Finances Take Spotlight as Legislature Moves
The session prioritizes budgets and fiscal matters with Thursday marking the last day to introduce bills. Lawmakers eye state finances, revenue plans, and potential tax measures as deadlines loom.
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1925
Page
2
The session prioritizes budgets and fiscal matters with Thursday marking the last day to introduce bills. Lawmakers eye state finances, revenue plans, and potential tax measures as deadlines loom.
Harrisburg weeknight entertainment includes newsreels and multiple features. The lineup lists The Lion Met the Sousee, The Dancers, The Butterfly Man, Cloud Riders, Go Getters, Maying With Fire, Marriage Morals, The Girl Problem, and Pot Tax Still Unsettled, with Pathe News Reel and live musical acts.
Announcement notices indicate items for the primaries scheduled September 15 1925. Voters are urged to review candidates and positions and participate in the local process.
An official statement from Hethlenem Mines Corp to International News Service confirms no chance of rescue for the 33 miners entombed by a Tuesday explosion. Four bodies remain to be recovered, after which a state investigation led by Lambie will begin. governors and officials defer comment.
Pittsburgh news service reports that the Joe Seep Co purchasing agents for Standard Oil Co cut prices on seven oil grades by 20 to 5 cents. New prices include New York Transit and Bradford District 5.56, National Transit and Gaipa Grade Oil 2.35, Southwest Pipeline 5.55, Eureka Pipeline 3.50, Buckeye Pipe 3.40.
Report covers a March 21 gathering at the Masonic Temple with boxing, shoe repair, and the formation of the Builders order for sons or brothers of Masons aged 14 to 21. Officers elected include Master Guilder Joe Blanning and Deputy Master Tom Solonon. Arthur R. Millard will preside at the next meeting.
The Ellingson case enters open trial as defense lawyers outline an insanity and jazz-age influence defense. The state seeks life imprisonment, arguing the girl was sane at the time of the killing of her mother in their Richmond cottage. Police reconstruction cites the shooting occurred as the mother reprimanded her for staying out nights.
A man held on charges including manslaughter faces additional bail as the missing girl Carrico is transported to a morgue and prepared for burial. Surviving relatives include her parents Mrs Low Carrico of Pittsburgh and sister Violet, with burial planned in Clarksture.
Excavation began today for a two story brick commercial garage at North Mil and Homestead streets. Hoyland and Frasso, noted local contractors, will construct a 53 by 148 foot building with brick steel and concrete. Financed at about 35000 dollars, the owners plan basement display rooms offices and storage with future three story expansion. The project aims to extend Mill Street’s business district and raise nearby property values.
A Sunday afternoon canvass of Central Presbyterian Church membership in the city shows increased subscriptions for the world of the church for the coming year, rising $1,700 above the prior year. The church plans interior redecorating during the summer months.
The New Castle Free Public Library hosts a weekly story hour with Master Jacob and The Mirror as selections. Tuesday afternoon at 4 in the M G C A reading room Miss Mary Leckle leads and urges a large attendance, with dramatization as usual.
A two year inquiry supported by the Tathowle Order Sons of America finds no need to alter history texts used in Pennsylvania public schools. The commission notes current editions meet expectations and calls for no further state action. Superintendent Ben G. Graham of New Cassie schools confirms no complaints about local texts.
The Beaver county court returned a not guilty verdict Saturday for Herman Gussenhofen of Beaver in involuntary manslaughter over nurse Nel Via May Noggle's death. The jury assessed costs on the defendant, citing that a vehicle struck and fatally injured Noggle on Penn avenue, Newbughton, July 20 last year.
John Haines, 14, held in Marietta on a murder charge for shooting Mrs. Gen Summers, wife of a Cart W Va merchant. Maines, also charged with attempting to kill Summers' son, had lived with the Summers family since last fall and is believed to have escaped from a Ohio reformatory.
W W Walls of the Church of Nazarene asked the city council to pave West Falls Street between North Beaver and North Jefferson. The pastor’s church backs the drive and Cornel approves. petitioners say the thoroughfare is in poor condition and hinders church services and parking.
Residents of Spruce Street petitioned for paving with a majority frontage showing. The council instructed Salici tor Mlobert White to draft an ordinance to provide for the improvement.
A vintage ad-like piece promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a liver and bowel tonic to prevent bilious looks and dull eyes. It claims 90 percent of illness stems from insolive bowels and liver and presents Olive Tablets as a gentle vegetable compound in olive oil.
A string of notices from New Castle records death and funeral services for McCaskey McCankey and McCaskey family kin. Gunning Clarke Shaney Nucci and others are named with details of births, parish ties, church services, and interments across Greenwood and St. Marys cemeteries. Funeral dates include March 25 and 22, with ceremonies at St Raphael’s St Marys St Johns and Italian Methodist churches in New Castle and nearby towns.
City council approves paving plans for Moody Avenue between Carlisle Street and Withington. Bricks and cement paving specifications set by council, with costs and contractor details expected to be issued soon. Local residents express concern over traffic and noise during work, while officials promise phased disruption minimization.
Health office reports four new morlar fever cases in Cary with six to eight patients to be released from quarantine by week’s end. Total cases 43 with ongoing restrictions. Names listed include Hilton of Arlington Street, Rey Campbell, and Reed Shiner.
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