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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1920
Page
20
Special notice for subscribers and correspondence. Includes office location at Sycamore Street and Apple Way, New Castle, Pa, and mailing addresses. States subscriptions rates and payment instructions, and notes telegraph and advertising arrangements.
The nation’s leading colleges urge conservative attire for evening wear by female students and plan notices for the coming year. The piece argues for a balance between old fashioned formality and modern modesty, noting feminism will seek a practical compromise. Also reported is New York’s health department order to roundup stray cats to curb disease spread and protect birds and squirrels.
A major industrial firm shifts from a ten hour day to a nine hour day after a committee from the employees' congress requests it. Workers prove they can maintain output in nine hours and will test an eight hour day for six months while keeping production steady. If targets drop, they will revert to nine hours. The plan reflects cooperative labor relations and responsibility to the public.
A chronicle of notable events and birthdays from 1838 to 1916 includes Victoria's 1838 Westminster coronation, 1875 Egypt ICJ opening, 1876 Tilden Hendricks ticket, 1889 Maria Mitchell's death, 1915 Swedish peace protest, and 1916 Karl Liebknecht treason sentence.
J Bruce Kremer vice chairman of the national committee and longtime Democratic worker will call the convention to order in San Francisco today for the nomination of a national ticket. A 42 year old Louisville native, he studied at the University of Virginia and Louisville Law School before practicing law in his hometown and later moving to Butte Montana where he has lived since. He has been Montana's representative on the national committee for 12 years.
Lyman J. Gage enters his 85th year as Maine marks its statehood centennial with a major Portland opening event extending through the week. The Democratic national convention begins in San Francisco with nominations planned, while Ohio Republicans launch a two day state convention in Columbus. Catholic college heads convene in New York City for the seventeenth annual Catholic Educational Association gathering.
Washington June 28. The 1920 population of Delaware is 223000, an increase of 20681 since 1910 or 10.26 percent, the Census Bureau announced today.
A light verse style column notes the cheerful traveling salesman who endures long train hops and early mornings to call on towns. He helps the needy beggars and stranded actors with small cash, while facing high costs, hard travel, and lonely nights on the road.
Safe Bud stores fifty pounds of sugar to keep it fresh and jokes about Rome’s builders. Squire Swallow complains of a leaky roof while an insurance agent notes humorous life insurance application responses, including parents dying in infancy and vague illness histories.
The speaker pledges total devotion to their master and God, offering to endure hardship and share every burden. Amy W. Egglestone signs with reverent commitment, expressing willingness to suffer and persevere under divine guidance.
Flint reader disputes the claim of a 430 pound meteorite noting a much larger find in Marion county Ohio. He cites Mr Aye who placed a meteorite at Clarendon cemetery weighing about 17 000 pounds, eight to ten feet tall, shaped like a mammoth pear, and asks the paper to publish the correction.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch notes a theological dispute between Arius and Athanasius on the nature of the second person of the Trinity. It observes two Greek terms homoousios and homotousios differ by a single iota and reports one party tired of Byzantine riots and long disputes said he did not care an iota.
Rev J R Vaughan of Wisconsin currently serving at St Barbanos Burlington New Jersey will visit Ellwood City next Sunday to confer with St Andrews Episcopal chapel on Long avenue about taking charge of the work at St Andrews and in Ellwood City He is a World War veteran and former first lieutenant in the regular army.
Rev. W. T. Reynolds rector of Trinity Episcopal Church reports his household goods have arrived in the city after nearly two months in transit from Baltimore. He traveled to Baltimore to locate the car containing his belongings. the car was found in a railroad yard Wednesday and reached the city Friday evening.
A quirky collection notes misstatements about wood hardness sauerkraut on ships health remedies for scurvy payment of fines by a judge’s son banana origins and Leap Year bean folklore.
The piece notes how early tobacco faddists claimed health benefits as it began to spread in England. By 1614 an estimated 7 000 tobacconists operated in and around London, just before the onset of the so called great tobacco persecution.
The Lost City shows tonight and tomorrow at the Dome Theatre amid wild beasts and natives. The Great White Trail with Doris Kenyon screens Monday and Tuesday as part of a strong Dome bill with drama and romance.
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