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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1923
Page
22
Rome reports Franco Vatican relations near breaking point after Pope Pius XI Ruhr note outrages France. French ambassador Jonnart cancels reception to cardinals and may resign. Italian papers praise the note while Vatican circles say it was misread.
First Methodist Troop No 9 organized plans at a Friday meeting for a Sunday demonstration at Highland United Presbyterian Church. H F Christman invited the visit, with nine Croton Troop members joining the Methodist unit. County Scout Master Paul Machin spoke on the scout camp as twenty members will attend. Clarence Clark was welcomed as a candidate.
A quick guide lists shows at Nixon Fox presenting Dustin Farnum and Arline Pretty in Bucking the Barrier, Sunshine comedy, Al St John in All Wet, Fox News, Penn with Ramon Navarro Lewis Stone and Barbara Lamar in Trifling Women, Buster Keaton in Black Qirth, Newsreel. Star features Lionel Barrymore The Face in the Fog, Leena Owen, and Makin Movies. Dome shows Gim me with Helene Chadwick and H B Walthall plus Aesop's Fables. Regent debuts The Abysmal Brute with Reginald Denny and comedy Don't Get Fresh.
Mrs. M. F. Paul of Sydney urges immigration to Australia noting Sydney as a clean, gay city with rapid progress. She cites the agricultural show, spring race meet, new subway, theaters, road construction by an American expert, and high gasoline costs as factors shaping Australia’s development.
A man who entered the Helbley residence after a party last week was followed by the son who fired shots toward the intruder as he fled toward the golf links. Margaret Helbley suffered brain fever from the shock. George Carroll, once a Colaluca suspect, was discharged by Mayor Rentz as no longer needing detention and promised to leave town.
An renowned auctioneer known for sleeping car work in many states and Canada arrives in New Castle tonight at 7 30 to raise funds for the Milk and Ice fund. He will auction a bull calf with all bids welcome and invites all Lawrence county citizens to attend on the diamond.
In Philadelphia two local girls, Gertrude and Hannah Monaghan, sue actress Ethel Barrymore for 600 dollars claiming they furnished her with material for the dramatization of Thomas Hardy's The Hand of Ethelberta which she did not return. Barrymore denies all knowledge of the play and the claim.
A homing toad carried by Frederick C Sidney from Wakefield to Old Center Winchendon was released last week and set out for home. The amphibian hopped the 75 miles back to Wakefield in five days, aided by a small tag on its hind leg.
A terse note is sent to a newspaper urging aborting a planned item. The brief indicates a decision to halt coverage or publication and requests publication delays or withdrawal of the story. Local editorials weigh the move as a curation of content.
Clare McQuiston reports a large sedan with no driver seen on Grant street causing minor traffic hold. A toppled car, a tethered rubber ball pursuit at Cascade Park, and idle lunch hour tennis games reflect a sleepy city scene. A motorman aids a stalled Ford while a high auto license and a truck unloading on North Mill street add to the daily bustle.
Governor Pinchot signed twenty three senate bills including the Baldwin bill aiding liquid fuel tax exemptions for kerosene and fuel oils and the Quigley bill approving rural index maps and clock system signs. Also approved were amendments to food laws, school oversight shifts, higher deputy pay for decedents' appraisers, and grants for uniform building lines, audits, charitable tax exemptions, and county court dispositions of fines and penalties.
In Brooklyn a Shetland pony collapsed exhausted beside an ice cream wagon. Spectators helped by harnessing the animal and making it drag the wagon a block before police intervened. Max Lender was arrested on cruelty to animals charges.
Report notes pedestrians on crowded corners seeking passage as throngs gather in city streets. Observers describe slowing traffic and orderly movement as people navigate crossings amid dense foot traffic.
Harrisburg June 30 Pennsylvania reports a network of camp sites for automobile travelers along state property and parks. The Department of Highways lists sites in counties including Westmoreland Somerset Bedford Fulton Franklin Adams Chester Beaver Berks Blair Bradford Chester Clinton Columbia Dauphin Fayette Franklin Lackawanna Lehigh Lawrence Luzerne Lycoming Mercer Monroe Northampton Pike Schuylkill Sullivan Susquehanna Tioga Washington Wyoming and McCreary's Grove with no charges. The Department of Forests and Waters oversees seven state forest parks Calendonia Mont Alto Childs Harry John James Buchanan Leonard Harrison Valhalla offering picnic areas tables benches fresh water and rules same as state forests. Prospective campers may find sites at towns and landmarks across the state.
Quakertown Pa Harrison W Thatcher 33 clerk of the orphans court of Bucks county died by suicide early today after firing a bullet through his head. He served with the 208th tank battalion in the war and was severely wounded after undergoing six operations and about to undergo another.
Miss Lula Boyles died recently with funeral services conducted Friday afternoon at 3 o clock from her brother E Lee Boyles home 318 East Lincoln avenue Rev Francis E Reese of Central Presbyterian church officiated Pallbearers were relatives Interment followed at Graceland cemetery
Funeral services for the late Elmer Dindinger will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 30 from his home in Chewton with Rev Wooding of the Methodist church in charge. Burial will follow in Slippery Rock cemetery.
Word arrived of the death of Henry Reese aged 75 years and eleven months in Pittsburgh Pa He passed away at the home of his nephew Walter Evans 360 Ophelia Street Pittsburgh. He was a well known Welsh elder and great uncle of Mrs David Jones of Ellwood City Pa Funeral services set for Tuesday July 3 from the Evans residence Interment at Uniondale Cemetery Northside Pittsburgh Pa
In Minneapolis on June 30 Mme Ernestine Schumann Heinke received a silent toast from thirty disabled World War I veterans honoring her son who died on a German U boat in 1918. She urged backing her defense against disloyalty charges and a possible U S military burial. Colonel Leach led a toast to the fallen sailor as the crowd saluted.
A compact quotation attributed to Doctor Johnson asserts that rags will always make a web appearance when they have a right to do so. The line reflects a witty take on access and obligation.
Louis Albert Cornet is under arrest in Paris charged with stealing platinum points from Notre Dame Cathedral and the Tower Saint Jacques lightning rods. He says the rods at Notre Dame are worth about 15 900 francs and planned to expand to other monuments including the Eiffel Tower.
London reports that since schools require fourteen year olds, many older girls in Bedfordshire show stooping and round shoulders. The medical officer links this to rapid growth and cramped seating, noting taller girls struggle with desks lacking proper backs while boys show less of this tendency.
New Castle lodge No. 169 Knights of Pythias unveiled its remodeled and furnished headquarters on East Washington Street. A large turnout from local and visiting lodges attended last night and praised the new quarters as among the finest lodge headquarters in the city.
Charles Monvero 21 of Brooklyn pleads guilty in Yorkville court to involvement in an attempted theft of $600 worth of silks from a motor truck at Twenty second street and Lexington avenue. Magistrate Hatting sets $2500 bail for the grand jury.
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