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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1925
Page
2
Governor Pinchot signed the Weingartner bill fixing sheriff salaries in sixth class counties at 4000 dollars. Several counties failed to receive the executive’s signature, while other provisions would require licenses for auctioneers, raise coroner fees, increase justice of the peace fees, and impose fines or bonds. The measure would make it a criminal offense for jail officials to neglect notifying five personal friends of a prisoner.
Memorial Day committee meets at the Legion Home to finalize plans for the observance. School visitation committees will finish the speaker list today.
Admitted Wilbur Winthrop R D 2 Mrs Blanche Matson 201 North Mercer street Mrs Anna Tribby East Washington street Charles Donges 212 East Grant street Allen White Sharpsburg Discharged Hoelen Marie Urm son 1311 Delaware avenue Mrs Emily Burns 105 Finestreet Al Jen White Sharpsville Pa Mrs Florence Studebaker Slippery Rock Central News Despatch from Constantino ple today reported under control a fire destroying six hundred shops in Yezgad near Angora Fronting The damage was 5 000 000 TONDON May 15
On stage Vincent Lopes presents Jack Linton and his Cadet Orchestra of 11 instrumentalists. On screen Frank Loyd introduces Fler Husband's Secret with Antonia Moreno Patsy Ruth Miller Ruth Clifford and David Torrence. Mack Sennet comedy Bashful Jim features Malpi Graves. Gloria Swanson stars in Madame Lang Gene Echoes of the Alps five young troubadours. Famhe News Lloyd Hamilton in Hooked. Kenneth Harlan Helen Chadwick Mary Carr in The Re-Creation of Brian Kent Comedy Ship Shape. Alice Cans the Cannibals. Dorothy Devore William Haines Fighting the Finmen. Rin-Tin-Tin in The Lighthouse by the Sea with Louise Fazeeda and Buster Collier Felix the Cat. Hypnotized. J B Warner in The Hellion Edmund Cobb Loaded Dice Billy West The Bandmaster Pathe News Sally Strand Againsts All Odds.
Colonel Coolidge, 80, who has endured a flood of mail at his birthplace, is improving after a fainting spell. Dr. Cram says the heart may have skipped a beat and advises rest. the colonel remains active on his farm while glad to aid well-wishers despite his age and seclusion.
Seventy eighth grade graduates from Wolf Creek Pine Springfield and Findley townships sat the high school entrance examination at Grove City High School on Saturday. The turnout is about the annual average for the district.
Council awarded a contract to John Thorson Company to pave Moody Avenue between Carlisle Street and Wilmington Avenue using brick. The bid was 3,869. ? The low brick bid was accepted while Cage Brothers bid reinforced concrete at 37,269.21 and Allegheny Paving asphalt at 34,312.05. Council motion by Lusk to award to Thorson carried.
Officials expect a settlement with France on the World War era debt soon after three months in Europe where discussions with statesmen occurred. The belief extends to Italy and Belgium, with the United States preferring individual settlements over pooling. Debtors must pay via demand notes, and negotiations may send a French debt commission to Washington or American negotiators to Paris.
Reader questions about local sheriffs population during a war era and street names. Answers list multiple sheriff candidates and officials, with names like Warnock Deuds Cooper Doubhett Bell Becker Ayers Whaley Waddington Johnston Boyd Andrews, plus George M. Gibson. Questions invite public participation in a citywide contest run by the New Castle News in New Castle, Pa.
New Castle Lions club members met Tuesday May 12 at the YMC A to learn how silk is produced and hosiery is made. FF L Potter of Real Silk Hosiery demonstrated the process with two reels of moving pictures. Wayne D Stitzinger received a golf club prize for sponsoring the most new members and a committee was named to report on the International Lions convention at Cedar Point Ohio from June 29 to July 30 with a delegation planned.
The aging field marshal was proclaimed president of the German nation. He appeared tired yet reviewed troops at the Reichstag and Reichswahr ceremonies, then traveled to Wilhelmshane Palace for formal reception by Ad Interim President Simona. He faced crowds as Deutschland Uber Alles rang out.
Washington May 12 President Coolidge opposes a national defense test for Armistice Day and disapproves after receiving the War Department report. Plans mirror last year's test, drafted along the same lines, but a White House briefing states Coolidge would not support holding the event. The War Department prepared the protocol and submitted it to the President for approval.
A fragmentary handful of brief urban vignettes describe a woman with three Fittons in a paper market bag a baseball player having his cleats repaired at a blacksmith’s shop an umbrella maker walking the East Side ringing a bell to draw customers a janitor struggling to open a front door at an institution a few early customers waiting patience while the lock is fixed a prosperous farmer visiting a Washington Street merchant a regular town customer relying on telephone orders a fruit stand keeper polishing big apples a policeman helping park a car for a woman unable to reach the curb a colored man at the B and O camp selecting a new sofa for a Washington Street store.
Annual meeting of the Trinity Men's Club will be held Thursday evening in the church childroom. Officers will be elected and a speaker from Pittsburgh will address the gathering after a dinner at 6 45 oclock. Members are urged to contact secretary L J Hale at Bell 4570 R for attendance.
In Elyria Ohio on May 12 the state rested its case against Miss T Luecille Jones 20 daughter of Rev T Howard Jones in common pleas court here charged with arranging clandestine meetings between a girl and a man at a love cottage in grain. The defense sought to repair breaches in the state’s case by challenging credibility of key witnesses as arguments began.
Bellevue Ave residents Wesley A Crain and William L Crain mourn father and railroad conductor Wesley A Crain both die after brief illnesses May 11 in Williamsport PA Mary Reynolds funeral held at home of son William H Reynolds then Clinton Methodist church pallbearers listed William West railroad conductor dies May 11 in South New Castle aged 52 survivors include wife Loretta and siblings burial in Greenwood cemetery
Orla Bir reports high school honors for the basketball and football squads. Ex-Captain Hanlon and Captain-elect Sumner are noted. Ted Wright Ralph Day Harry Robinson and Joe Lackey receive basketball medals. Football letters go to 15 players including Dean Ely Fahey Pax Hanlon Hitchcock Nolan Preston Van Brocklin Ward Ward and Day. Gold basketballs go to Sal McGoun Elizabeth Swinehart Lillian Druschel Gertrude Dagnon Edith Hamilton Lolita Williams Eleanor Travers Captain Kanlon Ted Wright and Joe Lasker. Gold footballs are awarded to Van Brocklin Ward Ely Hitchcock Tiley Hanlon Preston Dean Fox Nolin Twaddle Cunningham and Fahey. Student leaders Tad Thorn and Ralph Brooks wrap up with cheers.
New York market summary shows steady to firm butter with creamery items at 42 to 46 cents, eggs and poultry prices varying by grade and region. Turkeys 25 to 26 cents, broilers 35 to 36 cents, creamery extras 42 to 46 cents, fresh gathered eggs 32 to 34 cents, Pacific coast whites 25 to 40 cents. Milk wholesale price listed at 2.60 dollars per 100 pounds for 3 percent milk within the 201 to 210 mile zone.
Dog men of the city met Monday evening May 11 and formed the Lawrence County Kennel Club to revive interest in dogs. The club elected two presidents, with W. R. Lyons named as the first president despite concerns about his age.
Chauncey Davis was elected and will supervise the club, with Br. M. George as secretary and Joseph C. Williams as treasurer. Plans for the Centennial Dog Show, to be held during Centennial week here June 29 to July 4, were advanced.
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