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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1925
Page
1
In Dayton Tenn July 11 prosecutors push to dismiss the Scopes trial on constitutional grounds while defense hopes for a delay. Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan are set to debate evolution versus biblical creation with experts summoned to explain scientific questions.
Twelve men selected as the Scopes trial jury sit in Rhea county Tennessee. Eleven are farmers, one a schoolteacher. All are Protestant churchgoers with varied literacy. They vow open minds while facing the charged question of evolution and the indictment against John T Scopes.
Pittsburgh police and county officials probe the identity of two bandits after Constable Herman Funk, 30, shot and killed one assailant who tried to rob him while he sat in an automobile. The dead bandit, neatly dressed in a dark suit and straw hat, age about 60, is at the county morgue. The second bandit fled into the night as Funk returned fire.
New York July 11 Robert Paret 30 a broker died today from a fall or jump at his apartment window. Police say an open French window four stories up and his nude bed were found by the janitor, and the death is considered accidental.
A humorous verse urges readers to cope with hot weather by staying calm and not fretting about the heat. It advises not to dash about in coat and to relax instead of stressing over the temperature. The piece frames the advice in lighthearted rhymed lines.
D. S. Yates of 1602 Clark avenue reports driving into an alley beside St John s Lutheran church on Neshannock avenue and backing out into the storm door, breaking glass. he will pay the damage. Norman J. Needler of Smith Dry Cleaning reports a Pennsylvania registered machine 912-353 backed into his truck Friday, causing slight damage.
John Parimachua, 31, of Sharpsville Pennsylvania was found dead near the Erie railroad tracks after being shot once. He died instantly. Local authorities investigated the fatal shooting reported on July 11.
Dayton Tennessee July 11 ten farmers a landowner a shipping clerk today hold the fate of John T Scopes in the anti evolution trial The Scopes jury includes Robinson Bagley Methodist farmer dim Riley Baptist farmer W P Taylor Methodist R L Gentry Baptist farmer Col J B R Thompson Methodist wealthy landowner W D Smith Baptist farmer Jess Goodrich Church of Disciples shipping clerk J H Bowman Methodist farmer and cabinetmaker William G Day Baptist R L West Baptist farmer E B Wright Baptist farmer
MERCER PA July 11 The planned interstate road from Sharon to Orangeville faces issues after changes in the Ohio board. The 30-30 project by Mercer County and Trumbull County Ohio prompts new conditions as the Ohio group seeks routing from Greenville through West Salem to another Ohio road before committing.
Massillox July 11 Carl Rambaud nine years old sacrificed his life to save his 16 year old brother Merrill on the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge. The boy shoved Merrill clear as a passenger train approached and was struck, dying from a fractured skull.
Floyd Goldinger, son of Alfred Goldinger, was badly injured while picking cherries at his home in Rooston. A tree limb broke causing him to fall onto a picket fence, a picket penetrated his breast narrowly missing his lung and he suffered two fractured ribs.
Police search for John Harshman 40 manager of the Franklin Pa branch of Ideal Cleaners and Miss Lessie Hosseck 17 stenographer of Jackson Center who have been missing for a week. Harshman is married and has been living near Wheatland. his wife and daughter planned to move to Franklin.
In Indiana Pa July 11 a large rattlesnake was killed after it rode on Frank Lowman’s car for two miles. Lowman spotted the snake on the road while driving from Marion Center and halted in Indiana where the reptile lay on the running board ready to strike. A crowd gathered and killed the snake.
Howard Kirkwood and Walter Shelton were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after a collision between their cars. Kirkwood fined 59 dollars. Shelton held for investigation for driving without a license. George Meyers Leroy Cowart and James Ross cited for taking gasoline from a Michigan-registered car. sentence suspended.
Sharon Pa July 11 Even in face of a petition signed by all three Mercer county lawyers asking that he be a candidate for re election Judge J A McLaughry will probably be opposed at the coming election Attorneys Fred Service of Sharon and Ben Jarrett of Farrell are the probable candidates.
A Friday check at the North Street North Mill Street intersection found only 6 of 26 drivers halted for street stop signs. Four would have stopped anyway, 20 ignored the sign, underscoring the need for enforcement to protect main thoroughfares.
James Layton pleaded guilty to passing worthless checks on local merchants and was remanded to county jail in $900 bail. Police identified at least four more bad checks tied to Layton, totaling amounts from $2 to $38, with cash received on each purchase. A. T. Broder alias Miller was cleared. two Beaver Falls merchants came here seeking the suspect.
Connelsville Pa July 11 A Baltimore & Ohio passenger train struck 16 year old Margaret Shearis on a trestle near the Youghlegheny river killing her. Her companion Katherine Bachman escaped to safety at the trestle end as the locomotive bore down. The body was recovered.
A New Castle News piece recounts a young woman’s humorous account of the hat tipping trend among women. She recalls Irene Castle’s haircut and other flapper trends, describes attempting hat tipping in various social moments, and notes whether men respond by helping with packages or following the new etiquette. The piece satirically examines etiquette, fashion, and gender expectations of the era.
Orange lodges of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio host their annual outing at Cascade Park with several thousand attendees. A 10:39 parade along Washington Street drew crowds from the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie station, including many women in white dresses. Martha Washington Lodge No. 24 had many women in attractive outfits. The program features sports and dancing as major diversions.
The MacMillan arctic expedition left Hopedale Labrador at 2 30 this morning heading toward Disko Greenland. Commander Donald B MacMillan reported the movement in a radio dispatch to the National Geographic Society this afternoon.
Ward Hoffman aged 21 died two hours after a 1706 pound hoist collapsed in the Smith Les Bottle Can factory in Oneida New York. The accident occurred at the plant where Hoffman worked as a laborer and abdomen injuries proved fatal.
New Castle Freda Linder and George Garrett, New Castle Dorothy Harriet Dodds and Loyal W. Stewart, New Castle Sara O Ettinger and Joseph Allen, New Castle Mary E. Luse and ey.
Death notices list John T. Steen 71 of Wilmington township and Grace Stanley Mack of Edenburg Pa, Massia Henley 38 of West Falls Street, Louise Sarver infant of OU City Pa, William McGee 21 of 800 South Bay Street, and Paul Gaston 46 of 611 East Washington Street, with brief locality details.
Intense search centers on Philip Knapp, scion of a Syracuse family, wanted for the July 4 murder of taxi driver Louis Penella near Hempstead New York. Knapp, an aviation student at Mitchell Field, fled toward the Adirondacks and was tracked to Glens Falls area as authorities pursue a formal murder charge.
Twentieth century romance began on an ocean liner in mid Atlantic and ended in marriage as the ship docked. Bride Miss Mary Webber, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Webber of Keokuk Iowa, wed Prof Barstown Griffis of the Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh. The couple met and got engaged on the voyage before the ceremony.
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