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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1925
Page
7
City police report fewer accidents on arterial highways this month, with a 50 percent drop from the previous month. The plan, first proposed for business districts, now targets West Side cross streets and residential feeders, though rain delayed signage. Chief John Fritcen confirmed the reduced crash figures and outlined the rain-affected rollout schedule.
A long editorial in the Santington newspaper criticizes Banking Commissioner J. A. Abbott over bank failures. It argues for stronger statutes and more bank examiners, urging the legislature to fund exams, tighten charters, and protect depositors while condemning lax oversight linked to recent collapses. The piece asserts public protection hinges on prompt reforms and accountability.
A vintage health ad urges readers to purify the entire system with Caleteris, claiming chronic ailments vanish by a thorough cleanse twice weekly for weeks. It touts nature as rewarding the effort with improved wellness and frames the product as a foundation for better health.
Fragmentary OCR text from a New York notice or article mentions dates in July and June, names, and events, but it is garbled. It hints at a visitor or travel note with potential legal or customary mentions and unclear outcomes.
A disrupted narrative recalls a trip to Belfast and a street scene with a shopkeeper offering antiquities. The speaker mentions a graveyard visit, confusing directions, and a bill for a mile to a house connected with a shop, noting a modern window display and a busy street ambience.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage hair tonic as a solution to hair loss. It promises to stop shedding and improve scalp health, claiming guaranteed results and urging readers to ask for the product by name.
The narrator recalls a hill visit to a town outside where a whet of objects is sold. A frail old man and his wife run a small shop of wares and decayed luxury. Temptation arises over a silver luster fen set while the couple discuss a lowly reg kept in darkness.
Mrs Jamis Miles of 415 Cherry Street Dover Ohio credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing long lasting left and right side pains after childbirth and heavy carpet washing. She says after four days she felt relief and after three bottles was back on her feet. The remedy is sold by druggists everywhere.
An OCR fragment from a 1925 North American newspaper page mentions Pastor rebukes, a Brighton church, an antique shop owner, and a peculiar scene with a girl and a truck. The readable text references Florida winter trips, doorways, and a vague note on Michigan’s name origin, with multiple incomplete phrases and names.
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