New Castle News Personnel and Subscription Note
The New Castle News lists ownership, publishing staff, and officers led by Freda L. Rentz as president and manager Pditor W. Treadwell with Jacob F. Rentz as vice president. James T. Ray is assistant treasurer and George W. Conway secretary.
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Spelling Bees Return as County Schools Debates Reviving Contests
A reflection on schooling in New Castle and Lawrence county suggests reviving old time spelling bees in all schools. The piece argues for intercity competitions to boost spelling and notes athletics now emphasize broad physical training alongside academics.
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County Fair Nostalgia Returns With Seasonal Pleasures
The county fair feature homey delights like big yellow pumpkins apples grapes and pears described in vivid detail. New Castle fair starts next week with expectations of record attendance and improved weather boosting crowds.
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New Castle
Athletics For All And College Sports Debate
As colleges near new year openings, debate centers on athletics especially football and the perceived priority given to sports over academics. Critics revive the charge of disproportionate time devoted to sports by students.
No Woman Is an Old Maid Until She Admits It
A succinct joke underscores social norms about aging and marriage with a quip that humorously questions identity. It reflects a common stereotype about women choosing status and self-perception.
Winter straw hats and insured risks
A playful quip notes that winter straw hats are out of place and an innocent bystander makes a poor insurance risk. It wryly observes that after people become educated there may be fewer workers available to perform tasks.
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Just Folks by Edgar A Guest
A short poem in the 1925 voice ponders how to live a life of kindness honesty and humility. The speaker seeks malice free strength patient fairness and faithfulness to truth, hoping to keep the right path whether he wins or loses.
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Edgar A. Guest
A VERY NEEDFUL PRAYER Psalm Request for Guidance
A devotional verse seeking divine direction and steadfast integrity. The speaker asks for God to teach paths, preserve with uprightness, and to wait on the Lord for guidance and support. This reflects a prayerful search for moral clarity and steadfast trust in God.
Safety Sam Says Sittin steady in the boat
A compact urban voice advises staying steady in rough waters to navigate life’s hazards. The saying emphasizes calm balance and steady effort as the right approach when dangers arise.
New CastleHints and Inconsistent Talks Across Town
A jumble of local notes covers politics with many candidates withdrawing from Mercer races, tomato pole experiences, public school debates, and upcoming New Castle Fair. Entries touch on opinions about judges, religion in politics, affordable gas, and various humorous asides about society, oil fortunes, bootlegging, and national topics. The column mixes weather, humor, and editorials with civic questions and community events.
Chicago Woman Gets Fourteen Years For Husband's Killing
A Chicago woman was sentenced to fourteen years after killing her husband. He held an insurance policy paying double the face value on violent death, which the company refused to pay. She sues to gain the funds to aid her jail escape, a daring plan that shocks readers.
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Chicago
Post-September shift eases road to office for many candidates
The piece notes after September 15 many candidates will stop needing to target disliked rivals. It also states the Sheik is not dead and has not yet died, contradicting rumors. The text hints at ongoing political maneuvering and public attention amid uncertain outcomes.
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International News Service
Dr Henry C Taylor Career Profile and UW Ties
Dr Henry C Taylor renowned agricultural economist faces possible removal from the USDA Bureau of Agricultural Economics amid a congressional inquiry. A Wisconsin Agricultural Economics leader, Taylor hails from Iowa born 1873 and trained at Drake University then Iowa State College earning an 1898 M S. His career includes studies in England and Germany before teaching at Wisconsin from 1901 and heading its Agricultural Economics Department from 1908.
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England
Germany
Coal strike looms as Nation weighs costs and politics
Arthur Brisbane notes a six week to four month coal strike may surge costs by over a million dollars daily in wages. He critiques government inaction, comments on Zionist language debates, Muscle Shoals power use, and Florida railroad expansion led by S David Warfield. He touches on aviation by Americans in the French air force and social shifts like beards and skirts.
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Flavor of Tests Reveals a Man's True Worth
Dr. Frank Crane argues that value lies in unseen flavor rather than outward appearance. He compares cherries priced differently to people, noting true capability shows only under test. A foreign correspondent's pride in proving himself highlights that inner quality, like flavor, is revealed when challenged.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
American cities aim to ease congestion with large tube project
American planners seek a $160,000,000 tunnel or tube to carry freight and reduce urban congestion. The effort signals a national push to replicate big city infrastructure by spending on a costly transportation link, yet funding and government support remain uncertain.
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Freih
London
Today’s Anniversaries Highlight Historic Events
A chronological list of notable anniversaries from 1851 to 1923 includes Narciso Lopez’s birth in 1799, a 1858 Staten Island quarantine hospital mob, Sedan era clashes 1870, Molly Maguires killings in Raven Run, Alabama’s 1883 Department, 1888 Owego voyage Chicago record, 1891 Denver Rio Grande train robbery, a 1923 Japan quake and fires.
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Raven Run
State Agricultural Department of Alabama
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Chicago
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Colorado
Japan
Dawes Plan Recall and League Assembly Note
One year after the Dawes reparation plan took effect the Fifth Assembly of the League of Nations met in Geneva. A commentary notes remaining conscience in the world and calls on nations to be shocked by how other peoples remain undeveloped.
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Hog Island Shipyard Sale Promises Old Plant’s Return
Describes Hog Island once the world’s leading shipbuilding site during the war with vast piers, rails, and shops. Now desolate, it sits as a city block with 946 acres and 60 feet water frontage, up for sale by the United States Shipping Board with a sale date of October 1, 1925. Possible interest from Henry Ford is noted as a watcher for the plant’s fate.
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Waters of the Pacific and World Ocean Mapping Plan
Geodetic Survey director Jones outlines a Pacific coast mapping effort to draft a new world ocean map. He argues for larger appropriations to fund extensive surveys of currents, depths of five to six miles, and submerged features aiding geophysical research and fishery rights.
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