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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1927
Page
32
Lizzie Rankin, 72, a longtime inmate of Hallowell City Home, may receive seven to eight thousand dollars from a government life insurance policy, plus twenty dollars monthly, after learning a long-lost son, WW veteran, is dead. Officials on the case hope assets will be resolved despite legal technicalities.
A contentious dispute over the remaining money escalates as a final inquiry uncovers the veteran’s mother, a revelation that reads like fiction rather than fact. The case connects financial disposition with a surprising family link and an unexpected development in the investigation.
London June 16 Ida the famed ostrich at the London Zoo is dead after swallowing a nail. A post mortem reveals a gizzard packed with a clock key and numerous curious items including handkerchiefs gloves cord film spool nails coins a rolled necklace a collar button a bicycle valve and other small objects.
Two men, Jack and Tom, recall a dollar loan from last week. One laments the forgotten debt while the other shows frustration at the delay and pledges repayment. The exchange captures a casual, small scale financial interaction between friends.
Doctors warn vermin spread diseases like consumption and meningitis while urging immediate action. A new chemical P.D.Q. claims to instantly smother bed bugs and eggs, protect fabrics, and kill ants and cockroaches with few side effects. Packaged as a 35 cent pill or 50 cent liquid, it promises a full quart treatment and a money back guarantee from Castle Drug.
Mrs Agnes Beiter sues her mother in law Elizabeth Beiter and sister in law Hilda Beiter for 25000 dollars in damages in common pleas court at New Philadelphia Ohio claiming they wrecked her marriage by portraying her as a woman of bad character and causing her husband Lewis A Beiter to leave home and transfer his property to his mother and sister.
Tuesday evening June 14 Liberty Grange members enjoyed a varied program directed by Mrs. Sara Schuler. The lineup included A Paper for Mothers by Mrs. Helen Cameron, ukulele and piano selections, a vocal solo by Miss Edith Pfiefer, a pantomime Call Me Back Pal Of Mine, and a color introducing dialogue.
Mrs. B F Finnegan representing William S Rice of Adams NY will visit the Leslie Hotel in New Castle Pennsylvania on Friday and Saturday June 17 and 18 to demonstrate a new corset attachment that holds rupture of any size with comfort and security.
A brief portrait of George Frederick Handel as a tall popular figure with enemies and a temperamental tale. It recalls his childhood self taught on a clavichord, a duke’s organ appointment at seventeen, and early operatic work at twenty one.
Ed Lad and his sweetheart Helen and Anna McCracken are celebrated for leading a local program. Credit is given to the organizing committee including Mrs. Sara Schuler and Mrs. Pearl McCracken for their work.
Mrs Margerite Burton moves to Ellwood City. Charles Emery and Jasper Drake were Wilmington Grange callers last week. Mrs Sara Schuler was a New Castle caller Saturday. W J Hoover moves to old Kildoo farm at McCaslin. Samuel Kildoo attended Grange after illness. Men of the Grange plan a special program next Tuesday evening. Will McCracken moves with family to the homestead near McCaslin. Miss Eleanor Locke, a Granger, graduated from Slippery Rock State Normal. George Woods and Rebecca Forbes listed as sick. Garret Winter’s seventeenth birthday celebrated by local youths at Pfiefer home June 11.
York, Pa. launches a ten day drive led by former State Senator Henry Wal bers to fund a 150th anniversary celebration of the 1774 meeting of the Continental Congress in York. The event runs October 13 to 15 shortly after the York fair.
In Geneva, a St. Gall tribunal heard a case where a Swiss tradesman sought divorce from his wife claiming extreme obesity, saying she consumed food for four adults and drained his funds. Despite her attempts with a dozen medicines, the jury dismissed the case.
An old ad lists Standard Patents at 4 and 45 cents with value stationery priced at 29 and 43 cents for cigars.
An 11 year old girl, daughter of a miner in Burton on Trent, has fractured her legs five times and her collar bones twice. After two years in a local infirmary she was discharged as cured, but a fortnight later she broke her leg again, drawing wide medical interest.
A fragment lists multiple cream brands including Youth, Glebens, Ingram's, Pond's, Woodbury, Boncilla and Royal Lemon Cream. No context or details accompany the brand names in the readable text.
A vintage ad lists Palmolive Shaving Cream at 23 cents, Ever Ready blades at 45 cents, and Mennen’s shaving cream with Durham blades at 25 and 89 cents.
A pirate era style line notes a wrong way to begin a vacation by not taking a first aid kit. It emphasizes preparedness and basic safety, warning readers about skipping essential medical supplies while traveling or exploring.
State College Pa June 16 450 farm youths from across the state gather for the annual Young Farmer's Week organized by the Pennsylvania State College club work department. Registration and quarters assignment occupy most of the afternoon with a "get-together" meeting planned for the evening. Judging contests begin tomorrow morning.
Friday morning will include an inspection of the farm and school of agriculture followed by Farmers Field Day activities for the youngsters on Friday.
A Boston Transcript excerpt notes a family physician praising automobiling as healthier than walking, while the debate on a small firm keeping a large safe reflects concerns about morale and creditor confidence.
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