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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1925
Page
9
A New Castle resident writes from Lakeland Florida describing rapid building booms in central Florida towns. He notes warm days cool nights, recent rain, and bustling markets with citrus crops including oranges grapefruits and tangerines. He mentions extensive road building, large packing houses, and a booming real estate scene.
The writer details packing line processes with mule hauled boxes, a belt system, washing and drying, sorting by size, wrapping, and boxing. He notes 100 packing houses in Florida, large groves, year round operation, and diverse crops including peaches, grapes, cabbage, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, watermelons, beets, and other vegetables. The trip covers over 1,000 miles with impressions of the countryside and a New Year’s Eve band concert in the city.
Ten smallpox cases in a span of about five months prompted Dr A A Cairns head of Philadelphia health to quarantine part of Kensington. Miss Viola Bauer the latest victim was taken to the Philadelphia hospital for contagious diseases. Doctors will visit the isolated area for examination and vaccination if needed.
Philadelphia report notes no arrests of motorists with last year plates. Police stopped drivers, a Louisiana plate from 1924 seen, but Supt Mills released them after explanations. Text shows era slang and incomplete lines.
Mrs Rosa Nopo aged 30 of Renfrew was killed instantly at 0 46 Monday when struck by a southbound train while crossing tracks at Renfrew station She suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries The husband Vincenzo Nopo a section foreman on the B and O railroad survives along with her parents in Italy She hurried to catch the B and O train to Pittsburgh and apparently did not hear the oncoming BR and P train
The article notes a Presbyterian church communion service on Sunday January 11 with preparatory services Friday evening led by Rev. J A King of Ellwood City. Also mentions a 2 pm sermon by Rev. D C Schnebly, a class meeting for the Sunday school, officers elected for the class, and a committee forming a constitution and by-laws. Dixie Trio postponed to February 2 due to adversity. Mother’s Banquet for Boy Scouts scheduled Tuesday 7:30 pm with speakers. Various brief Wampum personals list visitors and local engagements.
A fragmentary Pittsburgh Post entry hints at workplace efficiency and early mistreatment of an expert. It mentions an office boy starting duties and suggests missteps in handling an expert at a plant setting. The passage preserves tense, regional voice, and incomplete dialogue.
New York report says Esther Hattern was slain with a razor in front of her three children after refusing to elope with her brother in law Solomon Hattern who was arrested. He locked himself in the apartment and, when police broke in, was found calmly smoking two cigarettes. The piece ends with a wry aside about keeping resolutions.
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