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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
4
The United States Supreme Court plans a reargument of the Oregon wage case in January or February 1918. The earlier hearing saw Louis D. Brandeis as counsel. Oregon had set an $8.64 living wage for women workers, especially mothers, limiting exploitation.
A columnist mocks Louis Brandeis joining the Supreme Court as it reargues a Oregon box factory wage dispute. The piece notes Brandeis’s expertise, imagines his ceremonial gown and silence on the bench, and jokes about potential bias toward the workers in a stylized, humorous critique.
A reflective piece laments aging and media vanity as it mocks a Tribune column by F. P. A. The writer jokes about word usage, hidden acrostics, and the fate of editors and colyum conductors. Names like Lloyd George, Villa, Willie Collier, von Bethmann-Hollweg, and Bernard Shaw appear in playful contrasts.
A clipped news item notes odd signs of plenty in wearers with poultry traces on chin or waistcoat. It mentions New Year vows and the nation’s 300 million deficit, and references Charleston Mall in a brisk, instinctive news brief style.
The Wheeling Intelligencer editorials Wilsons peace note as a cautious move to ease tensions and avoid US entry into war while blaming rigid accountability for ongoing European hostilities. From the Charleston Mail cites prohibition as a moral issue, condemns ineffective enforcement and rampant bootlegging, and mocks scattered, incongruous local notices and commentary.
A fragmented old sheet critiques journalism and reading failures, referencing a Christmas fund and various local notes. It mentions the West Virginians, a Masonic home in Wichita, and a funeral notice, with criticism of the paper's coverage and reader comprehension.
In Volos Thessaly goods tumble into a battlefield. Cavalla’s occupation by Bulgars scorches the world’s finest tobacco land and drives Eastern Macedonia prices up. Cigarette weights surge. Karditsa Poliestro Almiras and other grades fetch higher rates despite blockades and shifting demand from buyers in Egypt England Holland and the United States.
A report describes how American firms face delays and censorship in telegrams to Greece, leading to mistaken stock purchases. An agent bought stock at the wrong price after a censored message, causing tens of thousands in losses. The piece cites frequent such incidents and notes the effect on tobacco agents.
The Presbyterian Church led by H. G. Stoetzer D D urges all to attend Christmas services tomorrow with a 9 30 a m Sunday school for all ages. Morning worship at 10 45 music and sermon on The Birth and Purpose of Jesus Christ. At 2 30 p m a cantata The Christmas Child based on a medieval story. Evening service at 7 0 will feature song and solos. Midweek service Wednesday 7 30 p m. Pastor J C Broomfield D D.
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