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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1925
Page
10
Partial text notes losses counted in yearly totals with no alarm sent for certain companies. No clear names, dates, or locations are provided to identify entities or context beyond the mention of losses and alarms.
Firemen answered 320 alarms in 1924, down from 379 in 1923 due to drier summers and more grass fires. Estimated year losses around $60,000, with insured coverage typical. Major losses occurred at several plants and blocks. The state census shows Susquehanna and Fulton counties with farm equipment, autos, and radios, marking first complete reports in Pennsylvania's triannual census.
Edith De Lys, a Boston born lyric soprano, returns to her native country with the San Charlo Grand Opera company to sing Elvira in Il Trovatore at Franklin Auditorium Friday night January 16. Fortune Gallo presents. Her dramatic presence and refined training trace to New England Conservatory and Paris study with Jean de Reszke shaping a brilliant career.
Dog licenses and tags for 1925 are in the hands of county treasurers and available to applicants. State officials urge prompt licensing as the year expires January 1, 1925, when the new tag must be displayed. Do not remove old tags before that date.
Mrs. Ashcroft of Covington Kentucky recounts severe weakness and back pains from illness. After reading about Lydia E Pinkham products she used Vegetable Compound Blood Medicine and Sanative Wash, noting renewed strength and willingness to advise others.
Rev Walter E McClure of the First Presbyterian Church will preach two New Year sermons this Sunday. Morning sermon titled The New Era Under Joshua discusses Joshua's leadership beginnings. Evening sermon titled Old Paths for the New Year argues for the orthodox gospel over modernist views.
In Warmony township Mt Healthy Terrace a gasoline explosion in a bedroom started a fire that burned Mrs Loretta Charlot 28 and left Arthur Charlot 25 near death at Sewickley Valley hospital. Three children escaped after a neighbor threw them from a window. He had lit a fire by pouring gasoline on a coal stove and striking a match.
Youngstown dispatch reports attorney Max E Brunswick stating an eleventh hour bid to save Clarence Joseph Kane 22 convicted of first degree murder in the slaying of 6 year old Paul Prologa from a Pittsburgh orphanage. Kane, sentenced to death January 5, had missed execution December 20 due to a court record error. Attorneys seek executive clemency and have filed ap...
Kane, sentenced for burglary, had just shared a final meal with his mother, sister, and brother when a last minute reprieve postponed his execution at the penitentiary. The appeal for review by the state supreme court remains underway as authorities reconsider the case.
In Bentleyville Pa the Monongahela division engine boiler exploded as the train pulled out last night. Fireman J J Caddy 28 of Dravesburg was fatally burned and died soon after. Engineer Howard Boyd 42 of Hancock Street Monongahela was hurled 200 feet but only slightly burned and injured and admitted to Monongahela Memorial Hospital.
BELLAIRE Jan. 2. Jatter son Hinton a 70 year old gardener and florist living with granddaughter Alva Robert Wrixon was attacked with a pickhandle by his deranged father. He severely injured her then fled to his room where he cut his throat from ear to ear with a razor dying before Edward Hinton could reach him. The granddaughter is hospitalized in serious condition from shock and injuries.
Steubenville report of a raid on the Fortress liquor club in the business district. Four city patrolmen battered the steel doors with sledges. an attendant fired a lethal gas bomb into the raiders, causing them to retreat and seek medical aid.
In Towanda, Pa an incident after a raid ends with no evidence found. Mayor Frank Hawkins ordered the raid and claims the proprietor and attendants will be arrested for assault with intent to maim police officers. Mrs Frances Spencer Fish remains jailed on receiving stolen goods charges while Layld Hadlock plans marriage in jail with Sheriff Mitten weighing permission for a jail wedding.
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