New Castle Newsmasthead and contact note
The New Castle News is published by The News Company with G Treadwell as trustee president T Ray vice president secretary treasurer L Rentz and editor W Conway as city editor. It lists telephones for social rooms and office and notes subscription rates and mailing details. Special notice directs all payments to the News Co. in New Castle and not to individuals.
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Prescy T. Ray
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W. Conway
News Co
New Castle
War-time push to end German in New York and beyond
The piece notes New York City will drop German classes in public schools for the war duration with widespread bans extending to Cleveland South Dakota Iowa. It argues language embodies civilization and urges universal adoption of English while acknowledging limited need to know German for special purposes.
Wheat shortage forces stricter American consumption
On June 1 there were 66 million bushels of wheat left in the United States. The government will ship 30 million bushels to Europe in the coming weeks, leaving about 26 million for domestic use. Americans must eat less than usual as winter wheat arrives in two months and rationing is implied.
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United States
Europe
Summer travel plans face high costs and fewer comforts
The piece argues that rising travel and food prices strain vacation budgets. It notes limited access to enjoyable amenities, predicting fewer creature comforts and a weakened incentive for summer trips.
Economy and Cool Joys Toward a Summer Rebirth
A reflective passage urges embracing summer as a remedy to modern strains and stagnation. It suggests God sends the season to refresh the body and expel the dead germs from the constitution, contrasting distant resort pleasures with local improvements.
Consolidation of U S Express Firms Planned
After July 1 only one express company will operate in the United States under public management. The Adams American Wells Fargo and Southern firms merge to form the Federal Express Company with capitalization over 30 million dollars, led by George C. Taylor.
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United States
Adams, American, Wells Fargo and Southern Compan
Ies
McAdoo
George C. Taylor
Motoring woes to joys in a single road tale
A Pittsburg Post column humorously surveys car troubles from leaky carburetors to broken gears and slipping belts, then pivots to the rosy thrill of smooth running. It likens a balky jitney to a stubborn Georgia mule and ends with praise for dependable motion and the charm of travel.
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Georgia
Positive Americanism for a Real Patriot
A Missouri German university professor urged German Americans to be not just negatively loyal to the laws but spontaneous and unreserved in expressing devotion to America as their only country. He argued that negative Americanism is largely anti Americanism and harms the war effort.
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America
Devil Correspondence to Kaiser Revealed by Blake
A confessional style letter purportedly from the Devil to the Kaiser is decoded by Eugene H. Blake of the Vigilantes. The peculiar document presents as confidential correspondence and is treated as a dramatic or sensational artifact.
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the Kaiser
Eugene H. Blake
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Devil writes from Hades on wartime policy and peace
A satirical communique in which the Devil attacks Wilhelm for Progressively escalating war and neglecting neutral lives. The letter quotes Berlin officials and accuses German leaders of blocking peace by threatening more death and universal power while piling up casualties.
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Lokal-Anzeiger
Cambari
Wilhelm
Austria
Serbia
England
Willie
Belgium
France
Italy
Russia
Romania
America
The Thing We Love at Moving Pictures Dome
Nixon and Mrs. Vernon Castle in The Mysterious Client. Charlie Chaplin comedy and Star Emmy Wehlen in The Shell Game. Regent presents The Unbeliever.
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Moving Pictures
Dome
Wallace Reid
Kathryn Williams
Emmy Wehlen
Park Breakfasts Return Amid Swarms Of Flies And Ants
The column recalls days of higher wages and warns against gossip while noting park breakfasts gaining popularity again. It jokes about health care costs and the irony of paying doctors when well versus free cures when ill.
Today's Anniversaries
Bordering events from 1794 to 1916 include U S neutrality act approval, Bonaparte at Jaffa, a liberal Danish constitution, completion of the Chicago and Rock Island line to Chicago, Galveston surrender, Centennial Exhibition invitation, Chicago temperance congress, Russian gains in Galicia, and the loss of Earl Kitchener’s staff with HMS Hampshire near the Orkneys.
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England
Bonaparte
Jaffa
St. Jean d’ Acre
Denmark
Chicago and
Rock Island
Chicago
Galveston
Philadelphia
Lower San River
Galicia
F Earl Kitchener
Hampshire
Orkney Islands
Many Events Mark War Year Opening Across Nation
Today features a 1405th day of the Great War with registration for men aged 21 and older, Amherst College graduation, Church of the Brethren meeting in Hershey Park Pennsylvania, and major addresses at Trinity College Duke University Columbia University and more. Governors, ambassadors, and civic leaders attend inaugurals, convocation exercises, and conferences in New York City Chicago Houston Loganport Windsor and other locales.
One Year Ago Today In The War
Twelve persons killed in a German air raid on the English coast east of London. Austrian counter attacks on the Carso Plateau caused severe Italian losses. Nearly 10,000,000 men in the United States registered for military service under the selective draft law.
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London
Carso
United States
Worry and Blues Helped By Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy
The article urges women prone to worry to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to revitalize the system, noting outdoor activity sleep and water intake as helpful and promising good results. It frames the remedy as a traditional old-fashioned root and herb cure.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Coast Artillery Chief Frank W. Coe Biography
Major General Frank W. Coe U S A the new chief of Coast Artillery was born in Kansas in 1870 and entered West Point in his eighteenth year He began at Fort Hamilton then Fort Monroe where he graduated from the artillery school in 1896 He served in the Spanish American War at Key West and later taught mathematics at West Point He rose to lieutenant colonel and served as chief of staff to Major General Hunter Liggett with headquarters in San Francisco.
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Frank W. Coe
Coast Artillery
Kansas
West Point
Military Academy
Fort Hamilton
Fort Monroe
Spain
Key West
West Point Academy
Hunter Liggett
Western Department
San Francisco
Windmill in Europe Powers Flour for Local Baker
A European windmill grinds grain into flour for a nearby baker and then mixes batches for baking. The process showcases traditional rural industry and small-scale food production in the region.
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Europe
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Ohio
Shenango Valley Hospital Training School
Red Cross
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Hades
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Trinity College
Durham
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National Oil Mill Superintendents’ Association
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American University
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Columbia University
New Hampshire
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Association of National Advertisers
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Federal Reserve System
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Washington Streets
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