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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1929
Page
12
A French cosmetic expert, Felix Lerche, introduces a Parisian miracle cream hailed as Cream of Creams. The product promises instant skin cleansing, velvet softness, improved hands, and a blemish free, sun and wind protected finish. It is billed as a complete skin and beauty treatment with dramatic results.
The report describes Marlborough House lacking a tenant as the Prince of Wales resists leaving St James’s Palace for a more modest home. After Queen Mary’s direction the house was remodeled to suit the heir, with items moved during the royal trip to South Africa and restored upon his return.
A proposal suggests Marlborough House be made available to unångulished foreign guests of the British court. The idea envisions repurposing the historic residence to accommodate visiting dignitaries and royalty from abroad.
A fragmentary survey notes a single wooden warrior statue guarding a Powell store. The aged Chief Semiah is described as the father of wooden figures with a legend of sailing the Horn to California in the 1850s. Museums and collectors seek him as an emblem of early American art.
About 15 000 people are expected to attend the fourth annual reunion of Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvan ia ceramic workers and families at Cascade Park New Castle Pa under the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters. President James T Duffy and other executive board members will lead the East Liverpool contingent. Three excursion trains are charted and hundreds will travel by automobile. Over 1 000 cash prizes will be awarded in an athletic program.
The organized crime survey by John Landesco says Chicago gangs control over 90 percent of city business across industries including laundries, laundry supply, and cleaning services. It notes violence, payoffs, and political protection linking gangsters to elections and reform efforts.
Mrs Cara Le Jond Broughton daughter of late oil magnate John H Rogers has been titled Lady Fairtavern by King George. Her husband Urban Hutcleston Rogers Broughton inherits a barony. Henry Rogersighton is designated to enjoy the same rank as if the father had survived.
Denver June 12 A Denver firm reports a shift in finance with women replacing men as the nation's domestic fund managers. Welter P McDowell of the United Laws League notes a rising share of clients are women who invest husbands money for sound returns, reflecting early emancipation effects.
One hundred Smith-Williams Institute students will stage a Friday evening program of music drama and dance on June 14 at eight. The event features a forty piece orchestra, a violin solo by Joseph Patterson and cello solos by Jacob Hubert. Miss Mary Galvin will present advanced dance students in solo and group performances, with local dancers also featured. Director G Zarl Williams highlights the evening as high quality entertainment.
At the YMCA pool in the county youth swim lessons begin with over 200 boys enrolled. Henry MacNicholas leads with help from local assistants, organizing into classes of 25 to 30 for half hour sessions daily. Names of participants are listed for installment presentation.
Harrisburg June 12 figures from the Game Commission show that in 1928 hunters killed 521 deer. Meat was retained for food and portions were delivered to charitable institutions.
Report confirms insurgent advance on Coro located 35 miles south of Vela on a narrow isthmus. Descriptions note diverse tribes with distinct languages and carved symbols. Mention references to Dr. Davenport and multilingual speech including French and German.
Gen Simon Urbina leader of Venezuelan insurgents lands with 2000 soldiers near La Vela and sets up a base in the hills near Goro. Reports from Caracas say clashes occurred near Coro as the uprising unfolds and a U S steamship is seized amid confusing dispatches. In New York, Daniel Davenport, survivor of a Belgian expedition in Central Africa, arrives with two cannibals after a three year stay in the Congo region.
Community sessions sponsored by Jen Prideith will be held Thursday at Elsi Street Well Baby Clinic. The event offers guidance on infant care and health services previously free, with details on hours and eligibility.
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