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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1918
Page
4
Official paper of New Castle Pennsylvania lists officers, editors, and contact numbers. It notes publication daily except Sunday, subscription rates, and that all money orders and notices should be made payable to The News Co. in New Castle.
A government education pamphlet argues summer sessions keep pupils healthy, raise scholarship, and reduce dropout by offering five weeks of crafts or four term schedules with short vacations. The plan spreads three monthly units, with promotions at each end and repeats for twelve weeks.
In a quiet morning scene the editor notes a small boy perched on a raised porch seat cooing and gurgling with pure joy. The moment, described as bigger than brass bands, captures the music of morning silence and simple happiness.
Fragmentary quotation describes TORIES from the front testifying that our soldiers resemble demons, reflecting wartime rhetoric and sensationalized enemy portrayals.
The piece argues that men around twenty one are at peak physical and mental fitness for combat. It says soldiers of that age combine strength, energy, and a willingness to gamble with little in the way of family ties or obligations. It asserts these young men are better prepared for war than older readers think.
The page lists key anniversaries from 1775 to 1916 noting figures like James C. Barbour and Michael Obrenovitch, battles at Arklow and Big Bethel, and events such as Grant's nomination, the Spain war revenue bill, Wilson's note to Germany, and American forces at Ypres.
A reflective column by Louise Bowman mixes religious contrast with wartime humor and local observations. It references the solar eclipse, Flag Day preparations, American soldiers in France, jokes about breadlines, and notes on public life including a North Dakota crime event and a Pennsylvania anti loitering proposal.
A playful retelling presents Goliath as the man David rocked to sleep in a symbolic frame. The exchange features a teacher asking about Goliath and a child answering with a creative reinterpretation.
The day features diverse gatherings from the US Supreme Court and Roosevelt address in St. Louis to labor conventions in Kansas City and Chicago. Commencements at Wofford and Union College, with noted speakers, highlight a busy wartime program as McAdoo rate changes take effect nationwide.
Samuel Gompers will lead the American Federation of Labor at the opening convention in St Paul today. Since 1882 he has been president with a one year intermission and is noted as a conservative labor leader. A marriage license was issued to Walter J. Keebler and Jane R. Bowe of Gloucester City New Jersey.
Thousands of men from the 83rd division pull out of Camp Sherman Chillicothe for service in America. The camp empties as trains depart daily, with precautions against gifts and identification.
City repaving work advanced slowly as Woods and Golder finish Highland avenue curb work and Burns Brothers await shipments for Croton avenue and Mercer street. East Washington street paving materials ordered, but delays loom. Seventh ward curb lighting delayed due to cable shipments. West Washington conduit repair nearly done, while Pennsylvania com street wall repairs lag from lack of workers and materials.
Laura Vernice Sutton thirteen of Cascade street was taken into custody Saturday by Truant Officer W C Smith on a charge of incorrigibility. Judge Emery ordered her to the Morganza reform school after investigation.
British continued vigorous offensive on a nine mile front south of Ypres. Italians shifted offensive to the Trentino front, where areas were contested. Local battle actions described with emphasis on front lines and key locations Ypres and Trentino.
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