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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1925
Page
8
The auditorium of Highland United Presbyterian Church was filled Thursday evening for a Mock Trial presented by the You T Couple's Inter Sunday School Council. The jury returned a verdict favoring the plaintiff as the audience witnessed lively testimony and courtroom rhetoric from the participants.
Children of Now Cassly will see Kin-Tin-Tin in The Light House at Regent theatre tomorrow. Special matinee from 1 o clock with a comedy and a news reel. Admission 10 cents under 12 years. An entertaining program for young and old.
The Highland Young People from fifteen Sunday schools hosted a court scene with Rev J Williamson, Ruth Donaldson and Elizabeth Eckles handling logistics. Testimony featured Miss Thuth Lewis the physician phrenologist and star witnesses Lewis Jenkins and Virginia Recher, while Andy Lalibut faced a $1.92 claim from Minnie Fairchance. Cast of Charade judges included C d Akens and Elizabeth MuCaskey.
Plaintiff and defendant counsels are listed along with designated witnesses for both sides. Names include John Werrick and Geneva Fleming for the plaintiff and Henry Brenneman plus Mary Louden for the defendant. Court staff and officials such as stenographer Alice May Muffiman and Sheriff Alex Newell are named.
ATLANTA reports huge hydro power spend with 8 million planned this year and 4 million initial. Portland notes Western Pine Association mills producing 33 306 000 feet above normal. Seattle tracks 20 000 000 feet lumber to May from Suckanbach. Fort Worth notes bull market, grass rush, and cattle prices. Boston mill profits widen amid lower raw material prices. Detroit Gids Motor exports reach 700 cars monthly, up 50 percent. Akron tire production rising with Mason up to 7000 tires daily. New Orleans summer clothing makers busier, inventories oversold. Philadelphia wool market unsettled as worsted yarn demand waits for bottom. Pittsburgh steel capacity around 70 percent, rail demand tight, auto industry strong but uneven.
James Foust, director, bureau of foods and chemistry, explains the phrase original container in a May 26 1925 regulation on serving whole milk in eating places. The original means the bottle delivered to the hotel or restaurant, with paper or other containers allowed if perfected by experimental work.
Former Kansas governor Jonathan Davis faces trial in Toreks on indictments alleging irregularities in a grant to convicts in the state prison. His son is also implicated, and the former official is pictured with one of his defense counsel.
A sedan rented from RentA Car Company of South Croton was linked to Charles Snyder, a Shenango Valley Hospital worker. Inquiry followed a hospital complaint. police traced the car to a residence on Wilson Avenue. The vehicle, later found at Gaston Park, is connected to a squirrel-killing incident involving several youths who will be ordered before the mayor.
An abandoned Ford was discovered near the mill area as Omiews Garner and Moore reported the find. Local authorities were notified and began inspection of the vehicle and surrounding premises.
The council approved paying $1,859.50 to Contractor G. McQuision for removing dirt from Highland Avenue to North Jefferson Street. He removed and dumped 7,438 cable yards, a bill size that stunned several council members with its large numerical total.
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