Radio tubes melt metal and boost Britain’s radio boom
Professor D H Desch of Sheffield University reports radio tube furnaces can melt nickel alloys and may rival conventional methods for special uses. The piece notes rapid radio growth in Britain with six new radio books weekly, synchronized theatre broadcasts, Parliament installs radios, and a likely settlement between London theatre managers and the BBC over broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Smith
International News Service
London
D. H. Desch
Faculty of Metallurgy
Sheffield University
Sheffield
Desch
British Broadcasting Company
Broadcasting Company
Letter From a Farmer's Wife Highlights Lydia E Pinkham
A Rangeley Maine farmer's wife describes two years of side and back pain headaches and weakness before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits renewed health with returning to chores and hopes others will try the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Anderson
Rangeley
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bribing Children to Attend School Highlighted by ABE MARTIN
Abe Martin notes parents offer bribes to keep children in school and college, citing Miss Vera Purviance and Amy Bentley as examples. He recalls how past generations valued education with minimal material enticements while modern youth seek cars, instruments, and luxuries to stay in class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Purviance
Kentucky
Court House
Amy Bentley
John F. Dille Co
Business meeting and life history update in Cleveland
Delegates at the Cleveland convention will review high spots at Monday’s meeting. Rudy’s life history continues. Park orchestra performs in the program. An invitation from Ellwood City Rotary for a joint meeting pending time. Carl E. Paisley, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
The
Park Orchestra
Chris
Ellwood City Rotary
Carl E. Paisley
Paris Thieves Loot Jewels Worth Fifteen Thousand
Hotel thieves stole nearly $15,000 in jewels from a trunk belonging to Miss Fannie March of New York in Paris. An international police investigation followed as reports circulated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
International News Service
Bicycle stolen from vicinity of Legion Home
Paul Gaylor of Miller Avenue reports a Crown Century King bicycle missing from near the Legion Home. The theft occurred during the evening, and the bike is described as a Century King Crown make.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gaylor
Miller Avenue
Legion Home
Card Of Thanks For Ray Elliott Sickness And Death
We thank friends and neighbors for support during our son Ray Elliott’s illness and death. Grateful to the American Legion for military service and those who sent flowers and autos. Signed by Mrs Harriet Whiting and Mrs S A Henderson and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Elliott
American Legion
Harriet Whiting
S.A. Henderson
Stolen bicycles reported including Love & Megown delivery bike
Two bicycles were reported stolen last night. The Love & Megown store reported a bicycle used by its delivery bay was taken from the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love & Megown’'s
Wall Family Thanks for Kindness and Flowers After Father's Death
The Wall family expresses gratitude to the public and friends for kindness and sympathy during their father’s illness and death. They also thank for flowers and car donations. J. Wm. Wall and family. Local 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wm. Wall
New Castle Girl Shows Real Nerve
New Castle girl Eleanor Westcott asked to take Mrs Wilson's part in a rifle act. She fired chalk from her fingers mouth and hair during a practice shot, then calmly completed the routine to the crowd's delight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Rae
Jeanette Wilson
Eleanor Westcott
Mrs. Wilson
Realty Transfers Across Town Include Large Estate Move
Real estate records show multiple transfers in Union and Second wards, including Mary Merchimer Estate to Ira White for 3000 dollars and Isadore Levin to James Parnes for 9900 dollars. Several $1 nominal transfers appear among towns and townships, with minor sums listed for numerous parcels. Fireworks ad concludes the list from Lawrence Cycle Co. at 16 S. Mercer St. 26015.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Hart
Edgar L. Walkup
Union Township
James Masone
Emma Thompson
Severth Ward
Emma L. Thompson
North Highland Land Co
Goldie D. Ingels
George E. Lyon
Goldie Ingels
Goldie Fef
Ingels
Buelah I Phelps
George Schuller
James Horvath
Lena Green
Joseph Horvath
Fifth Ward
Evelyn K. Turner
Silas J. Stickle
Slippery Rock
Margaret FE. Park
Laura L. Narner
Pulaski Township
Joseph C. Wertz
F. A. McCormick
Mary FE. Merchimer
Isaac Cohen
Charles B. C. Arter
Second Ward
John McKelvey
Nick Ferrello
Ellwood
Thomas F. Thornton
John Makinen
Bessemer
Lawrence Cycle Co
S. Mercer St
Mercer County Precedent Fails as Double Death Sentence Stands
Mercer county reads a century old ruling against clemency as Michael Weiss and John Girsch face electrocution for the 1923 murder of William Turner. The Supreme Court refused a re hearing and the county court judge upheld the first degree murder verdict, leaving only a July 27 filing deadline for judicial candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Mercer County
Michael Weiss
John Girsch
Farrell
William Turner
West Middlesex
Supreme Court
J. A. McLaughry
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Cas
Parliament
Vienna
Britain
General Motor Sales
Baum
Pittsburgh
Buick
Lawrence Automobile CO
Bell
Jefferson and Falls
Livingston
Sweeper CO
Dodge Brothers Motor Cars
Graham Brothers Trucks
Foster
Brothers
Jefferson Street
Thermos
McKee
N. Mill ST
Southern Park Inn
Southern Park
Symphony Rhythm Kings
Ohio
Stadler
Ray Goldberg
Youngstown
Abe Martin
Suse
Ieee Willys-Overland
B. Toledo
Rick-Overland CO
North Shenango Street
Gates
Rudy
W. C. Druschel
Bell Phone
East Long Avenue
Equitable Life Assurance Society
M. J. Donnelly
North
Mercer Street
J-M
Alice
Ethel
Wurliizer
S. Mill St
Amaa
Julian Goldman
People’s Store
W. Washington St
NEW Castle Drug Corp
Corner Mill
North Streets
Mercer News
Secretary of the Commonwealth
William McIntyre Co
Sharon
Heinz
H. J. Heinz Company
Pitesburgh, Pa
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