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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1925
Page
1
With six hours left in the drive New Castle workers reported subscriptions of 11664 bringing the total to 84446 toward a 93659 goal. The noon meeting Tuesday is set to push the drive over the top as churches promote welfare work and efficiency of distribution.
Wilda Bennett the musical comedy actress was ordered to pay Mrs. Katherine Frey of Louisville 37 600 in a New York Supreme Court verdict. Mrs. Frey claimed the actress caused the alienation of her husband Charles Frey, a wealthy turfman. Bennett indicated she will appeal if needed.
International News Service reports John Girsch and Michael Weiss, convicted Mercer county slayers, died in the state prison at Bellefonte Pennsylvania after Governor Pinchot refused a reprieve. Girsch sought to shoulder the blame to spare Weiss, but the courts had ordered both to die.
Thousands viewed clothing found in a marsh near West Pittsburg but no identification has been made. County Detective J. M. Dunlap said the clothes would stay in Cooper and Butler's window for another day. if no clue arrives they will be removed.
A nostalgic tribute to the steadfast football supporter who follows his team through rain and mud. He stays through long delays and soggy stands, seeking a spectacular play, as the author notes the scene in cool forty four weather.
A powerful tornado carved through Alabama causing widespread damage and at least seventeen fatalities. Emergency crews rushed to affected towns as residents assessed the ruin and searched for missing persons across affected counties.
Seventeen dead and fifty injured after a tornado hit Pike through Barbour counties in Alabama Sunday. Relief efforts began from Troy and nearby cities as most fatalities occurred in small communities and farms.
Berlin October 26 The Luther cabinet remains in office as a rump cabinet after the resignations of three Nationalist ministers. The remaining ministers face a choice to dissolve the Reichstag and seek new elections or fill vacancies with neutral politicians. Hindenburg faces a party desertion that could push the government toward radical changes.
London reports of renewed fighting on the Graeco Bulgarian frontier as Foreign Secretary Chamberlain plans a Paris mediation. Greece denies renewed bombardment of Petritch while Bulgarian reports say Greeks shell Petritch Petrovo and Piperitsa. Civilians evacuate and villages burned amid entrenching Greek forces with multiple infantry regiments noted.
Police hunt a citywide for the hit and run motorist who struck down and killed Isador Herman 38 his wife 30 and their nine year old daughter Madeline as they crossed a street in Philadelphia. Doctors said death was instantaneous.
Prohibition agents raid a McKeesport church school bar room during funeral services. Sixty men are arrested after meeting in the rear to drink and gamble while pallbearers move a coffin to a hearse.
Chicago reports the death of James Leroy Asher known as Lone Wolf, a chief government witness in over 130 liquor violation cases. He died in a hotel from cerebral hemorrhage. His career spanned Pennsylvania, Washington, D C, and Kentucky before Chicago.
STEUBENVILLE O Oct 26 Lewis Leech 24 Canton O and James Skiles 22 Dunbar W Va electricians at the Wheeling Steel plant were found dead after failing to return from atop a furnace. They were overcome by natural gas from a faulty valve.
The death record lists Mrs. Mary L. Reed age 68 of 838 East Sutton street Andrew Krestel Sr age 55 of 906 State street John B. Shriver age 82 of 1011 Croton avenue Miss Sophronia M Farrar age 80 of 209 North Mercer street Samuel Jones of Pittsburgh Pa Mrs Martha Hough Bell age 27 of Albuquerque NM Sunday Grant age 25 of Ellwood City
Salvage teams work to recover 11 usable seaplanes after a 60 mile gale stranded them along Chesapeake beaches near Sellers Point. An inquiry was ordered to probe possible negligence in the peace time disaster affecting the Atlantic coast fleet.
Announcement in Philadelphia states United States Senator George Wharton Pepper will conduct a two week tour of Western Pennsylvania in November. Mrs Pepper and associates accompany him. Stop in New Castle is set for Wednesday November 18 in the evening, after arriving from Mercer County. Tour runs November 10 at Harrisburg to November 21 at Johnstown.
NORRISTOWN Pa Oct 26 Harry McFarland 26 Andrew McFarland 24 and John Giovanni 21 all of Conshohocken Pa are dead and two other men injured when their automobile overturned on Shippack Hill after being crowded by heavy traffic and mud from recent rain Driver Harvey Lewi injured recounts the crash and says the car veered onto dirt.
Fire swept the Hotel Savoy in Lynn Massachusetts causing sixty occupants including men women and children to flee for their lives. No further details on injuries or cause were provided.
Margaret Ward 15, daughter of W G Elliott, abandoned East Junior High hope to attend college. She attempted a crossing on the main line trestle on North Tod avenue in Warren Ohio. A switch engine appeared and she leaped into the river. Firemen recovered her body twenty minutes later.
A reflective note on seeking better living quarters condemns uncomfortable rooms and urges readers to describe desired spaces in rooms wanted columns so advertisers can match comfort and location with available listings.
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