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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1925
Page
33
Immense crowd packs Mercer Street for the News on Thursday second series game with 2000 on opening day and 3000 the next. Fans arrive early, savor Inside baseball, applaud when Tuyler hits, and enjoy the new annunciator system delivering plays instantly. The News celebrates improved service mirroring big-city standards and vows top treatment for New Castle fans.
The piece notes four men are needed to operate the system and more may be hired if needed. A telegraph line runs from the playing field to the New Castle News office, and a game’s progress is recorded on the News scoreboard even before a play finishes. The writer wryly adds a jab about expenses and enjoyment at the paper’s expense.
Two damage suits totaling seventy thousand dollars were filed in Whitflails New Jersey's supreme court after an automobile accident near Mount Keyso. Paul Walder Jr., nine, of Danville, Pa., was injured while visiting relatives. Adolf Walder seeks twenty thousand for loss of services and medical expenses. the boy rode a bicycle on a private road when struck by a truck alleged to be owned by Ric Macy and Company.
John T. Hardie, 43, a prominent professional and secretary manager of Kanawha Country Club, died at his Charleston home from a cerebral hemorrhage after playing 18 holes of golf the previous day. He was well known in West Virginia golf circles for competing in state tournaments and running minor events.
Judge Kene announced that Mountain Landis high commissioner of baseball believed the third game could be played today despite misty weather. Landis and the umpires went to the ball park to inspect the grounds in the forenoon.
Harrisburg Oct 9 Pauil D Wright secretary of highways urged Pennsylvania school children to walk on the left side of highways to reduce accidents. He argues that teaching youngsters to stay left may influence grown ups and cites night driving dangers from approaching cars.
A barn on the James Shannon farm near Jackson Center on Stoneboro road burned Wednesday afternoon around 1:30. A horse and a calf perished, with substantial crop losses and damage to a coal house as the fire spread. John Pearson of Mercer raised the alarm after discovering the blaze. Mrs Shannon had left briefly with an infant unattended. The fire took hours to control despite early notice.
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