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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1916
Page
4
Special notice for the New Castle area announces public hearing times and locations on weekdays at Sycamore Street and Apple Way. It lists office contact numbers, telegraph and cable services, and states checks and money orders should be addressed to The News Company New Castle Pa.
The article argues for urgent border defense with National Guard and state militia, warns of possible Mexican escalation, and calls for a breakdown of Carranza as a factor. It also critiques education, urging physical training and health education from youth to build national preparedness and resilience. It cites Sweden and ancient Greece as models of integrated mind and body education.
The McKeesport News notes council approved a motion barring carnival licenses for 1916. It traces rising concerns over carnival quality and public trust, citing New Castle’s earlier license rules and subsequent influx of carnivals, with fears of burlesque and shady acts despite claims of clean shows.
A partisan debate centers on camping tents in New Castle with critics arguing they harm the city and supporters urging tolerance and practical use of public space amid local tensions and policy questions.
Reports criticize delays in starting work on the Highland avenue school building. Claims that prompt action could have completed construction by September, saving temporary quarters and better student facilities. The dilatory pace risks weather-damaged walls and extended timelines, urging the school board to push the contractor to finish promptly.
Good clean cotton rags are requested at The News office. H J Webster of Buffalo has completed forty years as a railway engineer with an accident free record.
Banish wrinkles by cleansing with hot water then rubbing the face for a few minutes with fingertips. A liquid nut oil formula, claimed to originate in Egypt and used by Cleopatra, promises to restore youthfulness. Sold for 50 cents by Hainer Drug Co. and others, advertised as genuine Usit with instant relief for sunburn.
A mixed collage of verses and brief items including doggerel about dogs days and a Chicago Sun note on evening sunset, urban reflections on weather and holiday prep, political jabs about Roosevelt Hughes and suffrage, court chatter, divorce counts, and 1917 Pennsylvania auto tags teased as chocolate colored.
A breezy column riffs on weather and farming life with jokes about taxes and constables. It recalls Dan Daly’s feats, June weddings, and a Galli polis evangelist who attempted suicide, finishing with social quips about food and mistakes.
A humorous essay on procrastination notes its costs and absurdities. It jokes that delaying tasks resembles a germ related to hookworm, urges parental vigilance in children, and lampoons tardy members of clubs while suggesting selective postponement could aid frugality and retirement.
McCormick chosen as Democratic National Committee chairman drawn praise from Progressive wings. He is a wealthy Harrisburg area banker and former Harrisburg mayor, aged 44 and bachelor. He led Yale football as captain in 1893.
Officers of the New Castle board of trade will be elected at a noon meeting Thursday at the Lawrence club. Directors recently chosen by members will select the officers, per this morning’s announcement.
New Castle business leaders receive mailings from the board of trade asking members to propose concrete improvements. Two questions seek the top action to boost trade in their line and the city’s overall good, with focus on clear, individual ideas rather than slogans.
An advertisement touts Ion-o-lex Unguent as stopping inflammation for eczema throat and lung diseases rheumatism neuritis and burns. It claims use in English military hospitals and guarantees relief with a money back offer at Love & Megown's.
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