The Charleston Gazette Independent Democratic Newspaper 1935
The paper provides publication details for The Daily Gazette Company in West Virginia with pricing, subscription options, and distribution notes. It includes advertising agency info, postal details, and a dated thought for today about resilience and growth.
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Mail
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Berela
Peeprensures
David Co
Nework
Ob Wrigley
Chicago
Coset
Postettion
Charleston
W. Va
Killers at Charleston Crossings Prompt Public Outcry
Readers rail against deadly railroad crossings in Charleston urging urgent action from city, county, and state officials. The letter laments lack of plans to stop mass fatalities and calls for immediate measures to end the dangerous situation in the city.
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Consila
Charleston
United States
Misleading the Blind In Kansas City a Federal Judge Rules
The Philadelphia Record quotes Judge Merrill E Otis criticizing the Warner labor disputes bill as unconstitutional arguing the act oversteps federal power and that Congress cannot regulate interstate commerce as claimed The piece labels the judge as biased while noting Tory propaganda framing the ruling as a New Deal blow
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Kansas City
Merrill E. Otis
Congress
United States
Warner Labor Disputes
Otis
Philadelphia Record
Supreme Court
Plone
Federal Bench
Judge Otis
Kanasas
Missouri
Iowa
Dudge
Sommaraers
Wagner Act seen as safeguard for workers and living standard
The passage argues the Wagner Act secures purchasing power for the masses to absorb industry outputs. It rebukes Judge Otis for viewing the act as paternalistic, comparing employees to wards and noting the act as insurance for American living standards rather than mere welfare.
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Judge Otis
Otis
United States
Right wing critique and college policy notes in state press
The Huntington Advertiser critiques Republican leaders and attacks the new deal citing rights alleged lost since 1833 while Fairmont Times quotes partisan views and condemns critics. The Concord State Concordian reports WV Federation of College Students resolutions on teacher selection, student government, and freshmen hazing reforms.
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Huntington
W. Chapman Revercomb
Young Republicans’ League of West Virginia
Roosevelt
Charleston
Tasulls
Kruegers
Fairmont Times
West Virginia Federation of College Students
West Virginia
Concord State
Concordian
Temporary divorce ends in unreached decree revelation
In Cleveland Mr. and Mrs. Fiorlan L. Hummer pursued a temporary separation to test happiness while remaining in a $40,000 home with her as household manager and him as head. After 30 days they reconciled, discovering the judge had not signed the record, so no legal divorce existed. The Moundsville Journal notes other couples might try mutual severance before divorce court.
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Fiorlan L. Hummer
Cleveland
Moundsville Journal
Kumpen Hopes for VP Amid GOP Draft Likings
The Coal Valley News weighs Vice President Kump against Landon Hoover and Horah in the Republican presidential race. It argues Kump’s debt relief and mining support from West Virginia bolster his vice presidential appeal, noting Landon’s Kansas farming ties and a contrast with Roosevelt.
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Republiican
Horah
Hoover
Landon
Kansas
Roosevelt
Kump
West Virginia
Landen
Coal Valley News
Oddly Named Oil Wells From Early West Virginia and Pennsylvania
Oil City Derricks recounts historic well names from decades past in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Names such as Johnny-dump-Up, Old Misery, Spotted Tail, Big Medicine, Old Teaser, Lithle Injun, Great Leather, Big Bologna, Blue Nose, Sandwich, Big Injun, The Baby, Maggie, Old Owl, and others reflect quaint local flavor from the early oil era before standardized numbering. The list highlights regional culture and the charm of homey labels observed in Parkerburg Sentinel reporting.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Oil City Derries
Old Misery
Spotted Tail
Maggie
Annie
Big Ghost
Lady Hunter
Parkersburg Sentinel
Mediterranean tensions raise war risk over Mussolini era fears
Daily Washington dispatch notes Yugoslavia and Turkey seek allies against Italy amid a reshaping of European alignments linked to the Hoare Laval episode. Britain France and the Little Entente rallies form a behind the scenes push, with Greece Spain and Romania pledging support as Mussolini faces mounting regional pressure.
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Mussolini
Italy
Jugoslavia
Turkey
France
Great Britain
Fiume
Taly
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
Britain
Jugoslav
Rome
Tripoli
Rhodes
Libya
Africa
Mediterranean
Egaiust
State Department
Europe
Hoare- Laval
Baldwin
London
Foreign Office
Maly
Little Entente
Titulescu
Romania
Laval
Rumania
Czechoslovakia
Eden
Spain
Greece
Crete
Piraeus
Tay
Entente
Trieste
Tiuma Sha
Hungary
Mussalini
Corfu
Parthermors
George I
Day By Day Glimpse of Socialites and Celebrities
New York column surveys a collage of figures from stage and society. It notes Hope Williams, Clark Cable, Henry Collins Brown, Colman, Libby Halman, Ivy Lee, Vaughan Glaser, Raymond Hitchcock, and others. The piece blends fashion, theater, and public personas with wry commentary on fame.
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Hope Williams
John Oftterson
Sill Hearst
Sealyhams
T. Everett Barre
Frank Craven
Clark Cable
Time
Henry Collins Brown
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Joe Hartfield
Fannie Brice
Roger Davis
Jackson
Ohio
Frank Crumit
Arthur William Brown
Richerd Watts, Jr
Wood
Dorothy Dix on Fifteen Year Old Dates Sparks Debate
Dorothy Dix argues the nation is split over allowing fifteen year old girls to date. Readers face mothers torn between protecting girls and granting adolescence freedoms, with arguments about maturity, safety, and social change. The piece highlights parental fears, teenage yearning, and the clash of modernity versus tradition.
Questions And Answers From The Gazette Home Service
A reader quiz section offers fact questions on geography law and history with answers hinted on page 16. It includes notes on sauerkraut meaning and American citizenship, plus a prompt to request a care of clothing bulletin via mail. A coupon asks for name and address to receive the bulletin.
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Washington, D.C
United States
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William
England
Sarah
Richard Ache
U.S. State Department
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Henry VIII
Anne Oleyn
Elmira
Alice Blue
Irene
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Charleston Gazette
Thirteenth Street
Worhington
D.C
Gaicar's Role in This Opinion Piece Analysis
The column presents Arthur Brisbane's worldview with emphasis on editorial authority. It discusses how the writer’s views reflect the era's press norms, noting that opinions expressably carry the columnist's stance rather than universal truth.
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Arthur Brisbane
Bing Features Syndicate, Inc
Arthur Orlahane
Brisbane
Nice Ride-Good Sermon Eclipse And Earthquake
A newspaper column reflects on religious imagery during a Christmas Day ceremony with the president’s entourage and church sermon. It notes an eclipse seen from the South Pole and discusses Russia's gold profits, Harvard gifts, and New York crime politics involving Mayor LaGuardia and Police Commissioner Valentine in a sharply opinionated, period voice.
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Nietzsche
Hitler
Teddy
Chamber of Commerce
South Pole
Mountsigs
China
Mengue
Yen
LaGuardia
Valentine
Baering Down On the News Sy Bnge Baer
A garbled OCR item references Harvard scholarships, Princeton games, and travel allowances for senators. It mentions half a million dollars for scholarships, rover bags, and football running plays. The text is largely illegible with many misreads and injected phrases.
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Bnge
Baer
Harvard
Princeton
Colle
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