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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1925
Page
1
Dr. W C Wallace of Westminster Callery and New Castle Rosary Uiyp was elected district governor of Rotary's Thirty Third District in Pittsburgh on March 20. The district includes about fifty clubs and his term runs for the next year, replacing Emmett Bailey who was elected last year.
Thirty looters were confined in Murphysboro jail when one was shot by a soldier while trying to strip a diamond ring from an unconscious man. The incident occurred with no guards posted and no public backlash reported.
A fragmentary, poetic piece imagines spring with birds, brooks, and blooms. It blends nature imagery with playful odd syllables and garbled phrases, ending with a nonsensical line about writing and a distant reference to a “fifty-six caxly sadain.”
Five people were injured when a car crashed head on into a pole near Hopewell Presbyterian church in New Bedford. One driver was arrested. Injured include Taal Caprica of Pittsburgh with a fractured skull in serious condition, Margaret Miller of Pittsburgh with arm injuries, and RLM Ackley of New Castle with a eye injury. taken to Shenango Valley hospital.
William D Shepherd and Dr Charles C Farman face arraignment on murder charges over William Nelson McClintock s death. Defense plans to call oysters as evidence alleging contaminated eastern beds carried typhoid germs, with health records to back the claim.
Murphysboro Illinois March 21 Physicians and nurses work to check tetanus spread after storm injuries. Dr Hess of the Northern hospital Chicago stationed at Murphysboro warned in May that the infection may be spreading despite inoculations for typhoid and tetanus given to patients. Water system remains paralyzed and placards urge citizens to boil drinking water.
International News, on board U S rescue car three at the mouth of Bethlehem Mines No 41 Barracksville West Virginia reports twenty four rescue workers entombed miners overcome by poisonous gases. Eighteen from the nine to three shift and six from three to nine shift were affected and revived on the surface. No additional bodies found as of morning report.
Philadelphia police report James McPeak and Herman Farrell were held up at LaFrance Packing Company offices before noon. Two automobile bandits seized a $700 payroll, jumped into a waiting car driven by a third man, and sped away.
An almanac style town report describes how attorney S J Callahan lost his keys Thursday and recovered them Friday after placing a News Want Ad. Mrs William Glover found the keys and saw the ad, highlighting the effectiveness of want ads for lost items at The Want Ad Store on 2 N Mercer St.
Oreanie police under Mayor Dunlap and Chief Dysart launch active drive to curb underage smoking. Eighteen boys under age faced Mayor next week to identify cigarette sources and dealers violating the law. Tonight at 7:30 the Order of Builders Masonry program at the Masonic Temple will form for youths 14 to 21, promoting moral development and civil betterment.
County commissioners paused letting the Enon road contract after proposed changes to the roadway. They met North Beaver and Little Beaver residents, reached agreements with nearly all affected farmers, and expect all signatures in a few days before awarding the contract.
Joseph H Masters to Ruth Shuter Now Castle in a noted license list includes Glenroton and Aliquippa area names with Rosies and Flandes entries. The brief notice records marriage filings in the region.
Police investigate the death of William Dettte, 46, whose body was found in the storage room of the People's Natural Gas Company in Pittsburgh. William Coyne discovered the body after hearing a shot at noon. investigators say Dettte had been despondent over health. Swiss edict suppresses all gambling houses nationwide starting today per National News Service.
An item notes attorney HL JK. sury as a prominent figure in the Law relice County Bar Association, highlighting his recognition among the era s leading legal minds.
Gorham Illinois recounts a deadly tornado that killed about ninety residents in a town of under two thousand. Mrs. Alice Tomure, 70, survived after her home was hurled and splintered, a baby blown from arms, and family members crushed in debris as a path of collapse crossed the village.
Fragmentary death notice lists individuals in Beaver Township including Robert James, Mrs. Mary Jones, and Beed Nocera along Mercer Street and Amass streets in Dallas. The incomplete OCR sequence lacks clear dates or causes.
Across Illinois Indiana Missouri Kentucky and Tennessee a deadly cyclone leaves bodies buried in mass graves. Health officials race to complete burials amid fears of disease as Red Cross tallies rise with hundreds dead and many still unidentified.
A string of early reports details Antonio Datola, 88, fatally shot during a holdup in Warren Ohio. James K. Lynch and Louis Roberts escaped harm in a Gallipolis Ohio auto crash. Pedestrians Elizabeth Cassidy and Hilda Drenning suffered injuries from a collision. Arthur D. Rimes died by electrocution in Bellefonte Pennsylvania. John E. Adams and daughter Margaret were killed and injured in a Brookville Pennsylvania crash. Alien Hamilton, 90, of Brookville, died after a fall from a freight team. Mrs Harn Lan, 85, died at Moscow, Illinois, leaving a large number of descendants.
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