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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1925
Page
5
Elm Street Branch YWCA plans a violin recital in the Auditorium. Violinist Cameron White, linked to M Zacharewitsch, will perform a program showcasing his high artistry. The event follows a general conference of the M E church addressing bans on theatres dancing and card playing.
The article notes a performer with numerous magazine articles and compositions who arrives at Lew Castle after a recital in Carnegie Hall, Pittsburgh, where he is presented by the Livingston Memorial Hospital Association.
International News Service correspondent describes Hachijojima off Japan as a remote, untouched isle where women still work hard, spin cloth, and manage households while men from Tokyo seek traditional wives. Descendants of former exiles sustain silk weaving. about 10,000 residents prosper.
An antiquated account highlights Hachijojima with yellow striped silk fabric trade, camellia oil use by Japanese women, and rich scenery. It notes two extinct volcanoes including Hachijo-Fuchi, a seven to eight cascade waterfall, hot springs, beaches, and feudal era Japanese architecture.
Two McKinley Building and Loan officials were wounded when two armed bandits attempted a hold up at the association’s office in Pittsburgh Ta May 27. L. F. Wing was hit in the right hand and Peter Dewalt in the left foot as they tried to stop the revolver. The bandits escaped in a whiting machine with more than 700 dollars of the day’s receipts left untouched. Dewalt underwent surgery for a bullet lodged in his foot at South Side Hospital. police and detectives searched the vicinity for the gunmen.
International News from Philadelphia reports John Coleman of Dade City Florida rushed to University of Pennsylvania hospital with a grain of corn in his throat. He was in critical condition and deemed unfit for surgery after X rays suggested enlargement of the grain. South Bend boy Harvey Blackmar operated yesterday to remove a peanut from his throat. In London, bus company clerks use “confetti counting” to tally tickets by dumping punched clippings for sorting.
A list of household and personal care items with prices appearing to be from a market or store ad. Items include Boncilla Woodbury products, Howards Bi Frostilla Hinds Cream at 50c to 1.00, youth cosmetics, Orchard White, Scott's products, Palmolive Soap, Johnson Soap, Kotex, Mum, Pond's Cream, Cutex, Jergen's Lotion, Cuticura, Resinol, and Eckerd's specials offering 3 for 53c or 6 for 39c.
An old newspaper ad lists tobacco bargains including five cent cigars, six for 25 cents, and a $1.98 box of 50. Also shown are eight and ten cent cigars, Camel and Lucky Strike brands, 13 cent packs, and Prince Albert product offerings with varying quantities and prices.
Fragmented list shows various talcum powder brands and prices like J. & J. Baby 15c Mennen's 15c Mavis Talcum 17c Luzell 25c, Orange Buc 12 44c, Lov-Me 4 5 19c, Pompeian 1B8, Djer Kiss 14, Melba 00.124. Awe ud.
Enon Valley residents detail a large Inboden reunion at West Tairfield with many relatives from East Palestine, Washington DC, Alliance and Freedom. Attendees include William Inboden Sr and family, M C Inboden, Belle Dutch, George Crook and others. The event ends with all enjoying the gathering. Local news notes Mrs. Ed Fickinger recovering at home and plans for operations for Miss Jelizabeth Russell.
The report lists local residents seen in various towns over the weekend and the prior Friday. It notes Mrs. A. H. Simpson in Beaverton Falls and W. A. Ross in New Castle. Vernon Scott has returned from Pittsburgh while Sterratt Lake from Geneva College spent the weekend at home. Mr and Mrs N. E. Averynay purchased a new sedan.
Augusta Maine May 27 Harry A Kirby accused of killing Miss Alda Hayward at a Manacook Lake cottage faced intense questioning today from prosecutor Grant and police. The case centers on a cottage tragedy with local officials awaiting further evidence.
New York police probe a string of missing girls from a local institution near Nyack. Kirby is questioned over a death at the facility for the feeble minded. Rumors link the case to historical references about President Harrison and prior confinement.
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