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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1922
Page
7
Brooklyn parents form a blue laws style curfew through the Parents League. They set rules for girls 13 to 18 including Friday and Saturday parties only, simple dress, chaperones, censoring plays and movies, banning improper dancing, and no post dance refreshments. Details reflect local efforts to influence youth culture in New York City.
Federal aid saved millions in Arkansas when a new road was completed just before the Mississippi flood overwhelmed the levee near Old Town. A hastily deployed Army unit used motor vehicles and 100 men to reinforce the line, damming back rising waters in time and preventing greater land and life loss.
A disturbing tale from New York on June 1 recounts a murder said to be among the most peculiar ever committed, occurring inside a police cell by a companion. Details remain unclear as investigators pursue the truth.
At Sheeps Head Bay police station a prisoner was beaten in a cell after making noise. The victim, William Owens, a house painter, was jailed for intoxication at Coney Island. Owens shared a cell with John Licate, a flash dealer arrested for trespassing on B. A. T. property. Licate is charged with homicide.
Lawrence County Pomona Grange No. 65 convened in Mahoning Valley Grange hall on June 1 for an all day session. J A Boak opened in the fifth degree, reports from county granges followed, Edith Kildon led a strong literary program, and a memorial service honored deceased members. A July picnic was planned and 58 were initiated in fifth degree. the hall then hosted a performance of Pan in a Chinese Laundry by local youth.
Little Beaver grange plans a literary program with candidates to be obligated in first and second degrees. A large attendance is hoped with Mahoning Valley members, plus a play An Arizona Cowboy to be staged soon at Mahoning Valley Grange hall. The committee includes Esther Bradley Ethel Leeper Dorothy Fipple Ralph Allison Kenneth Kelly Louis Aepple. Afternoon party honors Mina Mildred Allison as she departs to teach in Switzerland.
Dr James Van Orsdell aged 70 died Saturday at his home in New Wilmington Pennsylvania He was born in Allegheny City and moved with his parents to New Wilmington He studied at Westminster College and Baltimore Dental College graduating with an Inttar tt W354 He began dentistry in Plattsburgh Pa twenty years ago then moved to New Wilmington where he maintained a private practice until shortly before his death He was an honorary member of the Kappa Phi Lambda Fraternity at Westminster College He leaves two sisters Mrs Mollie Var Orsdell of New Wilmington and Mrs W J Ions of McDonald Pa The early Greeks used large stone and sacks of sand as anchors.
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