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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1918
Page
4
Special notice lists official names and titles of officers and editors for The News Company in New Castle Pennsylvania. It provides mailing and telegraph addresses, contact numbers for editorial and business offices, and instructions to direct checks and communications to The News Company rather than individuals.
President Wilson urges the Senate to pass the woman suffrage amendment, arguing the war effort showed women's crucial contributions and debts of gratitude must be paid. He insists the suffrage question must be settled before the current session ends, noting the need for an unmistakable yes.
The article speaks to stay at home citizens and urges backing troops by saving on June 28 through War Savings Stamps. It emphasizes the sacrifice of Army and Navy volunteers and calls readers to pledge to save and buy stamps to back up those who fight and die for their country.
The Rah Rah boys once famous on college campuses are now in the front lines fighting the Hun. They appear in no game columns as their role shifts to military service, replacing prior campus celebrity coverage with reports of wartime duty.
The Cleveland Press urges solace in open fields and gardens during wartime. It links shade and scent of roses, honeysuckle, and vegetables to comfort for mothers and fathers with sons in service, promising healing through outdoor life and quiet reflection.
A satirical war poem mocks Kaiser Wilhelm with verses on defeat and divine wrath. It is followed by a parade of local observations about war effort, politics, and community life, including notes on Red Cross campaigns and thrift stamps.
The Society of Automotive Engineers begins its annual session in Dayton Ohio with a dinner tribute to Orville Wright. It recalls the Wright brothers’ first successful powered flight in 1903 on North Carolina sand hills, a 12 second ascent that marked mankind’s first controlled heavier than air flight.
One year ago today General Pershing received an ovation from a great society audience at the Opera Comique in Paris. The Russian duma voted for an immediate offensive in collaboration with the Allies. A British aviator destroyed German Zeppelin Z-43 after a raid on the English east coast.
Attorney Charles R. Davis who recently sold property in North Highland is having plans prepared for a brick bungalow to be erected at the corner of Edgewood and Highland avenues.
A column notes German alien registration on June 17, praises American WWI conduct in France, and discusses thrift stamps, roads, labor pay, and prohibition. It cites local officials, Governor Brumbaugh, and a New Castle plan, plus a tale of buying cabbage plants cheaper away from home.
Chronology of events from 1776 to 1916 notes English transports captured by American cruisers, Madison’s 1812 war proclamation, the 1848 Bunker Hill dedication, Maine’s first governor dies, 1861 battles at Booneville, 1866 West Point age rule, 1877 Army Navy monument, 1890 Africa boundary talks, 1915 Arras trench gains, and 1916 counterattacks to halt Russian advance.
The 143rd Battle of Bunker Hill anniversary and the 100th birthday of composer Charles Gounod are noted. Other events include Trinity College graduation, Colby College speech by Dr. George S. Hully, and nationwide registration of German women enemy aliens. Numerous professional and fraternal gatherings are listed across U S cities.
The article extols nursing students who enter training to aid civilian care while enabling graduate nurses for military duty. It argues daily training benefits both the student and community, noting wartime hospital strain and the Red Cross call for 250,000 graduate nurses. It paints the nurse as a true soldier of life.
A reader asks publication of a letter claiming a $5 fine for cleaning their own toilet was unjustly enforced. They urge consistent application of health codes and note a foul health department run near a public school that drains into Neshannock Creek. The writer complains the department has not acted.
Vancouver civic employees win a complete victory after demanding a 25 cent daily raise and return to duty. In Carmel Myers appears in A Broadway Scandal at Moving Pictures Coliseum with Mary Garden in The Splendid Sinner. Mary Miles Minteer stars in So cial Briars at Nixon. Charles Richman leads Over There at Star. June Elvidge and Montague Love head Broken Ties at Regent.
Harry Joffery of 1307 Barbour Place protests state officials’ failure to abate a nuisance within twenty days as promised. He accuses the health officer of protecting a culprit who insulted a young lady on Croton avenue and questions the officer’s integrity. He says the council will be informed and further action may follow.
The War Department announced thirty nine casualties among the American Expeditionary Forces. Six killed in action, two died of wounds, one died in an aeroplane accident, four from disease, twenty four severely wounded, one wounded with degree undetermined, and one missing in action. Names include Private Alexander Olkosky of Canoe Run Pennsylvania and Private Bonifass Miller of Erie Pennsylvania among the deceased. Severely wounded include Privates C Beckwith of Parkersburg West Virginia Ralph M Fox of Hershey Pennsylvania Mercilino Garcia of Meadow Brook West Virginia John C Lisle of Columbus Ohio and Harry R Matten of Reading Pennsylvania.
The food conservation committee will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2 o clock in the domestic science rooms of the eighth grade building to be present at the canning demonstration.
Card of thanks from JESSE CARR and family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness after the death of wife and mother. Thanks also extended to the tinning department of Shenango Tinplate, Woods & Golder, and Carnegie Steel Company for beautiful flowers.
About 250 employees at the American Can company local plant receive a ten percent wage increase effective this morning. The announcement came from company offices and applies to all workers at the facility.
Two Carnegie Steel Co police officers William H. Collins age 33 of Homestead and Lee Smith age 43 of Pittsburgh were found dead in their patrol boat off Homestead near Pittsburgh. Death due to inhaling gasoline fumes occurred early today.
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