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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1924
Page
5
The discourse centers on redemption as a universal aim driven by Jesus Christ. The speaker argues nations must acknowledge the living Christ, not merely principles, to achieve true peace and freedom.
In King Vville Ontario a naturalist Jack Miner studies how ducks gather for food and protection. He reports older birds marked with aluminum bands and kept in a common area. several wild mallards were observed together, illustrating shelter and feeding behavior.
The Muscle Shoals project near Wilson dam will be commissioned late in 1929 and is described as an engineering achievement second only to the Panama Canal. It will generate about 40,000 horsepower at first, with ultimate capacity of 600,000 horsepower and an artificial lake extending about 14 miles. The dam, 147 feet high and 2,080 feet long, will include a 1,250 foot power house and navigational features. Cost estimates run to 46.8 million dollars with 97 million more needed for additional work. The project is intended to open the Tennessee River region to navigation and development, though controversy surrounds its ultimate cost and impact.
Berlin in late December reports army mules as common sights in the streets. The animals, sent over with American troops in France and routed through the Rhineland, prove more economical in hauling food than horses. Darney Haggerty of Grand Forks, North Dakota, aged 502, died yesterday. he once hauled a test plow in 1874 on an ox cart after moving from Ontario, Canada.
Foreign dances face a backlash in Japan as figures like Mrs. Hayashi and others promote native Nipponese dance. The piece notes suffrage moves for women, calls for broader voting rights, and reports on proposed military training in schools sparking student and faculty opposition.
Reports show firing mines in the Baltic near shipping lanes. Officials caution the clearness of mine clearance is uncertain. A storm or thaw could cause many dangerous mines to drift to new locations in spring.
Vienna dispatch reports postmen adopting protective measures as dogs, mostly guard breeds, deter burglars. Over nine months, 38 letter carriers faced attacks, prompting the postal official to allow carriers to skip deliveries and require residents to fetch mail at the post office. Women of Europe are increasingly pursuing law as a vocation.
Betsy Percuck, a debutante at Victoria's era and now eighty years old, requests a husband to support her remaining years after recovering from illness. Once married to Pennick, she notes decades of widowhood and hopes for companionship and security.
In Los Angeles on December 28, Ray Delauer head of the army pigeon service announced a plan to enlarge carrier pigeon activities with civilian experts and amateur fanciers. Two army officer advisory boards will shape details as the government shifts toward civilian breeding and self sustaining operations for emergency use. The plan envisions training in military pigeon use while reserves handle breeding and training, and would close the Rosefield Arcadia breeding base as part of a broader reorganization.
A quarantine was issued by the state sanitary board to prevent introduction of European fowl pest into Kentucky. The order covers birds shipped into or through Kentucky from Newark and Pennsylvania.
Dublin plans to harness the River Liffey for electricity faced opposition after proposals to submerge 400 miles of Wicklow countryside and alter Leixup salmon leap and Poglaphyca falls. A parliamentary committee debated the impact on scenery as the scheme advanced.
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