New Tax Is Rugby Building
The item notes a newly introduced tax in Guild City, with emphasis on municipal impact and local reaction. Associated Press style as the paper’s use, dated Wednesday morning June 22, 1927, references standard telephones and editorial offices in Charleston West Virginia. A Bible proverb reflects the day's thought for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Associated Prove Lo
Dews
Bualnees
Chacieeton
W. Va
Inconsistent Hoover Calls for Flood Plan Reform
The Associated Press quotes Herbert Hoover stating Mississippi flood losses could reach 400 million dollars with 750000 displaced. He urges engineers to prevent a repeat while criticizing government policy that harms southern mining districts and advocates reform of Interstate Commerce Commission actions.
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Herbert Hoover
Department of Commerce
Associated Press
Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
Hoover
Sident Coolidge
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lower
Ohio River
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
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International Cartels Grow Across Nations in 1926 List
H G Wells warned of world cartels and L Europe Nouvelle lists six 1926 formations. The items include International Raw Steel Entente with France Germany Belgium Luxemburg Czecho Slovakia Australia and Hungary. Pig Iron Entente with France Germany and Luxemburg. International Rail Cartel Erma with Britain France Germany Belgium Luxemburg. Tube Cartel spanning Britain Germany France Belgium Luxemburg Austria Czecho Slovakia and Poland. Steel Entente with Germany France Luxemburg. Aluminum Association with Britain France Germany Switzerland and factories tied to France England in Norway and Switzerland in Austria. International Union of Superphosphate Producers with Britain France Germany Belgium Czecho Slovakia Finland Holland Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Clissold
H. G. Wells
L’europe Nouvelle
France
Germany
Belgium
Luxemburg
Czecho-Slovakia
Australia
Hungary
Poe
Luxemurg
International Rail Cartel
Erma
Great Britain
Austria
Poland
Aluminum Association
Switzerland
England
Norway
International Union of
Belgia
Finland
Holland
Nor
International Cartels and Global Industry Alliances 1926
The text lists multiple cartels and groupings formed or organized in 1926 across Europe and beyond. It notes international tire, enamel ware, glue, shipping, silk, copper, potash, incandescent lamp, and wood cartels, with nations including Germany, Great Britain, France, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Italy, and the United States. It cautions that these are not full monopolies but coordinate prices and market shares, often reserving domestic markets to member nations and allocating foreign markets by cartel representation. Negotiations continued for chemicals, zinc, and slag, showing widespread collusion aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
France
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Roumania
International Federation of Shipping Houses
Scandinavia
Finland
Low Countries
United States
Spain
Jugo
Canada
European Wood Seven Cartel
Europe
Japan
Fascist Italy under Mussolini faces price control push
The Baltimore Sun notes Fascist Italy’s shift to state dictation of retail prices and forced labor controls, with regime repression and foreign loans shaping a troubled economy. It contrasts Mussolini’s aim for discipline with rising wages, forced loans, and planned price cuts, fearing an end akin to Russia’s economic policy under Lenin and Stalin.
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Italy
Mussolini
The
Baltimore Sun
Russia
Lenin
Stalin
Old Man Hecklers and Fanciful Sayings Stage Comedy
A comic piece features Jim McFarland the tailor and Dimmocrat Henry Putney riffing on national issues. Old Mis’ Heck riffs on Eve and Adam, while Ben Visgatis jokes about Napoleon and his pose, reflecting humorous dialect and local color.
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Mis’ Heck
Eve
Adam
Prosperity musings and scrap worries from a busy page
The column laments economic optimism and wartime scrapping while quoting Harvard president Lowell and Prince Arthur Duke of York. It discusses war shipping destruction, the need for public accountability in scrap actions, and hints at future technology like a snow car. It notes an earthquake near Liangchow and observations on civilization progress.
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Preadant
Lowell
Harvard
Littee
District Court Opens in Elkins with Judge Baker
In Elkins on June 21 the northern West Virginia District Court convened under Judge William B. Baker marking the first session in months. The opening day heard the empanelment of the grand jury, processing of five aliens, and pleas in several prohibition cases. Baker stressed lawful observance as essential to liberty and justice, warning that violators threaten society. Indications pointed to the grand jury report arriving tomorrow evening.
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Elkins
Temo
United States” District Court
District
West Virginia
William B. Baker
Sesson
Baker Sale
Tomorow
New York Day by Day on Fakers and Wealthy Frauds
A New York Day by Day column laments Manhattan as a breeding ground for fakers and puff magazines that feed Wall Street brokers and celebrities. It recounts con artists selling fake extras, sold properties, and “fire sales” while critics note charm hides gullibility and pretenders in the city’s elite circles.
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New York
Manhattan
Wall Street
Board of Directors
Brooklyn Bridge
Central Bark
Woolworth
Times Square
Sixth Avenue
Erdre
Fifty Fifty Partnership Key To Happy Marriage
Dorothy Dix argues that lasting matrimony rests on a fifty fifty partnership where both partners share duties and finances. She contends unfair power imbalances erode love, urging husbands and wives to equally contribute, support, and enjoy mutual responsibilities to maintain a cheerful home and strong bond.
Paroled Negro Held to Grand Jury in Robbery Case
Pete Jackson paroled six weeks earlier from the state penitentiary was held to the grand jury by Municipal Judge B. Bowhitt on a charge of robbing the O C Lanham restaurant in Washington street of cash and carrying a gun. A restaurant cook identified him. Jackson admitted carrying a gun but denied the robbery. He was arrested by Detective Wallace Bias after a tip from a Negro man and woman who said Jackson planned to raid banks at Milton Huntington and Clendenin. Police records show Jackson was convicted of robbery in 1934 and sentenced to five years.
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Pete Jackson
State Penitentiary
B. Bobwitt
O. C. Lanham
Washington Street
Bia
Jackson
Wallace
Jackney
Banks
Milton
Huntington
Clendenin
Police Leadquartere Alow
Jeckson
Sleep and feeding habits for children in infancy
A vintage guidance piece explains how sleep needs change with age, urging naps after meals for young children and warning against overstimulation. It notes digestion reduces brain activity, making sleep natural, and cites that improper soothing or constant rocking can create sleep habits that lead to future restlessness. Constipation is cited as a major sleep disruptor across ages.
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Jess
Mae
Badia
State Issues Credit Coupons to Thousands of Teachers
The state department of education issued credit coupons to more than a third of teachers, totaling 5,465 recipients. The coupons grant an extra one dollar per month in salary as recognition for extra schooling and summer courses. The program aims to encourage teachers to attend summer schools and study in spare time.
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State Department of Education
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Hastily Dressed for Photographers at Kanawha County Offices
Photographers caused a stir in Kanawha County offices as they attempted interior shots. County Agent T McGorrats and staff were photographed with farm produce catalogs while County Clerk Roscoe Moulton dodged posing. camera crews left in disgust as politicking row fueled tensions between parties.
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Kanawha County Court House
Indy
pilotors&Mohers
County Agricultural Department
T. ¥. McGorrats
Roscoe Moulton
My. Moulton
Court Routine Judgments and Admin Actions Reported
Court records show judgments awarded: $213.65 to McKes Music Co and $512.79 to Tom and Mary Daniels from Anderson Brown in circuit court. The Central Trust Co named administrator of Lethia B. Moore’s estate without bond. Corn Overstreet appointed administratrix of James Overstreet’s estate with bond of 32,000. W. B. Gore bond set at 800. Charles F. Gore appointed goods in Zaneighs county. Clendenin State Bank suit against G. J. Tinley and others dismissed in chancery. Several July returnable suits listed including Frank Moore v Flavil Moore, Alda Garnett v James E.K. Garnett, Leta Allsup v Charles Allsup, Minnie Cline v Henry Cline, and others. Mamie Browder sues for 10,000 in Charleston Interurban Railway case. F. L. Lawrence sues for 10,000 against Thomas Coleman. N. H. Ramsey sues L. & Darsey for 25,000. Edinburgh council notes street car offenses amid recent strikes.
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McKes Music Company
John F. Meadow
Tom and
Mary Daniels
Anderson. Brown
Wan
Central Trust
Lethia B. Moore
G. Ernest Moore
Corn Overstreet
James Overstreet
John Robinson
George Aacsonen
W. B. Gore
Charles F. Gore
Zaneighs County
Acca
L. E. Givens
Clendenin State Bank
G. J. Tinley
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Jim McFarland
Henry Putney
Ben Visgatis
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Tom
Britain
Congress A
George
Duke of York
Henry Fort
Ford
Ford Organization
R. 4. Grant
Jena
Liangchow
Earth
District Court
Cossright
McNaught Syndicate
42Nd Street
Rusata
Jondter
Dorothy Dix
Fabilo Ledger
Witch
Husdand
Lnw
Abe
Nin
Hira
Dorothy DI
FL Onder
Automobile Chub
Chorleatan
W, Va
Will
Edinburgh
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