07 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
1
Last draftees, about eighty men, are notified to be ready. Transportation arrangements are being made by the State Department. A telegram from the adjutant’s office asked how many would leave in the next lot, and local boards were informed.
Seventeen teen bandits who robbed a freight train near Valdavia were executed and their bodies left on telegraph poles, bullets in them. Governor Manuel Dlegiez of Jalisco ordered mobilization of 2400 cavalrymen to patrol the Northeastern Mexican border. General Ole Riez at Novo Laredo began similar mobilization plans.
The women of New Wilmington will hear Margaret Grawn, a home economics expert, in Lawrence County next week with Miss Brown visiting New Castle before continuing to New Wilmington. The program unfolds Thursday and Friday with Grawn lecturing on domestic science topics and practical household guidance.
Florence Oliphant through attorney BOP G Warper seeks divorce from Howard Oliphant by publication after two years of continuous desertion and neglect. The petition alleges abandonment and failure to support, with service by publication.
The Board of Appeals convenes this morning from 10 to 11 o clock to hear residents of the Fourth and Fifth wards about property valuation. Another session is scheduled for Friday, December 21, between 9 and 1, to hear recent reassessments of waterfront properties.
Local notice advertises furnished Sparta apartments with hard flooring and hot water, electrical upgrades, and several rooms available. Mentions a roadster, electric chattel, and a restaurant dinner offer with dates and numbers, all in a fragmented old newspaper style.
A fragmented holiday notice urges shoppers to prepare for Christmas with emphasis on clerks aiding customers. The text mixes garbled phrases about duties, stock, discounts, and merchants, suggesting a seasonal push to support local retail before the holiday.
The Democrat committee shows total contributions of 1178.53 with George Montgomery the largest donor at 400 and Shanafelt among top spenders. major costs include watchers and advertising. Republican treasurer reports 386.96 spent, leaving a balance, while Sheriff-elect Boyd spent 240 and Shanafelt is listed as city council candidate with high expenses.
Deserts and distance support cases were heard in court this morning. Judge Emgry ordered John Emery of Reartlow to pay his wife a four dollar weekly allowance. The disputes centered on domestic life and alleged neglect as the parties provided conflicting testimony.
William Wattrel, a resident of Ves, recently wounded in a fall while serving in the armed forces, has been discharged. He left New York aboard a vessel and is returning home as he travels for the American Cement PHe Company of Mushers.
The council approved the sale of a garbage plant after reports indicated completion of the Main Avenue sewer project and a corresponding payout of 2141.89. The meeting noted concerns over project delays and referenced residents and local officials in a tense exchange about the sale timeline.
Drafted men may still choose their branch of service in the United States Army until December 15. Men called for examination must enlist by December 13 at the local recruiting station to reach Shair barracks, be examined, and sworn in by the 16th. The notice indicates drafted men may enlist if their local board certificates they are not needed to fill the district’s deferred percentage, modifying a prior order on enlistment.
The first product of New Castle's newest concern Cull More Motor will be shipped to buyers this month. Officials state the first two tracks for the line will be in work soon amid postwar shortages and the wartime ramp-up disruptions. The piece outlines a town rebuilding effort and a recovering factory sector as soldiers return home and new civic projects begin.
The annual novena at St. Vitun Church closes Saturday with Holy Day observances for Immaculate Conception. Large crowds from Shar-on, Youngstown, and nearby towns attended nightly services since October. Closing events include Masses at 6 and 9 o clock and confessions for participants, with sermons by Fr. DaMiba and Rev. Fr. Metti.
London reports a respite in the Cambrai sector with German artillery increasing at the Searpecker area south of age. Night activity consisted of raiding parties and privots. An article in Clemenceau's paper predicts a February German maximal effort and notes propaganda efforts in Switzerland aimed at undermining Allied morale.
A fragmentary piece credits Migar Lacien Larkin as Mount Lawe Observatory director and muses on cosmic forces and Earth’s balance before a great event. It mentions figures like Mrs. William Davis and Mrs. Joe Mlewaiter in a blurred narrative about celestial energies and planetary harmony.
George Jones, longtime Naw Castle mail carrier aged 65, died suddenly at his home on West Verrace Avenue after reporting head pains following a day on his route. He served 28 years with the government, leaving a wife Sarah Plate and three children. funeral Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at his residence with interment at Oak Park cemetery.
In clear weather a collision between the French freighter Mont Blanc carrying explosives and the Norwegian vessel Helgoland caused a massive explosion. The blast razed two square miles, destroyed Dominion and parliamentary buildings, and left fires burning as rescue teams, troops, and surgeons labored amid widespread death. Dozens of structures collapsed and thousands faced displacement in a city of over 90,000.
Obituary notices detail several local deaths including Jul Lever of Lincoln Avenue with funeral at St Macy's Anthony, and Anthony V Duchane, a brick maker from New Castle born August 1863, age 64. Also Patrick Connor of 642 Johny Street dies at 83 after a long illness with funeral at St Mary’s. Michael Kurea, 49, dies at boarding house on Moravia Street with funeral at St Michael’s church. Robert Joyce of New Castle Junction dies of lobar pneumonia aged 9 with funeral at St Mary’s church. details list survivors and burial plans at local cemeteries.
A health caution argues that women working outside the home face lower life expectancy than those confined to home or domestic service. Data from labor and census sources show higher death rates for domestic servants and office workers compared with business secretaries and married women who work at home. The piece likens risk to soldiers, urging that a long life favors private secretarial or gainful office work over other roles for women.
Constable F E Cole of Wayne township reports grand jury indictment of Supervisor James Newton for maintaining a hazardous road system. Roads listed include Newton store to Wood Hill and Hope school to the main highway, all deemed dangerous for wagons buggies and autos. Newton will be given a chance to explain at next week's trial.
Court at Concord North Carolina hears defense claims German submarine presence on the Atlantic coast. Defendant in Maud A. King murder case says letters to his wife from New York dated Somewheres on Chesapeake Bay were meant to impress her. He contends the notes and the “admiree” of Mrs King were excuses to investigate a supposed interned enemy.
A recipe for lemon pudding appears beside a note that General Carranza issued a decree re establishing the capital of Mexico. The item mentions plans to move the capital to Terlin Kansas City Times notes an opera tion at Shenango Valley hospital and a patient recovering well.
Admitted: Hannat Black Beulah avenue Dominnle Denatteis Kaylor Edward Stutth Korth street after gas explosion at Allen apartments. Discharged: Haslo we'n right. burns healed. fully recovered. Others discharged: Simon Nena West Mittsburg John Fitzgibbon Stinton Steve Alott Kopel New York. Nanette Linville North Mercer Street is in New York.
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