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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1925
Page
6
New Castle sees a spring house cleaning surge as mothers and housewives lead a citywide effort. Furniture is scrubbed, walls stripped, and ash is hauled away while families endure the bustle and mess of the seasonal rite.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Best and family from Lillyville were weekend visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Chas Schellenberger. Mrs C D Hennon of Elwood City spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs C L Guy. Mrs Kate Hennon is reported ill at her home here. Mr and Mrs W F Aiken and daughter Mary of Elwood City also visited.
This Skin Tone Capsule promotion claims cure all and features testimonials from locals. It touts weight gain relief for neuritis and rheumatism, with the Skin Tone specialist present to advise buyers on suitability. Many boxes sell weekly. readers invited to seek the specialist to discuss benefits.
Mrs. Kate Hennon and Cam Price with son Philip and Mrs. Emma Price of Slippery Rock visited. Lafe Weir and Garreth from Beaver Falls spent the weekend with W. S. Fosnaughts. Elisabeth McConahy is ill. Lena Kelly and Chas Aiken visited Ellwood City. Farry Kelly spent the weekend with W. H. Mayberry. W. P. Guy Sr. was an Ellwood City caller Saturday.
Princeton Station Orris Book has been a patient for eight weeks at Shenango Valley hospital and is seriously ill. Local residents visited and called on family members in New Castle and surrounding areas. Several community members were noted as callers, visitors, or moved between towns including Kennedy’s Mill Rose Point Slippery Rock and Harlansburg with updates on health and social visits.
A dense set of crossword style clues with mixed spellings and abbreviations, listing numerous word prompts such as familiar fruit, to thwart, part of a priest's dress, and various abbreviations for titles places and identities, likely intended for a puzzle grid. The garbled text includes numbers and stray letters, suggesting OCR errors from a published puzzle page.
Two boys suffered burns, one serious, when a steel barrel containing tar preparation used in road work exploded near the National Fork, on the Pittsburgh pike. Matthew Tollen, 16, Riverview, and Albert Wilson, 14, New Eagle, were taken to Memorial Hospital. Tollen was reported in serious condition.
Puzzle fragment lists scattered clues from a boys and girls cross word activity. It mentions Word 1 a native of the land, Word 5 worn on the finger, Word 6 synonym for honesty, Word 8 missing word in a daring aviator sentence, Word 10 the talons of prey, and several stylistic oddities. The text ends with a guess about a player piano in tune.
Cascarets ad touts a laxative claim with promises of relief for constipation and bilious feelings. It claims to cleanse bowels and stimulate the liver without sickness, appealing to men, women, and children. The product is described as safe, pleasant tasting, and available in 10 cent boxes at drugstores.
Walter Hart known as Hub from New Castle pursued baseball from youth to professional levels. He played for Vincennes, Monmouth, Louisville under Heinia Pete, Manistee, Muskogee, and logged 138 games with a .389.7 batting mark. Hart later managed the Rick Overlands in Lawrence County league and is expected to lead another team this year.
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