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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
26
Summer reduces library book borrowing as readers seek outdoor activities like swimming and gardening. Light fiction dominates summer shelves while interest in war histories remains, though fewer volumes are published until peace maps stabilize. Frank Simon’s three volume war history is highlighted as a strong recent work.
A promotional piece advocates gaining weight by drinking water and taking Systoxem after meals. It claims the method builds flesh and strength within weeks, noting the remedy is sold in drug stores without a prescription and praising several local pharmacies for reported sales increases.
A World War I humorous account from Los Angeles reports Doughboys of the Eighteenth Field Artillery intervening when a German husband beat his wife. They cut off his mustache, and the wife defended herself with ferocity, while the soldiers fled to safety as she raged about the incident. The piece uses a witty, period voice to highlight domestic tension and gender actions.
Checks amounting to 33,933,962 were mailed to 959,906 dependents of men in the military service in May by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. Nearly 17,000,000 checks with a value of 631,000,000 have been issued by the bu-
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