention in Chicago. He currently serves as superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduated first in 1903, and has held notable posts including engineer corps service in the Philippines, a Russo-Japanese War representative role, and military censor for the War Department.
One year ago the Belgian steamer Anton Van Driel sank in St. Marys Bay Newfoundland with twenty five fatalities. The disaster mobilized rescue attempts and prompted inquiries into maritime safety.
A cable from the American minister at Peking states that Chihili Shantung Honan and northern Shansi Shensi and West Honan are famine zones with Manchuria facing food but no money to buy it. Relief funds total about 3 million dollars with hopes to raise 15 million for roughly four million people while 10 to 12 million may go without aid.
A mishmash of rural quips and oddities features Abe Martin and Pinky Kerr debating farmer life in town with silk shirts and sugar. Alvy Moots drives for Acme Gravel, amid a rushing exchange of Christmas plunder. A North Carolina milk thief meets a mule, while a Philadelphia teacher faces dismissal for inappropriate recess games after hiring without references. A St. Louis man with 473 prior arrests is sentenced to eight years, and a local firm sends a letter.
A collage of quips about alcohol and politicians, railroads' strong year, and reflections on 1920 ends. Notes on Christmas drunken arrests, charitable hospital work, and toy manufacturing, ending with a Santa chimney tale and a humor pun about heads and Stetsons.
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