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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1925
Page
21
The 1925 period outlines prospects for prospective home buyers with columns forecasting market conditions. Bank statements from Lawrence County Pennsylvania show assets liabilities and trust funds with figures for cash items loans deposits and mortgages.
New York stocks opened with modest gains and narrow changes as trading stayed limited to a small group of issues. Strength in steel and motors supported the market despite selling to dislodge industrials, while concerns over St Paul finances caused brief irregularities in listed shares. Call money rose to 2 1 2 percent as grain markets held steady.
County Commissioners of Lawrence County Pennsylvania invite bids for the construction of approaches to a proposed bridge on the New Castle and Punton Jackson road crossing the Mahoning River. Bids due February 2, 1925, with certified checks. plans available in the County Engineer’s office. The county reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
In the estate of Eliza 2 Riffar late of the Second Ward New Castle Lawrence County PA letters testamentary granted to the undersigned executor those indebted to the estate are requested to settle at once and those having claims to present them for payment without delay. Lew Castle Pasalupgus and Caldwell Attorneys for Executor New Castle Pa January 9 20?
Ben McKibben of Cascade Park reports recovery from a grip attack that had incapacitated him. He plans a big season at a local amusement resort this summer and intends to travel through the Pittsburgh district to book picnics. Indications point to daily groups enjoying Cascade this summer.
City sponsors in Lawrence County prepare to check on potato club participants. Perm Agent N C Dale receives cards mailed to sponsors to verify who has received their potatoes from local youngsters. The program funds seed potatoes for spring and expects potatoes returned in kind from the youths.
Nellia Dawson Wright widow of the slain robber Handsome Bill Wright is freed from restraint and set to travel from New Orleans to Des Moines Town with her father James Dawson. Her bond was reduced from 15000 to 5000 dollars and she will stay in prison as a guest of Captain Rennyson until her father arrives.
Traveling bandits burned and looted Chandler near Tyler Texas early today. They robbed stores and escaped with 4009 dollars before citizens halted further damage as fires reached half a dozen locations.
A man named Frad L. Jame, an employee of the Ford Mater Company at NTA Ga Jon S-His, was found with his head split open by an axe blow in a搞 nagro area. The body lay about four hours, according to police. It was discovered by a passerby who alerted authorities.
Returns from New Cascio Feed and Coal Company list hay and grain prices with figures for rye oats corn clover and Timothy hay and straw. Entries include rye at 1.08 per bushel and Timothy hay at 16.00 per ton with other items showing varied prices though some figures appear garbled or incomplete.
Wisconsin report says the campus shooting suicide stemmed from a divorced mother's objection to her daughter's marriage to a divorced man. J X Bernard killed himself after writing of love for Lora Palmer, a university French instructor. Inquest set for late today.
Philadelphia in 1775 hosted 454 Acadians in three sloops. Anthony Benezet raised funds, Samuel Emlen funded land and houses on Pine Street, and the Acadians built huts making wooden shoes and Nasey cloth. The poem links Christchurch and Old Swedes with the Friends Almshouse site, while St Joseph’s church near Willing’s Alley is noted as the lovers’ resting place and a historic Catholic site related to Father Grenton’s masshouse.
Birds display a progressive instinct, shifting from natural nesting sites to human structures. Barn swallows favor barn rafters, phoebes move to bridges and built structures, and wrens and martins now often use bird boxes. The English sparrow’s spread shapes nesting choices.
In Wille The gallery of the French notes practical jokes that traveled into wills. One joker in Reaux three centuries ago wished four Mendicant orders bearers each with four candies for his coffin, triggering a boom of exploding candles. A Frenchman in Constantinople left a nephew and niece a fortune only after a tandem bicycle ride there, a feat they accomplished in youth.
Dense fog muffles sound signals on ships and shores, often trapping vessels in silence. The steamer Siberian Prince ran aground near Bentnicka land in thick fog while nearby stations failed to hear signals. Subsequent observations show signals audible in clear weather but inaudible in dense fog.
The scanty abilees in the Bible describe two connected wine presses at different elevations. Grapes were trodden in the upper vat while the lower vat received the expressed juice. Joel 3:18 notes the fall and overflow of the presses. Such presses, often hollowed from rock, were once seen in Palestine.
A short comic exchange unfolds at a summer hotel as two dark young men swap a joke about a dog tied with a fourteen foot rope. The punch line hinges on the rope not being tied at the far end, allowing the dog to reach the bone.
The text defines a funding operation as borrowing money to pay a debt. It also mentions women who curl their own hair and husbands with Dauag vna ugularlan, indicating a mix of topics and unclear context.
The Couzens committee began a Senate inquiry into enforcement irregularities of the Volstead act with the hearing held behind locked doors. Senator Watson demanded press exclusion, barring newspaper men at the start, while witnesses waited to testify. The panel then reviewed investigators’ records, and Couzens said future hearings may be public.
Two alleged members of a four man post office gang were under arrest after a heist at Englewood New Jersey post office was interrupted by Patrolman Charles Kane who led the pursuit and capture efforts.
A running pistol battle with fleeing robbers led to the arrest of Harry Baxter of New York at the Edgewater ferry, suffering critical bullet wounds. Another man, Harry I of Perth Amboy, N J, was also arrested in connection with the incident.
Washington officials said no meeting of the American Debt Funding Commission will be called to consider Clementel memorandum terms. The United States will handle debt discussions with each debtor separately, rejecting the French proposals and shelving a Brussels debt conference.
International News Service reports that Wilbur testified before the House Naval Affairs Committee on three alleged navy weaknesses. Critics say American battleships lack range guns due to turret limits, American aircraft on ships lag foreign fleets, and armor and machinery are obsolete. They claim the navy has declined since the arms talks, drifting from a 3-3-3 ratio to a weaker position relative to Britain and Japan.
An acetylene drill is believed the cause of a gas explosion at the East End plant of Union Gas and Electric Co in Cincinnati injuring 13 men and endangering several lives. The blast occurred this morning as workers used the drill at the plant. The injured were rushed to nearby hospitals and authorities investigated the incident.
A tremor was recorded in Alsace today with a reading at 2 40 A M in Belfort France. The quake was classified as slight but prompted local reports of minor shaking. Local authorities advised precautionary measures for residents.
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