Red Cross urged to feed American POWs if war lasts
Lord Northcliffe urges preplanned Red Cross action to feed future American prisoners in Germany and to provide entertainment for British troops at the front. He warns of risk that supplies could be diverted to German soldiers and questions how captured men would be cared for if such a feeding program is not organized in advance.
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Germany
Lly
Department of the Red Cross
Lord Northcliffe
Duty and Patriotism Unite in War Effort Says Cardinal
Cardinal O Connell urges Boston readers to end the clamor of endless words and instead serve wartime aims. He calls loyal citizens to three actions: front line service, labor, or financial contribution, and to support war measures while resisting habitual knocker talk. He notes similar calls arise in New Castle and other cities.
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New Castle
Kids Hope For Many More New Buildings
Downtown residents youths discover extensive sand use at the Safe Deposit and Trust six story building on North Mercer street. They crawl into a rear sand pile and begin a playful intrusion until workers redirect them home.
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Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Mercer Street
Letter to The News Editor Attacks Teachers and Race
A reader voices opposition to teachers and editors bragging about credentials and offers to volunteer for farm labor. He cites past corn work, references the Lawrence County Bar, and proposes five assistants from the “Homer C. Drake” group, while insulting race and ending with cautions to farmers about dogs and spring house access.
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Lawrence County Bar Association
Homer C. Drake
Rotary New Castle July 2 meetup at Federal Radiator Works
Rotary Club of New Castle invites members to a Monday noon visit to Federal Radiator Works hosted by George C. Blackmore. Meet at Fountain Inn at 12 and car seats are available. Guests welcome with prior report. Members reminded to confirm attendance and ensure their names appear on lunch cards.
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New Castle
Rotary Club
Geo. C. Blackmore
Federal Radiator Works
Fountain Inn
FE. E. Seavy
The Dying Despot Poem About King Alcohol
A brief verse depicts a sick king, his courtiers hushed, as King Alcohol nears death. The speaker notes the mighty ruler’s power once, now fading, with no physician’s art to save him. Millions paid tribute, but who will mourn him, asks R. Trotter.
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R. Trotter
Red Cross Song and Shipbuilding Heating Comparison
The text includes a patriotic song praising the Red Cross and its charitable work with prayers and fundraising notes. It also mentions a Welsh and presumably Welsh language verse about supporting the Red Cross and a Brython author. The final portion states a technical note that gas heated rivets stay hot longer than oil heated rivets, in the context of shipbuilding practice.
Hints And Dints A Boy's Studies Rides The Tide Of War
A mashup of opinion notes and anecdotes from Chicago and New Castle era columns. The piece mocks school struggles, war news, Prohibition blurbs, and local social commentary with touches on Kaiser Wilhelm, Villa, bread prices, corn pone, beer, and public virtue. It includes rural farm notes, weather tips, and horse care guidance amid wartime stress.
Detective-Sergeant Laga renne faced scrutiny in Ruth Cruger case
Detective-Sergeant John Lagarenne of the New York City Police Department faced potential charges of negligence in the Ruth Cruger murder inquiry. Police Commissioner Woods recommended the action, as Commissioner of Accounts Wallstein investigates police conduct. Lagarenne led the Cocchi property search and failed to locate Ruth Cruger's body, with allegations he enabled Cocchi to evade capture.
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John L. Lagarenne
New York City
Where to Go Tonight: Regent, Coliseum, Dome, Nixon, Strand Theatres
Regent shows Kathryn Williams in The Ne'er Do Well. Coliseum screens Idle Wives. Dome presents Heart's Desire with Marie Doro and The Neglected Wife with Ruth Roland. Nixon features Louise Glaum in Love and Justice. Strand offers The Book Agent with George Walsh and The Film Spoilers.
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Regent Theatre—Moving Pictures
Kathryn Williams
Dome Theatre—Moving Pictures
Marie Doro
Ruth Roland
Nixon Theatre
Louise Glaum
Strand Theatre
Moving Pictures
George Walsh
Denies 10000 Army Doctors Die On Battlefield
Colonel T H Goodwin of the Balfour commission called the claim that 10 000 army doctors died on French battlefields an exaggeration. He cited July August and September casualties among British army doctors at 52 and said 75 to 80 percent of the wounded recover to return to the trenches. He has overseen French hospitals since the war began and will aid the US in organizing its medical corps for France.
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France
T. H. Goodwin
Balfour, Commission
William Penn
Goodwin
United States
Medical Corps Forservice
Women pledge will to thrift and wartime relief
Professor J Russell Smith urged trench digging and cornmeal use to curb famine and free wheat for allies. He called on American households to conserve food and for women to dry surplus produce and ship canned goods abroad. Mrs Imogen B Oakley urged women to give up luxuries and lead thrift, economy, and war relief efforts as vital to the nation.
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J. Russell Smith
Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New Century Club
Imogen B. Oakley
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Red Cross Society
Evolution of Embassies Through Early Modern Period
A compact history of permanent diplomacy from its medieval origins in Spain and Venice to the rise of a formal, rule governed system after the Vienna and Aix-la-Chapelle congresses of 1815 and 1818. It traces the ideal of an honest ambassador, early setbacks at court, and the later expansion to eastern powers.
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Roderigo Gondesalvi de Puebla
England
London
Venice
British Isles
Andrea Trevisano
Henry VII
Machiavelli
Henry Wotton
Francis I
France
Vienna
Aix-la-Chapelle
Europe
East
Argonaut
Clock Back Puzzle in England Sparks Parliaments Debate
A British debate on daylight saving law prompts a paradox about birth times when clocks are set back. J H Whitehouse relays a Lords discussion where a peer warns that twins born near the clock change could be recorded with reversed birth order, requiring a special act to settle who is eldest. Argonaut, Des Moines, IA notes strict Sunday closing laws.
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England
J. H. Whitehouse
House of Commons
House of Lords
Mr Whitehouse
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