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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1935
Page
4
Tax policy tensions rise as federal, state, and local governments struggle with overlapping revenue sources. A national Tax Revision Council conference in Washington will study four proposed methods to reduce tax conflicts while coordinating collection among levels of government.
A young Mme Schumann-Heink forgets lines during her initial film appearance and tears up on camera. The incident recalls other actors who flubbed lines in youth but recovered, with advice to stay confident and press on.
Proposals to curb the supreme court by constitutional amendment echo historic battles over judicial review. The piece recalls 1922 23 and earlier clashes with New Deal critics, noting the court as a human balance wheel maintaining dual sovereignty and minority rights amid legislative and executive powers.
The passage jokes about couples marrying and working together, penny pinching for a diamond ring and a car, and contrasts with modern science promising small comforts. It muses on a stingless bee, saxophones, kitchen accidents, coffee and burnt toast, and forecasts a two hour workday and end of common colds as if catching up with Fiji natives.
A parent speaks to a young boy about the shift from compliance to saying no. The child aged from infancy to seeking independence tests authority, while parents acknowledge the change as a normal part of growing up and anticipate humor and lessons ahead.
A reflective essay urges middle aged men to accept aging and value savings and self discipline. It contrasts youth pleasures with later satisfaction and suggests contentment with the present, noting regrets over youth are wasteful and retirement joy comes from appreciating current happiness.
A reflective verse on work and purpose vs idle leisure. The speaker argues true joy comes from meaningful effort not idle ease, warning that endless rest dulls life and makes pleasure a bondage rather than a reward. The piece emphasizes duty, effort, and the value of purposeful living.
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion slow to anger and of great mercy as quoted from Psalm 145 8 in today’s devotional note.
A compact quotation attribution to Samuel E. Byrdges notes that glory endures beyond death while grief subsides with time, reflecting a stoic view of loss.
A collage of humorous notices, poems, eavesdropping quips, and local blurbs from the Pequot area. The items touch on poetry, jokes about Hollywood, marriage, work life, and a jail term for a Uniontown tax collector, with replies from editors and readers interspersed.
A hotel lobby scene imagines Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt bantering with sharp one liners. A heckler notes a speech misstep, Lincoln jokes about fleas, and Roosevelt is praised for bravery. The piece mixes quips about voting, dogs, love losing, and an “ideal husband” joke about chores.
A poem by Margaret Sangster contrasts a dreamlike rural scene with yearning but wanders into a harsh social critique about money politics and gender bias. The text references male privilege and dismisses women horse trainers as part of a broader claim that ability often counts little in job access.
A young woman in a railway queue endures a rude jostle from a youth who refuses to apologize. She asserts her identity, saying, I am a Jewess, as she confronts the incident amid a string of sharp, humorous vignettes about city life and policing.
State ments attributed to Abraham Lincoln on the constitution and the Dred Scott decision are revisited. He argued the people may amend or overturn the constitution, favored convention amendments, and described how opposition to the Dred Scott ruling could be political rather than violent, aiming to reverse the decision.
A reader calls attention to litter along the Neshannock Creek bank near the Washington Street bridge opposite The New Castle Dry Goods building. The note is directed to the health officer and signed by J. F. McConnell of 108 S. Crawford Ave New Castle PA.
In Washington a man made mountain for the rare mountain goats at the National Zoo failed to win their favor as the herd huddled at the base. The goats show little interest in the artificial promontory, sometimes peering up with somber looks, suggesting homesickness.
A gerund is a verb form ending in ing that functions as a noun. It can act as a subject object or complement in a sentence.
A fragmentary verse notes a wagon loaded with corn and currency, contrasting rural abundance with urban traders seeking profits. It hints at liquor influencing birds to sing and cities dealing for “the thing” bottled, attributed to Anonymous.
In a local dispute residents resist a tariff on goods meant to aid farmers while others defend the measure as essential to sustaining business. The debate reflects tensions between business interests and agricultural support in the community.
The piece recalls June 10 1610 when Dutch traders arrived at what became New York City and built a fort after the Tigress wreck, and June 10 1752 when Franklin demonstrated lightning and electricity via kite experiment in Philadelphia. It also notes notable nativities and a misattributed governor quote with local recollection.
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