Bell Company Plans Expansion In Pennsylvania
Bell Company plans a major expansion funded by a 33r telephone budget in Pennsylvania for 1925. A large part of the $600,000 to $1,000,000 expenditure goes to Highland avenue cable and underground lines to relieve a crowded New Castle area. The project totals about $55,000 for the new cables with similar funds for switchboard additions and outside cable and pole extensions. New Castle office improves service ahead of the North Highland avenue area, Croton, and Nee Cas 600.000 B. The company's growth in New Castle continues with over 600 stations added in 1924 and expectation of further growth in 1925, making New Castle the largest all-telephone office in Western Pennsylvania outside Pittsburgh, with about 11,000 stations connected.
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Pennsylvania
Highland Avenue
New Caste
Moe
New Castle
North Highland Avenue
Croton
Cas
Tle Telephone Company
New Cantie Hag
New Curie
Pittaburgh
Rose Point Road Becomes Busy Route 72 Link
In Lawrence County the new Route 72 to Butler quickly grew into a busy transportation artery. W R Stewart of Rose Point counted 303 cars passing a point in sixty minutes since its opening. The road from Princeton Crossing to near Portersville was the first section opened and is praised as one of the best.
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Lawrence County
Butler
Iy. W. RR
Stewart
Rose Point
Princeton Crossing
Portersville
Wilson Johnston Company
Appleton
Wis
Princeton
Where To So Tonight Where To So Tonight
Virginia Vali Lloyd Hughes Marc McDermott and Stuart Holmes star in In Every Woman s Life a Latosa Pathe News. Entertainment features Nell Hamilton and Carol Dempster in America a comedy with Walter Hiers in Short Changes Pathe News and orchestra music.
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Venn
Virginia Vali
Lloyd Hughes
Marc McDermott
Stuart Holmes
Latosa Pathe
lEmterss
Ee Capitol
Nell Hamilton
Carol Dempster
America
Walter Hiers
Pathe News
City Reports 1924 Street Clean Up Costs
Hiram G. Miller, superintendent of streets, submitted the 1924 city report detailing $20,290.24 in improvement expenditures. Costs include $10,879 for cleaning paved streets, $11,085.64 for street repairs, and $1,022.90 for traffic signs. Car-operations added $7,218.40, with $2,096.82 from the P O Electric Company.
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Hiram G. Miler
Nixon
Bock Jones
Bonnie
Leonard
Cliff Bowes
Virginia Vanes
Evelyn Brent
Miller
P O Electric Company
Will Entertain Peppy Girls At January 30 Ball
Patronesses for the Appreciation Ball for the Peppy Girls have been named for the event to be held Friday evening January 30 in Walder Hall. The senior high school girls, under Miss Frances Maxwell, organized during Armistice Week and sold about 25 000 poppies, with the ball this year to be held on January 30. Each girl invites a boy friend and all escorts are expected to attend.
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Walder? Hall
Perry
Guston
J. W. Anderson
Wiliam H. Wilson
H.sturdy
C. C. Horner
C. Knoch
Evan Hopkins
Archie Ryffal
J. W. Flansburg
Frances Maxwell
Ellis Is New Castle Parson for Wed Before Saturday Night
A report notes H A Ellis of New Castle is marrying the local parson soon after a weekend. A young man sees the girl two evenings in a row and resolves to marry before competition. It recalls 1924 license statistics showing 1 105 marriages issued and 89 unused with $9 not refunded or exchangeable.
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Olga
Neenses Jasued
Plano
Ralph Campbell
Illicit Romance in Pittsburgh Ends in Tragedy
The article reports a Pittsburgh tragedy following an illicit romance. Police found monoxide poisoning traces after the victim’s body was found in the apartment. The deceased was formerly Miss Emily Rodgers of Bethlehem, Pa. The involved man, Mrs Bush, is described as the wife of a Pittsburgh policeman. Divorce cases were pending for both parties, with plans to marry after divorces.
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Bush
Pittsburgh
Emily Rodgers
Bethlehem
Michele Nrold
Busly
New Store to Open in Greer Building Saturday
The M. C. Limber Company and William W. McGaughey announce the opening of a new stationery and office supply shop in the Greer building on North Mercer Street New Castle. Delays pushed the formal opening to Saturday morning January 17 with indoor business ready and a front boarding left for 60 days due to repairs.
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M. C. Limber Company
New Castle
Greer Building
North
Mercer Street
M. C. Limber
Akron
William W. McGaughey
Limber
McGaughey
Castro
Fine Reports From Neighborhood House
The Neighborhood House Board of the Americanization Society met Tuesday afternoon. A strong annual report shows progress across programs with 12 nationalities represented and 16 percent of families in touch. Total enrollment 365 across branches. music class has five pupils. English and teaching classes have 34 women. sewing classes total 56 beginners and 46 advanced. Sabbath school enrollment 110. boys supervised by Guy Zimmermann. board thanks supporters of foreign education efforts.
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Neighborhood House
the Americanization Society
Christine Butler
Caroline Hansy
Ann Aiken
H. K. Calton Ag
Brown
Banzo
Stewart
Butler
Pig Roast at Fire Department Honors Former Treasurer
Forty members of the central fire department and friends enjoyed a pig roast at the department building last night. The event was hosted thanks to C. L. McMillen, former city treasurer, who donated the pig. Toastmaster Andrew Perry and speakers Charles H. Lynn chief Clare Stockman assistant chief C. L. McMillen Enoch HI and others attended. Get that new furniture you want by selling what you now have through our For Sale Columns-DON'T WAIT.
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Fre Department
C. Ll. McMillen
Andrew Perry
Charles H. Lynn
Clare Stockman
C. L. McMilion
Enoch HI
What Did You See Automobile Trouble And Local Life
An assortment of brief, fragmentary scenes from a snowy morning in a town. A car limps toward a service station with two flat tires and a frozen radiator while a Sunday school entertainment committee gathers at a downtown church. A student bully, bargain hunters, councilmen by a stove, and a railway crew amid a snow event are sketched in jumbled vignettes.
Burglars Enter Keystone Store Nighttime Break-In
Keystone Store at 125 West Washington Street was entered via a cellar window during the night. Detective Horner found the thief entered through a cellar door, likely seeking cash, but nothing was reported missing and twenty one cents remained on the cash register. The intruder appeared familiar with the layout, moving the flour on the cellar door.
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Keystone
West
Washington Street
C. Horner
San Carlo Grand Opera Company Arrives in City
A 64 member San Carlo Grand Opera Company arrived in New Castle this morning to perform IL Trovatore tonight at Benjamin Franklin Junior High School. Miss Louise Taylor of the Chicago Opera Company will sing Teodora. Manager Cuthbert expressed confidence in drawing New Castle audiences, large or small, for the performance.
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San Carlo
Dr H A Ellis To Discuss Judgment Sunday Evening
At Fleet Methodist church Sunday evening service Rev. Herbert A Hills will present a talk titled Judgment asking how people judge others. The sermon questions whether wealth, clothes, or physical prowess define reputation and ponders how God judges men and which judgment matters most.
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Fleet Methodist Church
Herbert A. Hills
Gigquay
Chicago men tour pottery in a commercial gathering
Sales managers of Shenapga Pottery and Albert Pick Co led a Chicago delegation touring a pottery works. Guests included Fennsylvania Railroad hosts to the station departure, with New Castle Board of Trade officials and numerous executives, directors, and department heads from Shenapga Pottery.
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M. Hertzog
Albert Pick Co
F. L. Renty
New Castla Nawa
P. K. Stevenson
New Castle Board of Trade
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Chicago
Albert Plek Company
W. Bergstrom
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Johnson
Bertha
Kramer
Scripps
Smith
Goodman
Newfield
Saboyah
Dunning
Fischer
Winn
Matales
Morrison
Hout
Adler
Jaeger
Harrigan
Navison
Reich
Alston
Hogan
Lisca
Dilta
Schreiber
Shensage Pottery
McClure to Lead Four Talks on Missions Series
Rev Walter E McClure of the First Presbyterian Church will lead a four lecture series in downtown churches under the Women’s Union Missionary Society. First talk January 20 at 7:30 p m in First Baptist on Present Day World Conditions. Subsequent lectures January 27 First Presbyterian Reasons for Missionary Efforts January 31 February 3 at First Methodist on Prophetic Pictures at a Redeemed Earth February 10 at First Christian The True Church and Her Mission. Local railway access note for five county area of Colorado.
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Walter E McClure
Fr Presbyterian Church
Down Town
Women’s Union Missionary Society
First Baptist Church
McClure
Digeusa
First Presbyterian Church
First Methodist Church
Ubema
First Christian Church
Special Children's Matinee At Capitol
Manager Burke announces a special matinee tomorrow at 10 o'clock to allow more children to see D. W. Griffith's America. Parents urged to bring their children for an educational and entertaining photoplay experience.
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Burke
D. W. Griffith
America
Victory Luncheon Of County W C T U Is Event Of Today
About one hundred members of the Lawrens county Women's Christian Temperance Union attended the annual Victory Luncheon at the First United Presbyterian Church on North Jefferson Street. Orchestra selections led by Elizabeth Brewster opened the event, with speeches on prohibition and law enforcement by Rev S E Irvine Mayor William H Dunlay and Rev J Howard Boyd.
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Temperance Union
Lawrens County
First United Presterian Church
North Jefferson Street
Elizabeth Brewster
S. E. Irvine
William H. Dunlay
J. Howard Boyd
Reet
Missionary Meeting of Epworth Woman’s Home Society
In Epworth Methodist church’s Woman’s Home Missionary Society, a Thursday afternoon session at Mrs J F Carpenter’s home on Winslow avenue drew twenty two members. After devotion led by Mrs H M Alien, the study book chapter was reviewed by Mrs Montgomery. The next meeting plans a Washington Tea at President Mrs Samuel’s home.
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Woman's Home Missionary Society
Epworth Methodist Church
J. F. Carpenter
Winslow Avenue
H. M. Alien
Montgomery
Washington
Samuel
Last Opportunity Testing Starts at Eight A.M.
The notice warns that testing will commence promptly at eight o'clock for those without their books. It emphasizes punctual arrival and completion of required materials.
Ellwood City Man Rolls High Duckpin Score
Ellwood City beat Beaver Eagles in a duckpin match as an Ellwood player rolled 272 and 59 pins across three games. The 272 marked the highest score on Beaver alleys this year, contributing to Ellwood City’s victory.
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Ellwood City
Ellwood © ‘Eagles
Beaver Eagles
Ellwood
Bridge Engineer Reports Washington Street Work Progress
Bridge Open Engineer Franklin Miller announced reduced traffic on Washington Street as crews work over the P R R ridge. The fill was laid by the contractor and details were confirmed by councilmen.
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Franklin Miller
Washington Street
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