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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1925
Page
24
Negotiations for a peaceful end to Shanghai’s two week general strike failed as diplomats withdrew to Peking. Chinese negotiators demand full concessions including martial law lift and indemnities while strike leaders target ships and wharves with 3,000 lightermen and 20,000 wharf workers walking off.
Snakes Rest lies about one block north of West Grant Street, running from the Lake Erie tracks toward Wilmington Avenue. The item notes North Street J. H. S. at 418 West Parkway and mentions the First Christian church once called the First Disciple church.
In the article the exact paving date for Neshannock Avenue is cited as the year it was first paved. The text names three canal boat operators who navigated the local waterways through the city during its early development.
The notice invites participation from all, including school children, with directions to forward answers to Inquiry Editor at New Castle News, New Castle, Pa.
A New York girl was found guilty of manslaughter after a two hour and forty one minute jury deliberation. Judge McIntyre urged the verdict could deter future shootings. Dorothy faces sentencing Monday and plans to appeal with her family claiming an unfair trial.
Sheakleyville Pennsylvanias Sandy Creek township voters last night approved a gravel road connecting Greenville to Sheakleyville after a mass meeting at the S O F Temple. Sugar Grove Salem and Sandy Creek residents backed it and state and county officials support construction. Township road supervisors attended and Engineer Fleming from the state highway department recenttly discussed the proposition.
Oakland jurist Judge Kinsell abandons the bench for a transcontinental journey along highways from the Pacific to the Atlantic. He walked five to twenty miles daily, rode 40 to 200 miles weekly, and slept under the sky as he learned that simple joys and freedom outweigh monetary pursuits.
Mrs. Byers recalls life nearly a century ago in Edenburg with a single shoemaker, high boots, and the desire to impress friends with squeaky shoes. She remembers the Red Bird boat on the canal, mule power, and the old canal era before steam. The Covered Bridge and church as social center shaped a less prosperous but hopeful community.
Finance leader argues for broad tax cuts to avoid harming capital investment and future growth. He cites the impact of high surtax rates on large fortunes and calls for easing to spur expansion in manufacturing and other sectors while noting financial markets fluctuate with estate withdrawals. A rambling closing line references popular culture and distant places.
A series of small vignettes from North Hill include a three year old nearly falling into a watering trough at Greenwood Avenue and Washington Street. A woman converts a fallen tree limb into firewood after a storm. A restaurant owner buys greens from a huckster. An inexperienced driver reverses into a light. A doctor drops a cigar ash on his trousers. College boys seek jobs in a local employment office. A barber’s chair practice results in a mishap with a mirror. A shepherd dog is mauled by two five year olds. A chauffeur waits while his boss visits New Castle Hospital. Children remove baby robins from a nest. Two girls improvise as barbers with mishaps. A Ford truck’s rear mirror is extended by a long rod to see around hay. A man cranks a Ford racer, leaping aboard as it starts. An auto parks illegally near Wallace Avenue and Jefferson Street. Traffic is blocked in both directions. A horse rides in a large auto truck.
Dr Faiman recounts how Shepherd arranged typhoid culture plans and offered $50 for a letter, later pressing for a $100,000 payoff. A sick patient and a burial follow as Shepherd claimed safety and vanished from the city, with papers later revealing the scheme.
George Austin aged 35 of 64 Centerway died Wednesday evening at 6 30 in New Castle hospital after illness. He was a charter member and prelate of New Castle lodge No 38 K of P and a member of the Second Baptist church. Survived by his mother wife and two children. Funeral at 2 pm Saturday from Second Baptist church with lodge No 8 in body attendance. Rev W N Nelson officiating. Interment Savannah cemetery.
Mrs Laura Bell Rice aged 64 of East Side dies at daughter’s home in New Castle she is survived by husband Elmer Rice and children Raymond Slack Oscar Slack Robert Slack and four others funeral Friday June 19 at 2 PM from Milton street residence. Harry M Berman former Economy Shoe owner dies in New York services Sunday. Edward Paul Rylott 26 of Koppel dies after one year illness father T C Rylott mother Mrs T C Rylott Jr S C J A Rylott of Koppel plus four sisters and four brothers survive. funeral Friday at 2 PM from family home Clinton cemetery interment follows.
Hundreds of boys and girls attended the city mission picnic at Cascade Park. Food from donations filled plates of fruit and sandwiches as children enjoyed rides under supervision, with police and staff ensuring a safe, orderly day from noon until the afternoon’s end.
In Attleboro Massachusetts Michael Ryan of Mansfield faced Judge Charles C Haggerty in District Court on a charge of disturbing the peace. He claimed innocence claiming he was merely singing. After two numbers the judge sentenced him to thirty days in jail.
Senator LaFollette dies in Washington this afternoon after a period of serious illness. Family at his bedside includes Mrs LaFollette and sons Phillip and Robert Jr. Doctors reported grave condition with heart trouble and complications from asthma and influenza.
The MacMillan expedition depends on radio to contact naval aviators and maintain communication with the missing Amundsen Polar Expedition crew. Commander McDonald says the relay by American radio amateurs will stand by as the explorers venture into the frozen north.
Chicago June 18 President Jesse Grant Chapline of La Salle Extension University says most women in business lack ambition and wait for marriage. He notes few women workers pursue advancement and only one in twenty woman students takes a business administration course for an executive position.
Cuero Texas June 13 a high school student answered a question on anatomy by placing the stomach in the north central part of the body just northwest of the river. The instructor praised the unusual location and gave full credit. The piece notes Wilhelm as one of the outsiders not yet affected by Hindenburg's election.
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