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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1922
Page
9
The article notes a rise in youth leaving urban life for camps, hikes, and wilderness trips across Marion County. It urges responsible chaperoned outings, arguing the shift signals a desire for simpler living and a pause from street and party culture, with summer camps and firesides cited as influential trends.
Democratic forces claim the public is bored with Wilson and paying more attention to the drum beats from the Democratic camp. The piece argues the Republican administration has never been stronger and the economy is improving with full employment and rising business activity. Farmers are content, labor demand remains high in some industries, and publication notes a shift from unemployment to work availability.
The text claims Liberty and Victory Bonds are selling at par or above as public debt falls by £700,000,000 in a year, with government expenses down $1.6 billion from the prior Democratic administration and a further $100 million cut since. It argues citizens feel better times and discredits Democratic attempts to dispute the improving conditions.
A West Virginian letter writer urges brief jail stays for traffic violators to spark reform and expose jail conditions. He notes the crime prevention association he leads aids first offenders, paroled prisoners, and boys from state training schools. War, courting on Palatine Bridge, and Jackson Park opened camps for boys are mentioned amid broader calls for practical, businesslike governance.
A fragment discusses using self coached timing to wake at a set hour without an alarm clock. The narrator advocates a personal psychology method, claiming it reliably wakes at 6 o clock after mental rehearsal, with variations but consistent results. The note praises the approach and hints at future testing during welfare service work.
Fragments reveal playful warnings about eating seeds with watermelon and vague political chatter. Mentions Clyda East, Judge J W Ewing as a Democratic candidate, Ned Smith support in a primary, and registrar and production lines tied to a local press club controversy.
Fragmented reading captures Braley's 1922 poem about bacon sizzling as the true music of outdoor camp life. The piece mixes brief literary musings with stray notes on local events and social quips, ending with a garbled coda about a mint julep and miscellaneous city chatter.
Clyde H East reports J Alfred Taylor Democrat Fayatte County set a remarkable voting record in the West Virginia House of Delegates. He served two terms with 1078 roll calls, never recorded absent for any. In 1917 he was called 438 times and in the recent session 625 times all rolls were voted on. He also voted no on all salary increases, a distinction. He is a candidate for Congress in the sixth district.
Raymond Kenny of Grafton announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the first district. J.G. Hoge of Charleston and C Warren Hayes of Charleston enter the race for state senator in the eighth district. A.F. Wysong of Princeton and Charleston confirms retirement from politics. Florence Trimble leads the Democratic women’s department as club headquarters open on Quarrier Street.
Frank W. Grosser announces to Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and station workers that strike ballots are being mailed to members in New York Central Railroad to protest wage reductions ordered by the Railroad Labor Board. Ballots address 4 cent an hour cuts and related private committee concerns.
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