Daily Gazette of Charleston WV 1927 News Summary
The June 21 1927 Charleston West Virginia Daily Gazette lists subscription services and postal details, notes Associated Press partnership and advertising representatives, and includes a daily thought of the day about how our relations shape circumstances. It mentions offices in New York and Chicago and postal classification as second class mail.
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Dally Gazette Company
West Virginia
Dally and Bunday
Cal's Smile and Western Voters Jest in a Campaign
A fragment lampoons Cal as crabbed and sly, noting how a cheerful image might sway skeptical Western voters. The piece mocks political manipulation from Alaska to Pointe Coupee, suggesting a narrator’s caution about empty promises and crowd psychology.
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Cal
Haman
Alaska
Pointe Coupee
Calvin
Lowden Opposed by Lund in Republican Nomination Fight
Former Governor Frank Lowden faces early opposition as Frank Lund in Iowa argues the party must deliver real farm relief and challenge current administration on the farm problem. The piece cites Coolidge's protection stance and raises questions about subsidy fairness for farmers versus manufacturers.
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Coolidge
Frank Lowden
Iinois
Iowa
Frank Lund
London
Lowdon
Calvin
Newspaper praised as the poor man’s university and guardian
Frank Tripp of Gannett told the Rochester Ad Club that the daily newspaper is a vital, free press essential to civilization and public health. He argued that advertising is news and that a truly free press requires commercial newspapers to balance truth with reader interest.
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Rochester Ad Club
Frank Tripp
Gannett Group
Guardian of Public Health
Tripp
G Cali
Police Department
Chamber of Commerce
Marys dress story shadows Shanghai rebellion fears
The Cantonese army moved northward stirring fear in Shanghai's foreign quarter. Barricades rose as rumors of punitive action against the southerners spread, but marines and British troops were welcomed and the anticipated crisis fizzled. The foreign quarter calmed, barricades removed, and life returned to routine.
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Shanghai
United States
Great Britain
Farm electrification gains pace in early 20th century data
The National Electric Light Association reports farm electricity use rising from 165,000 farms in 1922 to 227,000 farms in 1926 across 27 states, then dropping to 122,000 by 1928. The three-year swing implies an 86 percent change, suggesting rapid adoption continuing beyond the 1920s.
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National Electric Light Association
Atlantic City
Rural Electric Service Committee
In the Land of the Dakota Calvins Smile Wink and Calmness
A Birmingham News item lauds Calvin Coolidge from the Dakota lands, noting his calm decorum and poised demeanor as he faces politicians, farmers, wives and children, with a curious camera friendly grin and wink described in vivid regional phrasing. The prose evokes a portrait of a presidential figure shaping public perception through composed behavior.
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Hiawatia
Birmingham News
Dakotas
Calvin Coolidge
Democratic flags and a united three party path
Senator Robert Owen writes to defend the Democratic and Progressive alliance against Republican and special-interest gains. He argues there can be one conservative party and urges Democrats to reject inside pressures and bipartisanship on wet or dry issues. He warns that division delays the national Democratic Progressive objective.
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Democracy
Robert Owen
Friends of
Democratic Party
Old Man Hecklers and Odd Political Bits
A quirky column touts misadventures and muddled sayings from Paris gamblers to U S political figures. Notes include a waiter gambled fortunes, the P G A targeting lobster bailers, Coolidge baiting with worms, and Dawes as an honorary Princeton class member.
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Paris
The New York Church Plan to Crown Skyscraper City
A sweeping vision outlines a 92 million dollar mixed use skyscraper in New York housing a church atop a twenty three story tower. Clergymen will dedicate the ground floor while a grand religious space crowns the structure. The piece notes historic tallest buildings with churches atop and references Mrs Eddy’s Christian Science Church rent above a structure with the phrase Science above drugs. It mentions Charles Lindbergh and other figures in a broad speculative future. It touches on hazardous hazing, race prejudice, and public charity work in New York City. The column closes with remarks on British court news and King George’s and Queen Mary’s expected events.
Cases Docketed in Intermediate Court List of Suspects
Freee Grves pleads guilty before Judge Henry Black to assault and battery. sentenced to 60 days on county roads and fined. Docket follows include Bishop, Harrins, July entries for highway robbery. Luther, Morris on robbery and deceit. Halt, FIApp breaking and entering. Aurady, Morris larceny. Myers arson. Metcalf, Shepard, Withrow, Strickland, Barrow, Waugh, Scarbro, Jonna with various July and June dates. New state appeals and July orders noted as necessary for tomorrow's court.
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Freee Grves
Henry Fc
Black Yeaterday
Bishop Ale Or. Harrins
Henry Luther
Frankie Morris
Raymond Halt
Homer Fiapp
George Aurady
Frank Morris
Dave’ Myers
Kenneth Metcalf
A. M. Shephard
Charles Withrow
Herman Strickland
Wille Barrow
James Waugh
Charles Scarbro
Ernest Jonnaan
Apartment House Splendor in New York's Eighties District
New York City article surveys The Blopans Eighties on Madison Avenue near Park Avenue, detailing luxury apartments with full baths, built in amenities, private foyers, secret entrances, and high rents from 3500 to 10000 per year. Notes Greek Ramblers and Levantine gamblers amid fashion prompts, monocle tips, and social curiosities. Dorothy Dix columns offer household advice while discussing marriage and independence.
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New York
Parke
Maditan
Gold Coast
Isousé Urite
Tony Heuteur
Dear Miss Dix Not Long Ago Marriage and a Frantic Mother
Dorothy Dix counsels a reader facing a distraught mother who blames the father and resents her daughter's marriage plans. The adviser calls the mother selfish neurotic, urges mature handling, suggests distance and shared humor, and advises supporting the daughter's happiness over maternal vanity.
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Miss Dix
Bleter
Hs Company
Ines
Anya
Sleep aid device calms infant with humming box test
Report describes a suspect sleep apparatus called a “weep box” fitted with an electrical hum. The device runs about thirty minutes, then it quiets. Mothers used the method to ease sleepless infants, with hopes it prevents insomnia before the half hour mark.
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Rox
Deafness and nasal catarrh linked to ear trouble
Health column warns deafness signals aging and progressive risk from chronic nasal catarrh and inflammation. Explains the ear’s delicate membranes and Eustachian tube link to nasal mucous, urges early medical consult, and provides readers with sample Q and A on itching, enlarged pores, and indigestion remedies.
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Henly
Phyalctan
Iim
Jarrells Freed of Moonshine Julep Charge
Jarrell, a Cabin Ortek resident, faced a moonshine related moonshine Julep charge. After legal maneuvers including habeas corpus, Judge Black sustained Ramage's motion to arrest judgment, returning the case to its inception with possible new warrant or indictment.
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Last
Jarrell
Cabin Ortek
J. P. Brennan
D. L. Salisbury
Aseb
Taterdinte
Henry
Ramage
Black
Mortgage Company Re-Elects Officers In WV Region
Thien Mortgage Company formerly West Virginia Mortgage and Discount reelected officers after a stockholders meeting at the Ruffner hotel. Two new directors were elected Mike Broh Huntington and F Payne Charleston. Company operates in West Virginia Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Directors reduced from 17 to 14 with C I Davis Jr named chairman Walter Wood president Earl Ward vice president and W Smith secretary-treasurer. Also announced birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Robert Sell Ocean Port New Jersey born June 20.
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Thien. Mortgage Company
West Virginia
Wea
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Boone
Ronceverte
C. T. Davis
Junior
Charleston
W. Ditton
Payetteville
W. D. Glvan
Earl Ward
T. Hy
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