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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1930
Page
4
A fragment from The Charleston Gazette appears to cite Associated Press crediting and distribution notes. The text references press association attribution and exclusive rights to selected news content within the paper.
The Gazette reviews Charleston’s itinerant vendor ordinance found in code section 68 chapter five and urges clarity to avoid excluding market gardeners. It cautions council to ensure language protects home merchants while not targeting farmers who sell locally. The piece stresses understanding the law and avoiding hidden prohibitions on local market gardeners.
A WV editorial urges prosperous residents to support the state university through generous gifts. Citing James Ellwood Jones, James F. Brown, and Dr. Ternel C. White, the piece argues that endowments would advance education, science, and regional development. It calls for drives to donate amounts from $1,800 to $50,000 under state education oversight.
The speaker urges a university that represents the people and rises above partisan politics. The institution should encompass health, morals, and advancement, with its arms around every effort that benefits the state.
A public rally declares Chicago will clean up its graft and gang violence after the murder of a newspaper reporter. It calls for hard measures, possibly martial law, to restore confidence and deter lawbreakers, emphasizing unity to reclaim the city’s good name.
State Superintendent Cook warned at a Rotary Club address that almost half of grade school children attend one and two room schools, highlighting unequal educational opportunities versus city and consolidated county schools. He urged decisive reform and funding to standardize taxation and modernize facilities across counties.
Arthur Brisbane reflects on farm tariffs, wheat and cotton price trends, and farmer survival. He notes Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller Jr. proposals, predicts large New York City development with a radio grand opera house, and comments on Chicago crime economics and Mexico dam projects creating jobs. He also surveys New Jersey politics and Greek storms, ending with reflections on national prosperity and culture.
Diary notes from New York June 15 recount casual encounters with Mayor Walker Dudley and others. It mentions a past trip with Pestr B and Helen Hynes, a dinner at Tenth Avenue, and a tip given after a rude waiter. Also covers Hollywood gossip, a King Alphonse joke, and reflections on social figures and trends in Park Avenue signage.
The Washington bystander recounts Minnesota Senator Schall’s 1980 Record insertion of a 40 000 word speech under Borah’s name. The piece highlights the radio delivery from WCCO facilities and the challenge of a sightless speaker using memory and in-ear prompts.
Readers can mail questions to The Gazette Washington Bureau seeking factual answers. The page lists sample Qs on geography history and entertainment, and promotes a bulletin about seventeen popular radio and picture stars with a stamped coupon and five cents return fee.
Readers are instructed on how to request Dr Peters health column articles and pamphlets. Include a self addressed stamped envelope two cents per article and ten cents per pamphlet, plus postage. Send requests via newspapers carrying the column and allow two weeks for receipt. Keep letters under 200 words and legible.
The widow of Charles P Taft has donated 2 000 000 to the University of Cincinnati to study humanities including literature language philosophy and history The gift aims to emphasize thought conduct and character over material progress and reflects concern that society focus too much on production and progress.
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