New Castle News details and masthead notice
The New Castle News Company publishes the New Castle daily except Sundays from 29 North Mercer Street Beil. The paper lists Fred Rentz as President and Manager, A W Treadwell as Editor, Lucy Treadwell Ray as Vice-President, Jacob Rentz as Treasurer, James T B89 as Assistant Treasurer, and George W Conway as Secretary. It is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation and the American Newspaper Publishers Association with International News Service rights for republication.
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Fred &. Rentz
A. W. Treadwell
Lucy Treadwell Ray
Jacob Rentz
Mgr
Treas James T
Asass
George W Conway
Audit Bureau of Circulation
American Newspaper Publishers Association
International News Service
Tire wear and safety cautions for rotating worn tires
The article advises against moving worn rear tires to the front due to loss of steering control in a front tire blowout. It recommends keeping worn tires on rear wheels and using any tire with fabric tread worn as a spare only briefly until a replacement is obtained.
Segrave Fatal Motorboat Race Sparked Debate
The article reflects on Major Sir Henry Segrave who died in a Windermere motorboat race. It weighs the thrill and admiration for daring speed against the cost to England’s Lake District and the precedent set by risky feats. It calls for a national effort to protect the countryside from vulgarization.
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Henry Segrave
Lake Windermere
Seagrave
England
Lake District
Windermere
Fourth City of the World Crowned by Chicago Growth
London New York Berlin and Chicago top a list of world cities with Chicago rising to fourth place despite notoriety for racketeering and gang killings. The piece notes Chicago’s large population 3,373,753 and urges citizens to address crime with reform and integrity.
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London
New York
Berlin
Chicago
Paris
Lake Michigan
Iv bat man dowdet the University of Maryland discovery
A humorous Providence Bulletin piece lauds a fictional triumph over the cobbon cold, claiming a vaccine and anti-toxin as a world-saving breakthrough. It ridicules cold abolition schemes and thanks Dodger Pfeiffer in a satirical June air tribute.
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Bat Man
University of Maryland
Dearie
Roland
New England
Wall Streets
K. O
Gettig
Dodger Pfeiffer
Providence-Evening Bulletin
Two Life Philosophies and Oddities on Habit
The passage reflects on two life philosophies Do unto others and do others and notes that many feel good simply by tiring of sin. It then muses that success inflates the head because nature abhors a vacuum and concludes with a quip that golfers and woodpeckers are the only birds using their heads to enter a hole.
MANNERS HINDRANCES TO OPPORTUNITY IN TRAVEL
The passage argues manners impede progress by closing doors hard work cannot open and acting as stumbling blocks to opportunity. It notes indifference as a cause, costs customers despite good merchandise, and remains a handicap even for cleverness when travel begins.
Bible Thought For Today and a street car aside
The text blends a Bible verse Romans 5 15 about grace and the gift through Jesus Christ with a prayer for abundant grace. It adds a street car quip about it going straight and a sentence correction task about a new hat and comical reactions from wife and friends.
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Jesus Christ
Prohibition debates amid crime wave and space theory
Parthur G Brisbane comments on crime profits eclipsing government revenue, Einstein theory of space versus matter, and social critiques. At Perth Amboy a large explosion injured fifty and killed two women, with police citing bootlegging or racketeers as causes. Dr E A Sperry dies. tax and market notes close with optimistic surplus forecasts.
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Chicago
Perth Amboy
N. J
Love Em Or Leave Em and Other Oddities Column
A quirky column mix includes letters and anecdotes from Mrs Sophie Softsoap and Mrs Ella Eavesdrop. It cites jokes about shop smartness and car mischief, plus humorous asides about politics, crime profits, medical society talk, and Americanism debates.
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Sophie Softsoap
Mrs. Softsoap
Hubby
Hailstones Kill Twenty Two in Athens Greece
A storm drops hailstones described as golf ball sized in Athens killing twenty two Greeks. The report notes the size is not exaggerated and details remain sparse.
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Athens
Greece
Jailed Man Walks Free During Ongoing Trial
Colorado Springs report notes Leon Liverwurst walked out of jail claiming acquittal while his trial continued. A flustered jailer then dropped a “jerry” as the judge called for the prisoner twenty minutes later. A Washington official cites that women over 25 face tougher job chances in today’s market. A Long Island youth inherits a hundred million dollars, while New Castle hosts local young sheiks eyeing large inheritances. Dialog from MacGregor and Barber reflects confusion over tenure.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Leon Liverwurst
Jerry
Long Island
New Castle
Horoscopes Foretells Tough Day for Youth Imitating Parents
The astrology note warns a difficult day for young people prone to copying their fathers, especially in strong tobacco use. It mentions Saturn crossing Mars and suggests upcoming challenges for missionaries in China, reflecting sensational, period-voice fortune telling.
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Mar
China
North Carolina Defeat Seen as Party Regularity Rebuke
Across editorials from Charlotte to Dallas, papers hail the NC Democratic primary loss of Senator Furnifold Simmons as punishment for bolting the 1928 national ticket. They credit Bailey for rallying party unity and predict continued partisan discipline shaping future contests.
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North Carolina
Josiah W. Bailey
Smith
New York
Charlotte News
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Raleigh News and Observer
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Anniston Star
Democrats
Heflin
Alabama
Charleston
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Evening Post
South
Morgantown Dominion-News
Purnifold Simmons
Columbia S. C. Record
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Meridian Star
Columbia (Mo. Daily Tribune
Columbia ‘S. CC
Lexington
Texarkana Gazette
America
Roanoke Worldnews
Charlotte Observer
Birmingham News
Oklahoma City Oklahoman
Literary Digest
Chattanooga News
Hoover
Lynchburg News
Asptle Rock
Arkansas Democrat
Baltimore Evening Sun
Enoug
Richmond News
Savannah News
Bailey
Chattanooga Times
Dallas Journal
Electricity Costs Fall Compared to Living Expenses
The National Electric Light Association shows living costs rose 2.5 times since 1890 while household electricity costs dropped to a third of that era. In 1928 households paid 66 cents per kilowatt hour versus 8.7 cents in 1913, with Northern California domestic rates as low as five cents and rural rates at six cents.
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National Electric Light Association
United States
California
Just Folks by Edgar A Guest reflects on the braver man
The poem praises the stronger man who bears trouble with silence and dignity. It contrasts carefree joy with stoic endurance and urges courage, patience, and a steady smile despite woes and hardships.
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Just Folks
Edgar A. Guest
Centenarian Groom Marries Woman 28 Years Younger
A 108 year old butcher from Djokovica Serpia named Ibrahmm Gojan marries an 80 year old woman. He was first wed 82 years ago and has 10 children many older than his new wife. Nearly 3.7 million immigrants entered the United States last year.
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Ibrahmm Gojan
Djokovica
Serpia
Gojan
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