Despondent man kills wife and infant then himself
Levi Sterner 22 of Gratz town fails to find work after a daylong search and murders his wife Lorraine aged 11 months before taking his own life. Neighbors rush in to find the three bodies in pools of blood. the baby dies shortly after. Sterner died an hour later. The couple had been married under two years.
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International _News Service
Greensburg
Levi Sterner
Gratztown
Here
Lorraine
Sterner
Open Bids for County Home Contract Totals 245 689
Ten bids on the county home general contract were opened by the county commissioners. Smith & Baughman posted the lowest general bid at 212887. R T Withers and Son led plumbing at 24965 and heating at 22761. The Electric Service Company of Youngstown led wiring at 9060. The combined low bids total 245689 with estimated cost 250000.
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Smith & Baughman
R. T. Withers and Son
Electric Service Company of
Youngstown
La Follette Family Faces Senate Race Choice
Wisconsin Progressives announce a LaFollette runs for the vacant Senate seat after the death of Senator Robert M. LaFollette. The widow or Robert Jr. is seen as the likely candidate. Leaders say the party aims to stay united and back a La Follette despite initial divisions.
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Kenneth Clark
International News Service
Madison
LaFollette
Robert, Jr
United States
Senate
Robert M. LaFollet
Wisconsin
A la Follette
President Coolidge Begins Two Month Vacation at Swampscott
President Coolidge leaves Washington for a two month vacation on the north shore of Massachusetts. The trip includes a special train departure after 1 PM and a four mile auto ride to the Swampscott White Court residence. Mrs Coolidge and the secretary to the president accompany them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Durno
International News Service
Vieff
Washington
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Salem
Mass
Swampscott
White Court
Everett
Mellon Announces Sweeping Prohibition Enforcement Changes
Treasury Secretary Mellon announces a major reorganization of federal prohibition enforcement. The plan creates 22 districts with a prohibition administrator in charge, shifting authority from the Prohibition Commissioner to administrators under the Treasury. No personnel changes have been announced yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellon
United States
Haynes
Bulletin International News Service
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
L. C. Andrews
Prohibition
Coolidge
Andrews
Roy A Haynes
Issues Denial To All Charges Of Poisoning Testify
A witness testified that the accused denied all charges of poisoning. The courtroom heard defense and prosecution arguments about the alleged poisoning incident and related evidence.
Shepherd testifies in murder trial of foster son
William Darling Shepherd, charged with killing his millionaire foster son William Nelson McClintock, took the stand in his own defense in Chicago. A crowd gathered early, pressing to witness the testimony as Shepherd seated himself, appearing cold and dispassionate for the direct examination.
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International News Services
Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Civic League Set to Meet at Thaddesus Stevens School
The East Side Civic League will gather Thursday evening at the Thaddesus Stevens school building to discuss improvement matters for New Castle. Streets in poor condition may be addressed with tar and crushed limestone to reduce future repaving costs.
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Civic League
East Side Civic League
Thaddesus Stevens
New Castle
A Quiet Country Vacation Dream
Arthur Memeter describes a simple retreat under a friendly tree away from city mobs and traffic. He imagines a quiet outdoors life as the ultimate vacation, where the katydid’s murmur blends with long still days and gentle weather of seventy nine.
Parish honors Father Brennan with large testimonial
Father M. J. Brennan longtime assistant at St Marys Catholic church receives a substantial purse and gifts at an informal Palais Royale Hall event. Parish groups funded the purse by subscriptions while Catholic clubs presented personal items. The gathering included speakers singers and a Star Spangled Banner, with Father Brennan thanking attendees and planning a July departure for a three month trip with Father McBurney.
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M. J. Brennan
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Palais Royale
M. J. McBurney
New Castle
Europe
Holy Land
Father
Father Brennan
Joseph Fitzpatrick
Adolph Green
John A. Jackson
James O'Toole
Jack
Steve Griffith
William King
Archie Cubbison
Catherine Gainagh
John Maher
C. D
St Mary's Parish
Drive Carefully You May Be Next in New Castle
Traffic accident report for New Castle shows 3 persons killed outside the city and unspecified injuries from January 1 to June 20. Inside city fatalities and injuries are not detailed. the notice warns drivers to exercise caution.
Paid Gangsters To Murder Wife, Says Kansas Man
Charles B. Davies, longtime Elks secretary, confessed to paying Kansas City gangsters $2,000 to kill his wife on October 14, 1924. Davies, jailed on a $5,000 bond in Concordia, faces a sensational case as seven gangsters and a woman are held in connection with the plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
International News Service
Concordia
Charles B. Davies
the Elks
Middlewest
Davies
Leon W. Lundblade
Kansas City
Centennial Week in New Castle Full of Free Entertainment
The Centennial Celebration opens June 28 and runs through July 4 in New Castle with daily free events. Highlights include a 1:30 band concert by Izzy Cervone and Radio Joe Robinson, a 2:00 performance by the Wilsons and the La Noles trampoline act, plus others to fill afternoons and evenings.
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New Castle
North
Jefferson and
Grant Streets
Izzy
Cervone
Joe Robinson
Wilsons
la Noles
Bridge Across Ma Honing River Near Mahoningtown Nears Completion
The new steel bridge over the Ma honing river near Mahoningtown is expected to open to traffic around August 15 or 16. Four months of work progress well with rivetting beginning this week on two 150 foot spans, a concrete roadway, and a concrete pier about 30 feet high. The bridge will restore the route from the Seventh Ward to Mt. Jackson Enon Valley and Bessemer after a long detour due to the condemned old span.
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Mahoning River
Mahoningtown
Seventh Ward
Mt. Jackson
Enon Valley
Bessemer
Bandits Rob Bank in Shullsburg Hold Up Village
Bandits besieged the lead mining town of Shullsburg Wisconsin, blasting the vault of the First National Bank and escaping with cash and negotiable securities worth 50000 dollars. The two hour gun battle cut telegraph lines and delayed word until hours later with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Shullburg
Wis
First National Bank
Marriage Licenses Listed From Various Ohio Towns
A list of individuals granted marriage licenses includes Frank Rishel Mineral Ridge Ohio with Mary Miller Niles Ohio Harold Guy Eeeee Wampum with Elsie M Jones New Castle Paul Irwin Beaver Falls Nina Klink Beaver Falls Guiseppe Santangelo New Castle Elina Massaro New Castle Frank Delamon New Castle Matilda Cassella New Castile Glen Garwig Ellwood Louella Blair Ellwood.
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Frank Rishel
Mineral Ridge
Senator Edwin Ladd to be buried in Washington Thursday
The body of Senator Edwin F. Ladd of North Dakota died yesterday in Baltimore will be brought to Washington today. Funeral services are set for Thursday at the undertaking parlor after which the body will be placed in a vault until Mrs. Ladd recovers enough to travel to North Dakota. A delegation of friends will accompany the casket back to the capital as six Ladd children travel from the West. final arrangements await their arrival.
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International News Service
Washington
Edwin F. Ladd
North Dakota
Baltimore
Capital
Senator Ladd
Chicago Officials Confer On Plan To Battle With Gangs
Chicago authorities meet to devise a drastic plan to curb crime as detectives hunt gangsters responsible for a fifth police officer murder in 16 days. Patrick McGovern was killed while guarding theater receipts worth 4980 during a bank transfer. Three men were arrested but not identified.
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Chicago
International News Service
Patrick McGovern
Pantheon
Missionary Adah Winger to Speak at Pentecostal Tabernacle
Miss Adah Winger, a missionary among Indians and lepers of South America, will speak at the Pentecostal Tabernacle on South Street Wednesday evening at 7:30. She has worked for years with a vigorous missionary society and will give a persuasive discourse on foreign missionary activity in South America.
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Adah Winger
Interior
South America
Tabernacle
South Street
Winger
Ewing Succeeds Late Judge Duff
Major Robert M. Ewing of Pittsburgh was appointed judge of Allegheny County Court, succeeding the late Judge Alfred W. Duff. Ewing, a 1893 Washington and Jefferson College graduate, has been a Pittsburgh lawyer and served as assistant solicitor since 1922.
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Harrisburg
Robert M. Ewing
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County Court
Alfred W. Duff
Major Ewing
Washington and Jefferson College
Bulgarian King Boris Life Attempt Ends in Mountain Battle
In Bulgaria Bonass the bandit leader seeking King Boris’s death was killed resisting soldiers in the mountains. His followers were captured after wounds on Bonass, and a ring from the king and a watch of the adjutant were found with the body. The king fled the attack on a country road. General Georgieff, government leader, was slain in Sofia. During his funeral the Sveti Kral cathedral was bombed with over 160 lives lost.
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International News Ser
Sofia
Bonass
Boris of
Bulgaria
Boris
Georghieff
Hong Kong Quiet As General Strike Looms
Hong Kong shows resolve amid the looming general strike as worker walkouts swell to about 10,000. Chinese banks remained closed with heavy withdrawals and guards around financial houses as Canton exodus continues.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Dle
Coolidge Seeks Tax Reduction With New Budget Aims
President Coolidge orders a strict economy campaign and calls for tax relief. Government expense estimates for the two fiscal years starting June 30 1925 total about 6.75 billion dollars with 3.375 billion for the first year already appropriated. He asks department heads to cap estimates at 3.08 billion for the year beginning June 30 1926 and to push for further tax cuts in the next budget.
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iInternational News Service
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Mrs Symington Admits Charges in Divorce Suit
International News Service reports that Mrs Ida May Symington admitted guilt to charges in a divorce case filed by her wealthy husband Thos H Symington of Baltimore and Rochester. An affidavit by Dr Edward Pope of Montclair N J was presented during the trial with Pope on the witness stand.
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International News Service
New York
Ida May Symington
Thos. H. Symington
Baltimore
Rochester
Edward S&s. Pope
Montclair
N. J
Pope
Symington
Fire department receives new hose for stock overhaul
The fire department this morning received a shipment of eleven hundred feet of new hose. Chiefs instructed each company to survey existing hose, identify worn sections, and replace unusable portions with the new supply where possible.
Death Record for Clara Gertrude Crutchman
Clara Gertrude Crutchman, aged 18, is listed in the death record. The notice cites address 666 1-2 East Washington Street and provides no further details on cause or date.
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Clara Gertrude Crutchman
Washington Street
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Mrs. Lafollette
Ternoon
White House
Swampscot
Frank W. Stearns
McClintock
Arthur Memeter
NEW Castle News
Rob Bank
Sen. Ladd
Pentecostal Church
Ewing
Duff
Fire Department
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