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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1920
Page
23
The Oldtimers Club of Second Baptist Church plans a Saturday Tag Day to raise funds for a new building. Solicitors will be on city streets all day and organizers expect hundreds to contribute to the effort.
Floyd Jones colored faces a three o clock hearing before Acting Mayor Burns on charges of threatening Officer McConahy. He is out on a fifty dollar forfeit with the case set for today.
New Castle reads Thursday as Suburban Day with local merchants planning stock for special sales. Shellac, a resin from lac insects in India, is described as a bright red resinous product used to coat shells and other materials after processing.
Doctor Butler, headmaster at Shrewsbury, often reprimanded Charles Darwin for inattention and laziness. Darwin showed little interest in lessons, preferring to collect caterpillars and worms and conduct risky chemical experiments with his brother.
A quotation asserts that progress comes from action not disbelief. It contrasts two mindsets: those who declare things impossible and those who pursue them, noting that history records many feats once thought unattainable. The passage emphasizes perseverance in invention.
The piece explains that a dam was the smallest Hindu coin under early English rule in India. It connects the phrase I don't care a dam to its origin and shows how the expression implied a matter of little importance.
A dense catalog of textile and apparel items on a month end sale. Includes silk and mercerized hose, brassieres, corsets, nightwear, dresses, and robes. bed linens, draperies, and various fabrics with price points and size ranges. Notable items include DeBevoise bras, Sunfast draperies, Wash silk vests, and Ripplette bed spreads with multiple sizes and colors.
Excellent quality at cost price for Tuesday only. Womens handkerchiefs 5c each. Initial handkerchiefs with letters embroidered in colors 15c each. Lot to close Tuesday.
Turkish Towels heavy double thread offered at 59c each for Tuesday only. Regular 75c grade, extra durable compared to standard towels.
Advertisement notes silk hose offered in taupe gray white sky and pink. Available in most popular sizes though not all colors in every size. Priced at about 75 cents per pair, regularly 1.25 dollars.
Domestic science instruction now covers rolling table cloths to prevent wear on folds. Cloths are ironed flat then rolled, starting after a half yard is ironed, with the roll kept in front and turned as ironing continues. A substitute uses mailing tubes covered with wallpaper as a firm roll foundation.
A missionary society gathering at a home triggers a humorous moment when a woman's Bible elastic band is mistaken for a garter by a child. The incident occurs during a devotion, highlighting a lighthearted family scene reported in a local column.
The text argues that being busy is acceptable only if the activity is proper. It condemns a constant hurry that leads to confusion from late starts poor preparation and failing to pause to steady the mind and regain bearings.
A West African Bantu practice is detailed where a person digs a ground soak pit filled with seven herbs peppers cardamom seeds and bushes and pours boiling water into it. A clay covered lid traps steam allowing hours of steaming. The lather is washed off and the body is kneaded for an hour before the person resumes clothing and walks away clean and shivering with cleanliness.
The text compares oxygen and hydrogen, noting oxygen supports burning but is not flammable while hydrogen is flammable but does not help other materials burn. It warns hydrogen is dangerous to handle despite its nonsupporting role in combustion and advises care.
The article asserts Tehuantepec women are the most beautiful in the world. It notes they are carefully guarded by tribal men and that travel to their region is a long, winter perilous journey.
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