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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1923
Page
6
Berlin officials plan cheaper funerals by using a compact coffin and carrying four coffins on one hearse. Greater savings come from shallower graves and less wood, plus reduced labor and transport costs, to provide decent funerals for workers.
An aged caterer and his wife hosted a mourning party after funeral services. The event ended with a gay dinner party likened to Irish funeral celebrations. The couple declared they had been properly disposed of and acquired a new spell of life.
The old-fashioned Japanese and Chinese pinks reward gardeners with a wide color range from white to almost black. They are easy to grow, winter hardy with slight protection, and bloom from early summer through frost. Seedlings appear in a week, plants should be spaced a foot apart, and regular moisture and occasional watering in dry spells keep beds vibrant.
Captain Joseph Bernier, famed Canadian Arctic explorer, will head a Dominion Government expedition this summer to northern waters. He will sail from Portsmouth on the St Finbar, renamed Franklin, with Captain Lemieux and a seven man crew to establish posts on northern islands and assert Canada’s rights. The Arctic ships plan to meet by mid July and return to the St Lawrence by late October.
The original Dr. R. B. M. MacKenzie announces a permanence office at 110 East Street, New Castle, Pa, with weekly Tuesday visits from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. He offers non surgical treatment for stomach and liver disorders, kidney and bladder issues, rectal diseases, nervous conditions, and blood and skin problems, promising immediate improvement in many cases. He lists services for bruises, tumors, rheumatism, and gland enlargements, with emphasis on avoiding cutting operations.
In a fable set in the Shady Forest and Bunny Meadow, the Miller's Boy is wary as animals fear a shooting threat. Lady Love warns Little Jack Rabbit that a bullet travels fast, and allies like Chippy Chipmunk Woody Chuck share the concern. News travels to Busy Beaver Mikey Mink and Granddaddy Bullfrog, who fear the danger while the tale foreshadows what will happen next.
Mrs Mifflin Tindall will lead a monthly church meeting Tuesday evening. A midweek Sun day school board session follows the prayer service as the attendance contest near its end with Madison Avenue leading after a 14 point drop. Central Sunday school topped with 459 in attendance, First Christian 386, Madison Avenue 130. many new scholars join as enthusiasm grows.
A year ago the New York School Board committee found textbook authors not guilty of propaganda. The piece notes scholars’ concern about memorizing conference towns after the war, citing Zurich and Meblosplurter as examples.
Chicago June 18 actuary James T D Craig of New York Metropolitan Insurance urges preventive care as key to extending life beyond seventy. He notes recent gains in lifespan, stresses early disease prevention from infancy, and compares longevity to replacing car parts rather than creating a new model. He questions feasibility of reaching 109 years.
In Death Valley JuNction a borax town packed 175 fans to watch Death Valley swatters beat Ludlow Braves on a 107 degree day. The crowd traveled from Ludlow and locals braved the heat to witness the desert showdown in this sparsely shaded desert setting.
Herman Zimmerman a Pittsburgh grocer reports severe stomach trouble with loss of appetite headaches and weight loss. After using TODS TONIC he claims improved appetite no headaches and seven pounds gained, praising quick noticeable results and recommending the tonic.
Fragmented OCR lists events including Sands Hook lighthouse first night in operation in 1816, Sullivan’s forces retreat from Canashy to Crown Point, Waterloo where Napoleon fell to Wellington and Blucher, 1884 birth of H Clay Evans in Juniata County, PA and death in Chattanooga, Confederate forces repulsed by Union at Petersburg. overall contains several misread dates and names with inconsistent spellings.
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