New Castle News Reports War Era College Trends
A New Castle News item discusses wartime effects on colleges in eastern Canada and the U S. It notes small class sizes at one college, shifts in student careers, and that many undergraduates are entering military service or preparing for it. The piece mentions Yale and Harvard students in wartime activities and reflects broad wartime college influence.
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Denee
Hille College
Eastern
Canada
Rae
Bell
Yale
Harvard
Thais
Jo Mars
New Castle
Special Notice From The News Company
All checks money orders and other communications should be addressed to THE NEWS COMPANY New Castle Pa and not to any individual.
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New Castle Pa
Disease versus wounds in wars urge better camp sanitation
A historical summary compares deaths by disease and battle casualties across wars, noting sanitation advances and the dangers of typhoid fever. It cites Civil War, Crimean, Madagascar expedition, Spanish American War, and the First Pennsylvania Infantry 1898 as examples of disease impact and the need for precautions from mobilization to combat.
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Walon
Alsease
Macagascay
Pennsylvania
Patriot sacrifice and college men joining wartime service
Colleges nationwide report reduced senior classes as students enlist or join training camps. Many receive furloughs to attend commencements but most prepare for Med Cross work aviation or officers training. Citizens commend patriotism, urge surrender of profits for the war effort, and acknowledge risks in joining the service.
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Tes
Brilis
Laminus
Artillery
Cavalry
Infantes
Engineers
Pary
New Castle
Lawrence County
United States
Graduate at Slippery Rock State Board Examinations
State board examinations completed at Slippery Rock Normal School resulting in 128 graduates. The class includes students from New Castle, Lawrence County, and nearby towns such as New Wilmington, Wampum, Jackson Center, and New C. Volant, with names including Forrest, Lucy Ferrante, Adatelle wae Wampwn, Mary Jamison, James Kennedy, Florence McCormick, Latta Miller, Evelyn Phillips, Mary Renon, Helen Ryan, Anne Williams, mma Wilson, among others.
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Slippers Rock Normal School
New Castle
Lawrence
Receret Forrest
New Wilmington
Lucy Ferrante
Wampum
Adatelle
Mary Jamison
Jackson Center
James Kennedy
Llorence McCormick
Latta Miller
Evelyn Phillips
New C. Volant
Mary Renon
Helen Ryan
New Castle New Castle
Anne Willams
Mma Wilson
New
Drafted Men Not Guaranteed Service Choice
Provost Marshal General Crowder said a choice of draft branch cannot be guaranteed for men drafted under the selective draft law. Regulations to be issued will cover the army only, not the navy, with details on double registration adjustments and transfer of registration.
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Washington
Crowder
Army
Navy
Department
Sharpsville Private Killed By Auto In Washington
A 13 year old Sharpsville private, Joseph Shadlock of Company B, 6th LA, 5S Engineera Corps, stationed near American University Park, was killed when a car struck him in Washington. The chauffeur, Newland T Mackston, claimed headlights blinded him and others in the road as the accident occurred.
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Sharpsville
Washington
War-Tinged Reflections From the Pigeons and Press
A fragmented compilation from Chicago Tribune notes, United States home front quips, and New Castle chatter. Items mock pacifist flattery, praise war efforts, weather forecasts, price debates, and local civic concerns, with scattered references to Red Cross aid, labor, and food crops amid wartime conditions.
Abe Martin Riffs On Gangs And Gigs In Small Town Life
A montage of satirical notes and local vignettes from Abe Martin lampoons reform bills banning dances in saloons, armored cars, and wartime fears while poking fun at real estate holiday rhythms, Red Cross fund drives, and odd police garden duties in Wellsboro and Moravia street neighborhoods.
What a Reporter Will Do When News Is Scarce
Geonghe W Conway discusses wartime reporting tactics as resources thin. The piece notes how reporters fill space when little happens, with examples of inquiry and editorial judgment amid a city wartime atmosphere.
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Geonghe W. Conway
Where to Go Tonight Paul Grane in Ferari's Shaw AE
A chaotic collage of theatre notes and film listings dominates this page. It mentions Paul Grane, Frederick and Meighan in Sleeping Five, with other star names and a callout about moving pictures and a public sense of wartime patriotism.
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Paul Grane
Ferari
Shaw AE
ML Gheck
Lawrete Laumiy
Ponie Theatre—Moving Pictures
Pauling Frederick
Thomas Meighan
Oldest French Private Montsarrat Seeks Revenge
In Paris on June 20, a French army private named Montsarrat is said to be eighty one years old, possibly the world’s oldest soldier. He spent over two years in German captivity after being captured in Belgium, was released as harmless, then reenlisted in Paris and now seeks vengeance.
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Paris
Montsarrat
Belgium
Germany
Shell Fire Naught To Hostile Game Crowd
Hartford City Indiana June 20. A story of soldiers in France watching a football game under shell fire. Chapple Hollingshead asks how shell fire compares to a hostile crowd at a football game as Jia writes home about the strange scene with a marching band and a fondness for river baths missed for eight weeks.
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Hartford City
Ind
Chapple Hollingshead
France
Jia
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