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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1930
Page
9
In a humorous exchange, one character recalls Claude proposing again after a prior acceptance. The other questions the redo, noting the prior agreement and the awkwardness of the situation. The line highlights a light romantic misstep and clever wordplay.
A Portland Express item notes a woman census enumerator listed only one family on day one and was asked to explain. The mother reportedly answered when asked how her seven children were. The exchange highlights a quip about reporting. The piece also explains that "skirt" derives from an old word meaning short.
Harrisburg dispatch from June 12 reports the state bureau of elections tallying 66 counties with Luzerne pending contests. Brown leads Pinchot by 6496 votes, Brown 597254, Pinchot 590758, Phillips 276801, Herben 7503. U.S. Senate results show Grundy 465249, Davis 708535, Bohlen 243623.
A 17 year old Akron girl claiming to be Helen Beatty said two youths known as Curly and George drugged her after a dance and an automobile ride, then abandoned her in a woods near Pittsburgh. She was revived by police and taken to Allegheny General Hospital for a drug screen.
Warden H C Hill and guards foiled a bold jail escape attempt at Joliet penitentiary. Convicts were digging a fourteen foot tunnel from the chairshop toward the north wall when seized before liberty. Five prisoners were involved and placed in solitary confinement after discovery two weeks ago.
Miss Dorothy Hunter of Lathrop Street is honored for completing studies at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, June 10. Relatives from New Castle attended the exercises, praising her long attendance since kindergarten and her notable achievements.
Sixteen Massachusetts congressmen were asked their stance on continuing the repeal of Prohibition in a letter from William H. Mitchell, Liberal Civic, Inc. The league warned pro repeal candidates would gain primary support, while anti repeal candidates would face opposition.
Miss Chloe Morrison, wealthy American heiress, gave a dinner party at Southampton on the eve of her marriage to a French Baron. She invited seven former English admirers met during a postwar year in Britain. Ten invitations were sent. seven accepted, two declined, one man wrote he married someone else since proposing.
A witty riff in a Passing Show sketch on Bach’s fate. A woman asks if Bach is composing much, and a man quips that he is decomposing, delivering a light joke about the composer’s posthumous status.
A Richmond Hill New York mother and daughter report gaining weight after seven weeks using McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Extract Tablets. They credit the tablets for increased body weight and improved color, claiming the product is richer in flesh building vitamins than dairy foods. The ad promises a money back guarantee if weight gain is not achieved.
Private asks the first rifle cleaning step and the sergeant links it to personal gun care. Buck explains the rule is to focus on inspecting the weapon’s own markings and condition during cleaning.
In a Brook line Eagle report, residents observe a shared sense of worry spreading through suburbs called Prospect. The piece notes a distinctive air of concern among natives as the unusual mood draws attention.
In Pottsville Pennsylvania 1500 miners at the Alaska and Reliance collieries will return to work after Stone and Webster officials said their employees may join the miners union. The strike stemmed from a dispute over construction and repair work and union jurisdiction. The anthracite conciliation board had scheduled a meeting for Saturday.
The matter may be delayed until next week as officials work to settle the situation for the time being.
Washington Star notes a timeline from 1800 cutting a cherry tree to 1920 making fishing poles. It then reports Mrs. Mary Corther of Chicago securing a court order for child support as her daughter allegedly expelled her from the family home.
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