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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1925
Page
13
In Paris at a major dog show, society women showcase fall footwear to match their pets. Mme Middleton wears brown kid pumps with her Pekingese, while Madame de Fiveir pairs black and white oxfords with a wire-haired terrier and Mme Henriquez sports white kid oxfords with grey lizard.
The articles discuss school fire drills led by State Fire Marshal Topping urging rapid, unscheduled drills and older pupil monitors, plus warnings about heating equipment and flue safety. Another piece quotes Dr Kuniami denying reliable earthquake prediction methods and outlining three theoretical approaches to forecasting.
The Turkish Women's association asks the government to permit members to hold debates in mosques on public issues where women are increasingly active. They also seek the appointment of women inspectors for theatres and motion pictures to safeguard public morals. In other notes, Chief Yeoman George A. Klis was the only American killed at Santiago and Benedict Arnold was the only American brigadier general to command a fleet of warships.
A theory links earthquake forecasting to observing seismic waves and differences between stable and unstable Earth sections. The MOS aspires to predict quakes someday, though the method remains underdeveloped and not yet reliable.
Charleston youth George Chapman pursues film work in Hollywood with the aim of putting Charleston on the movie map. A letter received yesterday from the Wavette mentions a hometown greeting to friends and school chums in Charles.
An actor writing from New York or Hollywood era asks readers to contact his old friends in Charleston as he pursues bigger film roles. He mentions work in comedy relief, a film with Lefty Flynn, and a production next week titled Polish and Perlmutiert. He signs as George Mokes alias George Chapman, asking for letters to ease homesickness.
OCR reads May 24 1844 telegraph messages between Washington and Baltimore. Mentions Henry Smith as free governor of Texas named by revolting American colonies. Text is garbled but centers on early telegraph communications and a listed Texas governance reference.
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