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Newspaper
New Holland Clarion
Location
New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1925
Page
2
In MecCall's Magazine Harding warns danger and tragedy follow those who die without a will. The piece urges married and unmarried women to consider their duties to protect spouses children and themselves by making and updating a will. It explains dower rights and how property passes without a will and ends with a call to action to make a will today.
The Lancaster Conference missionary society met in Trinity Lutheran chapel New Holland with Mrs. Joseph Charles presiding over devotions. Reports highlighted KanaRock Chapel fund, Lutheran student contributions, and mission work in India China and immigrant communities. Afternoon session at Zion Lutheran featured Mrs Wiles in Holy Land costume and an address by Mrs Henry Ishamura.
The readable text mentions unrest and a stated position but provides no clear names, places, dates, or outcomes to identify a concrete news item. The fragment offers insufficient details for a full card yet implies political or social dispute and stance.
The W C T U met at Mrs. Anna Roland's home on Tuesday evening. Mrs. Ludwig read Daniel and led prayer. A venue was assigned at the Methodist church Sunday School room for the institute on May 23 with afternoon and evening sessions. 282 pages of literature were distributed by the Sabbath Observance superintendent. Extracts were read from governors' writings.
Georgetown Delaware reports Lawrence Mill man age 15 confessed to Ottie Donaway state detective he shot his father Charles Millman a farmer while he slept in the Lincoln area home. He said the father had beaten him over a theft claim and the youth crept from bed two hours after the family slept. He then called his mother a burglar and fled with the gun before turning himself in.
Bethlehem P A Louis Washington narrowly survives a gun attack by Gertrude Holland who fired five shots at his leg. one bullet struck, sending him to St Luke's Hospital. Holland was jailed in Northampton County as she lamented she wished to finish the job after a heated dispute in her coke works district home.
Three Brooklyn men Morris Diamond Joseph Diamond and John Farina were executed one hour after daylight saving time began at Sing Sing. They were convicted of murdering two bank messengers in 1928 and their execution was scheduled for the week. The move may affect other inmates with unset dates as the clock shifts.
Governor Nellie T. Ross defends enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment and asserts violations are limited to a small minority. The Maine Law Enforcement report shows growing efficiency, higher arrests and convictions, and emphasizes national momentum from Maine’s prohibition example. The piece calls for unified loyalty to Constitution and flag amid attempts to undermine prohibition.
Iowa Governor John Hammill urges citizens to enforce laws at the home level, warning that tolerance of disobedience by any group endangers democracy. He says law and order begin at home and that failures at home undermine societal stability and external laws.
A New York Institute report analyzes US census data showing villages 250 to 2,500 population have 157 children per 100 married women aged 15 to 45, farms 195, cities 128, with farm villages differing in gender ratios and questioning census method validity.
Governor Anderson urges officials to enforce prohibition laws and be in sympathy with the policy. He argues that corrupt officials weaken sobriety and invite lawlessness, and that nationwide supportive enforcement would advance the prohibition cause.
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