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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1936
Page
4
The piece discusses the timeless clash between old and young, noting that parents view youths as imprudent and youth view parents as out of touch. It argues for mutual guidance, adaptation, and cooperation to reduce quarrelling while embracing modern life and shared progress.
The piece reflects on graduates amid postwar hardship, noting pride in diplomas and elders' counsel. It acknowledges past difficulty and bleak prospects, yet emphasizes renewed optimism, perseverance, and the value of experiences beyond college in shaping character.
A historical look at the telephone's rise in the United States compares U S usage to all other lands with 16,868,955 in 1935 and over 16 million abroad. Private ownership is praised, while England’s system and the phrase hello are noted for their American character.
New York judges declare duplicate contract bridge a game of skill not chance. The piece contrasts gambling, roulette, and wagers with duplicate bridge where players use identical cards. It also notes two women conductors freed for alleged unlawful activities and references political and scientific notes including a Harvard comet photograph and Representative Zioncheck.
A travelogue sketch praises the Capitol and Lincoln monument as the nation reshapes its capital view. It notes rebuilt avenues, removed wartime barriers, and gleaming new structures like the Archives Building and the Justice Department, with jabs at Rockefeller and taxicab drivers amid the federal complex.
Essay urges personal responsibility. It argues that people get what they want only through desire and hard work, not wishful thinking. It cites popularity, authorship, and achievement as outcomes of effort, sacrifice, and persistence, warning that failure comes from choosing comfort over action.
Guidelines on serving dessert and leaving the table. A child should not receive dessert before others finish, and should not quit his seat until all have finished. Emphasizes patience and order during meals.
A fragmentary note cites Samuel Johnson on employment and melancholy, pairing counsel with struggle. The text reflects Victorian prose tone as it discusses work, resilience, and the human condition in concise aphorisms.
A collage of jokes notices and captions reflects a lively old style page. Subjects include divorce jokes at roadside inns, travel quips about volcanoes and Americans, legal quips about diamonds in teeth, sharp one liners on leadership and silence, plus verse and cartoons. The humor centers on everyday life, court rulings, marriage, and social foibles with a breezy hometown voice. It mentions a Buffalo court, Gov. Al Landon, and a New York court ruling on bridge.
Guidance on setting an improvised altar with an oblong table white linen candles and a low flower centerpiece. Use two white satin pillows for the couple kneeling together and decorate with palms greens and floral sprays. Include an aisle marked by decorative posts if possible and arrange ushers and parents as in a church ceremony.
Central Press staff writer surveys the likely scene at the Republican convention in Cleveland. He cites secret trades, heavy money in Ohio, and concern over Supreme Court power and constitutional measures while noting discussions on the gold standard and the broader impact on debt, trade, and national policy.
Edgar A. Guest reflects on gloom pierced by a familiar supper joy as strawbery short cake returns. A playful yet poignant note contrasts hardship with a simple dessert that lifts the spirit, ending with a wink at the author’s copyright claim.
A daily reflection quotes Ecclesiastes 3 11 about time and purpose. It emphasizes that outcomes are not measured by speed or strength but by divine timing and wisdom. The note invites contemplation on patience and fate.
A collage of obituary style items, birth years of notables John Maser, John Drinkwater, Clive Brook, Frank Morgan, Arthur James, and Peggy Fears, followed by historical briefings for June 1 to 3. Mentions Titus Flavius Bespassanus massacre in Judea, early U.S. Congress actions, Arctic exploration by James Clark Ross, and assorted state and calendar notes.
A tail-blown dealer claims a capitalist conspiracy shaped events from the Lusitania sinking to the Iroquois Theater fire and Washington Senators’ 1935 season. He cites a 1935 Literary Digest poll and argues for double prices to farmers and half-price purchases, linking public mood to dental woes.
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