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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1918
Page
3
The New Castle News is published by The News Company with George W. Conway as editor. The paper advertises telegraph service and foreign representation, and notes subscriptions of 10 cents weekly or $5 yearly. Special notice directs that payments go to The News Co. in New Castle, Pa.
War Savings Stamps are promoted as a way to support the war effort. The message urges citizens to save and invest through government bonds and stamps, highlighting patriotic duty and financial backing for national defense. It emphasizes individual action in a collective campaign.
The text argues Britain will be four-fifths self-sustaining next year with record potato and grain plantings despite labor and machinery shortages. This reduces food imports from the United States and frees 1,500,000 tons of shipping for troops and war materiel. It also urges readers to fund soldier letters by including stamps and describes the struggles of servicemen with pay, supplies, and liberty bonds.
The article argues Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes’ sentence serves as a warning to pacifists and reformers. It praises the conviction as a move against anti American propaganda and warns of chilling dissent. It notes her prominence amplified the impact of the ruling.
A million school teachers begin two to four month summer vacations. Large numbers of high school students also begin equal length breaks as they enter adolescence approaching adulthood.
Many teachers and students intend to work over summer to aid the nation during the war. Boys and men will farm or work in shops for restful labor, while women teachers and girls pursue useful tasks. They set an example in schools as the war reaches its peak and crisis.
Raymond T. Baker, from Nevada with mining and business interests, will marry Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt today in Lenox Mass. His father was a California lawyer and his brother Nevada attorney general. Baker rose in public life after serving as secretary to the American ambassador in Petrograd and later became director of the mint.
A wide ranging wartime humor column from New Castle skewers Kaiser Wilhelm and the Huns, praises Allied effort, jokes on prices and everyday life, notes class of 165 at New Castle High and a hog company fraud case, with light political and social satire.
Key dates list notable events from 1775 through 1916 including Gov. Gage’s proclamation pardon offers, John Young’s birth, Curtin’s militia call, Grant’s James River move, George Opdyke’s death, Cuban invasion embarkation, Pershing’s Moros victory, and Verdun region gains by Germany.
Today features Theodore Roosevelt speaking at Indiana University and governors addressing commencements at several campuses including Northwestern University Iowa Vanderbilt Fordham New York University Hastings College and New York City. A notable wedding in Lenox Mass hosts Mrs Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Raymond Baker as well as a New York wedding for Dorothy Ruth Gilroy and Thomas Bibby.
Brief note from Ady urging action to place the next long distance telephone call over Union lines, signaling organized communication or labor alignment. The item reflects wartime era themes of infrastructure and workers.
An old ad extols Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for kidney and urinary problems. It claims rapid relief from back pain, colored urine, indigestion, and loss of appetite, warning of Wrights disease and offering a money back guarantee if relief is not immediate.
An advertisement touts Wendell's Ambition Pills from The Clutton Drug Store claiming quick relief for tiredness nervousness and overwork with a three day money back guarantee on the first box. It lists numerous afflictions including insomnia confidence loss and physical fatigue as conditions the pills allegedly treat.
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