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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1926
Page
5
Word was received today of the death of Harry William Pavitt 58 a Colton California resident, who died Monday afternoon May 31 at 4 00 p m due to a complication of diseases Pavitt was a former well known resident of this city and also a former resident of Leechburg Pennsylvania.
In Erie county Pa on Decoration Day two suicides were reported. A 35 year old mother Mrs Milo Martin of Kane sent her 19 year old son away then shot herself. In Erie town a watchman at the lake front shanty shot himself. The mother’s motive was believed to be distress over family affairs.
William Klick a 50 year old Kane resident and nephew of Chief of Police William F. Detzel ended his life with a night watchman’s revolver left on a table in a construction shanty at the foot of Plum Street.
Martin A. Delaney former physical director of the Chicago Athletic Association and a coach of the 1920 American Olympic team drops dead of heart disease in Chicago on June 1.
In Washington Pa on June 1 Mrs Leona Dague Bradley 56 wife of Frank P Bradley collapsed from apoplexy and died while decorating the grave of her grandson at the Washington cemetery. She lived in the area all her life and left five children a sister and four brothers.
St Pauls Lutheran church purchases the entire Loose Nut club camp outfit at Wilmington Junction on Neshannock creek to host a summer camp for members from June through August led by Clyde A Scott a seasoned camp director. The camp opens June 14 and will accommodate 16 to 24 weekly with space for nonmembers later. cook position remains open.
A Memorial Day program in New Castle featured Lincoln Garfield school students singing with the junior orchestra, flag salute, and General Orders read by H. E. McGoun. Civil War veterans led parades to Greenwood cemetery for a rifle salute and taps. Indoor water service followed with patriotism talk by Rev. Homer B. Davis and a memorial sermon at Highland United Presbyterian Church.
Mayor William Dunlap told the council that traffic across the Shenango River Bridge on West Washington Street is now the responsibility of the P O Electric Company. He noted five policemen are needed to keep one way traffic and they cannot be spared. Weather may decide if lanes stay open. no official announcement was made by noon. Davies and Tyler urged 24 hour work to ease West Side disruption while Burns proposed buses via Grant and State Streets if the bridge remains closed.
The Tennessee Supreme Court heard final arguments on the constitutionality of America's first anti evolution law. John T Scopes was fined 109 dollars last summer for teaching evolution. Clarence Darrow attended as he prepared to plead religious tolerance.
Mrs. Rachael Gases Briily, 78, of Washington Pennsylvania, dies. Her father Patrick Gass was a member of the Louis and Clark expedition in 1804. She was the last living member of the first generation descended from the explorers.
A stray high powered bullet shattered a cellar window at City Councilman Genkinger’s Butler avenue home endangering Mrs. Spencer and Pearl Johnson in the basement. Police cannot determine the bullet’s source as they investigate the incident in Mingo Junction.
Washington Pa June Thomas Mulroony of Steubenville was arrested on the Pittsburgh Steubenville Pike after police alleged they found 100 gallons of liquor in his car. He told officers he was from Steubenville and was held in 2009 bail on charges of transporting bootleg liquor.
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