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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1925
Page
6
A daily musing notes that clever people seek advantage in all circumstances and the fortunate cannot avoid prejudice, reflecting on human cleverness and bias as in La Rochefoucauld.
The piece argues census figures undercount true city populations. It cites Parkersburg, Wheeling, and Charleston as examples where suburbs and urban expansion are left out, affecting funding, services, and growth prospects. It urges urban boundaries to reflect real city extents and urges bold effort for growth.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal sent a real estate editor to Florida to assess prices and value along the east coast including Jacksonville and Tampa. He found both genuine value and crookedness in the real estate boom. Florida has hidden wealth and a bright future, but must balance tourism with sustainable growth and affordable living.
The Year Book of the department of agriculture highlights Florida’s strong fruit and vegetable exports including 24 000 cars of grapefruit and 33 000 cars of oranges with a cheaper freight advantage. It notes a growing port and railroad traffic, and warns against sacrificing groves to town lots. Harvey Firestone leases a million acres in Liberia to develop rubber plantations, signaling foreign impact on industry.
The piece reports a September lynching in New Albany Mississippi and a governor's call to oppose mob rule. It cites mob details, witness accounts, and a sheriff's inaction, contrasting North Carolina's penalties for mob violence with Mississippi's perceived tolerance. It ends with an aside about the Marmet road project not advancing in 1925.
A garbled 1929 era column discusses hopes for peace if leaders curb violence and arbitration aids recovery. It references President Coolidge era context, labor unrest, stock market fever, and looming European issues. The piece mentions a prince returning, Atlantic trade concerns, and public price pressures.
A fragment from a New York Day by Day column describes a high society dinner with nobility, a Russian maitre d hotel, and a dramatic table scene. The piece mentions a princely guest, lobster, wine, and an array of European figures, with a closing reflection on a royal or noble presence.
Peter Rabbit and Whitefoot encounter nervous stories of a playwright locked in a dream world in New York. The tale interweaves forest creatures and a comic misadventure about swallowing fear while Hooty the owl hoots nearby. A separate section lists West Virginia officials attending a convention with over 2,000 planners and their families.
Herbert Pfahler reports from Washington on cultural life and stage productions. mentions theater scenes, notable figures like Wilson, and a national association for railroad and utilities commissions meeting at the Mayflower. Includes references to state authorities and officials such as Eric K. Stathers and FR Williamson.
A heavily garbled OCR fragment lists names and phrases from a sports section. It mentions songs, times, and possible team references but contains numerous misspellings and incomplete lines, making the exact event, participants, and results unclear.
Decommissioning has been ordered for the Wavaldin station at Sayeile Long Tskind. Arlington hosts a new twenty kilowatt tube set as part of ongoing high frequency and short wave experiments. Sayville and Annapolis stations will be kept for emergencies while Washington controls night relays to Cavite Girard and the Pacific outposts.
A jury in circuit court will decide whether the building owner or lessee must pay a $502.50 plumbing bill for work at a Legon hotel. Brown owns the hotel but says a third party ordered the work and failed to pay. The plaintiff claims Brown authorized the work and is liable. The docket also lists other cases for today including Faney Russell and Brothers vs Marsh Fork Coal and a board of education suit against National Surety.
Six persons appeared before U S Commissioner on charges of violating the federal prohibition law. Defendants include Dr Bavidsen Sissaninha and others from Charleston and Boone County with bonds ranging from 400 to 1000 dollars. They face possession and transport of liquor and related counts.
The day in Washington reports the Supreme Court again upholding the Volstead Act and the Arizona minimum wage for women being declared unconstitutional. The Interstate Commerce Commission resumes nickel plate meter wearings. Mellan urges tax cuts of 250 to 300 million dollars. The Supreme Court also declines to review City Southern’s valuation dispute with the ICC.
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