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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
21
Dorothy Ellingson, 16, accused of murdering her mother to attend a dance, was to appear before Juvenile Judge Frank Murasky in San Francisco for a secret session to decide if she will be sent to Ventura girls' school or bound over to superior court for trial.
A Scranton suburb home was flooded with illuminating gas from a broken mine cave in, killing Louis Desino his wife and four children under eight. Neighbors using palmotors saved another family nearby but could not save the Desinos. Neighbor Christopher Mellon found the bodies after forcible entry. Police suspect a shallow mine gallery collapse caused the leak.
Visitors from far and near fill Herrin for the funeral of S Glenn Young, a Ku Klux Klan raider killed in last Saturday’s gunfire. Five churches hold services as thousands of Klansmen attend the monster demonstration, with a ten mile procession expected to the cemetery. The coroner’s jury resumes its probe into the outbreak.
Mrs. Pete Obesko arrives with five children at Shenango Valley hospital to learn her husband Pete Obesko died after a throat wound. With no money or friends, she seeks aid. E. J. Berquist helps, securing food and shelter for the family in Bessemer. The dying man had behaved oddly and warned his wife of harm before the tragedy.
The Carnegie hero fund commission awarded the widow of L Carl Rader a bronze medal and death benefits totaling 70 dollars monthly plus 5 dollars monthly for each of two children. Rader, 39, died after attempting to rescue Patrick Dwyer from a burning oil tank in Warren on June 7 1924. Dwyer died the next day.
Anchorage dispatch reports Arctic rescue run as mushing teams battle 58 degree below zero night to deliver life saving serum for diphtheria in Nenana to Nome. Dr Beeson arranged anti-toxin supply in Seattle and Livingston, Montana. mission to avert wider outbreak in distant Alaskan towns.
Ganna Walska spoke of a triumphant Riviera debut with nerves easing after a shaky first act. She plans further music and expects to sing in France and possibly Germany and Czechoslovakia this summer. An American British audience at the Nice opera house roared with applause despite early stage fright.
A man named Arthur Mometer wears mixed clothes for a dinner or dance described with humor about mismatched vest and pants and a borrowed coat. He cuts a stylish figure in a satin tux with perfect tie and collar, while readers note the weather at sixteen above and the slothes as his friends.
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes announced federal cooperation in prosecuting the Olmstead liquor conspiracy case in Seattle Washington. He called it one of the most difficult cases, saying it requires time and money to reach the big figures in the liquor business and cut off the northwest supply source.
Obituary brief lists ages and addresses: Mrs Mary Jane Angus 75 Almira Home, Joseph Orr 31 107 West Long Avenue, Mrs Amelia Geiring 88 Youngstown Ohio, John Murchie 78 Sharon Pennsylvania. Reflects multiple death notices in a compact civic column.
WELLSBORO W Va Jan 29 Merle Daily 30 of Elkland on way to Eastern Penitentiary Philadelphia to begin solitary confinement for not more than 1090 years and not less than 5 years for voluntary manslaughter murder of Perle Lucas of Ulysses Potter county during a roadside altercation. Paris Jan 29 Ambassadors council will not answer Germany note seeking reasons why allied troops should evacuate Cologne zone.
Pittsburgh reports a broad snowstorm spreading across Pennsylvania from just before 9 am with the North Atlantic seaboard. The low pressure system brings continuing snowfall forecast tonight. Temperatures dip to seven below official in a Pittsburgh suburb, with unofficial reports around 25 below.
A terrific gale off the North Carolina coast moves northward with increasing intensity as the Weather Bureau warns shipping. Storm warnings are displayed from Nantucket to Delaware breakwater.
A bound wrists delirious girl was found on the outskirts of Oklahoma City early this morning. She claimed the name Mary Ellen Mellon and said she was Secretary Mellon’s niece, later identified as stepdaughter of local businessman R. B. Halliburton. Officials could not verify details and Treasury said Mellon has no such niece.
Police raided the George and Paul Pappas store at Moravia Street 1225 to 1227 this morning. A considerable quantity of liquor was found. The proprietors were arrested and lodged in the city jail pending action by authorities. Officers Lynch Letera Shuller Kennedy Hillers and Wyman led the raid.
London papers blame the Chicago Wheat Gamble for England's rising flour and bread costs. The Chicago May wheat price hit a peak near 2.06 dollars yesterday as labor party proposer Bb. F. Wise urges a government food commission to oversee wheat imports.
In Washington on Kansas Day, Kansans in Congress gathered behind their delegation and presented President Coolidge with a sack of wheat harvested in 1923 by the late President Harding near Hutchinson Kansas. The wheat sack carried the slogan Kansas grows the best wheat in the world. The White House ceremony spotlighted 17 year old Turon farmer’s daughter selected as The Wheat Girl, a Cooper College freshman chosen from Kansas entrants.
Chicago January 29 May wheat opened at 2.023 4 dollars on the board of trade, down 2 1 4 cents from yesterday's close after a spectacular rise.
A humorous reminiscence riffs on past harsh winters and a current cold season. Old Man Weatherby laments bygone frosts as this winter delivers sub zero temps, heavy snows, burst pipes, and overflowing rivers, reshaping his weather memories and mood. The piece highlights how modern winter shocks his nostalgic narrative.
International News Service reports that Mary Ellen Mellon 19 believed abducted from her home after surprising robbers early this morning was found two hours later near University hospital bound and gagged. She is stepdaughter of R B Halliburton and active in young society circles. No relation to Secretary Mellon. She told police she heard a noise and went to investigate then screamed. Her mother and stepfather found her missing. She is in shock and unable to detail the event.
Samuel Ellis of Youngstown 65 escaped death by leaping from a car just before it was struck by an Erie railroad train Harold Olsen a 17 year old Franklin student has been missing since last Thursday His father appeals to police for search Harvey McCormick 16 of Hagerstown Md shot himself while duck hunting along the Potomac River and was found by railroad men Mrs Susan Braden 31 in Latrobe hospital with burns from stirring a coal stove Viames jumped from a door igniting her dress and Miss Margaret Howlett 22 likely fatally burned at Johnstown yesterday by lighting while stuffing papers into a stove By her will filed at Pottsville Pa Mrs Mary Zyegada left 35 to pallbearers Her weight reportedly 515 pounds and coffin measured 76 by 34 inches Mrs H F Arndt who collected about 150 from Franklin merchants for an ad campaign and was later arrested in Chattanooga Tenn sent 174 to cover losses and expenses of her victims.
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