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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1924
Page
3
A fragment from Julia Hoyt on good taste for children and parenting. The author promotes encouraging effort over fear, avoiding “I cant” mindsets, teaching boys and girls to attempt tasks, and praising persistence. Next Sunday promises answers to reader questions.
A playful old orchard scene follows Peter Trabbit as Mrs Hummer hunts for spider webs for her meal. Peter questions the strange talking voice, then watches Mrs Hummer dart about in search of cobwebs while the unhelpful Mr Hummer partly ignores her. The next tale promises Mrs Hummer’s nest as she moves to hide webs.
At the annual convention of the Associated Manufacturers of Electrical Supplies the term broadcasting is abandoned. The industry votes to use radio casting to describe spreading sound through the air, following a committee report that broadcasting historically referred to sewing or distributing materials.
June 18 report on the futile search for 80 year old Newark publisher Glnpence D. Sheldon who vanished from his Verbank summer home last Thursday night. Sheriff Davis directed men and citizens to rake swamps and probe soft earth near the Sheldon property in a bid to locate him amid murder suspicions.
Elkins W Va June 18 In a bid to improve safety and efficiency Robert M Gamble head of the state mines department called a safety meeting to be held here tomorrow Miners owners and state officials were invited and will discuss changes to mining laws and new measures needed The conference will include representatives from Randolph Tucker Mineral and Grant counties and similar meetings are planned for Piement Gecklex Logan Welch Charleston and Wheeling This marks the state’s first safety meeting of its kind The West Virginia Coal Mining Institute closed a two day inquiry today with no principal results mentioned.
A fragmentary report details police efficiency in tracing a missing man, Mr. Join Yarrow, and his family en route to Cincinnati after receiving a call from Charleston relatives about a family illness. The chase covered Chillicothe and a restaurant before the man was located and expected to return to Charleston.
Adjutant General Robert C. Ravis of Washington will oversee the bonus payment program for veterans, as congress enacted the bonus this session. Doubts remain on total payout and available funds. In another item, Persian tapestries and jewels valued in the thousands disappear from the royal Tulula palace near Lisbon, with caregivers and relatives detained on suspicion.
An old advertisement touts a freckle removal preparation claiming rapid results. It guarantees refunds if it fails and encourages asking the druggist for a double strength product. Early applications may fade freckles, with some vanishing entirely.
Arrest reports allege J E Ashworth, former chief and accuser in Holdbrook case, faced perjury charges after a Monday night denouncement. Warrant sworn by Kate aye. boarding-house witness featured in Ashworth’s evidence at the trial.
Fragmented OCR notes reference Chief Holdbrook allowing a number of men to go to a location from a house and mention visitors. The text is incomplete with unclear dates and places, offering only scattered details about actions and individuals. No clear event, outcome, or organization is discernible.
A Des Moines woman appeared before Justice Pitchford at St Albans. The case, identified by docket 35606, involves an arrest of AshWorth. The accused was released on bond pending the Saturday hearing set for June 21.
Hearing relief promised within days using K-17, a home remedy from Green Laboratories. A Nebraska resident reports instant head noise relief after two weeks, with claims of catarrh and asthma improvement. Offer includes a $2 bottle for $1 with a 60 day money back guarantee and free trial upon request.
An advertisement from Mrs Carrie Barnhouse of Wellstown Ohio claims a 20 year goitre can be cured with a claimed remedy. The tester says nights of choking ceased after using the product and two weeks of improvement followed. The ad lists sold locations and a mailing address for Sorbet Company in Merhaniebe, Ohio.
Thousands suffer from pyorrhea while being told it is harmless. A six ounce bottle promises quick results and a refund from Potterfield Drug Co or any reliable druggist. Two minutes a day is claimed to cure bleeding gums and spongy sores.
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