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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
27
A brief denunciation by Rev. Wm. C. Burns argues liquor traffic harms decency and manhood. He compares buying essentials in stores to drinking at a saloon, warning alcohol leads to diminished value, poverty, and social exile.
The article quotes Lloyd George on an ideal Great Britain free from drink and slums, with empty prisons and protected children. Dr. W A Chapple calls for universal education, while Edith Smith Davie argues temperance instruction should be the US model, as laws already require teaching about alcohol and narcotics in public schools. We are now at work building.
A Minneapolis grand jury denounces the saloon as a deadly corrupting influence on youth and a hindrance to industrial progress. It condemns the saloon as a center of vice, affecting politics and the enforcement of law.
Father Ward of Detroit argues that no honest neighbor’s welfare is served by saloons. He contends voting for saloons sanctions crime, cannot stop drunkenness with licenses and regulations, and asserts the saloon is a lawless, degenerating force in history.
Sir Thomas B Crosby, Lord Mayor of London, opened a home for women and girls discharged from Holloway prison. He recalled asking the Holloway matron how many inmates would be there without alcohol, and she replied 35 of the 735.
A dated reflection on saloon culture noting that profits rise when two patrons replace one, illustrating a belief in expanding alcohol business as a measure of prosperity in American drinking culture.
Matthew Gunton argues the high school discipline system shifts responsibility from the principal to teachers and registrars. He cites lax hall supervision, inconsistent punishments, and calls for a reform with a more engaged principal who teaches and supervises directly.
Dr Baruch, president of the American Association for Promoting Hygiene, asserts that baths are more important than learning as an educational factor. He argues personal cleanliness and regular bathing underpin health, concentration, and effective study, urging widespread adoption of hygienic practices in schools and homes.
Notice showing Howard S Myers states he will not be responsible for any debt contracted by his wife Annie after leaving his bed and board. The ad requests readers to note the separation and limit liability to the husband.
The Y M C A will offer an instructional session on swimming rules for registrants tomorrow with land drills Saturday as the preliminary work. Instructors will later show techniques in the pool at the association building allowing youngsters to observe different methods in clear water.
Mrs. Matilda Wynne of Oyster Bay died leaving an estate valued at $50,000. She worked as a scrubwoman and was described as a longtime resident of Oyster Bay in the notice.
Banish All Skin Troubles with a $1 bottle of S S S advertised to cure eczema lupus psoriasis malaria and other blood diseases. The ad claims the remedy works by purifying arterial blood and expelling impurities through lungs liver stomach and intestines and urges readers to write The Swift Specific Co. Atlanta Ga for free personalized advice.
Belgrade June 138. Serbia and Bulgaria agreed to Russian arbitration in their territorial quarrel and Serbia promised to cut armies to promote peace. Official press insisted the situation remains unimproved and printed attacks accusing Bulgaria of robbery seeking the largest share of spoils.
Dr. W A Water city health officer has purchased a new automobile after years of driving and serving as an experienced chauffeur. The car is expected to appear at city hall within days.
A Munich inventor M Cerebotani develops an electric clock regulated by a wireless sending apparatus. Paris conference plans world time signals via radio telegraphy with stations at Eiffel Tower and Norddeich. This system promises safer sea travel by providing ships with exact Greenwich time daily, reducing chronometer errors.
A brief humorous exchange features a woodchopper noting bear tracks about a mile north and a hunter asking directions to the south, captured in a lively Midwest newspaper voice.
County Superintendent of Schools Lee Gilmore will travel to Shippensburg State Normal School next week to serve as an examiner for junior and senior classes. He will conduct examinations in English American literature and classics on July 1 and 2 for applicants seeking professional certificates in the eighth grade building here.
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