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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1924
Page
13
An automobile carrying three priests from St. Vincent's Monastery Beatty and Rev. Thomas Cawley of Altoona went out of control on a hill and plunged into St. Vincent's lake. The priests escaped drowning by wading to shore as the car submerged. Cawley, a former St. Vincent’s pitcher, had tried to shift gears when the crash occurred.
Warden John McNeil warns the city jail faces crowding with about 60 prisoners and rapid incoming arrivals. He says the facility could hold 1000 in a pinch and fears not enough room by next fall.
Greensburg Ida and Emily Ho, Chinese students at St. Joseph's academy, Seton Hill, had braided their hair for two years and recently had it bobbed by a local barber. They are daughters of a railroad official from Canton, China.
A peculiar scene unfolds at the Johnstown police station as a doll is left on a desk as a souvenir of a practical joke played on several residents. Police are reviewing footage and statements to identify those responsible.
The article offers festive table ideas for a Glorious Fourth gathering. It suggests red white and blue crepe paper decorations, white runners with blue fringe, a centerpiece of ruffed paper and tiny flags, and crackers with colonial hats. A white cloth table with blue star border and a cardboard firecracker centerpiece is described. A baked spiced ham forms the meal’s centerpiece, prepared with brown sugar mustard cloves and optional syrup from preserved fruit.
Police answered a call about a child in Elk Run river and dragged the stream but rescued only a doll. In Waynesburg Pennsylvania Mrs. Robert Kinney, 24, mother of three, lies dying at Bristoria from bichloride of mercury taken after her husband upbraided her for bobbing her hair. The husband became angry and bit.
Mrs Kinney, after a quarrel, returned home and took poison in her room. Doctors report her condition as critical and expected to die within hours.
Police search for two boys and a truck driver after Albert Flynn 12 was found unconscious on a Philadelphia street from poison liquor. He later told officers the others were his companions at a party before he regained consciousness in a hospital.
A note describes a stingy prizewoman who re sharpens pins after the paper wears thin, illustrating thrift in daily tasks and item reuse.
In Sweyersville near Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on June 20 Anthony Antanartis sank in quicksand behind his home while his wife and children watched. Neighbors for two hours tried with shovels to free him but the sand kept pulling him down. A wooden barricade was sunk around his body as physicians stood by with pulmotors but were not needed.
Listings detail June 21 22 1924 schedules for WGY Schenectady NY and WOC Davenport IA. Included are dance music from Hotel Ten Kyek Albany NY service at St Peters Episcopal Albany with Rev Harriman, choral evensong, and organist. Davenport broadcasts feature The Walmer School Radio Orchestra with Ralph Fuller soloist, Sacred chimes concert, Palmer School Radio Orchestra program, Seventh Day Adventist service, and readings by Emil Hass John McGreevy and others.
East Pittsburgh EKDEA schedule lists a dinner concert at 5 p m and again at 6 30 p m plus 7 and 9 55 p m time signals. The lineup includes a children’s period How Isabell won the Princess with Song and a talk by Carman Cover Johnson on aiding teachers. An Allen Trio concert closes the evening with weather and baseball updates throughout.
Eastern Standard Time at 2:05 p m from WIP Philadelphia features visiting artists and celebrity chats broadcast from Steel Pier Atlantic City. WIZ New York at 7:15 p m presents a Goldman Band concert with cornet soloist Mario Kauppi.
Dr Ellen Potter head investigator group says convict stories at Eastern Penitentiary during brutality probe leave the board bewildered as the grand jury report cites cruelty. The panel scrutinizes charges amid varied statements from inmates and officials.
Advertised Wendell's Pills Ambition Brand offer fast relief for nervousness fatigue and digestion with a three day trial and money back promise. The ad urges buying a 60 cent box from H L Dague and claims benefits for nervous disorders sleep loss and appetite.
In Fisher, Clarion county, flames swept the Summerville home. Postmaster W. R. Stewart rescued five children but could not save a 65-year-old son. The mother struggled to reach him as heat forced her back. Stewart doused the blaze with water from a curtain fire and a priming well, then ran out of liquid.
Officers for the coming six months to be elected at the Star of Wales Lodge No. 60 True Ivorites of America meeting on Saturday evening June 21 at 7 30. Nominees listed include Past President Evan Hopkins and President James Davies with other officers Charles Richards William Davies Daniel Richards and James B. Richards.
Griffith Thomas will be the delegate to the annual convention of the order at Bangor Pa. Two new members will be initiated: D R White of Hillcrest Avenue and William A Nicholls of Lyndal Street. The passage discusses the rapid spread of the family endowment system in Europe and contemplates a contetti throwing contest for the Olympics.
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