Carnegie playground teems with three thousand downtown children
Hundreds of youngsters fill the Carnegie grounds daily in New Castle. Supervisors George Bechtel Mae Martin Mary Miller report safe, active play across sand tables woodwork rhythm and drama with free outdoor schooling and planned Friday stunt days.
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Carnegie Playground
CarNegie
South Jefferson Birees
Carnegie Hospital
George Bechtel
Mae Martin
Mary Miller
Westminster College
Carnegie Police
Bechtel
Rechtel
New Castle
Nick
Joe
Tragic Grade Crossing Crash Takes Driver at Covert's Crossing
Harvey Barrun aged 42 of 107 Phillips Place died at Shenango Valley hospital after his car was struck by a Pennsylvania railroad train at Covert's Crossing near the city. Police report indicate a fight involving Ritchie Wick and others led to the disturbance at a social gathering.
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Harvey Barrun
Phillips Place
Shenango Valley Hospital
Pennsylvania Railroad
Covert's Crossing
Barron
Gas blaze at Centennial Street house triggers city fire response
Firefighters respond to a still alarm at 10 PM at 6508 Centennial Street after leaking gas from a curb line ignites. Gas company workers shut off supply after Iine closure delay. a new gas line installed two weeks earlier leaked due to improper backfill causing the blaze.
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Charles Lynn
Ralph feGoun
Centennial Street
Manufacturersight and Heat Company
Church disturbance leads to arrests in Clarington alley
In Clarington on June 22 a disturbance broke up at the Methodist Episcopal church in the alley schoolhouse. Four young men were arrested by Sheriff Weber Hassam on warrants sworn by Rev. L S Green, pastor. Oscar Yaeger and Charles Hodgkins charged with selling intoxicants. Ray [incomplete text].
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Clarington
Methodist Epispal Church of
Webber Hassam
L. S. Green
Oscar Yaeger
Claringon
Charles Hodgkins
Ray
Monkey term used in Akron solicitor trial
In Butler Pennsylvania a trial for larceny featured a moment when Archie Lauer of Akron explained the use of the word monkey. He said it refers to young workers just breaking into the business after being trained. The courtroom audience laughed as the district attorney teased him about the monkey stage.
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Archie Lauer
Akron
N. Y
O. K
Auto Accidents Reported Here
Several traffic incidents are recorded on Mill Street and nearby streets. A bicycle rider and a truck driver report collisions with cars bearing Pennsylvania plates, causing damage to bicycles and the truck. A signal near Mill and Washington streets was damaged. A youth allegedly caused a minor crash when darting into the street, with a girl fainting nearby.
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Elmer Witane
Valley Street
Mill Street
P. & L. E. Crossing
Pennsylvania
Joe Marotti
Cunningham Avenue
Croton Avenue
Washington Street
S. W. Whittington
Lathrop Street
Mill
Washington Streets
Mr. Wiley
Ellwood City
Harriet Wringer
Pallas
Randolph Street
Lutton Street
Cameron Sheriff Gets Six Months In Man's Escape
John W Norris Cameron county sheriff faced charges linked to Joseph Jappalin's jail escape in April 1924. He pled nolle contendere to gross negligence while counts of willful permission were dropped. Judge Eugene H Baird sentenced him to six months in Allegheny county workhouse after his current year for extortion ends.
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Williamsport
John W. Norris
Cameron County
Joseph Jappalin
Norris
Nolle
Allegheny County
Eugene H. Baird
New York Plans Major Rehab of Historic Battlefields
Albany officials announce more than 150000 in summer funds to rehabilitate Revolutionary War battle sites across Saratoga Bennington Fort Stanwix Oriskany and routes of General Knox The plan includes purchasing four farms for 55000 and allocating 75000 for historic marking and site restoration after years of debate.
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International News Service
Albany
N. Y
New York State
General Burgoyne
George D. Slingerland
Mechanicville
Remis Heights
Saratoga
Bennington
Fort Stanwix
Oriskany
General Knox
Fort Ticonderoga
Cambridge
Mass
Schuylerville
Jane McCrea
St. Leger
Two railroad Systems merge doubling train delays
Two railroad systems merge expanding network and services but trains run twice as late as before. The note hints at consumer impact while advising men to work when wives shop, reflecting dated gender norms and practical tensions in daily life.
Eight year old injured at Gaston Park playground
William Bucci aged eight from Arlington Avenue is in New Castle hospital after a compound fracture of the right leg suffered at Gaston Park playgrounds last night around nine. Mayor Dunlap orders a thorough investigation amid reports that larger youths forced him onto a giant swing. A suspect, identified as A Thomas, is held for questioning while witnesses describe the boy crying for help before the fall.
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William Bucci
Arlington Avenue
New Castle Hospital
Gaston Park
D. T. Nelson
William H. Dunlap
Lockard
Dukes
Harry Hetrick
Chauncey Pauline
Wilson Avenue
A. Thomas
Two Children Rescued From Fire
Greensburg, Pa June 23 Two children were saved from a two story frame house owned by Charles Wetzell on Toll Gate Hill after a fire of undetermined origin. Firemen faced water shortages but managed to save several out buildings. Mrs Wetzell and her husband carried the two children from an upstairs room to safety. Property loss was estimated at six thousand dollars.
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International News Service
Greensburg
Charles Wetzell
Toll Gate Hill
Lincoln Highway
Here
Wetzell
Seek Official Song For Air Service
The army air service seeks an official memorial song suitable for honoring a fallen comrade and rallying the service into action. An appeal has circulated for a refrain appropriate to both remembrance and readiness. Many candidates have been proposed, most focusing on death in a light-hearted aviation context.
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International News Service
Washington
Army Air Service
Fake beauty schools rot Rhode Island girls
State board examinations reveal fake beauty schools in Providence charging Rhode Island girls 100 for worthless courses and 10 for a diploma. Reports show one school, operating five years, produced no passers of the state test. The article notes stenography as a safer career for hands.
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International News Service
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Belgium Monsignor Heylen Leads Eucha ristic Congress in Chicago
Monsignor Thomas L. Heylen of Belgium, 20 years president of the congresses, attends the Chicago event. He notes he learns a new language for each congress and now speaks six languages. Also present is Bishop Munagarri of Tonkin in Indo China as a key attendee at the demonstration.
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Chicago
Monsignor
Thomas L. Heylen
Belgium
Mer. Heylen
T.l-Heylem
Namur
van Roey
Malines
Cardinal Mercier
Munagarri
Tonkin
Indo-China
Cardinal Faulhaber Arrives Incognito for Eucharisic Congress
Michael Cardinal Faulhaber archbishop of Munich travels to Chicago for the International Eucharistic Congress. Due to heart risk his arrival is kept discreet aboard the Albert Ballin under the alias Prof Dr B Michaelis. He is in his late fifties, well built with iron gray hair, and previously visited the United States in April 1923 amid churchly welcome.
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Chicago
Michael Cardinal Faulhaber
Munich
U. S
Atlantic
Albert Ballin
B. Michaelis
Cardinal Faulhaber
United States
Princes of the Church
Gordon Resigns State Game Commission Post
Harrisburg June 23 Seth E Gordon executive secretary of the state game commission resigns to head the extension bureau at the national Izaak Walton League of America He has served 13 years with the commission including seven as executive secretary the agency's active head and only salaried officer
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Seth E. Gordon
State Game Commission
Izaak Walton League of America
Gordon
The
Game Commission
Judge Starts Vice Probe At Steubenville
Steubenville Ohio June 23 Judge J B orders bailiff William Fellows to begin special detective duty as part of a vice probe by the common pleas court.
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Steubenville
Steubenville, O
William Fellows
Common Pleas Court
Terrible conditions prompt raid in resort district
Judge orders raid in the resort area where 12 women were arrested by Sheriff William Allison. Some escaped during the operation as deputies questioned suspects about property rentals. Arraigned before Justice W Downer and held for Thursday hearing, they were later kept as grand jury witnesses under Paisley's order. The special grand jury aims to cleanse city and county vice. Congress plans to adjourn July 1.
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W. Downer
Paisley
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Ritchie
William Wick
Centennial St
Butler
Cameron
Lakewood Beach
Eastbrook
John Roach Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
New York
BIOU
Siento
Kroehler
Simmons
East
New Castle, Pa
Msgr
Michael Cardinal
Faulhaber
Mt. Vesuvius
Congress
Business College
NEW Castle Business College
White Millinery Co
East Washington Street
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