Eruption or Just a Lot of Smoke in Baltimore Sports View
A column notes Baltimore’s baseball attendance debate with pro crowds split over the impact on local health and fitness. It argues that many prefer participating in sports like golf, tennis, cycling, or swimming to watching major league play, reflecting a health education viewpoint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Busn
Bubilaner
the Messenger Publishing CO
St. Louis
Gordon ‘K. Bush
Jonn W. Webb
Charles W. Reamer
National League Cincinnat
Baltimore
Old Athens and Cape Cod tales trace early American roots
The article surveys early settlement dates from Athens Ohio to Cape Cod, noting Middletown, Marietta, and Chillicothe origins. It compares Ohio University’s age to Harvard, recalls Champlain’s 1606 landing, Nickerson’s 1664 Monomoy settlement, and Pilgrim journeys, then argues lifelong value in individual sports over team games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Hocking
Margaret Creek
Middletown
Marietta
Chillicothe
Ohio
Ohio University
Harvard University
Samuel de Champlain
Cape Cod
Chatham
Cape
William Nickerson
Maromount
Monomoy
Nickerson
Herit
Manhattan Island
Withal
New England
United States
Middle West
Jersey
Monomoy Point
Provincetown
Plymouth Mass
America
Newport
New World
Hoover Sounded Alarm On Collectivism On His 75th Birthday
The former president Herbert Hoover warned in grave tone of a drift toward collectivism. He called government costs and debt rising, with one in eight workers employed by the state and many subsidies, urging a pendulum shift back toward individual liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
America
England
Hoover
Boston Traveler
Clipped Angel Jefferson Mining Capers Unfold
Mike McTair suspects ore thieves in Cory Farnell's Dark Angel mine. He traces stolen minerals via Argus Mine to an abandoned garage. Cory fears entering the mine yet asks to be loved to spy. Uncle Jake Whinmaker and Archie Trask are suspected as the culprits. The plot ends with a delaying plan and a cliffhanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cory Parnell
Jake
Archie Trask
Dark Angel
Cory
Parnell
Johnny
Uncle Jake
Archie
Argus Mines
Trask
Mike McTair
Cory Farnell
Mike
Argus
Jake Whinmaker
Cities without major league teams in pennant race
The piece notes that large cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco lack MLB membership due to distance. Baltimore once produced the Orioles a half century ago but now has no major league club, leaving these cities with only peripheral interest in the pennant chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Baltimore
Baltimore Orioles
Monumental
Doctor's Comments on Asthma and Diagnosis History
The article explains asthma origins from Hippocrates and why coughing occurs as airways narrow. It notes bronchi involvement, allergy as a common cause, diagnosis via stethoscope X rays and skin tests, and suggests eliminating the offending protein and testing location changes before permanent relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hippocrates
Christ
Old Athens County Buildings and Early Homes Recounted
W F E Peters traces pioneer Athens County in a history praising early structures. Notes include McGuffey’s home site on East Union Street, Athens Mirror building on the post office lot, Nelsonville school at 88 Franklin, Samuel Pruden house 1834, Margaret Snowden’s 1798 log home, and a Currier era courthouse and tavern at State Street and Mill Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. FE. Peters
Athens County
William Holmes McGuffey
Reader
Ohio University
Union Street
Beckley
Athens Mirror
Athens Messenger
Postoffice
Messenger
John Brough
Ohio
Nelsonville
Franklin Street
Daniel Nelson
Fayett
Nelson
Samuel B. Pruden
Harmonya
Athens
Margaret Snowden
Mechanicsburg
Hickory Grove
Frances Lavelle
Fisher
Cablege Street
State Street
Mill Street
Currier
Curriers
Quiz Hall Bets Wilton Be Ball Answers Overview
A scanned quiz page shows multiple choice questions for men women and teens about tools nations literature and history. An answer key is garbled with stray letters and numbers, but hints at scoring bands such as Genius Superior Excellent and Average.
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Wilton BE. Ball
Ohio county fair draws record trotter entries and visitors
News notes from Athens County reveal a record 130 horses entered for the fair race card. Ohio River travelers from Cincinnati explored Pomeroy while gypsies briefly paused in Nelsonville. Other items include a birthday celebration, a gun accident injury, and local civic moves.
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B. R. Dew
Yates Center
Kan
Chauncey
Ohio
Florida
Cincinnati
Tom Green
Pomeroy
Nelsonville
Josephine Wolfe
Lathrop
Lightning Joe Collins and the Battle of the Bulge Blitz
Hal Boyle profiles Gen. J. Lawton Collins known as Lightning Joe, detailing his WWII career from Guadalcanal to the Elbe, and a pivotal 1944 Ardennes action where Collins and Maj. Gen. Ernie Harmon defied orders to halt a German breakthrough, stopping the attack in snow and fog and earning praise from Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Joe
Seventh Corps
Omar Neilson Bradley
Andrew
Guadalcanal
Elbe
Collins
Europe
New Guinea
Utah Beach
Normandy
Cherbourg
St. Lo
Aachen
Cologne
Rhine
Remagen
Lightning Joe
Belgium
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Monty
Second Armored Division
Ernie
Harmon
Celles
Meuse River
Dinant
Public Forum on Public Officials and Police Powers
The letter by Wilbur D. Mender questions extra incentive fees for mayors police and judges arguing such pay above regular salaries breaches privacy and fuels graft. He urges trimming police powers of the Ohio Highway Patrol to focus on traffic and highway safety and questions statewide deputy sheriff and constable proliferation.
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the Messenger
Charles J. Wolfe
Nelsonville R. F. C
Wolfe
Ohio Highway Patrol
Ohio General Assembly
Porsons
Pers
Anniversary marks 200th lead plaque at Muskingum site
In Marietta on Aug 15 1949 the 200th anniversary of Celoron’s 1749 lead plaque at the Yenanquekouan Muskingum mouth is noted. A bronze replica gifted by France honors Gen Charles Ives and Marietta College Ambulance unit for WWI service 1917-1919. The memorial at Gilman St recalls American freedom under God.
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Ohio Valley
Reviere
Ohio
Celoron
Muskingum
Charles Ives
Marietta College
France
Gilman St
Marietta
Seldon B
Cole Marietta
Ball Game Injury Fatal To Girl 13 In Peekskill
A 13 year old Peekskill girl named Carol Valentino died Sunday night after a brain injury from a softball game. She was struck on the head by a foul ball while catching for her team. An operation had disclosed a ruptured deep brain vein. Blood donors were urged to help.
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Peekskills
N. Y
Peekskill
Carol Valentino
Radio Programs Schedule for Area Stations NBC WLW Cincinnati to MBS
A detailed timetable lists evening and morning lineups across networks NBC WLW, ABC WCOL, CBS WBNS, WCHS, WPAR, MBS WHKC, WMOA Marietta, and WSAZ Huntington. It covers Aug 16–17 with programs including News Reports, Kiddies Hours, Dinner Date, Dance Music, dramas, comedies, serials, feature shows, and late night music, noting station call letters, frequencies, and time slots.
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NBC
WLW
Cincinnati
ABC
WCOL
Columbus
WSAZ
Huntington
CBS
WBNS
WCHS
Charleston
WPAR
Parkersburg
MBS
WHKC
WMOA
Marietta
Nbe
Cbs Network
Abc Network
Abe
Win
Cbs News
Cbs Sports
Cbs Beautiful Music
Abe Gregory Hood
Janie
Mrs. North
Cbs Town Meeting
Martin & Lewis
We the People
CBS Television
John Steele
King's Men
Samme Pee
Detroit Symphony
Cbs Korn
News
Variety
Abe News
Abe West
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Congressional Record
Congress
Congressenan
Humphrey
Minnesota
Derocrat
Bennington College
Bennington Vt
Ken
Pepper
Republic
Rep
Boykin
Alabama
Defense
Louis Johnson
Johnson
State Department
China
Ivestigation
Nashington
Angel Jefferson
NEA Service, Inc
Turner
Edwin P. Jordan, MD
C. H. Harris
California
Maine
Colorado
Texas
Charles Lamb
Or Lamb
Arkansas
Nile Congo
Library of Congress
Princeton
Harvard
Yale Library
Woodles Weaver
Andy Lone Ranger
Fettebaum
Ahab Elah Solomon Josiah
A. W. Barker
Central Ave
Don Peden
Seenae Mane Mae
Ewok A
Leon Arpee
Morris Ave
Chicago
Py. Zant Arpee
Harry Trasin
Glouster
the Public Forum
Wilbur D. Mender
By Galbraith
The
Clevelandaires
Abe Bob Poole
R. Lewis
Ebs
Abe Kate Smith
Abeo
Lopez
Abe Ff
Hollywood
Abe Queen
Make Believe
Abe Bill Slater
West
Mbes
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