Four Die as Auto Plunges Into Canal Locks
Four people including a one year old child died when the car they rode in plunged into the Chesapeake Delaware Canal locks at St George near Wilmington Delaware early today. The bodies were not recovered. Victims named include Mr and Mrs Ada Sadler Mrs Anna Gibbs and her son Alfred.
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International News Service
Wilmington
Del
St. George’s
Here
Ada Sadler
Anna Gibbs
Alfred
Minister Confesses Poisoning Wife in Centerville Case
Rev Lawrence M Hight confessed to poisoning his wife with arsenic in her coffee to end her suffering after a long illness. State's Attorney Frank Thompson announced the confession following a night of questioning and coroner chemist findings. Prosecutors then focused on solving the unexplained death of a Centerville high school girl linked to Hight's church.
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International News Service
Mount. Vernon
William Sweetin
Lawrence M. Hight
Frank Thompson
Centerville
Ill
Hight
Big Premiums At New Castle Fair Draw Wide Interest
Premiums of seven thousand dollars and purses of six thousand five hundred dollars attract large entries for the New Castle Fair. Plans by the New Castle Fair Association led by president J Audley Boak aim for a bigger, better fair with livestock and farm product displays. The organization, one of the state’s largest, has property valued at 124000 and 700 shareholders, with improvements including a Red Cross building and a new nursing corps for fairgoers.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
Pennsylvania
Audley Boak
Ohio
New Castle Fair Association
Red Cross
Warning to Avoid Burning Oil Tanker Ivor Near Halifax
Baltic American steamship Lithuania urged all ships to steer clear of the burning tanker Ivor after a blaze broke out 500 miles off Cape Sable. The crew were rescued in lifeboats as flames and smoke rose high. the Ivor, bound from Cardiff to Philadelphia, was abandoned with no belongings salvaged.
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International News Service
Halifax
N. S
Ivor
Lithuania
Cardiff
Wales
Philadelphia
Cape Sable
Nova Scotia
Island of I Think So Experts Declaring Weather
In Arthur Memeter's piece the natives of the Island of I Think So answer questions with I think so. They boast vast knowledge and settle every query, including the forecast where they claim the weather is seventy three.
Flames wipe out St Contant Quebec in massive fire
Aileen Langlin, operator of the St Contant Exchange, telephoned news that a fire razed the Quebec village of St Contant, ten miles from Montreal. She described flames 100 yards from the exchange as residents fled with belongings. The fire spread from a private home, the church was saved only the holy sacrament, and Father Rebeau led men to attempt containment.
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International News Service
Montreal
Que
St. Contant
St. Lawrence River
Aileen Langlin
St. Contant Exchange
Miss Langlin
Father Rebeau
Corn Roast Postponed By New Castle Council Event
Rain on Saturday forced the postponement of the corn roast planned by New Castle Council No. 408 U C T of A at Cascade park. No new date is set but a Saturday later this week is likely if arrangements can be made.
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New Castle Council
Cascade Park
Sentence Change In Marrowtti Murder Case By Judge Emery
Alverico Marrowtti who pleaded guilty to killing Marco Di Angelis on Sutton Street was re sentenced by Judge Emery to not less than 10 years nor more than 20 years in the Western penitentiary The change followed a second degree finding earlier setting 7 to 14 years Marrowtti testified via Mary Conti the interpreter and admitted no grounds to object to further sentencing He was taken to county jail after the ruling Di Angelis was shot in his kitchen during a dispute Marrowtti not severely mentally fit but insanity defense not used there was no premeditation and the act occurred spur of the moment
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Alverico Marrowtti
Marco di Angelis
Sutton Street
Emery
Marrowtti
Mary Conti
Andrews
di Angelis
Marriage Licenses Issued in New Castle
Nick Madison and Anna Scortia of New Castle obtained marriage licenses, with both parties named in the docket. The filing shows their intent to wed in the local jurisdiction.
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Nick Madison
New Castle
Anna Scortia
Flyers Fly Into California With Welcome Ties
Round the world flyers left Tucson for San Diego at 7 29 this morning on a 385 mile leg. Lieutenant Lowell S Smith led the group as they predicted rapid progress toward Los Angeles where purses of 1000 each await. Tucson citizens presented Navajo rugs and an escort of 20 planes will greet the birdmen at Clover Field under a setting sun floral tribute.
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Municipal Field
Tucson
Ariz
San Diego
Calif
Lowell S. Smith
Lieut
Lowell Smith
Los Angeles
el Paso
Clover Field
Giants Pirates game postponed by rain in New York
The scheduled baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants in New York was postponed due to rain. The game will be made up on Thursday, an open date.
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International News Service
New York
Pittsburgh
New York Giants
Death notices for Margaret Verner Sarah Rowland and May White
Obituary notices list Mrs Margaret Verner of North Mill Street Mrs Sarah Rowland age 32 of Franklin Pennsylvania and Miss May White age 56 of New Castle Pennsylvania.
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Margaret Verner
North Mill Street
Sarah Rowland
Franklin
May White
New Castle
Sarah McDowell Rowland
Alex. McDowell
Foreign Warships Warned To Leave Shankhuan Harbor
Marshal Chang Tso Lin, commander of the Mukden army, has warned foreign warships to vacate Shankhuan Harbor as he plans to bomb Pekinese ships there. Shankhuan is a major Northeastern China port on the Peking Mukden railway near the Liaotung Gulf, with significant foreign trade.
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Shankhuan Harbor
International News Service
London
Chang Tso-Lin
Mukden
Shankhuan
Shanghai
Star
China
Peking
Peking-Mukden
Gulf of Liaotung
Bethel Quartet at City Mission Service
The Bethel A M E church quartet will render special music at the City Mission service. Rev Horrace Maycroft a Congregational minister from Michigan and brother of Mrs BE Berquest will preach. Services run each evening with Harry L Johnson among others, under the superintendent.
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City Mission
Bethel A. M. E
Horrace Maycroft
Michigan
BE. J. Berquest
Harry L. Johnson
New School Houses Planned to Serve Three Districts
South New Castle school board plans an addition to the borough school to handle rising enrollment. Bids must be in James Canan by October 10. Two teachers teach 80 pupils in one room. An addition is planned for Hillsville school and a new building for the Walters district in Mahoning township. The Walters district building was destroyed by fire. Bids for both projects are due September 25.
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South New Castle
James Canan
Hillsville
Walters
Mahoning Township
Fakir Steals 120 From Shuminsky at Home
Stanley Shuminsky of 107 Wilder avenue reported a $120 loss after a man posing as an electrical fixture fixer called and visited the house, including upstairs. John Dochko notified police. Detective C G Logan investigates and seeks the alleged fixer.
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Stanley Shuminsky
Wilder Avenue
Garden Contest winners announced highlighting civic pride
Winners of the city Garden Contest are named with first prize to Mrs. Marcus Feuchtwanger and prizes to A M McCaslin Charles H Young and Mrs. R V Krause. Honorable mentions go to local yard owners. Mrs A Crawford Hoyt funded the prizes and urged civic involvement to beautify New Castle for 1925.
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Marcus Feuchtwanger
A. M. McCaslin
Leasure Avenue
Charles H. Young
East Washington Street
R V. Krause
Waldo Street
George Wilson
North Cherry Street
W. C. Justice
North
Beaver Street
Samuel Matthews
Lyndal Street
Charles Burkhart
Winter Avenue
Women's Federation of Clubs
A. Crawford Hoyt
North Mercer Street
Champion Want Ads Make Page History in New Castle News
The Want Advertiser Mr J H Hendrix East Street Real Estate Dealer purchases a full page of Want Ads in todays News featuring property listings across New Castle. The paper notes this as the largest single issue Want Ad effort by an individual and credits Hendrix with leading a profitable local advertising trend.
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Jack Dempsey
Bill Tilden
Babe Ruth
Want
J. H. Hendrix
East Street
Hendrix
the News
New Castle
Council hears request to raise sidewalks on Washington street
J. P. Leaf from Nast Washington street asked the council to lift sidewalks to align with raised curb stones. The council referred the request to a committee for consideration.
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Council
J. PP. Leaf
Nast
Washington Street
Committee
Cyclone Toll Rises Across Midwest States
Reports from Chicago and other cities tally a cyclone that struck Minnesota Wisconsin the Dakotas and Illinois on Sunday leaving twenty nine dead two missing hundreds injured and millions in damage. Thorp Wisconsin suffered extensive destruction with at least six additional fatalities near Ashland Milwaukee and Lake Michigan fatalities were reported as rescues continued.
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Seven News Service
Uiletin
Chicago
Midwest
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Illinois
Thorp
Wis
Ashland
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Ashland Wis
One Killed Five Injured in Ohio Mine Explosion
One man was killed and five others were injured in a mine explosion at Dillonvale Jefferson County Ohio. Mine inspectors were sent to the scene as officials reported the accident to the state mining department.
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Ohio
Finternational News Service
Columbus
Dillonvale
Jefferson County
State Mining Department
Fire destroys Otto Snyder home on West Middlesex road
Fire of undetermined origin last night destroyed Otto Snyder’s residence on the West Middlesex Mercer road. Loss is several thousand dollars.
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Otto Snyder
West Middlesex-Mercer Road
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