New Castle School Board Debates 750000 Building Program
The New Castle School Board debated a 750000 bond funded building program at a June meeting. TF Withers opposed the junior high construction while J Herbert Mellvenny Andrew Dietterle Sr and Joseph Ligo urged proceeding. The first item called for a McGill School addition with architect A L Thayer contract.
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TF Withers
J. Herbert Mellvenny
Andrew Dietterle, Sr
Joseph &. Ligo
Arthur McGill
Albert Street
A. L. Thayer
Withers
Benjamin Franklin Junior High
Break Production Record For Cans At Local Plant
One million six hundred thousand cans produced in a single day at American Can Works in the Seventh ward. Superintendent B H Kannenberg reports plant at full capacity with orders to sustain the rate. Extra shift hired, about 250 workers mostly women, to meet demand. Cans shipped to Chicago for distribution.
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Seventh Ward
B. H. Kannenberg
Kanneberg
Chicago
Post office box mixup ends with arrest in New Castle
Postmaster J C Norris sought police help after a box addressed to Charles Smith 109 Jennana street New Castle Pa could not be found. A colored man claimed ownership but was arrested with bail set at 1500. Police later searched 123 Bridge street and found two hot water bottles and moonshine, Ada Brady detained.
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J. C. Norris
Charles Smith
Sally May Ludin
Jennana Street
New Castle
Center Avenue
Pittsburgh
Norris
G. Logan
Thomas Lynch
Ellison
Mr. Smith
L. Mantz
George Kennedy
Logan
Lynch
Bridge Street
Ada Brady
Dual New York Tragedy murder and death by own action
Society circles in New York and Long Island were stunned by the shooting of Mr Sidney E Brewster and Mrs Brewster at their Glenvale estate near Glen Head Long Island. The bodies were found by the butler in Mrs Brewster's bedroom after two gunshots were heard. Both victims were shot through the breast. Police believe murder and suicide are involved.
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James J. Kilgallen
International News Service
New York
Long Island
Sidney Eve Brewster
Little Scrooby
Glenvale
Glen Head
Brewster
Joseph Lea
P K Stevenson Dies Suddenly in Youngstown
P K Stevenson long time New Castle resident and former Board of Trade commissioner collapsed at Idora Park in Youngstown Ohio. He had recently moved to Youngstown after resigning from the Board of Trade and was a leader in the Loyal Order of Moose. He was about to be OS years old. The death came as a shock to his friends in New Castle as news reached the city.
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P. K. Stevenson
Board of Trade
Loyal Order of Moose
Idora Park
Youngstown
Stevenson
Florida
Daring Robbery On Train Near City Hall Philadelphia
Two bandits disguised as railroad workers staged a train robbery on a Pennsylvania express bound for Washington. They struck messenger Richard H. Wallace, bound and gagged four others, and escaped with bullion cash and jewels as the Washington express neared Broad Street Station.
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International Service
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington, D. C
Washington Express
Broad Street
Thirty-Second Street
Market Street
Richard H. Wallace
American Express Railway
Wallace
Caillaux Accepts Finance Post in Briand Cabinet
Paris June 23 Joseph Caillaux agreed to accept the ministry of finance in the cabinet Briand is forming. This vindicates Caillaux after months of waiting and his earlier ejection from the post over policy on financial rehabilitation.
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Harry R. Plory
International
Paris
Joseph Caillaux
Ministry of Finance
Aristide Briand
Caillaux
Finance Ministry
France
Three Injured When Car Upsets On Harbor Road
Three young men living on Sampson street were injured about seven this morning when the small racer they rode in overturned on Harbor road. The car was wrecked but the injuries likely not serious since they were not taken to local hospitals.
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Charles Heydon
Kenney Winters
Henry Ghorst
Sampson Street
Harbor Road
Western Allegheny Valuation Set At Over Two Million
The Interstate Commerce Commission released tentative June 30 1918 valuations for railroads. Western Allegheny of Pennsylvania is listed at 2 002 500 dollars while other carriers include New York Susquehanna Western at 14 263 500 and Wilkesbarre Eastern at 3 175 000.
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Allegheny
International News Service
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
New York, Susquehanna & Western
N. Y
Western Allegheny
Penn
Wilkesbarre & Eastern
Miss Mitcheltree Named Principal of Mahoning Schools
Miss Nannie Mitcheltree, longtime New Castle teacher, was named principal of the Mahoning and Lawrence schools by the New Castle board. She succeeds Dwight H. Connor, who moves to Ellwood City to lead the new junior high. Mitcheltree previously led Lincoln Garfield Pollock and Thaddeus Stevens schools and supervised student teachers at Benjamin Franklin Junior High. Bessie Brinkerhoff will teach bookkeeping at the Senior High, and Jean Elizabeth Jackson will teach art at Benjamin Franklin Junior High.
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Nannie Mitcheltree
New Castle
Miss Mitcheltree
Mahoning
Lawrence
Dwight H. Connor
Ellwood City
Bessie Brinkerhoff
Jean Elizabeth Jackson
Benjamin Franklin
High School Day At Eucharistic Congress Session
Hordes marched to the Shrine of the Eucharist in Soldiers Field for Higher Education Day. A massive Catholic gathering saw Dennis Cardinal Dougherty preside, with Archbishop Dowling preaching, as dignitaries from Hungary Montreal and Los Angeles addressed the crowd.
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Ralph A. Hull
Chicago
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphia
Bishop Hoban
Archbishop Dowling
St. Paul
Cardinal Czernoch
Hungary
Gauthier
Montreal
McNary-Haugen Bill Faces Prolonged Senate Debate
The Dawes McNary Haugen farm relief bill, trimmed to a 150 million revolving fund and removing cattle, faced another Senate debate today under a five minute limit set by Senator McNary. Outcome remained doubtful with a probable vote soon after.
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International News Service
Washington
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Girl Injured in Horse Accident Near East New Castle
There is some improvement in the condition of Miss Ted Donaldson of 210 North Liberty Street who was injured Sunday when thrown from a horse on the old Pittsburgh road near East New Castle. She sustained a deep head gash requiring six stitches and a severely sprained arm and shoulder.
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Ted” Donaldson
North Liberty Street
Pittsburgh
East New Castle
Police Inquiry Aids Pittsburgh About Suspect Jack Sanders
Pittsburgh police report they learned from local authorities that Jack Sanders was sent from this city for 11 months and 39 days on October 31, 1923, for carrying concealed weapons, as part of an inquiry into a hold-up case.
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Pittsburgh
Jack Sanders
Sanders
Death Record of S. Kd. Stevenson and Agnes Bell Aiken
Death notice lists S. Kd. Stevenson aged 358 of Youngstown Ohio and Agnes Bell Aiken aged 40 of Slippery Rock Township. No further details provided.
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S. Kd. Stevenson
Youngstown
Ohio
Agnes Bell Aiken
Slippery Rock Township
President's Son Must Attend Summer School
President Woodrow Wilson’s son Corporal John Coolidge will miss Citizens Military Training Camp at Camp Devens this summer to take extra work in a major subject. He must repeat the failed major to enter Amherst in the fall, forcing him to abandon camp plans to stay in step with his class.
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International News Service
Washington
John Coolidge
Citizens Military
Camp Devens
Amherst
John
Democrats Open Drive To Reduce Federal Taxes
Democrats swiftly push for further federal tax cuts after President Coolidge's speech. Representative Jacobstein of New York says Ways and Means will meet before December to draft a new tax reduction bill for Congress. Treasury shows year end surplus near 400 million dollars with next year's estimate around 200 million. Coolidge signals little hope for further cuts in the coming years and earmarks surpluses for debt retirement.
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International News Service
Washington
Democrats
Treasury
Coolidge
Jacobstein
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Extend Electric Line To Lakewood
Work began this morning to extend electric service lines to Lakewood summer resort. The New Castile Electric Company will supply electric lights and current to the district.
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Lakewood
New Castile Electric Company
Missing Evangelist Aimee McPherson Reported Found Alive
Police say a woman found in an exhausted condition in Agua Prieta, Mexico, matches evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson with a distinctive scar on her right hand. McPherson's mother, Minnie Kennedy, confirms after a long distance call that the woman is alive and appears to be her daughter.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
Douglas, Ariz
Aimee Semple Meeherson
Douglass Hospital
Slayton
Minnie Kennedy
McPherson
Aimee Semple McPherson
Agua Prieta
Mexico
Byrd Returns To New York From Polar Flight
The steamer Chantier carries Lieut Commander Richard Byrd and Pilot Floyd C Bennett to ward quarantine for a welcome by congress members New York and New Jersey officials and New York City, with a salute by vessels and airplanes. The Macom will carry the official welcoming party to quarantine and city hall arrivals will be greeted by Mayor Walker.
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International News Service
New York
Chantier
Richard KE. Byrd
Floyd C. Bennett
North Pole
Congress
New Jersey
New York City
Army
Navy
Walker
Ejectment Action To Secure Property
Sarah M. Gallagher with attorneys Martin and Martin files an ejectment suit against S J Stickel and Thomas Wardley to gain possession of a tract in Slippery Rock township, claimed as the owner's property.
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Sarah M. Gallagher
Martin and
Martin
S.J. Stickel
Thomas Wardley
Slippery Rock Township
Marriage Licenses List With Multiple Names
A series of marriage licenses issued to individuals from various cities include Ross W. Wallace New Bedford and Martha F. Dickson Lowellville Ohio, along with Margaret G. Minteer New Wilmington and George Herbuck Akron Ohio. Other listed couples include Grace A. Mangrum Akron Ohio and Ralph C. Keller New Bedford, plus Maria Layton New Castle and William L. Peet New Castle. Additional entries mention Conception Ramos New Castle and David Gordon Hopkins Cincinnati, Imma C. Leckey Buffalo New York and John N. Barker New Castle, with Imma C. Leckey noted.
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Ross W. Wallace
New Bedford
Martha F. Dickson
Post Office Adopts Daylight Saving Time Schedule
On Thursday, June 24, the New Castle Post Office will operate on Daylight Saving Time. General delivery and parcel post windows stay open until 6 20 p.m., money order window until 5 p.m., and carrier service will shift to DST so deliveries occur one hour earlier.
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New Castle
J.C. Norris
Secret Hearing Given Wheeler in In Vivo Probe
Wheeler, head of the anti saloon league, was granted a secret executive session by a Senate committee to discuss its slush fund inquiry. He brought voluminous reports on his organization’s finances and testified briefly before Senator Reed. Wheeler disputed a New York Times style charge of funding influence and cited statements from a St Louis church speech about money invested in prohibition.
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International News Service
Washington
Senate Slush
Wheeler
Reed
Missouri
New York
Cleveland
Boston
New Orleans
St. Louis
Texas
Maple Avenue Methodist Church
Vaudeville Troupe Members Die In Coast Cras h
Three vaudeville performers die and two others injured when their automobile overturns twice on the State highway two miles south of Modesto California. Victims include Harry Dodson Bert Brown and Mrs F B Kincaid the driver and troupe manager F B Kincaid possibly fatally hurt Ellis T Thurman and Miss Dorothy Kay seriously hurt. The group is believed to have traveled from New York City.
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International News Service
Modesto
Cal
Here
Fresno
Harry Dodson
Bert Brown
F. B. Kincaid
Ellis T. Thurman
Dorothy Kay
New York City
Bicycle theft reported in five and ten cent store incident
Vincent Audino of 626 South Mill Street told police on Tuesday that his bicycle was stolen while he was inside a five and ten cent store.
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Vincent Audino
South Mill Street
Forty Fatalities in West Virginia Mines in May
West Virginia mine deaths for May reached 449 with 25 from falls, per the state department of mines. The year to date total rises to 254 deaths across all mine incidents.
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West Virginia
International News Service
Charleston
W. Va
State Department of Mines Today
Wedding Conspiracy Involving Friends And A Receiver’s Aid
A narrator describes arranging a marriage ruse to join two friends in matrimony. He claims the plan will be completed before the parson pronounces them man and wife and notes his role in coordinating travel and support for the ceremony. The account ends with a remark about the bride and groom’s impending union.
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S. E. Brewster
P.K. Stevenson
Drops Dead
Messenger
City Hall
Mahoning School
Cardinal Dougherty
Believe Woman
Douglas
Arizona
Mrs. McPherson
Byrd
William Kk. Hutchinson
California
Arthur Mometer
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