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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1925
Page
6
The Charleston Gazette dated Friday August 7 1925 notes a Thought For This Morning about friendship. It states we cannot replace a friend and that multiple friends are all distinct with no doubles. Local paper details subscriptions carrier rates and staff contacts are included.
An editorial urges Charleston to warmly host about 1,000 National Guard soldiers arriving for an encampment. It highlights hospitality from churches, civic groups, and businesses, proposing discounts and public recognition to show appreciation for the guard and encourage future visits. General Dawes cited a desire to keep the Senate from being a speak easy joint.
The author condemns decades of misguided policy since 1920 and mocks a Williamstown discussion by critic Castle. He ridicules the idea that studying European peace plans suffices and argues the United States must act as a creditor nation to secure real peace in Europe.
The speaker argues the United States should align with Russia and Mexico to keep Europe from selling goods, study Europe paying debts in goods, and insists voters will tolerate no delays in cutting federal taxes to keep a fair share of earnings.
Keith Clevenger of Empire Gas and Fuel of Oklahoma argues that continuous advertising is essential to inform customers about a utility's policies, problems, and management. He says constant advertising builds trust, and delaying outreach until rate changes risks public misperception and anger.
In Williamstown discussions, Dr. William E. Rappard criticizes furtive diplomacy while urging the U S to join the world court and the League of Nations. He calls for ending corridor politics and restoring prestige amid partisan limits on Wilsonian ideals as China’s awakening looms.
Editorial laments that Secretary Hoover speaks of prosperity for the few while the vast majority of Americans including farmers laborers small business people and traders face hardship. It argues defeated bond issues delay construction raise taxes and punish the people rather than address true conditions.
The piece denounces a graduated peace time surtax as tyrannical and harmful to business. It argues the tax is arbitrary and unpredictable, chilling commerce, with critics saying any tax system that misleads about amounts undermines confidence and prosperity. It questions Pinchot’s reception amid tax controversy.
A long, rambling piece discusses dancing, muskrats on farms and in Louisiana, and a salvos of social topics. It cites Ford on dancing, Muskrat wealth, alfalfa yields in California, and political opinions, ending with a note on the Democratic and Republican parties and the spare tire metaphor.
A fragmented window into New York City life with mentions of the Union League Club Bryant Park West 40th Street and Broadway figures. The piece wanders through shopfronts street scenes performers and a cultural jab at Chicago with remarks by Ben Bernie and a glance at Laurence Stallings and American city life.
A fragmented discussion from West Virginia editors debates whether murder punishment should be stricter, debating criminology, mind science, and deterrence. The piece cites Dr Henry of the Automobile Association, advocating a national motor code and personal responsibility standards.
Fragmentary lines from Just Folks appear in this installment with garbled wording and incomplete phrases. The text shows poetic reflections on kindness, love, and human virtues, though many lines are distorted and difficult to interpret or attribute clearly.
The Huntingtons Advertiser profiles Senator William Cabell Bruce of Maryland, noting his unexpected literary command in the Senate. It details his passion for poetry, education on a Virginia plantation, and ongoing amateur farming in Maryland, linking his public duties to a personal creed of restraint and civic virtue.
Machines ordered and dirigible Shenandoah noted as Secretary Work calls for a public land administration probe. Monday set for renewing Belgian debt funding. Intent to electrify Austrian railways funded by the League of Nations for this purpose.
The Merry Little Breezes observe Danny Meadow Mouse trapped on a reed and cornered by fish, turtles, and a heron. They decide to help and blow against the beard snagging him, eventually causing slight movement as their effort begins to free him.
The scene follows Danny Meadow Mouse on a makeshift raft as bracing winds shove him toward the center of the pool. He rides the waves with Merry Little Breezes, while Snapper the Turtle and Longlegs the Heron watch from shore as danger mounts and the big pickerel glowers nearby.
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