Family hierarchy harms children and stifles independence
A reader condemns a parental system where the eldest child enforces rules for six siblings, transferring authority from parents. The approach creates inferiority, suppresses individual judgment, and fosters dependency. Children should answer to parents or a proper surrogate like a relative, teacher, or governess instead. The note mentions Winston Churchill as a namesake in England and America not related to the author.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suchal
Aeliev
Don’t Let Them Call You Skinny Tonic Ad Promises Quick Gains
An old ad touts Kielffer's Tonic Tablets as a weight gain solution with yeast iron and cod liver oil. It quotes a Newburgh woman claiming 14 pounds gained in 34 days and promises refunds if users fail to gain weight or feel improved. The piece is signed by The Love Drug Company with a sales greeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kieffer
Newburgh
New York
Kieffar
Kielffer
Welshit Nia
Love Drug Company
H. L. Potts
Mer
Rice Hearing Postponed to Friday December 27
The warrant case against Supt. H A Rice, issued by Billy Maloney, was postponed to Friday December 27 at 2 PM in Squire M D Allender's Blueville court. The Blueville school board and its defense counsel will attend, with the board using special counsel to determine if discipline in city schools will be maintained. The delay aims to align attendance and allow full hearing of the facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Maloney
H. A. Rice
Squire M. D. Allender
Blueville
Hugh R. Warder
Rice
Sen. W. M. Watkins
Squire Allender
Imperial Diet Convenes for 57th Session in Tokyo
The Imperial Diet of Japan begins its 57th session amid strong expectations of dissolution and a new general election. Observers foresee dissolution before or after the New Year recess as Miysei to party Hamaguchi’s ministry remains in minority in the house and must seek a national mandate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Imperial Diet
Japan
Miiseito
Yuko Hamaguchi
Holiday Luncheon Menu And Recipe Fragments
A holiday luncheon menu lists dishes such as Chilled White Cherries and Pineapple Chicken and Mushroom Patties Watermelon Pickles Hot Rolls Currant Jelly Head Lettuce and Roquefort Cheese Dressing Date Pudding Whipped Cream Candied Orange Strings Salted Nuts. Then several recipe fragments describe how to prepare White Cherries and Pineapple, patty shells with chicken and mushrooms and celery, and Roquefort Cheese Dressing with crumbled cheese and French dressing.
Four Hurt In Snow Caused Auto Crashes In Grafton
Four residents of Grafton sustained minor injuries in Sunday motor vehicle crashes amid snow on routes from Fairmont and Clarksburg. Among the injured were Miss Charlotte Rendle and Lawrence Wadsworth. Ernest Clarke Sr. was also reportedly hurt but not seriously. An out of town driver on Pruntytown Pike was treated and released. Snowy conditions along the Tygarts Valley River were expected to worsen tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Charlotte Rendle
Weat
Washington Street
Lawrence
Wadsworth
West Side
Ernest Clarke
Fairmont Pike
Pruntytown Pike
Tygarts Valley
Christmas Services Across Churches Set
Christmas plans fill church calendars with pageants gifts and services. First United Brethren hosts a 7:30 p.m. Christmas program with a five piece orchestra. First Baptist reports Gift Service baskets feeding families. St Matthias Episcopal offers a 11:30 p.m. Holy Communion service and a Saturday Sunday School program. St Pauls Lutheran presents a German choral song pageant for Christmas night with multiple recitations and songs by junior choirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First U. B
First United Brethren Church
Fide
Charles Nicholas
First Baptist Church
Judson Missionary Society
Christ of the
Rosa Moats
Gordon Withers
Francis Shay
Golden Menear
Richard Bord
Martha Jane Brown
Cecil Daugherty
Helen Blackman
William Samples, Jr
Beulah Stevens
Evelyn Swiger
Regina Lowther
Delbert Wolf
John Howard Reynolds
Helen Dusky
Virginia Bennett
James Withers
John Dorsey Pickens
Charline Haines
Clara Haines
Junior Bennett
Harold Menear
Naomi Robinson
Jean Harter
Jean Menear
St. Matthias Episcopal Church
Arthur J. Torrey
St. Matthias Church
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Germany
Honey Runge
Bethlehem
B. FP
Christ
Mary Parrish
Emanuel
Marjorie Brestel
Grace Byelyin Nugum
Poinsetta
Xmas Spirit Proclaimed in New York Christmas Observance
New Yorkers sent 10,672,595 to Europe this Christmas with 3,000,000 to the Irish Free State 2,300,000 to Germany and 2,000,000 to England. The carillon at St Thomas church and the Madison Square Park concert will broadcast carols to Times Square and 60 allied stations. The total marked a rise of 577,073.29 over the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Square Park
WEAF
Europe
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
WOR
Times Square
New York
Post Office
Irish Free State
Germany
England
Soviets urged mission for Arctic rescue flights
Aerial search efforts focus on Carl Ben Elefson and Earl Borland near Teller as crews hunt for Phil Graham and two passengers Julian and Miller who left Alaska for Siberia. Frank Corbandt, Mechanic Pope and Ed Young joined attempts while Nanuk base operators Gillam and Crosson fly to the coast to aid the rescue. Heavy fog delays continue over the icebound region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Bering Strait
Carl Ben Elefson
Arctic
Earl Borland
Teller
Phil Graham
R. B. Julian
W. D. Miller
Alaska
Hiephant Point
Frank Corbandt
Pope
Eielson
Graham
Julian
Miller
Fo Gover
Ed Young
Nanuk
Siberian
Hielson
Borland
Harold Gillam
Joe Crosson
Plot Revealed
Plot revealed shows four suspects still at large as authorities vow a roundup of anarchists and other extremists based on unearthed evidence.
Ex-Senator Leroy Percy Dies in Memphis Hospital
Memphis announces the death of former United States Senator Leroy Percy of Mississippi after a hospital stay of several weeks. Also noted is a separate library finding that fifty million Americans lack a nearby public library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Leroy Percy
United States
Mississippi
Pacman Sean
Trustees Sale and Multiple Public Notices in Taylor WV
Legal notices recount a trustee sale of Maude E Stevens and Homer S Stevens in Taylor County West Virginia on January 4 1980 at 1 30 pm at the court house front door for a one acre lot in Astor Flemington District with a dwelling and improvements. Terms require one third cash with balance as two year credit. Also included are orders of publication detailing complex creditor actions involving Good Hope Coal Company May Day Coal Company and other parties with numerous trust deeds and bearer notes dated 1922 1923 and related litigation in Taylor County circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude E. Stevens
Homer S. Stevens
Taylor County
Court House
West Virginia
Astor
Flemington
Taylor
West
Virginia
James Saucer
T County Court Clerk's
Lawsuit Seeks Note Holders and Land Liens in Pocahontas WV
The case filed in Pocahontas County WV aims to identify holders of ten thousand dollar bearer notes and notes secured by deeds of trust on Good Hope and May Day Coal properties. It seeks an accounting of receipts and disbursements by Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank, determines the interest of Carrie Gramm as administratrix, and reviews lease status with Hardman Fuel Company. Unknown note holders and nonresident defendants must appear within a month of first publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Taylor County
West Virginia
John L. Hechmer
Good Hope Coal Company
May Day Coal Company
Clyde G. Turner
Lawson Starcher
William Morgan
Merchants and ‘Mechanics Savings Bank of
Grafton
W. Va
Carrie A. Gramm
Samuel H. Gramm
Hardman Fuel Company
Shearer
Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of
Good Hope Coat Company
Lawson Statcher
Wm. Morgan
Lawson
Aeee G. Turner
Iné
Oe County
George B. Morgafi
Herbert W. Dent
W. R. D. Dent
Gordon E. Batley
W. D. R. Annon
D. Bruce Masoi
Martin V. Tucker
B. W. Auvill
W. R. Tabler
Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank
Pocahontas County
Carrie Gramm
Good Hope Qoal Company
Carrie A.gramm
Gratton Daily Sentinel
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Santa Claus Delivers Christmas Eve Wonders
Santa packs a massive sleigh with toys and presents as reindeer wait. Peggy and John glimpse white rabbit and Indian sultan peeking from parcels, then Santa calls the reindeer and departs into a frosty, joyful Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy
John
Santa Claus
Ney
Findégr
Gome
Tunnelton Boy Injured In Sled Auto Collision
James Ford, 11, son of L. Ford of Tunnelton, was injured last night when a sled struck an automobile. His leg was broken in two places. he was taken to Grafton Hospital and listed in resting condition by Dr. D C Peck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ford
L. Ford
Tunnelton
Wis
Grafton Hospital
D.C. Peck
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Chiaren
Cohen
Ter uRe
Winston Churchill
Ady
Imperial Diet of Japan
Poblge Eop Popol
K. White
Ss. K. White
Latrobe Street
California
D. Bonafede
Mrs
Alexander George
Bob Jones
Margaret Wittman
Hettie Nye
Caroline Rendle
Jim
Betty Bord
Charles Barkins
Carrolling
Xmas Spirit
The
American Library Association
J. Guy Allender
Doe
the Sentinel
Grafton Sentinel
Inc
Sentinel
Cartier
Mall
Weekly Sentinel
P. O
Texas
Santa
Stieff Sterling Silver
G. W. Loar & Co., Jewelers
West Va
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