Thought For Today Quote by Seneca on helping others
A reflection on a Seneca maxim that God divided man into men to aid one another, emphasizing interdependence and mutual support as a moral guide.
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1960
Page
4
A reflection on a Seneca maxim that God divided man into men to aid one another, emphasizing interdependence and mutual support as a moral guide.
The piece argues inflation is not inevitable but driven by labor demands and federal aid. It calls for austerity, a stop to federal and local pork-barrel spending, and reduced government roles at all levels. It urges states and individuals to shoulder responsibilities to avoid harsher hardship.
A National Wildlife Federation plan urges conserving water as shortages mount nationwide. It highlights needs across agriculture, industry, and municipalities and proposes cleaning, safeguarding, researching, and developing new supplies. The National Wildlife Week theme stresses water as essential to public well being.
New York AP column offers pop science quips and trivia on medicine forests names and psychology. It notes antibiotic use for pine forests in the Pacific Northwest and contrasts male and female wakefulness while sharing aphorisms and short quips about presidents laws and everyday life.
The piece reflects on the shift to mechanized farming, noting horses lost price share as tractors rose. It questions why the government did not adopt a price support program for horses analogous to crop supports, suggesting rural America might resemble a sea of horseflesh.
50 Years Ago From the 1910 files W H Hull grocer has the Cincinnati Post agency and copies can be bought at his store next to the post office. A strong horse is wanted to haul for a country minister. Atty R J Thrift, once of Fayetteville and Oklahoma, has settled in Beckley to practice law. Rev A H Matheny shows spring vegetables from his garden and gives away onions to friends.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation details home delivery and subscription rates for Raleigh and Register, noting carriers independent contractors and tax addition. Information includes managing editor, Associated Press affiliation, and national ad representatives.
A Star City Ark Ledger excerpt notes that long accustomed comforts reduce disturbance from new experiences, warns purgatives harm healthy people, and that strong wine can curb hunger. It urges good manners on the highway and recalls not to chase the white line to prove sobriety.
A winter blizzard unexpectedly brings families together, restoring the long lost family circle in households across Canada. The writer reflects on past simplicity, contrasts modern dispersed living with the cozy hearth, and notes the temporary revival ends as spring returns and individuals resume separate paths. A. A. Scott of Toronto signs off after describing a nostalgic but fleeting rekindling of shared meals, stories, and prayers.
AP reports a steep stock price drop and bad weather hit finance and business last week. Some analysts see a bull market turning bear. others call it a temporary setback. Stock sales reached 16,239,695 shares, bonds sold at 32,534,000 value. Cold snow slowed consumer buying, retail trade fell up to four percent in spots. Northeast plants shut down. Credit buying surged in January with new car purchases lifting totals. A nationwide purchasing agents survey shows solid business but not the “Sizzling 60s” optimism fading.
Snowshoes enable walking on deep snow with a wooden frame and hide strings. They measure about three feet long and one to one and a half feet wide. The piece discusses cardboard as a stand on snow and notes a Cheryl Reiher of Sharon Wisconsin winning ten dollars. It also covers February construction outlays at 3.6 billion, steel capacity around 93.1 percent, car production near 659,303 for February, price shifts in wholesale foods, and other business items. A St Louis AP brief cites a robbery with a taxi driver and a Duluth Army airlift incident.
Celebrity party at Eileen Barton’s East River Club ends at midnight when the liquor license did not arrive. The club is closed but aims to reopen soon with the proper license. Eva Gabor’s Nassau illness sends her to Miami Beach by Coast Guard plane. Edith Piaf rests at 80 pounds and won’t work till September. NBC’s Overland Trail stars Suzanne Lloyd in a TV western. Various showbiz notes include Hal March, Prince Charles rumors, and jokes about Payola in vaudeville.
Twenty five years ago a joint Lochgelly and Summerlee United Mine Workers of America meeting drew about 700 attendees at the Summerlee theatre. The program included musical soloists Albert Waldron and Willis Blake, talks by district official George Blizehard and others, a quartet of Perkins Calhoun A Washington Robert Sherman and Roscoe Riley, and a defeated constitutional proposal to remove the office of justice of the peace from the constitution.
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