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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1929
Page
6
A reflective piece urges finding happiness by recognizing inner blessings. It emphasizes shifting focus from bodily pleasure to spiritual assets, claiming this shift brings life poise and a sense of immortality.
With nearly one third of the season gone, the Athletics lead the Yankees by nine games as Connie Mack’s club shows grit. Ruth’s injury haunts New York while Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis jostle in a four way race. Klein Ott Foxx and others heat up the home run chase signaling a lively, unpredictable stretch.
The Tri District News editor critiques canned editorials and praises timely, locally infused pieces. He argues weeklies show less canned content than dailies, cites time as the main barrier to strong original editorials, and urges more unique local insight across West Virginia.
The Bulletin notes canned editorials flood weekly papers and harm timeliness. The Tri-District News defends home grown editorials on local issues, aiming for relevance over literary polish and ensuring readers get material written for their community.
The piece argues that Father’s Day relies on the father’s presence and effort to spark celebration. It claims fathers push activities for children and women, while the day would seem dull without their involvement, suggesting fathers crave appreciation yet avoid excessive praise.
The Gazette invites readers to send letters expressing their views on topics. Briefer submissions are preferred and the paper welcomes criticism and suggestions, regardless of alignment with its opinions. Be concise to aid quick reading.
The Slisteraville Daily Review lauds the West Virginia state road commission for applying calcium chloride to reduce dust on the gravel segment between Paden City and Bens Run and to begin treatment on Route Two. The paper also urges continued improvements and full paving on Route Two to end dust-prone conditions.
In a Braxton Central column from Skinston, residents are urged to support local merchants by choosing buy locally, ensuring faster delivery, better service, and legitimate demand that could broaden opportunities, despite competition from larger cities. The piece links this to community growth and warns against abandoning schooling for short-term money. The note ends with a claim from the state police confirming a rumor of a young couple riding in a car with someone’s arm around the other, reported by the Wheeling Register.
A compilation of brisk, opinion flavored items and quick news notes. Highlights include a British flying machine crash prompt, Sen Borah's thrift critique, stowaway tensions, a deadly New Zealand earthquake near Komaagatake, and Japan's volcano eruption. It also comments on Prohibition, religious figures like Billy Sunday, and politics with Lincoln and aristocracy quotes.
Dorothy Dix advises a woman engaged to a man with two schoolgirls as stepdaughters. She argues the father should not delay marriage to please the daughters, noting stepmothers can transform lives and improve the home. The column endorses marrying again for the children’s sake and warns against sacrificing the future happiness of the engaged couple.
A Senate discussion on immigration reveals how wartime muster rolls show many Cassidys with varied spellings, questioning the reliability of origins data. Senator Reed notes massive overall demand for entry, with Britain Germany and others vastly surpassing quotas, underscoring the contentious push for revised limits. Further remarks suggest tracing revolutionary soldiers’ lineage remains complex and contentious amid policy debate.
New York reports Greenwich Village abandoning its bohemian image for a high brow scene with stylish cafes shops and theaters. Old haunts fade as upscale apartments marquee doormen and refined dining replace the days of hungry troubadours and cheap studios.
A long reader letter discusses arthritis deformans in an elderly patient and requests medical guidance. Dr Peters advises general hygiene, outdoor activity, a nutritious diet, and consultation with a physician, while noting limits on personal diagnosis. The column promises further articles and outlines submission details.
Albert Smith from Roseville Ohio critiques Driscoll's shift from state socialism to capitalism. He quotes Driscoll admitting little understanding of socialism and denying any fully informed socialist stance, noting he never fully embraced socialist doctrines. The exchange labels Driscoll as not well informed.
A UAEnOWG woman fired into a crowd of well known youths at Lick Branch bathing beach, bullets clipping leaves overhead. A "Marrying Parson" at the courthouse was fined 26 and jailed 30 days for contempt, after a prior order barred him from the court house by Judge A. Alexander.
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