Thoughtful Birthday Greeting for Little Gates Thurston
A June 15, 1938 newspaper item notes the third birthday of Little Gates Thurston, a brief birthday mention amid local notices. The piece appears in a Charleston West Virginia paper with Associated Press credits and standard publication details.
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Associated Press
Associated Preta Ta
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Geo. B
Torial Reomay
Postoffice
Charleston
W. Va
Hassinage
Little Gates Thurston
Missing Faces Mark Republican Opening in 1921
Kansas City chronicle quotes H L Mencken on the Republican convention. It notes eminent figures missing from the opening, including Wil Hays Daugherty Fall Willis Miller and others. The piece argues the absences reveal party decline in Washington tolerance since March 4 1921.
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Kansas City
L. Mencken
Frank
Wil H. Hays
United States
Harry M. Daugherty
Ohio
Albert B. Fall
Little Black Bag
Frank Willis
Anti-Saloon League
Thomas R. Miller
Atlanta
Charles R. Forbea
Harry Sinclair
Robert W. Stewart
Republican
Washington
Stricter Crime Laws Work in New York State
The Kansas City Star argues that severe penalties can deter crime, citing New York State Baumes laws in effect nearly two years. Reports show crime down across categories, including murders tied to robberies down over 60 percent and large‑sum hold‑ups down about 70 percent, with prison crowding and fewer escapes. The piece asserts rigorous sentencing and enforcement block crime and serves as a national example.
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Kansas City Star
England
New York State
Manny
Coolidge the Pedant and the Vermonter’s Image
The New Republic portrays Coolidge as a pedant, arguing his mind hides unplumbed depths while describing him as humanly inefficient and loquacious. It calls him a persistent pedant whose routine politics suit his persona and fuel his success.
Pedant Presidents fail as leaders in progressive society
The text argues that pedantry pervades public judgment, rendering a pedant President unable to initiate or cooperate on experimental public activities. It says such leaders can approve or veto projects by rigid formulas but cannot start new ventures, or guide progress beyond conventional wisdom.
Life insurance growth and figures under one banner
An editorial discusses life insurance as a major social asset with rising figures for 1927. It notes premiums around 8 million daily across 309 companies, total in-force coverage at 86.086 billion, assets of old line reserves near 14.38 billion, a substantial policyholders surplus, and rising premiums and income. It lauds regulation and security for investors and mentions a Washington political notice about Senator Guy D. Goff.
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Legal Reserve
Oldline Reserve
Ihfe Insurance
Rock dusting urged to prevent coal mine blasts
Recommendations from the investigators of the Mather Pa mine disaster call for compulsory rock dusting in gaseous or dry bituminous mines within the commonwealth. The report notes the 195 lives lost and stresses that most major explosions in bituminous mines are coal dust explosions. Rock dusting has spread to nearly 300 mines across 18 states and all states have enacted laws, yet thoroughness remains essential to maximize safety.
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Investigatora
Mather
Commonwealth
Fennsylvania
Minéra
United States Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Morgantown
Today A Brave Woman Merry Merry Farmers Hoover There
A bric a brac of 1928 editorials and notes recalls Mrs Pankhurst’s suffrage leadership, farm demonstrations in Kansas City, Hoover’s wartime presence, and Coolidge’s presidency. It also touches on Jack Dempsey real estate gains, Prohibition debates at Kansas City, and riots in Greece and Tianjin, with reflections on journalists and evolving public sentiment.
Baer Facts by Arine Alas Bar
A June 14 1928 Kansas City digest lampoons political jargon and habits with a satirical glossary. It lampoons conventions weather bureaus caucuses ballots filibusters platters and reformers, using playful phrases about politicians and party figures.
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Calversal Service
Kansas City
Wa Hays
Questions and Answers in the Information Bureau era
Readers submit questions to the Charleston Gazette Information Bureau and receive brief educational replies. The exchange covers a wide range, from hockey teams and minerals to astronomy, economics, and geography, featuring named entities like the Rangers, Maple Leafs, Kernite, Niagara Falls, and Anne Bradstreet.
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National Hockey League
Rangers
New York
New York Americans
Bruins
Boston
Pittsburgh Pirates
Detroit Cougars
Black Hawks
Chicago
United States
Senators
Ottawa
Montreal Maroons
Montreal Canadians
Toronto Maple Leafs
Obstructing Hale Street Sparks Public Outcry
The Readers Forum questions City Manager authority over two wooden structures narrowing Hale Street at Kanawha intersection. Citizens warn the obstruction endangers motorists and pedestrians, causes traffic jams, and demands inquiry or mass meetings before election day. Local resident L. D. urges action.
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Walker
Hale St
Kanawha
McIntyre Day by Day in New York Nightlife Scene
A fragmentary 1928 portrait of Broadway after dark with glow from photo shops, fashion scenes, stage doors, Times Square and 46th Street observations. It recalls traders, window displays, newsboys, and a cat at a Hall of Records mail chute, plus a note on Trader Horn and a humorous exchange about an amnesia excuse.
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New York
Dans
Broadway
Fulton Oursler
Brie Dudley
Carter
Ft. Worth
West Texas
Glii
T. E. Powers Cartoonost
Brooks John
Bowery
Winter Garden
Times Square
Elmer Davis
Aurora
Ind
George White
Bigatre
Ziegfield
Metropolitan
Mephistophelean
46Th Street
Prince of Wales
Hall of Records
Down Town
York
Trader Horn
Mender
Cukes
Tams
Himeelf
The
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Charleston Gazette Booklet on the Presidents Offered
The Charleston Gazette Information Bureau releases a 40 page booklet titled Presidents of the United States. It provides brief lives and services of presidents from George Washington onward, including elections, faith, births, deaths, marriages, and career highlights. Each copy costs six cents plus postage. send six cents with coupon to obtain the booklet.
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Campaian
George Washington
Gur
Washington Information Bureau
Fregette J. Haskin
Charleston Gazette, Information Bureau
Whellington
D.C
United States
Impetigo and Skin Care from the Health Column
The article outlines impetigo varieties, common locations, and crust formation. It warns against scratching, stresses crust removal and proper dressing, and urges attentive skin care to prevent bacterial spread alongside reader health Qs on rheumatic pain, bronchial pneumonia, neuralgia, and blood pressure.
Earliest Buffalo References in West Virginia History Found
Journal entries by Rev. David Jones from 1772 and 1773 recount buffalo presence along the Monongahela Kanawha and Greenbrier regions. Descriptions note ample buffalo signs near the Great Galandot and Little Kanawha area, with early settlers and Delaware names for buffalo moos.
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Buffalo
West Virginia
David Jones
Ohio River
Kanawha River
Oren
Monongahela
Great Kanawhs
Greenbrier
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Daily Soaatte Company
Cupidae Iy
HO Tecape
Guy D. Goff
Golf
AOM
Harris
Parkersburg
John T. Harris
State Senate
Harrieville
Ritchie County
West Virginia University
West
Iike
Senate
Artaue
Brisbane
Grr Cop
Arthur Brisbane
Gazette
Tha Gazette
Paria
George M. Cohan
Hoover
Mississippi Valley
Coolidge
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Wisconsin
White House
Coolidze
Jack Dempsey
Thal
Los Angeles
Astors
Goelets
George
J. E. House
Cyrus H. E. Gurts
Old Man River
Seatch
Nelly Bly
Borsby Dix
Katherine Dayton
Kansas Ciy
Greece
Byron
Tien Teln
Poi- Ho
Wall Street
Baer
Arine
Bar
Convention
Delegaton
Plenk
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Tingpele
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Pamocrat
Reforma. Wilskers
Gazete Free
Gazette Information Bureau
Frederick J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Joey Charleston Gazette Information Bureau
Frederic
Haskins
Waahingon
Field Museum of Natural History
Stockholm
Ground Squirrely Navn
Mohave Desert
California
Oliver Wendell Uglies
Anne Bradstreet
Walter Jerrold
W. Holmes
Brandmother
Crusoe
Pritay
Q. Mawnich
Falls
Niagara
American Falls
Horseshoe Fail
Kenown
Europe
Tron
Danube
Hungary
Servic
Rumania
East Indian Islands
Hindustan
Cuba
Gabs
Emily
Piper Mae
Emry
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Japan
Charleston Gazette
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John Britton
Ity Haul
Charleston, W. Vs
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