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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
30
A fragment from Holliday Missouri notes June 17 reports women from Russia try leap year proposals to arrange marriages with American men. The item hints at cultural quirks and small town curiosity about international matches.
A cosmetic hair removal method using pine powder and delatone is described as painless and effective after a single treatment. The piece then shifts to a long anecdote about Leo Smithey discussing Russian war brides and their offers of divorce for American husbands, noting many Russian women spoke English and pursued passage to the United States.
A Bohemian inventor claims a newly created artificial marble is stronger and less prone to injury than the genuine article, presenting it as a superior replica with enhanced durability.
Mrs. Howard Van Tracy of Evanston won the top honors at Northwestern University as she completed a four year course in three years while carrying her baby daughter and doing all her housework. The baby was born four months after she began college in 1917.
A Kansas State Horticultural Society paper argues birds in the state consume vast insect matter. It estimates a population around 256 million birds and details their annual eating of insects as part of a broader bird protection discussion.
The article calculates insect supply for trains to feed birds that protect Kansas crops. It estimates 24,000 box cars with insects at 24,000 pounds each, enough to stretch from Oklahoma to Nebraska. Blair notes Kansas birds consume 576 million pounds of insects annually, highlighting the value to farmers.
An advertisement touts the Mu-col method as easy to apply with fast improvement for nasal throat and eye irritation. It promises removal of odors by reducing inflammation and catarrh germs and urges readers to buy Mu col at Love Me gown and New Castle Pharmacy.
New York report says President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University, once a defeated Chicago aspirant, will endorse the Harding Coolidge ticket as his schedule allows. Butler replies to General Wood calling him a faker and liar, says post mortems are futile and notes campaign funds were exposed by a New York newspaper.
The 1920 harvest season opens in Hobart Oklahoma with 80 acres of miracle wheat cut. The new variety ripens two weeks earlier than local varieties and began near the area recently.
The guarantors of the Coit Abbert Chau tauqua will gather this evening in the Board of Trade rooms to complete final arrangements for the chautauqua scheduled to come here later this month.
In the Commonwealth versus John Bullano the jury returned a verdict of not guilty after hearing the evidence. The defendant was charged with assaulting a young girl named Augustine.
A health expert contrasts American and English aging, noting climate and overexertion hasten wrinkles. The remedy suggested is mercorized wax applied nightly as a facial treatment, with one ounce sufficing for daily use.
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