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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1925
Page
29
The county commissioners recorded a deed for 23 acres on the New Castle Ellwood City road as the site for a county home. Land conveyed by I Lyvan H Emerick for $6 925 26. Price near 300 per acre.
Norman Dale, who has led the Lawrence County Farm Bureau for five years, will stay at the bureau until May 1 before handing over the entire business.
A may be a druggist ad urging women in New Castle to buy Korene antiseptic. It claims Korene is nonpoisonous and safe to drink, yet four times stronger as an antiseptic than carbolic acid and more powerful than mercuric chloride, with a money back offer if not praised.
Office changes hands as H. R. Mc Culloch prepares to take permanent residence in Newcastle. McCulloch was in Newcastle last week and has since returned to Middleburg to finalize matters before returning Wednesday to assume duties.
The cinchon bark yield and use spread from Lima to Spain aided by the Countess of Cinchona. Early 17th century the Countess and her husband lived in Peru. cured by bark sent by a provincial governor. Expansions followed, with colonial plantings in Burma, Ceylon, Jamaica, and South Africa after Sir Clement Markham’s 1880 Peru expedition.
Rieck-McJunkin announces home delivery of Butter Eggs Cheese and Cottage Cheese. Deliveries will visit city sections at intervals during the week with no extra delivery charge. For details call Bell 2233. Distributors of Rieck McJunkin Products.
Roy M. Turner, 32, of Kansas City, is jailed on first degree murder charges in the death of Mrs. Dora Gage, 52, whose body was found in her apartment after Turner was heard by attendants. Doctors detected strychnine traces. Turner reportedly stood to gain a $5,000 life policy. Investigators note Turner’s wife drowned during a canoe trip two years prior, with $17,000 collected from her policies.
Frank H. Johnston and residents complain of trucks and other motor vehicles using the Wilson Avenue sidewalk for about eight hundred feet as a driveway due to a blocked cartway. A truck with license R-70-680 was stuck on the sidewalk by the city park and the driver refused to show a license. Investigation is underway.
An advertising feature extols Bulgarian Herb Tea and Bulgarian Herb Tablets as pure vegetable remedies for constipation stomach liver kidney and rheumatic troubles. It cites H. H. Von Schlick as the introducer in America about 25 years ago and promotes trial sizes at five to seven and a half cents, regulars at seventy five cents and family sizes at 1.25.
The United States Treasury Department seeks ten million dollars in back taxes from Senator James Couzens of Michigan over the 1919 Ford Motor Company stock sale. Couzens says the action is retaliation for an Internal Revenue probe and his fight to root out corruption in government across administrations.
The Internal Revenue Service office in New Castle closed after offering midnight service on Monday for late filers. Only one person appeared near twelve, a Washington Street business man, while most residents filed early last week. Collectors withheld figures, but local returns were reportedly down this year. two hours was the longest single session, while many were completed in minutes.
Amateur horticulturists in New Castle honor St Patrick's Day by planting sweet peas per Thomas Whitten of New Castle Hardware. He notes the day as ideal for sweet pea planting and reports a thriving seed trade this year. Some locals joke about borrowing money to pay income taxes.
The Benjamin Franklin Junior High stadium season tickets for next fall are selling slowly but steadily. Total sales reach 1,040 with further money and stubs requested promptly to help track sales. Officials urge remittance and stub return to Prof. F I Orth to prevent mistakes.
Automobile of State Senator George T. Weingartner found abandoned Monday morning at 8:30 near a schoolhouse in Coitsville Ohio. Police said four men used the car in an attempted robbery in Alliance where gunfire occurred with local officers.
The board authorized current disbursements to eleven participating institutions. Checks will be prepared by Treasurer H. Richards. Directors disposed of routine business and conducted general organization matters at the Monday meeting in the Board of Trade offices.
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