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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1925
Page
5
July 15 dispatch notes Lunacharsky calling vagrancy, destitute children, and mendicants a profound threat in Soviet cities. It cites private fund appeals, factory recovery as remedies, and warns of a growing, deadly wave if unaddressed. Also reports hill movement at Matlock and a five year old girl’s minor train injuries in Chicago.
Bernard Pulkowsky, a prisoner serving one term, escaped before a new charge could be heard to replenish his wardrobe. He later returned to court in proper attire, asking for leave to buy clothes, and left a note to the warden explaining his decision not to appear in prison dress.
The judge displayed humor toward a fastidious prisoner as he convicted him of conventing stolen goods and imposed a sentence of ten months at hard labor.
The Oxford Hours of Congregation agrees to loan two portraits of Hugo Grotius, founder of international law, from the Bodleian Library to the Dutch government. The move, though the library’s rule bans book or item departures, reflects a rare exception for pictures tied to national heritage. the portraits depict a middle‑aged, ruddy, full‑faced man with brown hair and a mustache.
The fragment discusses Max Eastman facing communist backlash over his book Since Lenin Died and mentions a London July 1 dispatch about Lenin favoring Trotsky, urging Stalin's removal, and warning against Zinoviev and Kamenev. It also references portraits related to a university collection and a Galveston storm of 1908.
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