Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Charleston Gazette in Charleston, West Virginia

We have 4,406,501 pages in West Virginia

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1955

Page

10

How the Alphabet Began and Solar Eclipses Explained

A reader asks how the alphabet started from pictographs and hieroglyphs, tracing the chain from Egypt and Mesopotamia through the Greeks and Phoenicians to modern letters. The article notes varied theories of authorship, then describes solar eclipses: their irregular cycles, regional visibility, and frequency of total and partial eclipses.

Market News: Prices on American Exchange and Pittsburgh Cattle

Chicago market reports show varied grain and livestock prices with no major shifts. Dutchers and mixed grades trade near 20.50 per 1b while bulk cuts range 17.05 to 38.25. cattle totals include 1,000 salable calves and up to 23.50 for high choice steers. Pittsburgh notices hogs steady with prices listed 18.00 to 20.50 for 200-250 lb cuts. sheep and calves unchanged. Treasury data released June 7 shows balance 4.83 billion, total debt 277.39 billion, gold reserves 21.08 billion.

Sasaes Penn Dizle Cement Jemici Federated Dept Penney Allied Stores Firestone Tite Pennsylvania Alls-Chalmers Pepsi-Cola Amerada Petroleum Fruehaus Trailer Phelps Doda Cr. & Chem Gaylord Philco Corp American Can American Airlines General General Electric Dynamic Phillips Petroleum Pittsburgh Coke An Car & Poly General Foods American Motora General Mills American Cyanamid General Motors Publicker Industries Pub. Utilities Elec Gar Jas Gillette Pullman Inc. Alco Glidden Co. Og Mach Goodrich Radio Corp Goodyear Tire Hemington Am, & Refining Qranans-Paige Rea Motors Tel Great North Republic American Tobacco Gi ‘Oblie Reynolds Richfield Anderson-Prich Sei Hayes Indus Robertshaw-Fu' Armour Rmco Ken Kansas City Southeate Hutser R & Che Cal Dorg Warn Driggs Mir Kennecott Copper Koppers OD Sae Standard Oil Budd Bucyrus Kresgereas Ae Standard Rail Burlington Mili Kroger San Bata California Packing Bietten Tibbsie Blewart Warne Capital Athines Stidebaker-Packard Sunray Nild-Conn Oita Caterpillar Tricior Lockheed Alterate Loews de la Sylvanta Electric Louisvil, & Nashvil Tennessee Corp Central Martag Co Tide Water Assoc caRy Rolan Timken Roller Hear Truax-Traer Coal Chio Great West Nesia 20Th Century Fox Gt. West Marine Co Union Carbide Milw, Bt.p Bra Mission Oeas Union United Aircraft Chic Northwestern Miss.Kayexes RE United Alrlines Isl. & Pac MisseKan Texas Pi United Carbon Chrysler Corp Monsanto Chemeal Mited Corp Cincinnati Gas Denikamery Watd A. Rubber Cities Service Fatargn Inc Smeltler Clone, Co NS Motor Wheel Corp U. Eel Columbian U. B. Steel Columbia Gas Murray Vanadium Garp Satur Fia Walworth Co Warner Bros. Pic le Wnmash Regis Warner Lambert Consolidated Edison Consolidated Natl National and Western Air Lin Container Corp TDA Western Union Continental Continental Motor Nath. Supply Co Westingh Afr Branemss Newport News Eatinghouse Crate Co Senane N. Chic St. 4 West Kentucky Steel Norte & Western Western Maryland West Penn Electric Suel SE CTR Amer Aviation Wheeling Steel Dana Corp. Northern Nat. Gas Winn & Lovett Ve Deefe & Co Northrop Aircraft White Motor Tintillers Chicago USDA New High Place Pittsburgh Darley

Strong Market Reaches Fourth Record High This Week

New York June 10. The stock market hit a fourth record high this week as railroads led gains in late trading. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks rose 1.20 to 169.20 on volume of 2,470,000 shares, with Sperry Rand up 27 36, Pennsylvania Railroad 1 29 3, Hupp 8, Northern Pacific 7 9, Kaiser Aluminum 37. Goodyear and several others were among the notable movers.

New York Associated Press Sperry Rand Corp Pennsylvania Railroad Hupp Corp Northern Pacific Kaiser Aluminum May Department Stores Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Sears Roebuck North American Aviation RCA American Telephone Union Carbide DuPont American Tobacco Babcock & Wilcox & General Dynamics W. Grace Hoffman Ace Industries New York Central Baltimore & Ohio Standard Oil (Nj Amerada Petroleum Alleghany Corp Goodyear Distillers Corp Anaconda Aluminium, Ltd Allied Chemical General Electric Admiral Corp American Stock Dow-Jones Weines Industrial Associates I Ik jWeek Aga

Gazette Reporter Among 11 Nieman Award Winners

A Charleston Gazette reporter Dor Seagle 27 city hall reporter joins 10 U S reporters and five foreign newsmen as Nieman Fellows at Harvard next year. Other foreign appointees include India and Japan first timers with peers from Canada Australia and New Zealand. Fellow list features John L. Dougherty Julius C. Duscha Joseph Hole Robert Hansen Richard Harwood Robert Healy Richard Mooney Harry Press and others.

Cambridge Mass Charleston Gazette Harvard University U. S Nieman Foundation India Japan Canada Australia New Zealand West Virginian Dor Seagle The Gazette City Hall John L. Dougherty Telegraph Rochester Times-Union Rochester N.Y Julius C. Duscha Lindsay-Schaub Decatur Joseph Edward Hole Jr Butta N. Y Evening News Robert H. Hansen Denver Colo Post Richard L. Harwood Louisville Times Robert L. Healy Boston Stode Richard E. Mooney United Press Washington, D. C Harry N. Press San Fran

Wheat Price Prop To Drop in 1956

The Agriculture Department set a minimum support price of 1.81 dollars per bushel for 1956 wheat if quotas pass the June 29 referendum, versus 1.19 dollars under current law if quotas fail. The 1955 yield is seen at 845,215,000 bushels, with national average price at 2.06.

Washington INS Agriculture Department Department

Also Mentioned on This Page

Andy Treasure Trails Patty Gilberg Philadelphia Penna Egypt Mesopotamia the Gazette Hale St Charleston W. Va Terry Chappell Burns, Tenn America Indo China Philippines Juliet Jones Darling Sahry Hardy Pops Jerome Hon Chas. Kuhn Lee Pigeon Soleil Ferd'nat Ee George Ozone Tno Jher Waller C. Hardy & Co Treasury Caan Wrigley's Anacon Fairchild C Glen Alden Humble St. Lawrence Corp Marton Rae Imperial OW Cas Sapphire Petroleum Conatat Caribbean Pete Eer Bhatt Catalin Corp Kaiser Motor Sguntone Rete Enke Houth Penne Colonial Air McDonnell Aircraft A2 Ltd Ou Ky Iseay Mead Jobnson Mesabl Ron Technicotor Eee Fees Creole Petroleum Ae Molybdénum Corp Ae Cuban Ad Sugar T Nat, Petr. Ltd United Aire Devon National Phoenix Oe Ags Dumont Lab New Jersey Zinc Webb & Knapp Eastern Gas Woodley Petr Bond Aime Joyland Park Rand, W. Va Tex Mason Baltimore NC Cobblers Usis BC Sebagoes Usis Bubk & Hor Usis Aziz Calif Bjarne UBDA Fay Somalia Hutter Cisco News Edgar F. Seney Jr Florida Keys Marathon Fla Donald J. Sterling Jr Oregon Journal Portland Ire Ronald Plater Brisbane Courier-Mail Desmond Stone Southland Times Ivercargill N. Z John P. Whealen Windsor Can Daily Star Hisashi Mazda Asahi Shimbun Tokyo Sharada Crasad Indian Express Bombay Hebel Band Boosters Club Spring Hill Junior High School
Search Courier

Search the Charleston Gazette Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Charleston Gazette?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication