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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1924
Page
19
Local barbers warn of a looming shortage as the trade struggles to attract men. They cite competition from tensorial or glamorous work, rising pay as a potential pull, and prefer apprenticeship paired with barber college for training. Public interest in haircuts remains high.
Sunnyside farm on Conesus Lake houses a wooden statue once used as a Seneca cigar store figure. Harper R. Day, longtime Monroe County Savings Bank executive, now owns the relic. The carved pine sculpture overlooks the lake and recalls the Indian trail near Sullivan's expedition era.
Roy M. Jamison of the New Castle Association of Credit Men shares data from the National Association of Credit Men. The piece notes tax reduction efforts, pending congressional bills including a soldiers bonus, farm value increases from 1922 to 1923, overall wealth gains of about 1.365 trillion, and rising international indebtedness. It urges composure and confidence as the nation weighs depressions and maintains credit strength.
Martin Leonhardt of the Peoples Savings and Trust reports a surge in trips abroad. Families and individuals from the area plan departures on ships including the Reliance and Berengaria to visit relatives in Roumania Wales England and Germany with several July sailings booked on Mauretania Deutschland and Leviathan among others.
A Des Moines hoax by a newspaper reporter to prove criminals can appear insane succeeded when John Duncan was ruled a dangerous lunatic by the insanity commission and sent to Clarinda state hospital. Efforts will push to declare him sane. commission members are displeased.
An advertisement touts Rheuma as a universal remedy for rheumatism gout neuritis neuralgia and related pains. It promises rapid relief from swollen joints and feverish symptoms with effects on stomach liver kidneys and bladder, plus a money back guarantee through McKee’s Kut Rate and other druggists.
ST PAUL June 6 All three Rechenberg heirs will share in the 1300 found buried on their farm last winter a Hastings district court jury decided. The money was in the cellar of the Rechenberg home last January Herman Rechenberg dug it up while getting sand for chickens. The sisters Emma Scheler and Bertha Rechenberg clashed over rights to the money but the jury ruled the father hid the funds before his death ten years ago.
Paris June 6 Louis Barthou president of the Reparations Commission the highest paid French public official with an annual income around 25000 dollars is known to friends as a veritable walking calendar due to his many appointments and duties.
The article describes summer lingerie silhouettes with beltless frocks and slips featuring added flounces well below the waistline, noting a shift toward decorative trim and relaxed fit. It highlights how combinations incorporate fuller lower portions and new detailing for warm weather wear.
A new chemical named Pesky Devils Quietus P D Q costs 35e and claims to banish bedbugs moths roaches and fleas. Marketed as the safest quickest remedy used by leading hospitals and railroad companies, it is sold in sealed double strength bottles by New Castle Drug Corp and other druggists.
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