Charleston Gazette 1929 Christmas Day edition header
Charleston Gazette front page text dated Monday December 23 1929 announces newspaper details subscription rates and advertising information. It notes independence as a Democratic weekly and lists addresses for national advertising representatives in New York and Chicago. The item frames the paper as first in West Virginia with postal marks and daily circulation specifics.
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Daily Gazette Company
West Virginia
MAN
Dutalds
West
Thought For Today From The Roosevelts Era
A fragmented meditation notes that a real server is rendered by the man who joins the contest, bearing his part as a man should amid blood and dew. Theodore Roosevelt is referenced in a garbled form.
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Mart
Ead
Loubet and Old Age Reflections on Emile Loubet’s Life
The article meditates on Emile Loubet ex-president of France dying at 141, praising French resolve from 1789 to Verdun, and arguing old age offers chance for usefulness through unselfish service. It contrasts monuments with enduring deeds, citing Jefferson, Hammurabi, and Kanawha River improvements as true legacies. It also notes Charleston's strong November bank debits and housing activity, urging readers to work and bring comfort to others next Thursday.
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Emile Loubet
France
Clemenceau
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Londer
Belgium
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Italy
English
America
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Nic
Missouri
Kanawha River
Daniel Boone
Daniel
Kentucky
Hlm
Kanawha County
Jefferson
University of Virginia
Napoleon
Europe
Mesopotamia
Cnossus
Athens
Corinth
Ephesus
Joshua
Gilgal
Israel
Gizeh
Lot
Hammurabi
Babylon
Walt
Mississippi Valley
John F. Kinna
Socrates
Aristotle Pericles
Peaius
West Virginia Youths Shape a Better American Citizenry
A Wheeling Register piece notes Editor Good Move promotes West Virginia youth programs to spark interest in state resources. It cites rural By-Passing Traffic petitions, calls for improved river and canal transport, and a push to modernize ports and terminals along the Ohio Valley to boost industry and regional development.
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Adiiston
Sturiins
West Virginia
South Carolina
Colonal
Adamaton
Wheeling Lane
Diary of a globe trot in New York’s nightlife world
A 1929 column captures New York social scenes and figures from theaters to fashion, noting the era’s lively clubs, entertainers, and owners. It mentions Montmartre, Emil Coleman, Charlie Journal, and details about the city’s cultural highlights, with references to Serge Diaghilev and Paris fashion. The tone blends gossip with observant portraits of artists, pilots, and middle part trends across Britain and America.
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Montmartre
Emil Coleman
Charlie Journal
Gil Bong
London
New York
Lovery
Test Your Knowledge Questions From The Garden's Washington Bureau
Readers are invited to answer a quiz on general knowledge from a Washington Bureau column. The page lists ten questions about governors, prisons, middle names, royal betrothals, Suez and the Mediterranean, notable figures, literature, geography, and a note on waterproofing cellars. It also explains how to submit answers and requests readers to include stamps for return postage.
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Tata
New York Avenue
N. W. Washingte
D.C
Cress
Pennsylvana
New York
Alfred B. Smith
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Joseph BR. Grundy
Gothé
Sheba
Balaclava
Washington, DC
Buliethy
Government Seeks Base Turkeys To Stabilize Thanksgiving
A treasury department plan proposes selling base turkeys next Thanksgiving to double family servings and stabilize the turkey market. Experts cite Doran and Potts discussing enforcement, juice, and supply in a large federal building. The piece notes altered lab controls and temporary measures amid discussions of excess alenial testing and public notices.
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Treasury
Artment
We Treasury
Bystiunder
Bulding
Tempuriey Banishienent
Mya. Doran
Roy C. Potts
Department
Af Qerte
Petts
Turkey Tinner van Lakasty
Troimsteone
Burdon
Christmas Child Safety and Home Remedies Advice
Reader column by Dr. Peters warns parents about dangers from detachable toy parts and dangerous toys for toddlers. It offers home remedies for swallowed objects, stresses washing toys and age-appropriate designs, and urges cautious gifting. includes editorial note and subscription details for pamphlets on health topics.
The World and All By Charles II Whiscoll Grailind
A friend does a huge favor for the narrator and cannot be thanked adequately. The narrator reflects on the limits of gratitude and the implied reciprocity in their relationship, using a biblical-tinged analogy and a personal moment of humility.
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Charles II
Whiscoll
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