Word: westing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gentleman who canceled his subscription to TIME because it printed an attack on West Virginia, her inhabitants and their customs, written by one Zweiger of Ohio, injures himself in the esteem of the mostly intelligent people who read that excellent weekly...
TIME was well within its legitimate policy in publishing the Zweiger communication of Feb. 28. Not only is that true, but by publishing it, it unconsciously, perhaps, did a very great service for West Virginians and their state. It has brought to the defense not only them, but their friends scattered throughout the United States, and it is most gratifying to see proof that friends and defenders of the "truth about West Virginia" are widely scattered and farflung. We are hearing from them from unsuspected locations...
...West Virginians are getting what they want, always-national advertising. ... It is to be hoped that Mr. Otis will, after he has cooled off, withdraw' his-"Kindly cancel my subscription. I have never seen anything in print quite so foul as the Zweiger letter you so proudly display...
...liberal policy of TIME in its LETTERS department, the state of West Virginia would not now be receiving $1,000,000 worth of good free advertising...
...Davy, West...