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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1918
Page
4
Special notice lists office staff and roles for the News Company in New Castle Pennsylvania including president secretary treasurer manager and editor. It details addresses street names Sycamore Street and Apple Way, and contact numbers Bell and Citizens lines for rooms and office. Subscriptions priced ten cents weekly five dollars yearly by mail four dollars for students read stands note.
Public note reveals the Lawrence County Comfort Packet Committee will be reworked on July 1 due to National Red Cross reorganization. Local women praise the wartime effort, recounting 1,796 kits sent and over $5,000 raised, and express concern that kits may cease under a new scheme. They insist the existing work has strengthened soldier morale and shown county spirit.
A U S war correspondent recounts visiting a wounded American in a field hospital west of Saint-Didier. The injured young soldier bears the marks of mustard gas exposure with yellowed eyes, severe facial burns, swollen purple lips, and extensive injuries described as shredded flesh. The account conveys the grim reality endured by troops at the front.
A World War I battlefield scene is used to urge readers to buy War Savings Stamps. A wounded soldier longs to return to the front as he thanks American efforts and appeals to citizens to support the war through savings, stressing duty and national resolve.
Osmore South New Castle borough seeks admission to the city of New Castle amid renewed consideration by Council. Past efforts were rejected due to perceived one sided benefits but a formal investigation and public hearing are urged to establish any changed conditions and present facts to the people of the borough.
On the war’s 1426th day a flurry of events unfolds from the registration of German female aliens to the first anniversary of American troops in France. Texas enacts statewide prohibition while Northwestern hosts the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. Discussions range from postwar reconstruction in Britain to religious gatherings at Lake Junaluska North Carolina. Archibald Roane’s Knoxville grave to be memorialized, and Milwaukee prepares for a high profile trial linked to a murder case. Numerous conventions appear across cities including Atlantic City Providence Mobridge Putnam Atlanta Portland.
One year ago today in France the first contingent of American regulars arrived under Maj. Gen. Sibert. The American Red Cross war council reported receiving 114 million dollars in seven days for wartime relief efforts.
In a tense courtroom exchange a party member jokes about altitude while a dispute over demeanor unfolds. The line satire hints at frustration with an opposing figure described as high and highly. The moment underscores a charged and peculiar moment in the proceeding.
A Winchester farmer's wife, 75, says pneumonia left her weak and bedridden. Neighbors gave Vinol, a tonic with beef and cod liver peptones and minerals, which she credits with quickly restoring her strength and energy. Clutton Drug Co. and others advertise Vinol widely.
A column mixes verses praising the Salvation Army with a stream of local notes and wartime quips. It mentions liberty bells and morale boosts, local events, shortages, prices, and oddities from towns like Pulaski and Youngsville, plus anecdotes about pants, pigs, hogs, and dog stories.
A collection of brief items notes shifts in local clubs and cases. Banquet plans end for Th' Win th' War Club. Miss Fawn Lippincut debuts a lisle dress for Moots divorce. Attorneys duel in court then settle in minutes at the library. Sly legal quips, bee convention in Williamsport on June 29, and jokes about theft, hats, seals, and a Jersey bull raffled by Thomas W. Dickey at Red Triangle circus.
A list of notable anniversaries from 1637 through 1916 including Connecticut muster for war against the Pequots, Arthur Middleton birth, Wellington premiership, Hooker Potomac crossing, Foraker nomination, Miles Cuba expedition, Russian language decree in Finland, and Casement treason trial in London.
Tonight's program features Priscilla Dean in The Two Soul Woman at Moving Pictures Coliseum along with Mary Pickford in M Liss at the Dome Nixon presents His Enemy The Law with Jack Richardson Star offers Uncle Tom's Cabin Regent features Alimony. Very few of us have any laurels to rest on. A hammock is within reach of all.
From the city, M W Leslie Rev and Mrs J C Williamson Mrs J L Stratton Mr and Mrs P L Craig Mrs C P Flannery Mrs A E Yeager returned from the fifteenth International Sunday school convention in Buffalo New York Mrs Stratton was chosen as a speaker for a delegation to address Sunday schools, assigned to First M E B Sunday school Rev Halpenny a Canadian minister was assigned to the church The next convention will be in three years in Kansas City Missouri.
The Ladies' Missionary Society of St Johns Lutheran church held an open meeting in the church parlors with Miss Hilda Johnson as leader and a large attendance. The program featured hymns and prayers, Bible lessons, solos, duets, and talks on missionary work from India Japan Africa and America. A collection for the Vellore College Fund was noted.
Major General John F. Morrison has assumed command of the Western Department with headquarters in San Francisco. Born in Charlotteville New York in 1857 and a West Point graduate of 1881 he served in the Santiago campaign the Philippines and as an observer with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He commanded the 6th infantry on the Mexican border in 1914.
We thank friends, relatives and neighbors for sympathy, kindness and floral tributes during the illness and death of my husband and our son. Mrs. David A. Powell and son, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Powell and family.
July 2 dates objections to the report of the viewers on Forge street were set after the council received the report this morning.
An advertisement touts Hokara a grease free cream that cleanses and heals skin irritation pimples blackheads barbers itch eczema and even salt rheum at low cost. McKee's Kut Rate Drug Store offers a 35 cent jar with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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