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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
4
Special notice informs readers all payments and inquiries should be addressed to The News Company New Castle not to individuals. Publication notes list officers and staff including S Jah G Treadwell president and L Rents treasurer.
U S officials report a temporary easing of Mexico crisis after Gen Carranza agrees to release American prisoners taken in the Carrizal incident. Washington pace remains on border movements while awaiting a formal reply from the de facto Mexican government and stressing that Americans must be protected. Captain A Martin Graham retires from the New Castle troop after a notable command preserving local leadership.
Hundreds of mothers and children were transported to Cascade park for the Rescue mission annual picnic. Games and sports entertained the kids before a 1 pm feast prepared by the mothers who cooked sandwiches cakes lemons and pickles. YWCA workers provided baked beans donated by the Grocers Wholesale association. Mr. Berquist led the event with assistance from Miss Pearl Maban.
The article notes soldiers will likely be allowed to ballot in the field next November as they did over 50 years ago during the Civil War. It argues this voting practice helped defeat the copperheads in 1863 and aided Lincoln's 1864 re-election.
A breezy column from The News blends playful verse with war time commentary. It notes past fashion fads, laments tone of criticism, and shifts to reflections on Mexican conflict, troops with Troop F in New Castle, and public life including Mayor Newell references and Larry Flynn’s oil drilling gig in India.
The report states Gen. Pershing moved his headquarters from Namiquipa to Colonia Dublan and has his 12,000 strong army strongly intrenched there. Mexican forces between Pershing and the border are not known in strength, with Juarez garrison mostly south to Villa Ahumada.
A nostalgic musing on home baking and maternal pies. It contrasts wholesome memories with modern temptations and notes how more of mother's pies could ease personal crises and unhappy outcomes, hinting at the social impact of comforting homemade cuisine.
Elsie S Altman filed for divorce from Clarence D Altman in Butler on desertion grounds. Married December 1914 in Butler the couple separated within months then he remarried in New Castle. He faced a Youngstown Ohio case over a prior marriage and remains unresolved.
Miss Sara M. Williams principal of the government high school in Mayaguez Porto Rico and her nephew Samuel Williams of Beaver have returned to Beaver after visiting her brother-in-law D. S. Badger of North Beaver street for a few days.
In a probate case jurors found Jones incompetent and not of sound mind. The sole basis cited was his belief that a rug obtained through trading stamps cost him nothing, a conviction regarded as clear proof of his lack of testamentary capacity.
A humorous rant on pies as American symbols. It blames railroad eating houses for a ruined pie culture and jokes about apple, mince, cherry pies and their effects, culminating in praise for a mother’s pie recipe. The piece satirizes domestic life and public excess.
Film listings include Dustin Farnum in David Garrick at Star Theatre and Bertha Kalich in Ambition at Star Theatre. Nixon Theatre features Helen Ware in The Price.
New York June 29 Steamers sailing today include Atlantic for Liverpool Kroonland for Liverpool and Oscar II for Copenhagen. Ships due to arrive today include Chicago from Bordeaux Nenesa from Barcelona.
Advertisement claiming Fair Childs Perfect Flour guarantees good results with a silver spoon in every quarter sack. On sale at H. L. Allens seven stores. Mentions attorney E M Underwood returning from a business trip to Baltimore.
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