Childlike gifts and the psychology of generosity in society
A discussion on the gift as social practice contrasts the childish, nagging insistence on attention with the positive pull of trust and goodwill. It notes generosity begins within impulse, questions charity exercises, and muses on motives, mid century public interest topics, and scattered references to Peary records and public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polis
Peary
University of Copenhagen
National Geori Hic Society
National Geographic Society
Money family cited as example of nepotism in politics
The Houston Post mocks a Democratic senator and his relatives in a satire about nepotism, noting Senator Money becomes minority leader after Culberson and listing family members as conference staff. It also comments on Chicago police drunkenness dismissals, the Utah battleship, and I J Dunn's apology for contempt of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Money
Senator Culberson
Texas
Utah
I. J. Dunn
W. J. Bryan
Notice to Taxpayers in Beaver Pond District
Beaver Pond District Mercer County West Virginia warns taxpayers that all taxes unpaid by January 1 1919 will incur a 10 percent penalty. Deputy for I J Ellison 8 M C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Pond
Mercer County
West Virernia
BE. Carter
I. J. Ellison
M. C
Supreme Court Reverses Itself In Bank Case
In a December issue correction, the West Virginia Supreme Court reversed a prior ruling in Bank of Williamson vs McDowell County Bank. The court held a bank must know a depositor signature at its peril and cannot recover funds paid on a forged check despite others' fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Williamson
McDowell County Bank
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
Supreme Court
D. B. Young
George Horner
Circuit Court of
Mingo County
Electric Bit-Deck Controversy Prompts Public Remarks
A public exchange centers on remarks about Electric Bit-. The quote signals ongoing debate with supporters urging clarification and officials weighing its implications for policy and industry practice.
Buy a Barrel of This Flour William Tell Flour Advertisement
An advertisement touts William Tell Flour by the barrel from Ansted & Burk Company's mills. It promises price protection against wheat shortages and crop conditions and highlights finer grain flour and cleaner milling. It urges readers to ask their dealer and insist on having the brand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansted & Burk Company
A Woman Praises a Food Medicine for Health and Spirits
Mrs O Rhinevault of Vestal Center New York extols a food medicine as a great gift to women. She says it lifts spirits, increases vigor, and quickly cures nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headaches backaches fainting and dizziness. Available for 50 cents at druggists.
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Daily TT Telegraph
Hike Shott
LY Telegraph Printing CO
Bland Street
Bluefield, W. Va
Ber
Associated Press
Gress
Telegraph Printing CO
Bluefield
W. Va
Fuesday
Worcester
Mass
Claus
Cer
Herrin
Lil
Houston
Herando D. Money, Jr
Hernando D. Money, Jr
Miss Money
New York Tribune
Chicago
National Bank
Iefield, W. VA
Pulaski Street
Eik
Barnum
Hutton Bailey
White Pharmacy
John M. Wirgman
Philadelphia, Pa
Wm. McCarthy
Cincinnati Dental CC
THE
Cincinnati Dentists
DR. Compton
William Tell
U.S. Government Supervision
First National Bank OF Norptrheork
Northfork
West VA
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
First National Bank OF Northfork
McDowell County
W. V
L. G. Toney
KK. B
Bluefield Transfer
Depot
Bluefield Avenue
Bath
Tyler
South Bluefield
Booker & Grenshaw Real Estate
Kelly & Moyer Bldg
Fidelity Banking & Trust Co
West Virginia
State Depository
Bank & Trust
Flat Top National Bank
L. EF. Tierney
Edward T. Tyree
W. H. Thomas
W. B. Hicks
Supply Company
Mine Supplies
PIG
Pocahontas
United States Geological Survey
Britain
Germany
Austria
United States
Castner, Curran & Bullitt
C.c. B. Pocahontas Smokeless Coal
South 15Th Street
Arcade
Rank
Norfolk
Neve
Cincinnati
Ohio
Broadway
New York City
N. Y
Strickland
Roanove
Congress Street
Boston
Old Colony Building
Pn European
Blyth & Company
Feachurch Avenue
England
Theodore Dilger
Jewelery and Optician
Princeton Avenue
McKanna
McKanna's
J. J. McKanna
Three Day Liquor Cure, (Inc
Secret Society News
Bluefield Lodge No
Masonic Hall
Lazarus Pdg
Princeton Ave
Bluefield Lodge No. 153
Knights of Pythings
Old Masonic Hall
Dr. Ring
Kelly & Jackson
the Crockett Pharmacy
Col. Princeton Ave
Tazewell St
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