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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1926
Page
4
Nelsonville Marble Tournament Finals Set for Saturday
A large crowd is expected for the annual marble finals in Nelsonville next Saturday morning. The piece nostalgically recalls old game rules and rivalries, noting the playful trash talk and skill of local shooters while promising an entertaining event for the community and its children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Hocking Hills Lover’s Tour Invites Spring Motor Trips
Motorists plan spring tours into the Hocking Valley to escape crowded roads and oils. The region’s shaded byways and hilltop picnics promise beauty and tranquil hours, drawing converts from last summer and promising a new travel idea for nearby counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Hills
White Mountains
Hocking Valley
Peach Ridge
Vandalism in Nature and the Call for Conscience
The piece argues that vandalism extends to lidar acts against wildflowers as people enjoy good weather. It traces the term to the 5th century Vandals and urges a sensitive appreciation of nature. Botanists warn rare flowers suffer from mindless destruction and a conscience is needed to protect gems of the outdoors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rome
Herald of spring baseball opens the season
The piece claims baseball, not robins or violets, signals spring. It notes a city where the season begins with the crack of a catcher's mitt and the opening game, highlighting the game as a true herald of warmer days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisen
Crack of the ash and springtime crowd roar
A vivid game scene opens as a fast ball meets a bat with a crack. The crowd erupts in a roaring rush, signaling the start of a lively season and a pale hint of spring.
One Boy's Deed in Seattle Telegraph Tale
Sanford Nelson, a Seattle telegraph messenger, halted a holdup by jumping from his bicycle and capturing an armed robber. Area businessmen plan a fund to support his education as he also cares for his mother and crippled father and attends night school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford Nelson
Seattle
Nelson
See It While You May The Earth Asks One Last Look
Arthur Brisbane urges readers to ponder the fragile beauty of Earth. He notes its balanced 25,000 mile circumference and steady climate while contrasting with astronomy’s view of Earth as a tiny grain of sand among countless stars. He calls it the only planet you may ever know.
Atlantic to Pacific Rail Route Mentioned for Westward Travel
The note describes a travel path from New York to California via Pennsylvania to Washington, Southern Railway to New Orleans, Sunset Limited on the Southern Pacific, and north along the Pacific coast, suggesting this route for an upcoming Westward trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
California
Pennsylvania
Washington
Southern Railway
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Big Ocean
Pacific Shore
Northern route glimpse through cities and prairies
A travel sketch traces a northern highway from Albany to Seattle and Newark to Seattle naming cities such as Buffalo Cleveland Toledo Chicago Detroit Kansas City Denver and coastal hubs. It contrasts growing automobile presence with declining bison numbers and highlights fertile regions from the prairies to coastal cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Buffalo
Cleveland
Toledo
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
Denver
Prairies
Kansas
Newark
Philadelphia
Baltimor
Washington
Atlanta
New Orleans
Houston
el Paso
Tucson
Yuma
Seattle
Route through the South to the Pacific a nation tour
The excerpt lists a traversal from New Jersey through multiple states to California and the Pacific, signaling a journey across the southern United States. It notes states and districts along a southern route, implying broad regional travel.
Great American League of Nations talk in a Texas frame
The speaker argues that American energy should focus on domestic needs not European entanglements. He praises Texas for its vast resources and potential to feed the world, urging attention to national matters from coast to coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
North Carolina boom and cotton economy vision
A narrator describes a train crossing North Carolina and Kannapolis noting a regional real estate boom, vast cotton-ready acres, erosion controlled farms, and extensive modern power lines. The south is depicted as growing, processing, and keeping cotton profits locally rather than shipping raw materials north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Kannapolis
New York
Seattle
South
Missing Cities Call Northerners Southward
An advertising pitch promises Californias and Floridas allure to 115 million Americans. It touts southern climate, fertile soil, hospitable people, and abundant homes and opportunity, claiming no monotony in landscapes and blue mountains awaiting future flying machines to bring settlers to their summits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Florida
Blue Mountains
Duke tobacco magnate to fund education with slave era wealth
The article states that wealth from southern slaves now funds education at Duke University, with a new building named for the late tobacco king. It notes hundreds of millions of tobacco profits have vanished as waste, while the money stays in the state to educate men and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke
Four Million Dollar Triangle Center Breaks Ground
Four million dollars will fund a major triangle project with first buildings due for completion in September. Workmen in a New England marble quarry extract the trim while the university sources stone from its own quarry. The project aims to draw on global intellect as a center of learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Kae
Mexico as melting pot foretold by Los Angeles Times editor
Harry Chandler predicts Mexico will become a new melting pot as 1925 laws favor immigration and naturalization, restricting foreign land ownership near coasts and borders while opening doors for bona fide settlers. He argues Mexican policy will attract displaced European immigrants and link Mexican growth to global markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Mexico
Kellogg
Harry Chandler
The
Los Angeles Times
England
United States
Chandler
Mr. Chandler
Closing Henry Miller Theater Reveals Ill Miller
In Manhattan on April 14 the Henry Miller Theater stood quiet with its doors shut. A sick Arthur Miller faced pneumonia as he feverishly worked toward opening night. The cast panicked, some fled to other shows while readers awaited a future premiere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
Henry Miller Theater
Miller
Miller’s Theater
Marc Connelly
Wood too powerful or not enough in Philippines power clash
Washington notes a clash over governor general Leonard Wood in the Philippines as Secretary of War Davis plans a trip to settle the question. The White House denies the trip, while speculation grows that Carmi Thompson is a close friend of Wood and may influence conclusions in favor of Wood’s authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leonard Wood
Wood
Dwight F. Davis
Philippines
White House
War Department
Carmi Thompson
Ohio
Davis
General Wood
Thompson
Fslands
Radio Listings Card of 1940s Broadcasters and Programs
A dense schedule lists stations from KDKA to KHJ with time blocks for orchestras, vocal and instrumental suites, dances, and variety shows across multiple time zones. Notable entries include Vincent Lopez, Clarence Sloane, and the Cloquet Eskimos style acts, with regional anchors in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WEAF
New York City
Vernon Ladies
Pauline Haggard
Eddie Stanger
Marguerite Strathy
Vincent Lopez
Clarence Sloemker
Hire
Hire’s Harvesters.’"’ To Weel (476), Wfi
WCAKE
WLIB
WSATI
Cliquot Club Eskimos
WEEL
WEL
WSAI
WGR
WWI
WGN
WTRAG
WOC
WCCO
WCAE
Wijiar
WEAR
KSD
Silvertown
WJAR
WTAG
WOR Gin
Weco
WADE
WSAL
Detroit
Mich
S—Studio
Wip
Philadelphia
WMCA
Cazenovia
N. Y
WREO
Lansing
WWJ
Conert
WGY
Schenectady
N.Y
Voent
Chearcrater
Fla
Pittsburgh
Akron
Ohio
CKCL
Toronto
Canada
WBZ
Springfield
Mass
Cleveland
Poe Seenen
Ore Oy JR
g—Variety
WRC
C. Tm
Seth
WJZ
Orea Wtic
Hartford
Staten Island
Central Time
WBBM
Chicago
Ill
WHAS
Louisville
WJJD
Mooseheart
WSWS
Lil
Fen
Til
Omaha
Neb
Gan
Erie
Shenandoah
St. Jan
Chicano
WLW
Cincinnati
WMBB
Senle Classical
WQJ
Davenport
WHO
Des Moines
WSB
Atlanta
WCBD
Zion, Ill
Chicago, Ill
Tadio
Hot Springs
Ark
Clase
American rubber supply concerns drive Philippine survey debate
The rubber industry seeks a reliable American source and questions the Philippines as a safe, lasting supplier. Washington may not be impartial, yet big interests push Carmi Thompson to shape results to bolster Governor General Wood’s influence and an American stake in the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Washington
Carmi Thompson
Wood
The Belle in the Choir Drawing Crowds at Church
A brief adage from Cincinnati Times-Star notes the choir’s charm draws more young men to church than the steeple bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Times-Star
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Audit Bureau of Cirautitions
Wire Report International News
Robert EB Ward Inc
Fifth Ave
Wabasa Avenue
Laseréay
Bases En R. Ruse Ng Puer
H. Bases
Eaditer
Milton
the Sunset Limited
Arthur Brisbane
Pacific
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
New Mexico
Arizona
Epke
Nation
BY Frederic J. Haskin
Inito
New World
America
Charles P. Stewart
Messenger
Old Broadway
Louis Caton
Town Hall
Horatio Alger
Caton
Braddock
George MacEwan
Ireland
Bessemer Steel
Carnegie
Edgar Thomas
Manhattan
Grand Opera
E Gilbert Swan
KDKA
Revui
San Francisco
Calif
Eastern Time
C&o
KSL
Salt Lake City
Utah
CFAC
Calgary
Pacific Time
KGW
Portland
Ore
KPO
KFI
Los Angeles
KNX
KHJ
Athens
Logan
Columbus
Columbus Union Depot
Hocking Valley RY
Federal Reserve System
Athens National Bank
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