Increase In Bus Permits In 1925 Stimulates State Scrutiny
Harrisburg December 29 1925 reports show a rise in public service commission filings for motor vehicle operation by common carriers. Renewals abound as older certificates expire in June while some jitney operators drop out for unprofitability. Reading Company leads 1925 applications to run busses near its steam lines amid battles with private operators trolley lines and railroads. A single hearing has occurred with final disposition months away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News Bureau
Harrisburg
Public Service Commission
Commission Sre
Traction Companies
Motor Bus Co
Reading Company
Reading
Conmission
Ford Sedan Stolen From State Auto Sales Lot
A Ford sedan bearing license X-14-591 was stolen from the rear of the State Auto Sales company on North Mercer Street between 4 and o'clock last night. Youngstown police authorities have been notified.
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Pennsylvania
State Auto Sales Company
Mercer Street
Youngstown
What Did You See in the City Street Scene
A quirky street scene reports a flapper stumbling on Wash ington street near city hall while seventeen flappers with flap ping goloshes miss none. A Wadda Ya See Scribe notes a downtown store clerk yawning after late holiday social life. A steelworker with new leather gloves, three strangers on a streetcar chatting weather, a man studying Florida snapshots, and dog fans admiring a Boston Bull owned by a traveling actress.
Five Hundred Newsies to Attend New Year Dinner
A large New Year’s event will honor newsies with a 3 PM vaudeville show at the auditorium. Attendees include city and county officials, bankers, and business leaders aiding the charitable effort. Performers include Benny Mack’s Royal Serenaders, Travers Sisters, the Griffiths trio, Thelma Sontag, Rose Phillips, Harley Shoaf, and Henry Bryson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newsies
Leff & Silverman
Benny Mack
Royal Serenaders
Tri- State
New Castle
Travers Sisters
Griffiths
Jack
Steve
Misees Thelma Sontag
Rose Phillips
Capitol
Harley Shoaf
Henry Bryson
Lawrence Coun
Free German Police Pup at Regent Theatre Preview
The Regent Theatre offers a $150 German police puppy as a prize for patrons. Every ticket this week includes a free coupon and next Monday one coupon will award the dog, a descendant of Strongheart, tied to the film Strongheart in North Star showing.
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Strongheart
Regent, Theatre
North Star
Regent Theatre
Regent
Carnegie hotel vaudeville bill features city champions and radio acts
Local performers including tr's champion fiddler and Charleston dancer Miss Jeanne Fletcher head a Carnegie hotel vaudeville program. Acts include Benny Mack's jazz band, Tom Eskew, Mary Ann Griffin, Harry Ross, Frankie De Lillio, Bill Chill, Charlie Smalley on mouth organ, Herbie Jina and Elwell and Buser. Cast to report at 3 p.m. for dressing rooms before the show.
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Pittsburgh
Jeanne Fletcher
Benny Mack
Tom Eskew
West Side
Tom
Red Grange
Mary Ann Griffin
Mr. Eskew
Harry Ross
New Castle
Frankie de Lillio
South Side
Bill” Chill
Youngstown
Charlie Smalley
Dean
The
Newsboys
Herbie Jina
Elwell and
Buser
Carnegie
Tightened Rules Curtail Stock Of Medical Whiskey
New Castle druggists report their medicinal liquor supplies halted by Western Pennsylvania district prohibition. The enforcement bureau led by Frederick Baird says whiskey is flowing through legitimate channels too freely and requires valid reasons to maintain supplies.
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New Castle
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
District Prohibition Department
New Enforcement Bureau
Frederick Baird
Peace talks resume as miners and operators clash over plans
Operators favor the Markle plan proposing a ten year contract with annual revisits and open books, to restart work at August wages. Union leaders back the Pinchot plan a five year agreement with check off and a board of investigation. Dialogue remains courteous. Green may speak in New York tonight as officials push toward settlement.
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Atlantic City
William Green
American Federation of Labor
New York
Green
W. W. Inglis
Temperature Drops To 18 Below In Venango County
Oil City Pa December 30 Venango county emerges from a cold snap that sent the mercury tumbling to 18 below in some sections. Hampden station registered 12 below and Franklin reported pine below. Oil City minimum was four below as yesterday's maximum reached 19 above.
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Oil City
Venango County
Van
Hampden Station
Franklin
Plan Relocating Lincoln Highway Out Of Pittsburgh
Harrisburg plans to relocate the Lincoln highway west of Pittsburgh into West Virginia as part of the 1926 state road plan. W H Connell informs Henry Trantor bids for the new road will be invited in spring after survey under the 1925 omnibus road bill. The route leaves Pittsburgh via Crafton and runs northwest through Clinton and Frankfort Springs to the West Virginia line near Hookstown.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
State Highway Department
W. H. Connell
Henry Trantor
Good Roads Committee
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Crafton
Clinton
Frankfort Springs
8 Point
West Virginia Line
Hookstown
Nab Alleged Embezzler In Shreveport
Walter A. Cook assistant treasurer of Washington Trust Company vanished after a 6228.68 shortage was found in his accounts. He was arrested in Shreveport Louisiana with state police wiring Louisiana authorities to hold him for extradition. Cook sent a telegram Christmas Day from Tulsa to his mother in Monessen triggering the alert. State bank examiners reported discrepancies shortly after his departure claiming he was on vacation.
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Louisiana
International News Service
Washington
Walter A. Cook
Washington Trust Company
Shreveport
Howard Hughes
Sergt. E. T. Cohee
Cook
Harrisburg
Monessen
Tulsa
Okla
State
E and A Division Yuletide Program a Big Success
The E and A division staged a lively Yuletide program with fiddle and buck and wing numbers. Miss Mary Weyrick performed a soprano solo and Lefty Parks did the buck and wing. Carroll Kearns sang after winning the All-American Artists contest in Chicago and will appear with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra January 17. The crowd enjoyed readings, comedy, and a full afternoon program led by E A Fenton and others.
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Buck and Wing
Mary Weyrick
Lefty Parks
Virginia Reeder
Carroll Kearns
Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Hall
Patrick Henry Kearns
Pat
Mike Chismar
Art Faulkner
A. R. Hedlund
E. & A. Division
E. A. Fenton
D. D. Potter
W. E. Harris
R. E. Johns
H. E. Yoho
Truckman
New Castle Transfer
W. E. Harrie
Joseph Strimater
R. P. Rhodes
J. H. Snider
John P. Weyrick
Buck and
Wing
Lefty) Parks
Conductor Reeder
Patrick Kearns
Sherwood Johns
R. B. Johns
Foster Sisters
Foster
George P. Jones
Harry Hammond
Blodwen Lewis
Principal 1926 days fall on Sunday in study
A calendar study shows four major days in 1926 on Sundays: Independence Day Memorial Day Halloween and Valentine’s Day. The year begins Friday with Groundhog Day on Tuesday Lincoln’s Birthday Friday Washington’s Birthday Monday St Patrick’s Day Wednesday and Christmas/New Year on Saturday. Other key dates: Easter April 4 Mother’s Day May 9 Labor Day Sept 6 Thanksgiving Nov 25.
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Hallowe’en
Lincoln
Washington
Deaths Of The Day Andrew Knittel Funeral
Funeral services for Andrew W. Knittel were held Tuesday morning at 9 30 from St Josephs church. Rev J A Weisenberger read the funeral mass. Pallbearers were relatives. Interment was made in St Josephs cemetery. Martha May Burr died at nine months in Slippery Rock township after pneumonia. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 from her grandmother Mrs Ruth Copper home. Burial in Oak Grove cemetery.
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Andrew Knittel
Andrew W. Knittel
St. Joseph's Church
J. A. Weisenberger
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Martha May Burr
Joseph Burr
Slippery Rock Township
Charles
Ruth Copper
Oak Grove Cemetery
Funeral services for Harold Le Roy Love and Ira Gibson
Funeral services were held for Harold Le Roy Love from the Walmo residence at 10 30 AM led by Rev McClintock with interment in Graceland Cemetery Ira Gibson’s services followed at 2 30 PM at the Youngstown Road home with pallbearers W H Rubel J K Furst M L McGill J R Meade J G Nothdurst and J H Bushline and burial in Greenwood Cemetery Rev W E McClure of First Presbyterian Church officiated Mrs Esther Booher aged 82 widow of Thomas Booher died December 29 at her daughter C W Davis’s home 316 North Cedar Street after an illness She leaves children John V Booher Shenango Township Mrs M A Reed Mrs C W Davis of New Castle and Mrs John Newswander Newport One daughter Mrs C W Hennon preceded her in death Funeral services for Mrs Booher will be held December 31 at 2 PM from Dr C W Davis’s residence with burial in Savannah Cemetery.
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Harold
LeRoy Love
Walmo
Rev. McClintock
Graceland Cemetery
Mr. Gibson
Ira Gibson
Youngstown Road
W. H. Rubel
J. K. Furst
M. L. McGill
J. R. Meade
J. G. Nothdurst
J. H. Bushline
Greenwood Cemetery
W. E. McClure
First Presbyterian Church
Esther Booher
Thomas Booher
C. W. Davis
North Cedar Street
M. A. Reed
New Castle
John Newswander
Neport
C. W. Hennon
Co. W. Davis
Savannah Cemetery
Seven injured as train hits street car in Homestead
A street car was struck by a westbound freight train at Homestead. seven people were injured including several young women from Homestead Park and Whitaker Borough. Passengers fought to exit through the middle door as the car listed after the collision. gate safety claims were disputed by witnesses. The motorman Joseph Fairberath and others sustained cuts and bruises. engineer L C Muir piloted the freight. Earlier, reports note warned gates but crossing watchers disputed them.
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Joseph Fairberath
Rankin
Betty Berry
Homestead Park
Mary Bagus
Whitaker Borough
Mary Baydick
Richard Burgundy
Dickinson Street
Homestead
N. J. Malloy
Pittsburgh
William McCoy
Kindig Street
L. C. Muir
Pyramid Drug Ad Boosts Piles Relief for Women Swimmers
An artful ad promotes Pyramid pile suppositories claiming relief for hemorrhoids, praising an American female swimmer and urging readers to seek the product from Pyramid Drug Co. The copy promises privacy, rapid easing of distress, and even offers a free box to those who write for the sample.
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Pyramid
Pyramid Drug Co
Marshall, Mich
Figures Reveal Real Strength Of Women Vote
Harrisburg report under 1923 law shows 1 358 138 women registered versus 1 906 819 men, totaling 3 264 864 voters. Republicans lead with 2 238 084 registrations while Democrats total 697 180.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Observer at coal conference comments on Markle plan
Hywell Davies, labor department observer at the coal strike conference, called Alvan Markle's peace proposal a synthesis of past crisis plans while declining to judge its merits. The report notes the proposal as a symposium of earlier peace ideas. A separate line mentions February 6 as the date for the $30,000 New Orleans handicap race.
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Markle
International News Services
New York
New Orleans
Just a glance Will Give You Chance To Consider Offers
A brief note highlights the value of a first glance for evaluating investment offers. It suggests taking time to weigh worth while options before committing funds.
Start Probe In $350 000 Fire In Ocean City
Ocean City Md investigation into the origin of the blaze continued. The $350 000 fire destroyed two hotels a power plant and a pier and burst the town water main when a gasoline tank exploded. No casualties were reported. Paris hosts a four mile relay with milliners assistants wearing street clothes high heels and hat boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Ocean City
Paris
Valuable Race Horses Burn To Death In South
A fire at the fair grounds race track in New Orleans destroyed a barn and burned five horses to death. The horses Bulbul Sunny Ducrow Blue Stone Require Helen G High Prince and Red Squirrel, with values ranging from 2 500 to 5 000 dollars, were owned by Chicago resident R H Drew William H Hall of Latonia Ky and Charles Wilson of Chicago. Insurance estimated damage at 19600 dollars.
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New Orleans
Fair Grounds Race Track
Bulbul
Sunny Ducrow
R. H. Drew
Chicago
Blue Stone
Require
William H. Hall
Latonia
Helen G
Charles Wilson
High Prince
Hall
Martha Moore
Red Squirrel
Wilson
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H. R. A Hdwe
East Lone Avenue
Clark & Mackie Co
China and Glass
Pharmacy
E. Washington St
GRT
Washington Street
City Hall
Florida
Boston
Carnegie Police
Ben Burke
Capitol Theatre
Nab
Harold Love
the Winter CO
East
Washington St
Bob Zuppke
University of Illinois
Illini
South
Lieve
Uncle Heck
Sam H. McGoun
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