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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1925
Page
16
Senator David A Reed of Pennsylvania pursues a notable hobby collecting rare medieval manuscripts and early printing artifacts. The World War veteran and forceful speaker enjoys opera, mandolin, and tennis, while supporting veterans with charity baskets from the Reed family.
Conternational News Service reports Egypt will build two more Nile dams after the Assuan project. A White Nile impounding dam at Gebel Aulia near Khartoum and a Nag Hamadi barrage on the main Nile between Assuan and Assiout. Combined cost estimated at 25 million dollars, with Gebel Aulia storing about 2,300,100 metric tons and a reservoir nearly 200 miles long. The schemes aim to expand irrigation and reduce flood damage to crops.
In Chicago Cook County a grand jury indicted three surviving gang members for murder after they shot a Drake Hotel payroll robbery yesterday. A hotel cashier Frank B. Rodkey died. The panel, after hearing a dozen witnesses, recommended hold without bail with State Attorney Crowe seeking immediate trial.
International News Service reports Chicago will send a member to Reading to aid in identifying a man who shot himself last Thursday in a local hotel. Authorities believe the unidentified victim may be a fugitive tied to a criminal case and have received calls from Des Moines Philadelphia and Lancaster trying to establish his identity.
A slight earth tremor shook sections of Southwest Kansas at 1 a m Thursday, mainly from Liberal to Dalhart Texas and Tucumcari New Mexico. Trainmen and Liberal residents reported shaken plates and light objects but no damage. Pratt was not affected.
A newspaper ad touts Wendell's Pills Ambition Brand from TI. L. Dague promising relief for nervousness fatigue and insomnia. It claims results in three days or money back and markets to those overworked or anxious with a money back incentive.
Two 21 year old high school graduates from local families are held on arson charges for setting five tires at the Westchester Blitrmore Country Club Rendezvous of the Elite in Harrison New York early today. Police say the act was done for a thrill. James Devlin and Rudolph Leppard are the accused.
Mary Talbot of Weymouth appeals to American Legion Headquarters for relief as red tape delays compensation owed to her son Lieutenant Ralph Talbot, a war hero. The case highlights bureaucratic hurdles facing families of noted servicemen.
BHAVER FALLS Pa July 32 Mrs Josephine Mazurkes of Ambridge was ejected from her home for alleged non payment of rent and lived on the street for three days at Twenty eighth street and Mulberry way Pittsburg She cooked meals on a street stove slept under an awning and was cared for by Rev Albert C Curry director of Pittsburgh Goodwill Industries who paid rent to move her indoors and reconcile with her husband Anthony Mazurkes Ambridge where her husband is employed at one of the local plants
Bellefonte Pa July 31 Authorities have no trace of two inmates who cut through a wire enclosure at Rockview Penitentiary. Francis Short and Joseph Doersch, both serving five to ten years for central robbery, are from Philadelphia County. Short began March 2 1924 and Doersch July 2 1924.
An old warning ad extols Black Flag as a master insect killer killing flies mosquitoes and many pests. It promotes powder and liquid forms with low prices and an introductory package, targeting home use and consumer purchase.
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