New Castle News details and offices
The New Castle News lists officers including G. Treadwell as trustee president and T. Ray vice president with L. Rentz as secretary treasurer and Jee W. Conway as editor. Published every evening except Sunday from Sycamore Street and Apple Way with updated telephones and subscription rates.
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G. Treadwell
T. Ray
T. RA
L. Rentz
Treas
Man
Jee W. Conway
Sycamore Street
Apple Way
War Savings Stamps Offer 4 Percent Compound Return
Buying War Savings Stamps lets you loan money at 4 percent interest compounded quarterly. The program helps savers while supporting government borrowing and public projects.
Teachers urged to serve nation during 1918 summer
A Pennsylvania article urges New Castle teachers to seek patriotic service in summer 1918. It promotes garden work, school garden army participation, Red Cross junior membership, or attending summer school while maintaining teaching leadership. It calls for food conservation and War Savings Stamps to fund the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Summer school as patriotic education center in wartime
The article urges teachers to join summer programs or use Government pamphlets to learn war facts. It highlights the role of teachers in food conservation, war financing, and public opinion, while noting many cannot attend and should rely on government publications at home.
War Era Jottings and Vignettes From a Western Swing
Commissioner Kennedy finds wartime spirit and crops in the West. A collage of quips, poems, trivia, and local observations ranges from patriotism to weather, prices, and daily life as communities rally for war effort and home front resilience.
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Kennedy
One Year Ago Today In The War
An American mission led by Elihu Root was welcomed in Petrograd. Subscriptions to the first Liberty Loan closed with heavy oversubscription. Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman were arrested on charges of conspiracy to defeat the draft law.
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Elihu Root
Petrograd
First Liberty Loan
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Nurse as public health leader in wartime service
The trained nurse is described as a sanitarian and community organizer beyond hospital care. A Red Cross town and country nursing service week includes bedside care, school inspections, hygiene lessons, mother guidance, and local health campaigns within sanitary zones around army camps, with about 90 nurses on duty.
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American Red Cross
United States Public Health Service
Red Cross
Nurses urged to serve hospitals and public health groups
Today married nurses are asked to dedicate part of their time to hospitals and visiting nurses' organizations or to public health service. Available graduate nurses are urged to enter military service.
Regent, Ambassador James W. Gerards Four Years In Germany
Regent notes Brigadier General James W. Gerard in a volume titled Four Years In Germany recounting his wartime observations. The work reflects his experiences as ambassador and his assessments of German politics and society during the period.
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James W. Gerard
Germany
Today’s War Era and notable events across nations
On the 1415th day of the great war many observances occur. King Peter of Serbia commemorates his coronation, while Princeton and Yale mark commencement under wartime constraints. Senior events include weddings in Brooklyn and Washington, and political gatherings in Ohio and Alabama.
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William
Peter
Serbia
Princeton University
Alabama Travelers’ Association
Selma
Ohio
Columbus
Paris
Wilson
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
Academy of Moral and Political Science
Elsie Calder
United States
William M. Calder
Robert Corwin Lee
Twelfth Reformed
Yale University
Arthur T. Hadley
Jewish Women's League of the United Synagogue
Jewish Theological Seminary
New York
Harvard
A. Lawrence Lowell
Roosevelt
Trinity College
Hartford
Conn
Anniversaries Highlight Historic Events Across Years
A chronology lists key events from 1776 to 1916 including British recapture of Montreal, 1843 Texas Texas armistice proclamation, 1861 Union occupation of Jefferson City, 1863 Lincoln’s volunteer call for Pennsylvania defense, 1868 G A R encampment in Philadelphia, 1888 death of Frederick III, 1893 German World’s Fair building dedication, 1915 French air raid on Karlsruhe, 1916 Austro‑Castern Czernowitz evacuation.
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Montreal
Houston
Texas
Mexico
Lyon
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Lincoln
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Frederick III
Potsdam
Karlsruhe
Grand Duchy of Baden
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Cardinal Mercier to share honor in foreign academy election
The article notes Cardinal Mercier, Belgian primate and head of the Catholic church in Belgium, as a candidate to share election to the French Academy of Moral and Political Science with President Wilson. It recalls his defiance of German occupation, his imprisonment, and his professorship at Louvain, alongside German burglary payments rising from 400000 to about 5000000 dollars by 1917.
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Cardinal Mercier
Wilson
French Academy of Moral and Political Science
Belgium
Huns
von Bissing
Malines
University of
Louvain
Miss Mabel Roberts To Read The Man Who Forgot
Miss Mabel Blanche Roberts a Northwestern University graduate in oratory will read The Man Who Forgot by James Hay Jr at First Methodist Church tomorrow evening at 7 46 The reading, conducted in the absence of Rev Dr M B Williams, aims to portray American democracy amid nationwide Prohibition and party creed. Roberts, a New Castle woman, has previously delighted local audiences and invites all to attend.
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Mabel Blanche Roberts
Northwestern University College of Oratory
H. Clark
University of Chicago
James Hay, Jr
M. E
M. B. Willliams
Miss Roberts
New Castle
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Edu
Cation
Democ
Racy
France
America
Department of the Interior
Army
Navy
William Kennedy
Clarence B. Douglass
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Rhine
Pershing
Berlin
Fellows
Youngstown Telegram
Milwaukee
Croton
War Savings Fund
Edison
Kaiser
Shakespeare
Sagertown
Michigan
Democratic Party
Lawrence County
Turkey
Teddy
Nixon, Fannie Ward
Jewell Carmen
Billy West
Boardwalk
Federal Reserve System
Citizens National Bank
Member
Washington Streets
E. Washington Street
J. N. Eower
Ashionette
Nainsock
Saisette
Winter Bros
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