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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1925
Page
6
A dated morning column from August 18, 125 features a Juvenal quotation on virtue and nobility. The page lists Associated Press style notes, newspaper offices in New York and Hartford, and a brief editorial header. It reflects early 20th century press conventions with post office classifications and telephones.
A Huntington sports writer accuses a local paper of unjustly blaming an umpire and calls for sportsmanlike conduct between Huntington and Charleston. Watt Powell, manager of Huntington, is praised for integrity and fair calls. The piece urges forgetting the incident and warns against industry ties with politicians.
The Bluefield Telegraph advocates naming a planned Rowan Boys Camp on the Guyan River in Wyoming County for Major Andrew S. Rowan. The camp would serve boys aged ten to eighteen from coal regions of Mercer, McDowell, Mingo, Logan and nearby areas. Instructors would teach civics, health, morals and outdoor life while fostering physical development. The paper urges legislative support and notes Rowan’s fame for The Message to Garcia and his many honors.
West Virginia writers argue the 4 H camp named for Major Rowan belongs in Monroe County, his birthplace, due to accessibility and historical fit. They note Jackson's Mill already hosts the state camp and caution against relocating a statewide tribute amid ongoing 4 H plans.
In Toronto last week a principal speaker blamed the slim turnout on insufficient newspaper promotion. The discussion notes that publicity can determine a venture's reception and success. John Sharp Williams urged the next generation to improve heredity and honor parental favors as they raise their children.
A newspaper urges raising the reward to as much as 1000000 to capture Dutch Anderson and Charles Wolfe, allies of Gerald Chapman, believed to be involved in rail holdups and the murder of Ben Hance. The piece argues for relentless pursuit to protect witnesses and uphold law, citing freedom of religion and speech in context.
A jumbled OCR passage mixes names, places, and fragments spanning religious figures, political terms, and scattered sentences. The text contains numerous garbled phrases, stray proper nouns, and possible references to individuals, events, or works, but coherence and verifiable facts are absent.
A fragment references a Montgomery conference with West Virginia leaders and county delegates discussing a state trade serial prep, plus noted career events and a playful Charleston dance homage. The text blends archival notes, local color, and unrelated sports and cultural asides from 1926 New York American reporting.
The profile paints Senator George Pepper of Penn sylvania as a hunter, climber, photographer, and farmer. It notes his love of mountaineering on Katahdin and Alps, his passion for sailing a Maine coast sloop, and his farm near Devon. It highlights his past as a Penn athlete and his push for baseball memorials in Washington.
Fragmented verse recounts a chaotic sketch of social satire with references to dances like The Charleston and a mock crowd of characters. It critiques trust, romantic tricks, and public performance in a flurried, tongue twisting scene.
A vivid character study of New York streets from Third Street to Central Park, detailing Fifth Avenue fashion and department stores, crowds along 42nd Street, Fashion Row on Seventy seventh Street, and the Paris boulevard atmosphere. It notes a drug story, street theft, and anecdotes about writers and poets including Bulwer Nye era earnings and syndicate contracts.
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