Death of American Ambassador Bancroft Shocks Japan
Japanese Foreign Minister Kijuro Shidehara mourns Edgar Addison Bancroft in Tokyo praising his service as ambassador to Japan. Premier Kato calls Bancroft a true friend of Japan and a staunch promoter of Japan U S friendship after news of his death in Karuizawa.
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Shidehara
International News Service
Tokio
America
Japan
Kijuro Shidehara
Edgar Addison Bancroft
Karuizawa
Ambassador Bancroft
Bancroft
Takaaki Kato
Park Open To Public Tonight
Cascade park will be open to the general public after 6 o clock this evening. The park had been set aside for the Knights of Columbus picnic and baby show during the day, per the park management.
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Cascade Park
What Did You See Wallace Avenue Observations
A Wallace avenue woman hurried to gather washing as threatening clouds loomed noon. A downtown park ing space negotiator, a motorist, watches prices offered. A motorist fills an empty tank from an emergency flash under the seat with a relieved grin. Hodcarrier repairs with heavy screws. City tourists stop at a rural Lawrence county dance hall for a half hour square dance. Bootblack dries shining rags. A jeweler buys eggs through a store as a medium. A workman raises awnings on Mercer street third story. A team of horses is run up East Washington street hill.
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Lawrence County
MacDonald Questions Naval Building Program in Commons
Ramsey MacDonald questions the new cruiser program in the House of Commons asking who Britain arms against and challenging the need for 49 existing cruisers and future ships. He cites Japan as a neighboring power and ridicules tax payer funding without a clear national danger. He invokes Bryan’s safety stance and adds a biblical metaphor.
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International News Service
London
Ramsey MacDonald
House of Commons
Britain
America
Japan
MacDonald
France
Plan to Postpone Radio Conference Contined From Page One
Government experts propose finer tuned receiving sets to narrow wave channel gaps enabling more stations. The 1926 international conference may need wavelength allocations as Europe and border regions eye spectrum limits. American delegates to Paris wire communications conference in September will include War Navy Commerce Treasury and State departments.
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Washington
Europe
America
United States
Paris
State Department
War and Navy
Commerce
Treasury
State Departments
Bryan funeral cortege on way to national capital
The Bryan funeral train moves quietly from Dayton to Washington with the casket placed aboard, adorned with floral tributes from Dayton and beyond. Mrs. Bryan, accompanied by a small group of relatives and friends, bears the journey with notable fortitude while lawyers and Scopes prosecution figures stay nearby in Dayton.
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Bryan
National Capital
Dayton
Rogers House
Progressive Dayton Club
Scopes
Cumberland Hills
Chattanooga
Warren G. Harding
Ruth Bryan Owen
Reginald Owen
B. Sherman Jennings
Florida
Bryans
Bryan Jennings
W. E. Thompson
E. Stevens
E. Stevens, Mrs. Bryan’s Companion In Her Invalidism; William E. McCartney
R. J. Coulter
Wallace Haggard
Scopes Prosecution
City of
Rodgers House
Builders and Dealers Picnic at Cascade Park
One hundred seventy five people attended the Builders and Dealers picnic at Cascade Park yesterday. Attendees dined at the Grove at six o'clock with the general committee including W. W. Waterman C. H. Blank Scott Rhodes R. B. McDaniel John Pattison and W. W. Campbell. Members from Beaver Butler Mercer and Lawrence counties were present.
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Cascade Park
Grove
W. W. Waterman
Grove City
C. H. Blank
Ellwood City
Scott Rhodes
Rochester
R. B. McDaniel
Monaco
John Pattison
New Castle
W. W. Campbell
New Wilmington
Association
Beaver
Butler
Mercer
Lawrence Counties
New Castle Library Moves Toward A Bright Future
Renovation of the Jefferson and North streets building progresses with front stairs removed and partitions opened to create reading and reference rooms. The first floor will house the stack, work room, and office while a new stair leads to the children's department on the second floor. A story hour space and staff room will occupy the back of the second floor as steel work fills in exposed interior walls. No definite opening date can be set yet.
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Jefferson and
North Streets
Jefferson Street
Reading
North Street
Children’s Department
Government builds solid wall against liquor smuggling
Officials report nationwide measures to curb liquor smuggling at major borders and waterways. A Detroit river drive by prohibition units and customs will deploy motorized forces with boats on Lake Champlain and coastal patrols on Lake Ontario Erie and the Great Lakes. The border plan covers Maine Vermont New York and Manitoba routes with border rangers switching to motorized cars from horses.
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New York
Vermont
Detroit River
Prohibition
Customs Service
Maine
Lake Champlain
Lake Ontario
Lake Erie
Straits
Erie
Superior
Coast Guard
Sault Ste. Marie
Duluth
Winnipeg
Manitoba
British Columbia
United States
Milwaukee
Chicago
Treasury
Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Border Rangers
Suicide closes pursuit of thrill slayer suspect in Panella case
In Reading Pennsylvania a man found dead from a self inflicted gunshot may be Philip Knox Knapp linked to the Louis Panella murder. Police compare the victim to Knapp while other missing men suspects are ruled out. A laundry mark and a single dollar bill are found in the pocket book with the note Nobody from Nowhere.
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International News Service
Reading
Philip Knox Knapp
Louis Panella
Knapp
Harry H. Strobel
Robert Scott
Chicago
Russell T. Scott
George W. Bickel, Jr
Bickel
Marriage Licenses Reported in Hillsville
Earl Clarence O Neil and Agnes Kirkwood of Hillsville obtained marriage licenses. The item mentions Hillsville clearly but adds a stray quote about war and safety, with no further verifiable details.
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Earl Clarence O'Neil
Hillsville
Agnes Kirkwood
Boys of Today Reject Trashy Dime Novels Says 1925 Kid
Readers of sufficient age dispute the staying power of dime novels like Deadwood Dick. A reporter notes only two shops on Washington Street sell them and few customers remain. Modern youths prefer mechanics magazines War coverage and Boy Scout books over sensational fables.
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Washington _ street
Neshannock
Shenango Rivers
Jesse James
Nick Carter
Frank Merriwell
Public Clocks Vary Ten Minutes Across City Streets
A New Castle reporter found only two public clocks near Mercer Street to Croton Avenue on Washington Street kept accurate time. Seven other clocks varied by up to 14 minutes, yielding about a ten minute error after factoring in checking time. Railroad schedules push risk of missed trains due to faulty readings.
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New Castle
Mercer Street
Croton Avenue
Washington Street
Naval Observatory
Labor Day Celebration Planned at Cascade Park
The Building Trades Council plans a large Labor Day event at Cascade Park on Monday September 7 with T J McMichael as general chairman and R C Jones as secretary. Committee heads include Wogan Swan Merrilees Douglass Campbell Hunter Campbell and EB Mc Kibben coordinates park arrangements. Invitations go to union labor groups in Youngstown Sharon Beaver Valley Ellwood City Grove City and nearby areas. Speakers will be national and local figures.
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Cascade Park
Building Trades Council
T. J. McMichael
R. C. Jones
Harry Wogan
John S. Swan
James Merrilees
Charles Douglass
John Campbell
Clyde Hunter
Willis E. Campbell
Youngstown
Sharon
Beaver Valley
Ellwood City
Grove City
EB. D. McKibben
Deaths Of The Day Mrs Case Buried In Graceland Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Jennie Winner Flowers Case were held at the Seaton home with Rev A J Randles presiding. Interment followed at Graceland cemetery. She leaves a son Charles Clement and a brother Daniel Wimer with other half-siblings in this city.
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Case
Jennie Winner Flowers Case
John Seaton
Croton Avenue
A. J. Randles
Second United Presbyterian Church
Joseph Perkins
Charles Kennehan
I. A. Williamson
N. C. Davis
David Gibson
Graceland Cemetery
Worth Township
Butler County
Funeral notices and obituaries for Jones and Dressler families
Funeral services for Harriet Jones were held from the family home with Rev C J Baker officiating. Selections were performed by Virginia Reeder Elizabeth McFarland Margaret Buchanan and Ethel Uber with piano by Mrs R B Withers. Pallbearers were Thomas J Thomas Henry Jones Llewellyn Preston and Thomas Thomas. Interment in Oak Park cemetery. Mrs Henry Dressler aged 69 died at her niece’s home 909 Island Ave McKees Rocks after living on the South Side and in McKees Rocks and four years in St Petersburg Fla. She leaves a husband two sisters and a niece.
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Ida Into
D. W. Into
Court Street
Shenango Valley Hospital
Into
Finnland
John and
Hailine Kunelins
New Castle
Otto Kunelins
Youngstown
Youngstown, O
Greenwood Cemetery
Harriet
Henry Dressler
Adaline A. Dressler
J. M. Nixon
Island Avenue
MceKees Rocks
George and
Adaline Dunham Weller
McKees Rocks
St. Petersburg
Fla
Robert Lowry
Emma Breno
Gibbons Retires From Ring Amid Wife's Ill Health
Minneapolis July 29 Tommy Gibbons quits boxing. He may be out of the sport or temp. retirement depends on Mrs Gibbons health. If she improves he will train with top handlers to regain form and return only if sure he is better than in his Tunney bout.
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International News Service
Minneapolis
Minn
Tommy Gibbons
Ring
Tunney
Engaged Means Work for Men but Completion for Women
A quip contrasts engagement in men as ongoing work with women's engagement as a completed task highlighting gendered views. The saying reflects era humor on social roles and labor.
Former South Side Tailor Now Living On Long Island
Benjamin E. Thomas, nephew of Samuel Thomas, once a South Side West Long Avenue tailor, visited New Castle today. He is retired and living with relatives on Willow Street, Westbury, Long Island, planning a summer return but health delays it. Samuel Thomas left New Castle four years ago after 30 years in business. Mrs. Gilbert and Mrs. William Clappie led a recent meeting on Taking Care of Our Workers with talks and radio music.
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Benjamin E. Thomas
Samuel Thomas
West Long Avenue
New Castle
Thomas
Willow Street
Westbury
Long Island
New York
South Side
Gilbert
William Clappie
Berean Bible Class Dinner at Cascade Park
Members of the Berean Bible class will hold their annual picnic Friday at Cascade Park with dinner at noon followed by Bible study. Women Relief Corps No. 11 Auxiliary to the G A R plan a picnic Tuesday August 4 at Cascade Park with noon dinner in the grove.
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Berean Bible
Cascade Park
Women Corps
Women's Relief Corps
No. 11
Grove
Ella Oatey
Ethel Thomas
Anna Bell
Missionary Society Hosts Monthly St. John's Lutheran Meeting
Mrs. C. R. Bishop of Northview avenue welcomed thirty members of the Woman's Missionary Society at St. John's Lutheran church for the regular monthly gathering Tuesday evening. Notable attendees included Mrs. Gaston and Mrs. Douglass.
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Missionary Meeting
C. R. Bishop
Northview Avenue
Woman's Missionary Society of
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Gaston
Douglass
Daughters of Veterans Discuss Supper Plans at Cascade Park
Regular meeting of the Daughters of Veterans 1861-65 held Tuesday in their hall. After routine work a business session approved plans for a tureen supper at Cascade Park on August 5 for members and families.
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Daughters of Veterans
Cascade Park
Legal notices of unsettled debts filed by several firms
The Hay Lumber company sues Musser Lumber for 156.65. Penn Trouser sues Joseph Demase for 198.39 after a check bounced. Sterling Lampshade sues Frew for 345 for merchandise due.
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Hay Lumber Company
Musser Lumber Company
Penn Trouser Company
Joseph Demase
Sterling Lampshade Company
Frew Company
White Monkey drama to be shown at The Penn
The White Monkey will be shown at The Penn tomorrow and Friday and Saturday. A drama of changing women loves and conventions told as seen by a man. Come early for best seating.
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The
Penn
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