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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1918
Page
4
Special notice details mailing and office information for the Castle News in New Castle Pennsylvania. Lists staff positions including president treasurer editor and city editor. Describes offices on Sycamore Street and Apple Way with contact bells and subscription rates.
The piece surveys the question of Sunday farm work amid labor shortages in Lawrence County and Indiana. It cites Purdue discussions and a New York church forum on ethics in journalism, noting ministers’ views, wartime context, and the tension between public interest and religious tenets.
Sunday afternoon rehearsals at the Y.M.G.A. invite all who can sing to join the Community Chorus for a patriotic program. New Castle aims for a leading role in the procession, with emphasis on morale boosting and communal pride.
Public exhortation urges city singers to attend Community Chorus rehearsals. Leaders promise capable direction and stress the duty to boost morale for the war effort. Singers are urged not to be slackers and to give their best performance for national unity.
Frank Robl requests any witnesses to the automobile collision on Tuesday June 25 about 8 o clock on South Mill Street Bridge between Frank Robl and C R Graham to contact him at 1019 Moravia Street Bell 1485 J Union 786 Y by Monday morning July 1.
Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore observes his fifty seventh anniversary as a priest and his thirty second anniversary as a Cardinal. Wisconsin temperance groups churches and Sunday schools launch a statewide prohibition drive today.
A collage of wartime humor and social observations from a Pennsylvania column editor. References span morale, fuel rationing, razzing Huns, moonshine arrests, school shortages, lima beans, and local gossip. The prose mixes satire with practical notes on economy and home life during conflict.
Entries note 1798 birth of Count Giacomo Leopardi and death in 1837. 1825 Lafayette cornerstone at Burlington Vermont. 1872 Germany France indemnity accord. 1875 Ferdinand I’s death. 1893 NYC Clearing House lenders steadied panic with 6 million. 1815 Russian retreat. 1816 Karl Liebknecht jailed. 1862 event markers.
A Belgian officer comments on German efficiency in retreat at Liege noting 43000 dead Hanoverians with two pairs of shoes aiding marching. He contrasts the failed Paris drive with a shipowners’ growth forecast and warns Americans against margin stock trading amid Europe’s uncertainty.
The House of Representatives granted the President power to designate priority interstate shipments. Premier Lloyd George spoke in Glasgow pledging the war would continue until the Entente Allies achieved their aims.
On June 29 1918 diverse events mark wartime life. Pope Benedict XV calls a day of prayer for universal peace. Archbishop Alexander Christie celebrates 20th bishop consecration anniversary. Panama Canal builder Goethals turns 60. Pedestrian Dan O Leary plans a 100 mile birthday walk in Chicago. Milwaukee faces closure of over 150 saloons as licenses end. Canada designates June 30 as a national day of prayer for Allied success.
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