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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1925
Page
36
A reporter observed 22 restaurant patrons in New Castle with 16 men and 6 women. Ten men used toothpicks briefly then left with them, while none of the women touched the bowl despite etiquette notes suggesting restraint.
Magistrate Edward P. Carney vows to extend his fight against police apathy to major hotels. Returning from Florida he conferred with Director of Safety Smedley Butler and said he has arranged with a dozen fashionable young women to gather evidence in leading hotels.
Philip Hartman stands accused of murdering State Trooper Francis Haley in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The commonwealth rested its case with Hartman’s signed confession admitted, defense declining witnesses. Closing speeches follow as Judge McPherson prepares to instruct the jury.
A February Rotary meeting in Fountain Inn announces a new speaker lineup with Ralph C. Irwin of the Pennsylvania Health Department and Arthur H. Taylor of the American Child Health Association. Secretary Carl E. Paisley notes attendance and a mark for McKeesport.
Police report notes a slight accident involving a New Castle Grocery Company truck and a Ford with Pennsylvania license 689 356 at the intersection of Mill and Washington Streets last night.
A children’s Eisteddfod is staged this evening at the First Congregational church on Reynolds Street. Many competitors are expected and the event, postponed from Christmas, promises keen competition.
New York based jeweler David A Belais holds a 30 year secret that turns gold into white gold with lasting whiteness. He compares it to platinum price stability and notes white gold as a sought after alternative in jewelry after wartime platinum demand.
Belais, the inventor, demonstrates a process to keep white gold from turning yellow or green. A large factory in New York employs hundreds working in isolated booths to prevent cross communication, with one man holding full knowledge of the entire procedure, David A. Belais.
The Old Black Bridge near where Neshannock Creek meets the Shenango River carried traffic for years and faded from history after the 1913 flood. It floated away from its foundation and sank downstream near Gardner Avenue, torn apart after floodwaters subsided. No new bridge was built on the site, as a modern route to Oakland emerged.
The elevation of Ambassa dor Alanson B Houghton from Berlin to London signals the esteem in which he is held for handling Berlin duties with diplomacy. A Corning Glass Works executive and Harvard graduate, Houghton has long been active in religious education and higher education boards, with fluency in German and French.
Paul Warburg forecasts a stabilizing turn in 1925 as Austria Germany and Hungary balance currencies under gold. He expects gradual recoveries in exchange rates with Britain and others moving toward gold convertibility, aided by the Federal Reserve’s handling of wartime currency and gold inflows.
Judge John R Henninger of Butler issues a lengthy opinion in Delmer M. Hoffmaster versus Florence A. Baird and others. The decree orders Baird and her husband to execute a lease to W D Shelly upon payment of 1000 dollars, and to pay Hoffmaster and Clara V. Kakin one quarter of rents and royalties during their lifetimes, plus costs.
Harrisburg report shows 146 killed and 591 injured in 630 Pennsylvania railroad grade crossing accidents in 1924, a five percent drop from 1923. Automobiles figured in 920 collisions causing 112 deaths and 535 injuries, with officials urging grade separation as the only solution.
Mountain Ash Male Chorus from Wales toured Amer ica entertaining in New Castle where the duet of George Anthony and Harry Evans stood out. The pair stayed in New Castle after the tour and joined the Apollo Club. They will perform again on Friday February 6 at the Senior high school auditorium in a concert sponsored by the Business and Professional Women's Club to benefit local libraries.
Sidney dispatch quotes New York banker Birch Helms claiming President Wilson did not pen the fourteen points but received them from a group of American professors. The report follows other foreign notes from Bangkok and Rome about aviation, wrecks, and political figures.
Miss Nana Jenkins will be the soloist at the Emmanuel Baptist Church evening service on Sunday February 1. She will sing A Little While by Walter Rolfe, accompanied by Edwin Lewis.
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