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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1925
Page
5
In a Chicago discussion dated October, it is argued that if housewives were paid on a wage basis, payroll would reach 17 million annually. The idea suggests a substantial fiscal impact at both national and local levels.
W A Johnson of Galveston president of the Laundry Owners Association told the convention that about 22,000,000 housewives in the United States earn roughly 15 dollars a week on average. He claims this figure represents 25 percent of national income, while a barber remains perplexed by a vague hair-cut request.
Report from Mercer Pennsylvania dated October 9 states the search for Charles Ames, the missing mail pilot, is focused around Wesley territory near the last beacon. Twelve men and six mail planes plus two army planes scoured 3300 acres of forest north and west of Pearl without finding a trace.
About 1,200 freshmen at George Washington University undergo a practical intelligence test to gauge social adaptability and judgment. The exercises probe real world reasoning, including detecting motive, recognizing emotions in media, and recalling identities in portraits to assess useful study choices.
In Westchester on October, Judge Butler sentenced Edward G. Hagner and Robert Scotten, Lancaster youths, to life imprisonment for the murder of Frank Campbell, keeper of a Pine Heights service station near Nottingham. Both teens collapsed, were fed in court, and had earlier confessed. The defense offered no evidence. Campbell had prior prison time for selling lignitor.
Henry Sanders, 68, was sentenced to 20 years in the Ohio penitentiary after pleading guilty to attacking a 12 year old girl before Judge Davis Jenkins in Youngstown Ohio.
Washington reports naval units will sail to various ports for Navy Day exercises on October 27. Atlantic ships will conduct gunnery drills in Cuban waters while some yards reopen, with submarines and tenders sent to nearby ports and New England. Several destroyers and battleships are listed with destinations from New Rochelle to Bremerton and Long Beach, detailing assigned vessels and ports.
Norman resident Mme Fonuust celebrates her 100th birthday with a longevity formula. Her daily plan includes a morning roast, Norman cider, Norman soup at noon, a hearty family luncheon, and bread with butter and jam in the afternoon.
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