New Castle Residents Praise Soldier Comfort Bags
Letters from Port Benjamin and Madans Iares outpour thanks for Red Cross comfort bags sent to soldiers. Youth volunteers in New Castle fund and assemble packs, sending “comfort hugs” to home towns and distant posts. One correspondent notes envy among peers and requests another bag for a friend.
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New Castle
Red Cross Society
Hlare
Port Benjamin Iarrison
Madans
United States
Nervous Breakdowns Warned In War Time Study
War time nervousness rises as neurasthenia threatens reliance on nerve cell nutrition. Treatment centers on building blood health through nutrition and non alcoholic tonics. Dr Williams Pink Pills claim to support blood and ease anemia linked to neurasthenia. free books offered by the Williams Medicine Co. in Schenectady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willins
Tiseasea
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schmectady
Dr. Wiliams
Soldier letters from Camp Kelly thank comfort committee
A private letter from Camp Kelly near San Antonio, Texas, expresses gratitude for comfort bags sent by the Comfort Committee. Soldiers praise the usefulness of the provisions, note ongoing hardships, and mention the camp’s two divisions and about 6,500 men. Letters also thank New Castle donors and extend thanks to the committee.
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Camp Kelly
San Sntanto
Lex
Coun
Kelly
New Castle
Manims
San Antonio
Jad
Letters from Washington Soldiers Messages of thanks reach hometowns
A collection of wartime letters and postcards from soldiers in Washington DC and frontier postings expresses gratitude for comfort packages. Recipients mention church, marine corps service, and hopes of future visits while noting support from New Castle and other towns along the Potomac.
German Socialist Leaders Face Treason Arrests
Berlin reports say the German government may prosecute four Radical Socialist leaders for treason. Among the likely defendants are Reichstag members Georg Lednnour and Tigo VTasse, historian Franz Mehring, and Joseph Westermaier of Württemberg. Mehring allegedly urged Russian Socialists to push on until Germany conquers, while Westermaier circulated a pamphlet urging revolt in southern Germany and unity with France.
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Berlin
Dune
Wageblatt
Rman
Reichstag
George Lodnnour
Tigo Vtasse
Franz Mehring
Joseph Westermaier
Dist
Wierttemberg
Mehring
Germany
Wentermaier
France
Cocoanut Oil Fine For Washing Hair
A historical guide promotes coconut oil as a cheap, effective hair wash. It advises avoiding harsh soaps and alkalis that dry the scalp and brittle hair, recommending simple coconut oil with water to cleanse and soften hair, with a few teaspoons enough for a family. It notes coconut oil is readily available at drug stores and lasts months.
Mrs Daugherty Granted Pardon by Governor Cox
Mrs Honna Daugherty of Youngstown, imprisoned four years for murder, was pardoned by Governor Cox in Columbus. She left the penitentiary at 4 40 p m Monday and will return to Youngstown soon. Her relatives and reformitory officials accompanied her, and she thanked the governor promising not to abuse the restored trust. Her husband Ulysses Wagherty died in India shortly after the family was sent there.
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Columbus
Jung
Honna Daugherty
Youngstown
Woman's Reformatory
Cox
Daugherty
Mittendorf
Reformatory
Thomas /. Davey
Avid Staley Creamer
Calumbos
Board of Administration
Anderson
Jin
Liberty Bond For 39 Dollars Tied To Trading Stamps Scheme
New York report details Jayman Urodsky Brodsky who after arriving three years ago turned coupon trading into a $140,000 scheme. He bought cigars on bargain days, sold them at profit, and exchanged coupons for bonds and safety razors. A company rep warned he would be unwelcome, but he tried to sell detectors $12 worth of razor blades for $6 and promised more.
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New York
J. Rufus Wallingford
Jayman Urodsky
Ceram Galicia
Brodsky
Aradsky
Cigar
Brazil Arms Herself Thinks War Imminent
Brazil’s war department reorganizes arms for rapid mobilization for home defense or expeditionary service in Europe. Munition factories run day and night to overcome shell shortages while Brazil maintains neutrality and continues coastal trade under blockade.
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Brazil
Rio DE Janeiro
Braville War Department
Europe
Germany
United States
Ragtime scorned by soldiers seek opera requests in Plattsburg
In Plattsburg New York June 2, soldiers at the officers training camp demanded grand opera over ragtime. Women overseeing a suffrage restaurant across from the camp arranged different music for the men. A rooky officer penned a verse on a pager, noting that a turkey trot is not their aim and lamenting a taste for arias by Schumann-Heink and Caruso. The verse ends with a request for Queen Geraldine and operatic tones over ragtime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsberg
N. Va
From Coop To Table In 5 Min Hen Cook Trial
In Philadelphia on June 27 George Ruchelle claimed the title of champion chicken chaser and cooker. He killed cleaned and fried a fowl in four minutes forty five seconds and vowed to beat five minutes. A diner paid ten dollars for the feat and Ruchelle said he could do it in five minutes flat. The kitchen scene featured rapid prep as clocks ran and a lively bet unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphis
George Ruchelle
Philadelpha
George
Clockera
Tim
New Auto Fuel Trial Shows Economic Benefit
SUPERION Wisconsin June 27 A solution to the auto fuel problem is expected from two new manifolds for automobiles invented by Dr J G Harnsdale of the city Trial tests show the invention lets a car go ten miles farther on a gallon of the cheaper kerosene fuel than on gasoline The manifold blends gasoline and kerosene while the kerosene is heated to vaporize the fluid
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Superion
Wis
Tir
J. G. Harnsdale
Buffalo mother cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound
Mrs B B Zielinser of Buffalo N Y says she suffered for three years with back and side pain and weakness from a female trouble. After trial use of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports two weeks of marked improvement and is now free from pain and able to do housework. The testimonial urges others to consider the medicine for women's ailments and notes more stories are published with consent.
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Buffalo
Lydia B. Pinksham
B.B. Zielinser
Waltz Ave
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinham
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National Wholesale Millinery CO
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Victor
Victrola
Cary
Yaner
Fiders
the Star Store
East Washing Rtos
ST. Ox Tre Dian
AETNA
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Quincy A. McBride
Rieck’s
Phinne
New Castle Pharmacy
Comet North
Hunchinson
Udal
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Liab Ae Mln
CRTC
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Fane
Washington, D.C
Russell
Wyoming
Alexandria
Marine Corps
Linus
Potomac River
Russia
Want Opera
Bitterfly
Geraldine
Schumann-Heink
Caruao
First National Bank
New Castle, Pennsylvania
United States Bond Banking House
U.S. Treasury
Samuel Foltz
George Greer
Geo, W. Glark
Pai
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lawrence County Committee of Public Safety
Lawrence County
Hiram G. Miller
Shenango Valley Hospital
New Castle, Pa
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