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The notice outlines subscription prices for various regions and durations with terms postage paid by carrier. Rates include 66.50 for six months, 78 for a year, and 3.60 for shorter terms within specified Virginia and West Virginia radii. A postal paid plan details carrier delivery and advance payment. The page is dated Sunday June 26, 1927.
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Cconea
Virginis
Orst
Seco
Virginia
Voot
Onnes
Route and the goodwill tour through Southwest Virginia
The goodwill tour of Southwest Virginia will circle Norton to Beckley and through Princeton Charleston Huntington Ashland Morehead Winchester Lexington Berea Corbin Middlesboro. It covers three states near two borders with well organized visits and broad local interest. West Virginia Route 8 Tug River Highway remains incomplete, hindering the Lakes to Florida corridor. Public spirit urged to push its completion.
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Southwest Virginia
Norton
Binefield
Princeton
Beckley
Charleston
Huntington
Ashland
Morehead
Winchester
Lexington
Berea
Corbin
Middlesboro
West Virginia
Tug River
Traffic Signs and Education Clash Over Moral Reform
A column urges strict enforcement of stop signs on minor streets and condemns line breaking and speeding along Union street. It cites a Wheeling Intelligencer piece on Marshall College dismissals, religious influence in education, and the need for morality with free, public higher learning in a Christian nation.
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Union Street
Federal Building
Wheeling Intelligencer
Marshall College
Ministerial Association of
Huntington
West Virginia
Shawkey
Selvage
Huntington Ministerial Association
United States
Taft
Richt
WV colleges face religious views controversy in faculty
The article notes Marshall College dismissed two professors amid beliefs tied to modernist doctrine. It highlights rising concerns that higher education instructors embrace views church leaders say weaken youth faith, with examples in church schools and a steadily growing problem.
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West Virginia
Marshall College
We Were Doing Twenty Years Ago Today
Reported events recount past incidents including a fatal shooting over a card game in Keystone and a self defense death in Peck Street. The Virginia Side debates a $20000 bond for municipal improvements while a drowning near Kingsport is noted with family details and local charity support. Aminer notes a coal strike near Beasley Street head.
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William Redd
Arthur Calhoun
Keystone
Lacy Thompson
William Adams
Peck Street
Virginia
Lawrence C. Simpson
J. W. Simpson
Binefield
Kingsport
Tenn
P. H. Rover
Beasley Street
Roanoke Sets 75000 Advertising Campaign Goal
Roanoke plans a 75000 dollar community advertising push under the Roanoke Forward Movement. A national firm will handle the contract and experts will survey to guide the campaign. Funds come from residents as Roanoke emphasizes modern growth, with new flying field plans and renewed real estate activity noted. Senator Heflin comments on Al Smith in Chicago.
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Roanoke
Heflin
Chicago
al Smith
Smith
The Lost Wife Poem Fragment
A melancholic verse reflects on nighttime loneliness after a wife’s absence. The speaker describes cold rooms, unheld memories, and the ache of realizing no one cares as life resumes in neighbors and routines. The narrator longs for the departed to remain beside him.
West Virginia Editors Praise Civic Effort Against Destruction
West Virginia editors report less destruction of wildflowers on roads and mountains this spring due to education and civic efforts. They condemn automobiled drivers who uproot plants and urge lawmakers to protect public welfare while cautioning against overreach by a special code committee beyond recodifying statutes.
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West Virginia
State Code Commission
Code Commission
Thie
Special Code Committee
Clarkshore
Thompson echoes Otis in Sacco-Vanzetti stance
Boston lawyer Fred Thompson, known for prominence and lineage, admits his high profile defense of Sacco and Vanzetti costs him clients and friends. The piece draws a parallel to James Otis and his 1761 Write of Assistance speech, praising conscience over social risk. It ends noting Colonel Lindbergh avoids aeronautic firms as he avoids winds and icebergs, per the San Bernardino Sun.
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Fred Thompson
Boston
Sacco
Vanzetti
Sacco-Venzetti
Thompson
James Otis
Otis
George II
Massachusetts Superior Court
Lindbergh
San Bernardino
Parachute Heroes Rise in Early 1930s Mail
The jar Club grows to 46 members with five new names from the Army Air Corps including Captain Hawthorne C. Gray and Lieutenants George G. Finch and Bridget. Finch survived a mid air exit. Bridget injured as their plane burned near Columbus. Lindbergh misnamed as Lindbergh by officials. New questions readers and postal revenue from airmail letters.
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Rodney Dutcher
Wastixetos
Jar Club
Lindbergh
Tura
Army Air Corps
Hawthorne C. Gray
George G. Finch
Bridget
Clyde M. Taylor
Fred P. Miller
Finch
David M. Rameey
Edwards
Miss. Finch
Ramsey
Gray
Taylor
Miller
Columbus
Yeager
Curious Dispatches on Flights and Finances
A slice of lively miscellany notes women signing with initials for Hawaii flight requests and a 92 year old Los Angeles woman wanting Timbuctoo. Jokes touch credit woes, China’s ongoing conflict, a western editor’s retirement with oil wealth, and Mme Kollontay on rational modern womanhood.
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Los Angeles
Echoes of Rockefeller Speech Stir Educators
Analysis across newspapers shows varied reaction to John D Rockefeller’s call for higher tuition offset by scholarships and loans. Papers praise his framing as a financial fix for private colleges while noting risks to access and faculty pay.
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Harrisburg Telegraph
Rockefeller
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Rockefeller
A Journal
The
Brooklyn Eagle
Buffalo Evening News
New York World
Lowell Evening Leader
Decatur Herald
Broadway's Great Electric Cross Prompts City Debate
The article reflects on Manhattan as a center of faith and culture, noting plans for a vast Broadway church electric cross and the blend of religious, theatrical, and artistic activity at the Union Church in 48th Street. It also surveys child prodigies and genius quotients, contrasting famed minds with ordinary youths, urging parental support for education.
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New York
Manhattan
Sister McPherson
Fifth Avenue
Broadway Tabernacle
Broadway
Union Church
48Th Street
Brightest Child Question From Stanford Studies
Health notes review Stanford psychology findings on genius suggest Goethe with an IQ around 180. At five he matched typical ten year olds, and by twelve he reportedly sketched a multi language novel. The piece discusses comparisons with John Stuart Mill.
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Morris Fishbein
The
American Medical Association
Hygeia
Psychologic Department
Stanford University
Goethe
John Stewart Mill
Short Cuts From Exchanges
A collection of witty one liners from various papers. Notes include $33,000 paid for a bill printer in Brooklyn, King Ferdinand summering in a Romanian palace, a jab at overtime parking, travel flattening purses, clockbacking nostalgia, and a remark about an Atlanta man’s dog in the Lindbergh circle.
A Sorrowing Friend Remembers a Brother’s Journey
A heartfelt letter to a sorrowing friend speaks of a brother laid to rest on a hillside grave. The writer frames death as a new adventure, praising the departed’s love of nature, philosophy, and the Gleam as a guiding quest.
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God
Acre
Merlin
Riley
Medal linked to Postlewaite family found in city
A Bluefield man’s medal once belonging to John W. Postlewaite is believed lost for decades. The relic, about a silver dollar in size with a hole for a ribbon, was sent to his son after inquiry. The note includes a mix of personal anecdotes from a meals table and a Los Angeles Times quote about ladies in city life.
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M.B. Postlewaite
Bluefield
John W. Postlewaite
Russian minister duty warned for heart troubled men
A short wire-service style observation notes that serving as a Russian minister abroad is a dangerous post for anyone with heart trouble. The remark frames diplomacy as high risk for frail health.
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Charleston
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Oxford University
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