Log Cabin Birthplace Preserved in New Castle
New Castle, Pa. February 29 1925 To the Editor Dear Sir start Cascade park go north a couple hundred yards right observe a log cabin built in 1861 by Aleck Long father of George Long famed stonemason now home of William Brooks family within city limits birthplace of George Long and a reminder of hand crafted early American building life standing amid ivy and time with mud daubing to insulate the old walls.
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New Castle
Cascade Park
Cascade Street
William Brooks
Lawrence County
George Long
Aleck Long
Lew Red Mack and His Sweet Stuff Open at Liberty Theatre
Lew Red Mack and his Sweet Stuff Musical Comedy Company opens at the Liberty Theatre Monday matinee with the show She Country Boy. The company arrives direct from Lansing Michigan after an eighteen week run and features a strong quartet, a notable prima donna, a ten‑girl chorus, and a full scenery and lighting set. Prices remain at twenty five and fifty cents, with doors at 1 50 pm and 6 50 pm daily.
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Lew “Red” Mack and His
Sweet Stuff
Liberty Theatre
New Castle
The
Liberty
Lew “Red' Mack
Sweet Stuff Company
Lae
Capitol ‘Theatrea
Lansing
Michigan
Sweet Stull
Myers Lake Park
Canton
Ohio
Capitol Theatre
Red
Mack
Mae Mack
Rudd
Guy Bates
Liberty Orchestra
Ben Shulansky
Ghualansky
Thomas
the Liberty
Comforts of the past amid fog and triumphs of forefathers
The writer reflects on living through a lonely, crude era and admires how earlier generations, despite handicaps, overcame obstacles. Ralph L. Wbidh signs the letter with sincere respect for historical resilience.
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Ralph L. Wbidh
City Children Healthier Says Survey at Welfare Meet
A. W. Frye reports a nationwide survey shows city children suffer far fewer health defects than country children. Tooth jaw defects eye and nutrition problems are notably higher in rural areas while hygiene education and Macabees health standards aid orphans in urban care.
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Chicago
A. W. Frye
Asiupreme Commandery
Mange Bees
Mr. Frye
Maccabees
Chatham
Woman Seeks Pay for Confinement in State Hospital
Miss El Hunt seeks $10,000 in the Ohio legislature for wrongful confinement in the Cleveland state hospital for the insane at Newburg 27 years ago. Her case spans decades from a church funds misappropriation claim to a court finding her sane in 1907, with repeated assertions of brutal treatment and a lifelong struggle amid political inaction.
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Miss el Tath
Ohio
Cleveland State
Common Pleas Court
Tokyo to Build 50 Miles of Subways Plan Details
Tokyo officials consider plans for six subway lines totaling about 50 miles. The longest line would run over eleven miles and the shortest a little over five. Proposed as municipally owned and operated, the project may be funded in part by a foreign loan.
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Tory
Tokyo
Made A New Woman Of Her In Middleport Ohio
Mrs Myrna Jenkins of Middleport Ohio describes dramatic health improvement after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says weight rose from 90 to 239 pounds and she regained energy for running a rooming house and eight family members. The ad cites large reader testimonials and states the product is sold by druggists nationwide.
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Middleport
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Myrna Jenkins
North Front Street
Income Tax Loss Deductions For Non-Business Profits
The article explains 1924 revenue law allows losses deducted if incurred in trade or business or from fires storms shipwreck theft. Losses from merchandising inventories deductible. scrap or demolition losses allowed. demolishing a building and replacing it qualifies, while land demolition does not. Losses from non business profit ventures like rental property or stock sales require strict adherence to statute. Personal purchases such as a home sale or automobile for pleasure are not deductible.
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Arvicle KO
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Town Tales Councilmen Cured
City councilmen refuse further personal tax exemptions for citizens. Councilman Burne recounts a past gift to a woman that went to a candy store, not the treasurer. Lusk says no exoneration, Miller questions paying city tax, Burne cites past rents spent on candy, exposing reluctance to fund school board shares.
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Burne
Lusk
Burny
Miller
Colelagues
Aspirin Gargle For Tonsillitis Procedure
A harmless and effective gargle is to dissolve two Bayer tablets of Aspirin in four tablespoonfuls of water and gargle the throat thoroughly. Repeat in two hours if necessary. Use only genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin marked Bayer Gross, sold in tin boxes for two cents.
Woman power and fashion in cold weather debate
Chicago report cites Mme Berthe at a woman's club conference arguing that women are physically stronger than men in winter dress. She mocks the idea of delicate femininity, praising sleeveless gowns and short skirts for resilience, while contrasting a man in heavy winter wear. The piece also touches on construction plans across New England, noting large and small projects in Portland Maine, Lewiston, Rockport, Brunswick, Saco, Camden, Auburn, and statewide building activity in New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts with a Lynn junior high school project cited at 400,000 dollars for 1925.
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Chicago
Mme
Berthe
Bertha
Scott
Lashia
Ling
New England
Portland
Lewiston
Rockport
Brunswick
Saco
Camden
Auburn
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachussetts
Lynn
Nll
New England Builds Record Year in Construction
Boston and major Massachusetts cities are primed for a record year in building activity, per United States Employment Service reports. Early permits indicate a surge in construction, signaling strong growth across the region.
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International News Services
Boston
New England
Massachusetts
United States Employment Service
Bogkon
Klan Note Writ Ten Times Scares Wife Case
In PrankLix Pennsylvania Judge Crawell dismissed peace bonds for Guy Walker of Oz City after he admitted writing his wife a fake Ku Klux Klan letter to frighten her. He slept with a razor beneath his pillow and was ordered held under bond for good behavior for three years.
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Pranklix
Crawell
Guy Walker
Walker
Man Saved 4800 From Fire In Reedsville
REEDSVILLE Pa Jan 31 Herman Sharizer hid more than 4800 in cash in his cellar as fire raged He helped firefighters by holding a hose into the cellar until the flames subsided and then retrieved the money He split it between a Reedsville bank and a Russell bank and used it to buy a property from the Aikens heirs The incident ended with a moral about civil behavior.
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Reedsville
Herman Sharizer
Reedsville Bank
Russell Bank
Aikens
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Citizens National Bank
Corner Mill and
Washington Sts
Chichester
Frank P. Andrews & Son
Hettin
Mrs. Jenkins
Studebaker
Hall- Anderson Motor Car Co
Orth Mercer Stree
New Wilmington
P-O Coach Lines Co
H. A. K. Bus Co
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