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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
4
Publication line for The News Company lists owners Mrs. George E. Treadwell and Fred L. Rentz. It notes all checks money orders drafts and communications should be addressed to The News Company New Castle Pa and not to any individual.
A playful column recalls Captain Cobb and Bill Taft greeting Ty Cobb, praises a May music festival led by Paul Browne Patterson, critiques Ohio politics, jokes about proofreading by Mr. Bryan, and ends with a harsh tale of a Galveston brigade marching under tropical heat, noting heavy losses and discontent.
A large group of New Castle High School graduates receives diplomas marking the end of their school careers for many and a step toward higher education for others. The piece notes the youthful optimism and the lesson that true schooling is understanding human nature, with praise for the graduates despite the critique of overconfidence.
The text portrays a graduate as a raw recruit with strength and spirit, eager to test himself and learn. He views the world as good, confident in his path, and deserves freedom from hollow advice so his ardor can mature into seasoned leadership.
A collage of brief items notes Mary Bondzinski’s death in Chicago at 105 after arriving from Poland at 73, an aviator recruitment ad from Neenah, Illinois officials pushing ten hour work limits for women, a June brides surge in Chicago, and Arthur Greiner’s secret marriage revealed in an Indianapolis race crash. Other items report a lynching in Jackson Mississippi, a baby touted as a future soldier, Pauline Wayne attending a dairy convention, Trinity Church’s taxable property, a $100,000 peace book fund, a German wedding trip to Maui, and a record National Electric Light party in New York theaters.
A seventy two foot gasoline motor car built for a Tulsa interurban line features three compartments including a 28 foot passenger area and 16 foot 4 inch smoking lounge with 8 foot 6 inch baggage space. It has 200 horsepower, six 10 by 12 inch cylinders, starting and reversing gears, and runs on a six mile track. The company plans a similar car and line extension. Gasoline stores in a 120 gallon tank connected to the air system delivering fuel to a small engine room tank by gravity.
The Brooklyn Eye and Ear hospital seeks a new nursing staff after all nurses resigned in protest last night. Their hand illuminated rhymed letter in Old English script cites a rule barring telephone calls from male friends, ending with a rhymed pledge to depart immediately.
The County L. T. L. will hold its annual convention on Friday June 16 at the Croton Avenue Methodist church. The program will be announced later. Alumni will meet Monday at 8 PM at the home of Miss Harlan Hover 8 Croton Avenue.
A collage of light verse and stray quips on girls graduates suffrage and social scenes. The column riffs on public figures sports teams bureaucrats and city life praising roads and rails while poking fun at policemen and reporters.
Mrs. John Baumgartner of India township, nearly 60, rode a horse bareback in her nightgown ten miles to fetch a doctor after finding her husband dying at 4 a.m. She returned to the farm but he died before the doctor arrived and she collapsed, now under medical care.
H. J. Frost of 208 East Wallace Avenue resigns from Bradstreet to become manager of reporting and adjusting bureaus for the Youngstown Association of Credit Men. Frost arrived in New Castle from Pittsburgh in October 1909 and has since overseen Bradstreet interests in New Castle, Youngstown, and the Beaver Valley.
In New Castle many seek fat and plumpness. Samose tablets taken with meals three times daily aim to build health and fullness. Mr McKee's Medicine Store sells it with a money back guarantee if results are not met, with a 50 cent box price.
In Brockton Massachusetts J Anson Brok aged 5 held a whooping cough party after his birthday was spoiled by illness. Eight children with whooping cough attended three hours of play cake and ice cream. A best whooper prize and a consolation cake for the quietest cough were awarded.
A school children's picnic is planned for Saturday June 3 at Cascade Park. Free amusement tickets and a free matinee are offered in the afternoon. Five cent fare. no admission charged.
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