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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1926
Page
6
A scanned old Charleston Gazette page provides a 1926 date with a booster column and editorial note. It includes the Associated Press masthead, delivery rate breaks, and a "Thought for Today" paragraph criticizing New England boosters and cultural politics.
The Baltimore Evening Sun criticizes Congress for delaying reapportionment until after the 1930 census, arguing the Constitution requires timely enumeration. The piece notes rural versus urban representation, West Virginia’s unfair taxes, and predicts tax changes face political hurdles amid a massive public debt. It also critiques boosters and discusses Revelry, a novel on political fixing, while commenting on Prohibition politics and Christmas sentiment.
In a snowbound Detroit, the city rises with new hotels, offices, theaters, and a booming skyline. The Rook tower is finished and an 80 story structure is planned, while Henry Ford and Dodge Brothers feature in bold industrial growth and national headlines.
A New York City health feature by Dr. Copeland urges strict measures in schools during cold season. A superintendent stresses isolating coughing students, handkerchief use, and hygiene to curb infectious colds and prevent pneumonia or tuberculosis risk.
A fragmented diary entry recounts a day in New York pointing to fires, a literary crowd, and social observations. The author notes encounters with actress Katherine Wilson and Margaret Jeffreys, reflections on writers of the destructionist school, and muses on budgeting and a future million.
Dorothy Dix argues widows bring hardened judgement and practical skills from marriage experience. A widow is portrayed as stable, temperate, cheerful, and understanding, making her a safer, more reliable wife than a divorced or younger woman. She urges men to value enduring qualities over romance.
Johnny Chuck and Polly Chuck cope with late season wakefulness as Jack Frost arrives. Polly gives up and goes to bed while Johnny battles sleep and loneliness. He ultimately decides to sleep through winter, sealing his doorway with earth and curling up for rest until the green grass returns. Next, Peter Goes by Rounds notes oysters sacrificed for pearls, with a shrine in Inia, Japan honouring the mollusks.
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