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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1926
Page
8
In the week ending June 26 this year 21 accidents were reported and 6 persons were hit and injured, compared with 22 accidents and 1 injury the previous year. Through June 26 the year totals show 415 accidents and 88 injuries versus 397 and 100 in 1925, suggesting more crashes but fewer injuries as drivers exercise greater care.
Philadelphia girl Helen F Dodge wins first place in the girls division of the Sesqui Centennial awards, for heroism after infantile paralysis. Dorothy M York, Royersford, and Alberta M Firestone, West Elizabeth, are alternates. Winners receive trips to the Sesqui. Carl R Long Carrick near Pittsburgh wins boys prize with Vincent De Blazio Philadelphia and Bernard Carmatz Philadelphia as alternates. Long is a life saver and Boy Scout.
Editors and publishers of Pennsylvania newspapers converge on State College for the annual summer outing. About 200 representatives arrive as business sessions of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers' Association are set to begin the next morning, with participants traveling from across the state.
Representatives of the Keystone press gather for day one events including an Associated Press meeting, a campus and farm tour of Pennsylvania State College, and a Centre Hills Country Club banquet. Speakers include Eric C. Hopwood and Dean C. W. Stoddart. John L. Stewart of Washington, Pa., will chair the business meetings.
Demand for steel grows with U S Steel at about 85 percent capacity output and shipments above output. Wire mills run 50 to 60 percent. Railroads show notable demand gain. Radiator makers lead pig iron buying as Western furnaces push prices up to 50 cents per ton.
George Anderson a 45 year old East Liverpool auto salesman and former Kenyon College football star is free on 4000 dollar bond while appealing for a new trial. He has a stay of execution on a four year eight month to twenty six year sentence after filing eight reasons for reversal. McClain, a 27 year old taxicab driver, was shot in Andersons bedroom on the night of October 3 1925 following a taxi call.
East Liverpool Ohio June 28 Thomas Tackett 23 a bricklayer died after entering the Ohio River to aid a drowning 21 year old Irene Kibble as she tired in the attempt to swim ashore. Bystanders saved her and he sank and was recovered about an hour later with no revival.
Two patients, Michael Hartman age 24 and Joseph Lair age 18, fled from a Pennsylvania State hospital yard after sealing a wall and swimming a canal to Yardley. Police and hospital authorities searched Yardley and alerted state police, noting Hartman had a history of previous escapes.
The statement divides opinion into two classes. It claims that bachelors and married men view women as fortunate to gain husbands, presenting a provocative stereotype about gender and marriage.
The ad touts a short boil method with Certo that preserves color and flavor, increases yield, and speeds prep. It promises easy success for all cooks and includes a recipe book with Certo. Grocer stock or a 10 cent trial half size bottle by mail from Douglas Pectin Corp Rochester.
A large crowd attended Sunday at Second Baptist Church as Colored Boy Scout Troop No 14 held its Tenderfoot ceremony. Brief sermons were delivered by Rev Engram and Rev Pollard while Scoutmaster Tom Farrell presided. Assistant Scoutmaster Fred Wilkes titled the principal address A Scout's Duty. Troop attendance reached 100 percent.
John Pherson saw a fawn on Plaingrove road in Washington township two miles north of Eastbrook at about seven this morning. The deer remained in view long enough for a clear sighting, adding to evidence of growing deer presence in Lawrence county.
Two lawyers clashed loudly in court with insults as the judge called for order. The scene ended with adjournment while comments echoed the courtroom tension. In other notes, Johnny Brown the European bantamweight champion now fighting in America had previously won the British amateur title at age fourteen.
New York reports more than 20 million dollars deposited in school savings banks. Arthur H. Chamberlain of the national education association notes New England schools lead in thrift, while the South shows little focus. He will chair the thrift congress in Philadelphia tomorrow. Severe earthquake tremors are also reported in Washington Montana Idaho and Wyoming. The test of a good doctor is his drive to cure himself from practice.
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