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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1914
Page
7
Yale professor Arthur Hayes says the American chestnut faces near extinction from blight with death in the south and rapid decline in the north. He notes uncertainty about remaining life but warns the species could vanish within hundreds of years unless breeding experiments, especially crossbreeding with Japanese and Chinese varieties, succeed.
In New York a Brooklyn mother revealed a double divorce and double wedding. Decrees came on the same evidence gathered by detectives. Dr. Arthur L. Douglas and Mrs Edna Moeler Myers divorced. Douglas married in Philadelphia. William Henry Hays Myers wed Frances Brower Douglas.
A West Jersey and Seashore railroad station telegraph operator Robert Motsher faced a drawn encounter as an alligator crawled into the ticket area. Several local men helped capture the reptile while Miss Clara Daminger adopted the pet for safekeeping after it escaped its crate.
City Superintendent George A. Dickson traveled to Pittsburg Monday afternoon for an educational conference at the university and planned to be away several days. He has rented a house on Blaine Street near Park and will move in around August 1 with Mrs. Dickson.
Clement and son arrive from Oceanside California, bringing travel details for a family visit.
At a Sunday meeting in Barry hall the Carroll club finalized opening a camp at stop 92 A on the Sharon line for July Fourth. Joseph Travers chairs the athletic committee to arrange a ball game with an opponent to be announced after a Wednesday 8:30 PM meeting. Camp tickets will be issued at the meeting and attendance is expected to be large.
About 1500 inmates at the Eastern penitentiary sign a petition urging prohibition of liquor sales in the state. They claim liquor fuels 70 percent of crime and expect the measure to influence the upcoming legislative session.
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