Flags And Flowers Stolen From Graves
Larceny of any kind is reprehensible but the lowest depths of degradation to which even a sneak thief can stoop is to steal from the grave of a soldier. Friday afternoon and evening flags and flowers were stolen from ex service men graves in New Castle cemeteries. Some twenty five slaves were robbed among them the slave of Col. Oncar L. Jackson. At this grave both the flowers and flag were removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Oncar L. Jackson
Dexenerats
Jackie Coogan Similarity Contest At Capitol Theatre
The Capitol Theatre hosts a similarity contest for children up to twelve to imitate Jackie Coogan. Entries may submit various costumes and appear on stage Friday night June 6 with audience judging. Three cash prizes of five dollars and two and a half dollars await top imitators. all entrants receive show tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Coogan
Coogan
Jackie
Burke
Capitol Theatre
New Castle
Incara Capitol Theatre
Capitol
Planes May Have Landed At Pole In Ice Crevice
London reports aviators theorize Captain Roald Amundsen and Lt Lincoln Elaworth may have landed at the North Pole in a crevice misled by smooth ice. Eleven days of silence follow their eleven day departure from Spitsbergen for an eighteen hour pole trip. Relief offers from the US, France, Italy exist, but no expedition is planned yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conternational
London
Roald Amundsen
Lincoln Elaworth
North Pole
Spittbergen
Pole
United States
France
Italy
Amundsen - Elseworth
Amundsen
Defense Day May Depend On July 4 Observance
Defense Day as an annual observance hinges on the success of the July 4 celebration and test, a War Department briefing shows. Officials weighed fixing a definite date and noted the first defense test was held in September in honor of General John J. Pershing, with consensus favoring September, October, or November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
War Department
John J. Pershing
Army
Bloodshed in Shanghai Strike Escalates Casualties Rise
Shanghai saw renewed bloodshed as a general strike and boycott sparked fresh injuries and deaths. Police fired on demonstrators trying to block traffic on Nanking Road, with casualties climbing to eleven dead and additional wounded amid anger over the discharge of Chinese female workers by a Japanese cotton factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bullet C International News Service
Shanghai
Nanking Road
Publishers Lose In Case On Ink Freight Rates
Washington and Baltimore newspaper publishers including the Washington Publishers' Association argued before the Interstate Commerce Commission about ink freight rates. The commission ruled that rates in car loads from Bayonne Hoboken Jersey City N Y Brooklyn New York Boston Mort Til ls Maia and Philadelphia to Washington and Baltimore were not unreasonable, noting some class rates may need readjustment while the overall structure is under study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulletov
International News Service
Washington
Baltimore
Washington Publishers’ Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bayonne
Hoboken
Jersey City
N. Y
Brooklyn
New York City
Boston
Mort Tills
Maia
Philadephia
Baltimoore
Commission
Trainmen Sign Scale For One Year
PQ coalmen and officials reach and sign a one year agreement placing the old wage scale and working conditions back in effect. Employees authorized their committeemen to renew the old agreement.
Summer School At Ben Franklin Rooms
Summer school will be held at Benjamin Franklin Junior High School this year under Dr. Ben G. Graham. Dwight L. Conner will oversee the program and will be at the Franklin school Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday morning for registration. Swimming classes will use the Franklin school tank. YWCA classes register at the Y for Monday and Tuesday, and at Franklin for Wednesday and Thursday. One night per week costs a fee. William D. Pritchard, who led swimming last year, will again supervise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Ben G. Graham
Dwight L. Conner
Mahoning School
Franklin School
William D. Pritchard
West Side W C T U meeting at Mrs Jenkins home
The West Side W C T U met at Mrs J G Jenkins on Washington Street Friday afternoon. President Mrs Long led devotionals with Evangelist Mrs Allen in charge. Plans were set to contribute to the Centennial and a arranging committee was formed with Chairman Mrs M A Venga and assistants Mrs D H Smith and Mrs J C Jealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
Mahoningtown Club Meeting Recaps Prizes and Plans
Mrs Minnie McAllen and Mrs E H Cramer chaired a meeting noting prizes for essays on tobacco abstinence by Mahoningtown school pupils under Mrs W B Bartlett. Items discussed include a report on Miss Rebecca Rhodes's army camp work, a warning on cigarettes read by Mrs McAllen, and notes on a Japanese stand again. New members Mrs Taylor and Mrs Gilmore joined. The gospel meetings yielded 60 papers and magazines plus 20 visits. subscriptions to Christian Herald and Union Signal totaled eight dollars and ten cents. Plans were set for Flower Day on June 12 with bouquets to Shenango Valley Hospital and the sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie McAllen
E. H. Cramer
Mahoningtown School
Wi. B. Bartlett
Rebecca Rhodes
Army Camps
California
Jenkins
Shenango Valley Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Sam H. McGoun
Virginia
South America
City Treasury Office
City Hall
Jackie Qogan
Castle, Pa
Inrest
Higgins Bros
Brey
Eee Ee
Joggins Bros
O11
Trafk
Ben Franklin
A. Capen
Hudson, Mass
Capen
Hila
Marie
W.C.T.U. and
OUR
Children’s Department
Oxfords
Bors
Goodyear
Sarnetts
East Washington Street
New Castle, Pa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!