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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1925
Page
2
County commissioners received township and borough reports showing 42 persons outside New Castle and 12 in the city housed by poor overseers. Data aids planning for county welfare as a potential poor farm is considered. Feeble minded and insane residents in institutions are not included in these figures.
Dr J W Clarkson of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Animal Industry arrived in Mercer to act on 35 cattle owners who refused tuberculin tests. He may quarantine on farms, offering testing first. Dr FM Aldrich coordinates with Grove City veterinarians. 4,588 herds have been tested, covering 99.4 percent of county cattle. Mercer County led the state in testing.
Mrs Bridget McKenna aged 75 dies at her East Street Mercer home after a stroke of paralysis. Funeral at All Saints Catholic Church Saturday January 3 at noon. Survived by son Hugh and daughters Miss Margaret, both of Mercer. A longtime resident and respected neighbor and citizen.
Audience cheers the world famous police dog Rin Tin Tin in a melodrama now showing at the Regent Theatre. Reported to be a standout feature with thrilling stunts and broad audience appeal.
A crowded page lists Liberty and Capitol film showings including Honeymoon, Where the North Begins, and Husbands and Lovers, plus Patho News acts and portraits. It then reports 1924 Lawrence County liquor enforcement results, noting 538 liquor cases, 3 not guilty, and about $60 daily average in liquor fines over 36 months under District Attorney Hildebrand, with praise for Judge Plummer Emery and County Detective Dunlap for steady enforcement.
Nearly 600 newsies gathered for a New Year's dinner at a hotel with Ben Burkes Capitol Tainter comedy film precluded by Carnegie. Ted Marlin's Jazz Band energised the crowd while Steve Griffith and his son played drums, Jack Griffith and Steve Sr. on piano performed, and Judge Emery District Attorney Hildebrand and Mayor Dunlap addressed the boys. Special guests included Silverman and Leff who pledged to return next year, with performances by the Travers sisters Irene and Leura and Anna, and the blackface duo Elwell and Love earning strong applause before candy and ice cream were distributed.
The Clyde line steamer Mohawk reported a fire off the Delaware coast with about 230 passengers aboard most of them winter tourists bound for Florida. Radio alerts and coast guard standby followed as Mohawk and assisting vessels crew prepared for possible evacuation.
The report shows 5000plus criminal cases in 1924 with $42,000 collected in fines costs and forfeitures. Liquor cases yielded about $35,900, averaging $150 per violation. Prosecuting liquor cases consumed $3,600 for detectives and staff, while the county received ten dollars back for each dollar spent. About $1,300 went to the state from auto law violations. Sentences varied: 246 paid costs, 158 paroled, 72 jailed, totaling 228 months. The workhouse held 107 inmates for 81 2 months, and the Western Penitentiary housed 29 inmates for a little over three years.
The Mercer Social Circle held its annual mid winter dance at the club rooms on Butler street with 43 members and six guests. Sunnybrook Orchestra from Greenville provided music along with several local hosts and guests. Out of town attendees included Prof. and Mrs. H. O. White and others from Grove City and Greenville. Arthur Schultz of New Castle signs the notice about personal debts.
A mangled OCR column recalls events from New Castle area life on December 31 1924 including obituaries for Mrs Louise Ten Broeck Smith Mrs Elizabeth Owens and Mrs Elizabeth Blair with multiple relatives and church ties. Funeral details list numerous survivors and burial sites. A James Richie burial and Mrs Shaw and Mrs Emery obituaries are also noted along with local street life vignettes.
Charles A Spayde of 527 Lyndal Street reports the death of his wife Mary aged 33 after brief illness on Thursday at 10 AM at home. Born in Scotland May 5 1891 she lived here fifteen years and was married thirteen. She belonged to Central Christian church and Protected Home Circle, survived by husband two sons John William and Henry Chalmers-Mitchell Spayde one brother William Fairweather and one sister Sarah Scott. Funeral Saturday at 2:30 PM from 527 Lyndal Street with Rev D P Sharar Canton OH, burial Greenwood Cemetery.
The speaker battle narrows as factions in Pittsburgh rally for Bluett, with Governor Pinchot and supporters aiming to curb enforcement against prohibition. Goodnough looms as a rival, while reps weigh party lines. Armstrong breaks with the governor, pledging Bluett on the speakership though backing him on legislative matters.
Temporary rate increase proposal faces study before final form. Senate committee to draft report on Moses compromise and Sterling bill. Administration pushes omnibus measure to replace vetoed postal pay plan, with next Tuesday votes affecting possible override and presidential approval if substitution passes.
A notice expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for sympathy and flowers following the death of Shirley Louise, mentioning automobiles and other tokens.
A burglar entered Edward L. Hannon’s Robinson Street home around 3 a.m. New Year’s Day by a side door, rifling trousers on the bed and pockets for about $3. The intruder took roughly $135 listed as mislaid funds and missed about $336 elsewhere in the house. no other items were reported missing.
Fireman J. J. Caddy died from burns after the boiler of a Pennsylvania freight engine exploded at Bantleyville. Engineer Toward Boyd suffered minor cuts and bruises as he was hurled into a field.
Pittsburgh January report says railroad train No 9 from New York to Chicago plunged into a baggage truck at Piccairn station. Engineer Lincoln Bennett warned by whistle and kept bystanders away as the engine struck and baggage flew. After a delay the train continued toward Pittsburgh. William Siencka, 32, was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his temple. A note to his sister in Reading mentions a quarrel with a woman named Beart W.
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