Revenue Bill Sparks West Virginia Tax Debate
The piece analyzes tax relief for farms and homes under new imposts, the push to balance government budgets, and the likely impact on business. It discusses prohibition repeal in West Virginia, the upcoming June campaign, and the contrasting Michigan repeal result as context for lawmakers and voters. The tone reflects cautious study, potential sacrifices, and the battle between drys and wets ahead of state elections.
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Congress
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Daily News
Wels
Michigan
Bumgardner
Losing A Sense Of Wonder In An Age Of Marvels
A reflection on how rapid scientific progress and technological feats have eroded astonishment. The text notes predictions once scoffed at now realized, making extraordinary events seem commonplace as instant global communication collapses distances and small world effects emerge. Whitman’s miracle quote underscores the era’s sense of marvel turning routine.
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Whitman
San
Pessimistic View Warns of Traffic by Year’s End
A pessimist predicts near year end traffic will surge as roads again become jammed and driving loses its fun. He notes beer drinkers would do well to let the new beer lime to ripen before consuming.
Facts About Newspapers and Advertising History
Press comments summarize Fred J. Haskins book on advertising origins from ancient Egypt through modern color printing. Notable points include early pictorial ads, 1591 Germany debut, 1.5 billion annual U.S. ad spend, 360 plus papers printing color, presses producing tens of thousands of 24 page papers hourly, and the Havas news service founded in 1886. It notes editors like John Dillingham and figures Adolph Ochs and William Randolph Hearst aging.
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Fred J. Haskin
Germany
United States
Charles Havas
Paris
London
Brussels
Gordon Bennett
New York
America
Adolph
Ochs
Battle Lines Tighten Over West Virginia Prohibition
Militant groups duel over repeal as delegates are elected for a state convention on July 25 to decide national prohibition repeal. Anti repeal forces held a two day Clarksburg conference while pro repeal organizers plan a Charleston gathering to marshal support. The campaign begins a two stage contest with a literary barrage and mobilization, as both sides brace for a climactic fight.
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West Virginia
Clarksburg
Charmin Buniwardner
Charleston
Registerings: Observations and Quotations From A Column
A piece of ALPHONSO style commentary questions June dates and social habits, notes on economics and politics, and remarks on literature and poetry. It discusses public figures, sobriety, and how reading poetry should be learned by children through listening and self-selected memorization rather than assigned lines.
Parents Punishment Through Memorized Poetry Critique
The piece argues that rewarding punishment with memorization of poetry harms children’s view of poetry. It criticizes teachers and parents for forcing lines or passages to memorize, suggesting this practice breeds dislike and deters learning, with examples of classic poems and poets rarely cited.
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Alice Judson Veale
Shelley
Stock Flurry Lifts Market In Mixed Week End Rally
Wall Street closed the week with a restrained cheer as trading picked up, 439,120 shares changing hands. Steel and railroad shares led gains with U S Steel Bethlehem and others up about a point, while Union Pacific and New York Central rose fractions. Carloadings for the week ended April 1 rose 18,738, narrowing the year‑to‑date gap to 1.2 percent. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce reports March output at about 81,370 units, 8,000 below February, with late March activity higher than expected. first quarter production is 18 percent below a year ago.
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Associateds Press
New York
Wall Street
Streight
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown Land National Steel
Union Pacific
Delaware & Thudson
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Santa Fe
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Utility Rate Probe Continues Into Monday
Investigation of utility rates and regulation by a finance committee was continued today by Chairman Holt a Democrat Lewis. A heating scheduled for today with Libans officials testifying was postponed due to illness of witnesses.
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Drere
Harieston
Lituse
Holt
Lewis
Patsy Bowman A Busy NY Theatrical Dancer At Duke Music Hall
Patricia Bowman known as Patsy Bowman a diminutive dancer with Irish charm works at Rockefeller Centers Music Hall where she performs five times daily on weekdays and four on Sundays balancing rehearsals fittings and stage shows entwined with a disciplined off stage life her mother and sister support her while she pursues concert dance studies and glides from vaudeville to cinema in a demanding schedule.
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William Gaines
New York
Patricia Bowman
Dauseuse
Rockefeller Center
Hay
Music Hall
Suneday
Patsy
Music Hall World
Sormie
Riverside Drive
Marie
Washington, D.C
Bowman
Decree White
Noxy
Rothafel
Danseuse
The White Cockatoo excerpt mystery scene at Avmane hotel
James Sundean awakens amid a tense hotel gathering and a dead man in a dim corridor. A frightened guest named Pally escapes into his room, while Lovachiem fears police scrutiny as a murder unfolds in the Avmane hotel.
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James
Sundean Tharea
Avmene
Southern
Rince
Cnrious Grou
Lovachiem
Pally
Mle
Lovschiem
Mignon G. Eberhart
York Town Mystery In Midair Song Story
Miss Dodd declares York her home town while noting a song story about a birthplace mystery, but an interruption keeps the town’s intrigue hanging in midair as details remain unclear.
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Chrire Dodi
Sift
York
Miss Dodd
Flat Top Visitors, Courthouse Patriots and Local Movers
A tight summary of Flat Top West Virginia community notes shows residents attending court in Princeton and grand jury service, multiple local business visitors in Beckley and Princeton, social calls, and saw mill relocations. The Pribilof Islands seal herd is cited with an 8.24 percent year over year increase. Local advertising mentions V C Fertilizers and Beckley Ice & Feed Co. contact details.
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Princeton
J.G. Lilly
Janey Foster
Beckley
Tarnest Epling
Oscar Cooper
Hazel Meador
Kate Epling
Sheriff Fanning
Thelma Lilly
Bonnie Bowling
Walter Rogers
Goldie Bridgeman
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Cis
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League of Nations
Uncle Sam
al Soud
President Roosevelt
Dela
Fenesahon
Anyething
Sue
Lovschiom
Jlze
Sun Tally
Lad
Tidle
Sundsan
Lovschiam
Flat Top
W. Va
Margaret
Cook
Bill Powers
Riley
G. A. Richmond
Mt. View
Noah Clark
Coolridge
Charles Griffith
Noward
Alvis West
John Cray
Norval Harvey
Fstil Richmond
Pribilof Islands
Beckley Ice & Feed Company
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