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Newspaper

New Castle News

Location

New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1923

Page

27

Large Class Completes Course At St Marys Church

Sunday afternoon at 3 30 o clock a special program will be held in St Marys church to honor the two students who have completed the night grade course and to present honor awards. Ten of the 42 students completed the work last February and were admitted to the high school then. Names include Edward Burns Edward Burke John Daly Nicholas Dulko Joseph Dougherty John Eagan Charles Flynn Joseph Grotefend John Hannenhans Paul Hite Oscar McCormick Bradley McGonigle Hugh McPhilips Fred Nene Claire Oberiutex Daniel Quinn Leo Rieg John Shepp Joseph Vegus Charles Wertz Gertrude Boyles Alice Canavan Margaret Davis Gertrude Donegan Catherine Fee Margaret Fee Masie Fulker son Rosemary Flynn Mary E Greene Frances Hillstern Mary McCormick Elizabeth McDevitt Rose McGahagan Helen McGowan Gladys Richards Eleanor Ryan Georgena Ryan Helen Shaughnessy Mary Whalen Clara Young.

St. Mary's Church Edward Burns Edward Burke Tohn Daly Nicholas Dulko Joseph Dougherty John Eagan Charles Flynn Joseph Grotefend John Han

Electric Power In U S Equals 21 Million Horses

Indianapolis June 23 1922 figures from the Indiana Committee on Public Utility Information compare electric output to 21 million horses working ten hours daily for 300 days a year. The 1922 energy delivered reached 65 006 000 000 horsepower hours and the committee notes a huge expansion of power plant facilities with a need to double capacity within five years if demand remains strong.

International News Service Indianapolis Indiana Committee On Public Utility Information

Millionaire Dies Of Hunger Amid Riches

Gottlieb Stauffer a Geneva based recluse and millionaire is found dead in a single filthy room of his chateau in London. A starved cat lies beneath the bed while ledgers and notes are scattered about. He owned blocks of Geneva properties and once ran a racing stud with prizewinning horses. He had no known relatives.

London Gottlieb Stauffer Geneva London Daily Express Stauffer Lucerne

Hindu prodigy poses rapid seventh root feat in New York

Somesh Chandra Bose of Calcutta displayed astonishing mental math at George Gray Bernard Cloister with a 35 digit number, instantly extracting its seventh root. A turbaned Hindu, he multiplied millions of figures from audience challenges, while K Nambu demonstrated mind reading and a play titled Eternal Life concluded the program.

New York Somesh Chandra Bose Calcutta India George Gray Bernard 190Th Street Fort Washington Avenue K. Nambu No. 70 East 77Th Street Bose

Family Still an Institution in Switzerland

Geneva reports Swiss voters rejected a proposed federal law to create an alcohol state monopoly. The margin was 457,779 to 259,068 against. Switzerland produces about 1,760,000 gallons of alcohol annually, much of it in small family stills.

International News Service Geneva Switzerland

Agreeable advice is like pleasant medicine

A Lafayette Courier note compares agreeable advice to pleasant medicine, easy to take yet of little benefit, reflecting a pragmatic view on gentle counsel.

Lafayette Courier

Edison Son Lands Job Without Questionnaire

Thomas A. Edison sent his son T. M. Edison through MIT in Boston though he opposed colleges. The younger Edison received his electrical engineering degree from President Samuel W. Stratton and went directly to his father’s plant in Orange, New Jersey, securing a job without answering the Edison questionnaire.

Thomas A. Edison T. M. Edison Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Young Edison Samuel W. Stratton Edison Orange N. J

Chief Believes Strick Is Peeper In Narrowed Case

Chief Elder declares Eddie Strick, arrested by Policeman Campbell and Constable Fleeger, is the man who peered through the rear home window on Pearson street. Strick, a youth described as mentally deranged, is to be returned to Cleveland as police link him to a local robbery. a second man is suspected of fires on the East Side.

Eddie Strick Campbell Fleeger E. M. Birk Pearson Street Strick Cleveland C. A. Brookover Rks Helbey Croton Avenue

Evangelist Buzza Leads Patriot Services at Greenwood M E

Evangelist Buzza to conduct three Greenwood M E church meetings Sunday at 10 45 AM with The Greatest Magnet in the World at 2 30 PM patriotic service with old soldiers guests and Shall the Stars and Stripes or a Foreign Flag Dominate at 7 30 PM with Popular Amusements Theatre Cards and Dance as topics.

Evangelist Buzza Greenwood

Spectacles To Match Dress In Fashions

London reports women will wear spectacles matching their dresses and hats, with an optician in Mayfair preparing artistic spectacles to suit outfits. The piece notes a fashion trend toward color coordinating eyewear with attire and eye color as part of a stylish ensemble.

Daily Express London London Daily Express Mayfair

Shenango Valley Hospital Patient Admits and Discharges

Admitted: Tony Cambroso from Can yon street, Ruth Gray of North Crawford avenue, W. R. Shreve of Ashtabula, O. Discharged: Hope George of Audley avenue.

Tony Cambroso Canyon Street Ruth Gray North Crawford Avenue W. R. Shreve Ashta Bula Hope George Audley Avenue

Chair Puller Joke Costs Damages at $1251

Des Moines Iowa June 23 A practical joke cost 1251 in damages awarded to Mrs Mae Griffin for an injured spine. She was hurt when a joker pulled a chair from under her as she was about to sit down while working in the Successful Farming office.

International News Service Des Moines Mae Griffin

Bald-Head Club Plans Hair Counting Contest

In Hartford on June 23 250 of North Americas baldest domes will parade before cameras after the Baldhead Club of America hosts its annual dinner. Prizes will be awarded for baldest handsomest homeliest fattest thinnest and thickest heads with admission requiring a bald spot of three inches or more.

Hartford Conn North America Baldhead Club of America

Monument for World War Mothers Gains Momentum in Florence

Florence reports a drive to raise funds for a monument honoring the mothers of world war heroes. Signor Mussolini’s cooperation has been sought to boost national contributions.

International News Service Florence Italy Signor Mussolini

Fire Alarm Box Locations and Exclusives Listed

A long list details fire alarm boxes by street intersections and designated exclusive users. Entries include Shenango Valley Hospital and Shenango Pottery Co. among others, plus several industrial sites and public buildings like New Castle Hospital and Grasselli Chemical Co. Fire department boxes note restricted use and specific addresses.

Oak and Ray Central School Pearson St Orr Baking Co Grove Bt S. Mill St Douds’ Machine Shop E. Washington and Allen Franklin Streets Butler Ave John St E. Washington St Arlington Ave Long Ave Williams St Jefferson and George Carnegie Steel Co Moravia and Reiber Home Mill Moravia Pollock Ave West Miller S. Jefferson St Terrace Avenue Hamilton and Electric Lyndal and Gelmont Summit and Sutton Public Square Grant Una Sampson Shenango Pottery Co Fire Dept Westside Smithfield Street Emery and Sampson West North Sankey Washington St Lee Avenue Grasselli Chemical Co McCleary Ave Sampson St Etna and Bluff Bts Steel Car Works Mahoning Avenues Cedar Orchard N. C. Box Company Swansea Seventh Ward Fire Dept N. C. Rubber Co Cherry and Second Montgomery Ave Lafayette Street Shenango Tin Mill

New Castle Tin Mill and Elliott Blair Steel Co Box Text

Box text lists New Castle Tin Mill at 83 Long Ave and Mill St and Elliott Blair Steel Co. This box reserved exclusively for Elliott Blair Steel Co.

New Castle Tin Mill Long Ave Mill St Elliott-Blair Steel Co

Berlin Opens First Modern Gas Station

Berlin on June 23 reports the first modern gas station in the city. Drivers fill tanks via a rubber hose from a soda fountain style dispenser using compressed carbonic acid gas to meet fire safety rules. In Hanover a similar station operates, while elsewhere gas is still delivered in pails.

Berlin Germany Hanover Reich

Damaged Beard Becomes No Damages Case in Prague

In Prague on June 23, a court ruled that a man cannot claim damages for clipped beard or moustache after 20 years of growing it. Two workmen were jailed for clipping their foreman's facial hair while he slept. The foreman sought 5,000 crowns for the moustache and 1,500 crowns for the beard, but the court rejected the claim while imprisoning the culprits for destroying property.

Prague

Young Friends Conference to convene at Earlham College

Young Friends from across the United States will assemble in Richmond Indiana for a ten day conference at Earlham College starting July 27 with events and meetings planned for the campus and surrounding area.

Richmond International News Service Ind United States Young Friends Conference Earlham College

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St. Mary’s U. S Dizzy Madge Bellamy By C. Gardner Sullivan Directed By John Griffith Wray Thos. H. Ince Cullen Landis Oscar the Elephant State Theatre Pittsburgh the Dome Monty Banks Aesoph Prof. Carbaugh Peeper M. E Shenango Valley Hospital Solomon Oulia Wargna Ah Teana Folvevay Joseph David Chicago Julia Warzna Pribylski Leona Felicia Warzna Nicholas Lenz Pribyski Poland Pollard Penna Elm St West Falls St Jefferson and Grant Sts Beaver and South Sts North Sts Jefferson St Fisher's Feed Grant Ave Green St Wilmington Ave Mercer St Lincoln Ave Highland Wallace Ave Neshannock Ave Grant and East St Central Engine House Sheridan Washington and Mill Highland Ave Elizabeth St King’s Carlisle St Laurel Ave Court Sts S. Walnut St Croton Ave Martin St Court St N. Ray and Ridge Crawford and Erie Ave Crawford Ave County Line St Penn H. Ince Milton Sills Marguerite de la Monte John Bowers
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