Defying the Demons of the Wind and Mail Flight Feats
In a dramatic air saga pilots chase records amid zero cold and gale winds. Paul Johnson searches for Fairfield Iowa while John F Milazzo breaks Chicago Cleveland time and Harry A Chandler clocks Cleveland New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Mail
Jules Verne
Towa
Paul Johnson
Kaneas City
Chicago
Fairfield
Lowe
Johnson
Boreas
John F. Milazzo
Cleveland
Harry A. Chandler
New York
Applesauce to the good old days says William Allen White
The piece contrasts nostalgic memories of boyhood with modern youth activities. It notes White’s critique of glorifying past eras and lists contemporary programs like Boy Scout clubs, town basketball, skating rinks, and gymnasiums as the today’s benefits that replace self-made play and chores from the old days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allen White
Mr. White
Treasure Seizure Sparks Guarded Farm Loot Hunt
In a Chicago suburb a buried treasure haul worth about 60 000 remains sought by crowds after 2500 found in an old farm house. Police guard the site as treasure seekers press hopes for the rest of the wealth. A museum steamer named The Blossom collected specimens and its captain spoke of Treasure Island a Brazil coast fable said to hide 50 100000 in church spoils and a Spaniard named Ose Dantch linked to the treasure tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Museum of Natural History
Treasure Island
Robert Loui Stevenson
Brazil
Ose Dantch
One Farmer's Story From Dawn on the Mojave
A desert sunrise vignette contrasts a California Mojave dawn with a Michigan farmer at Duck Lake near Detroit. The piece notes a man with forty eyes tending lambs, detailing last year’s flock: fifty nine lambs raised, four lost, wool sales of 159 dollars, fifty eight lambs sold for 515 dollars, and shearing costs of 15 cents per head for a 100-sheep day using a gasoline engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duck Lake
Michigan
Detroit
Michigan farmer on a journey mirrors Coolidge era independence
The passage extols the farmer as self-reliant and well dressed, preferring rural life over city living. It argues millions of farmers sustain the nation by producing food and clothing, earning less than office workers yet serving as the country’s salvation and backbone of the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Coolidge
Lettuce Shipments Highlight Salt River Valley Growth
The Salt River Valley now ships 120 carloads of lettuce daily as oranges ripen nearby. The piece notes mild weather contrasts with government climate reports, underscoring regional agricultural vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Republican
Salt River Valley
Western nation leads in air mail records from New York to Chicago
The region shows greater interest than the East in breaking air mail records. A 726 mile straight line route was completed in four hours and twenty minutes on Thursday. With ongoing airplane development a daylight Atlantic to Pacific trip in one day seems near.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Atlantic
Pacific
Flying machines feed birds in winter to save them
A pilot uses a grain-dispensing lever on a flying apparatus to drop food for starving birds over snow plains. The scene evokes a humorous faith illustration, suggesting even atheistic birds would be convinced by the sight of a giant machine delivering sustenance.
Adolfo De La Huerta Eyes Mexican Government Change
Adolfo De La Huerta believes now is the moment to alter the Mexican government and is anticipated to cross the border to lead the rebellious faction. Reports say revolutionary disorders are planned nationwide in Mexico with substantial financial backing from religious agitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolfo de la Huerta
Mexico
Coen
Reducing Navy Midshipmen Quota at Annapolis Faces Critique
The secretary of the navy reports oppose the three per senator and representative quota in the naval appropriation bill. It notes that despite a federal limit, actual academy appointments would be 2205 for 1927 with 49 extra midshipmen at large. The piece discusses officer shortfalls, academy capacity, and potential civilian career paths for graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Porto Rico
Island
District of Columbia
Naval Academy
Naval
Naval Reserve
Navy Department
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Odd Things About Life In the Greatest of Cities
In New York a janitor poet and a reclusive artist, both neighbors of a Greenwich Village store, illustrate a city life where art, eccentricity and traditional marriage mingle. The janitor poet sells poems to niche publications and writes in leisure, while the reclusive artist studies primitive horses for a future museum reconstruction and feeds neighborhood cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
O. Henry
American Museum
Greenwich Village
Land of “Free One
Gilbert Swan
Fabric pad material and broadcasting station count facts
Belgian sponge rubber is used in football pads and head gear, lighter than piano felt. The Commerce Department reports 640 licensed broadcasting stations. Naval armor plates range from 12 to 18 inches thick. Evergreens should be pruned after dead wood removal and when new growth starts. prune lightly to avoid removing all new shoots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A
Department of Commerce
H. M
Z. A
Senators receive fertilizer samples in Muscle Shoals bid probe
Rodney Dutcher reports in Washington that American Dynamic and Air Nitrates mailed fertilizer samples to all senators to tout production at Muscle Shoals. The sample bottles cite nitrogen fixation similar to that plant. The note led to jokes about using it for flowers, lawns, or hair growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Dutcher
Washington
American Dynamid Company
Muscle Shoals
Shoals
U. S
Air Nitrates Corporation
American Dynamic Company
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Christmas Edition Delights Athens Readers With Santa Image
A Messenger Christmas issue featured a color glazed cover of Santa Claus. Athens area blacksmiths and hardware dealers planned a science talk banquet on horse shoeing. Mayor Day led a crusade against crippled beggars flooding the city, with several arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Messenger
Santa Claus
Athens
Mayor Day
Radio Notes Highlighting City Orchestra Broadcasts
A dense list of radio station calls and programs across major cities. Entries include New York orchestras and concerts, Detroit and Chicago broadcasts, Pittsburgh and Des Moines ensembles, plus various Santa Fe, Los Angeles, and San Francisco performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WEPM
Chicago—Orchestra
WGHP
Detroit
WGBS
New York
WWJ
Detroit—Orchestra
WTAM
WLW
Touncinne Td Vasteey
WJZ
New York—Orchestra
WCAE
Pittsburgh
WEAF
United States Army Band
WJR
WHO
Des Moines—Orchestra
KYW
Chicago
Winter Park
Fla
Musicale
WRVA
Richmond
Cleveland—Quartet
WCAU
Philadelphia—Musical
Los Angeles
Variety
KGW
Portland
Troubadours
Des Moines—Quartet
WSM
Nashville—Musical
Sam'n Henry
Cincinnati
WQJ
Chicago—Musical
Pittsburgh—Musical
KFT
Los Angeles—Orchestra
Ore
WAP
New York—Light Opera
WOO
Philadelphia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Athens Messenger
Alembes
P’ublishere Association
Vubiv
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Dailies
United Presse Service
F. W. Bush
Publ
Chas. H. Harris
Robert E. Ward, Inc
Fifth Ave
South Wabash Avenue
Washington Gladden
Zulmiro
George Finlay Simmons
Simmons
Pelf
Arthur Brisbane
Mojave Desert
California
Niagara
Ugly Duckling
Sleeb
B. Frederick J Hashin
Redner
Braucher
Nea seRwice
Abd-el-Krim
Crown Prince
Gustavus Adolphus
Crown Princess
Louise of Sweden
Jess Sweetser
Sandwich
Scotland
Hoover
Kellogg
Capitol
E. B. McLean
McLean
Arthur Gould
Maine
Gould
Teacher
Jupiter
Mercury
Hocking Valley
Wilson
United States
Trimble Township
Riley
Nelsonville
Sugar Creek
C. N. Mackinnon
Department of English
Ohio University
East Side
Parent-Teacher Association
Strumenta Wnyc
Schenectady
N. Y
WLWL
Cincinnati—Musical
WMAQ
Seow York—Quartet
Smith Brothers
Atwater
Kent
ZENITH _RADIO
Automotive Battery & Electric Co. K. of P. Building
Board OF Educa
Justices OF Peace
Mill St
Camden
Theatre
Parkersburg
William Morris
Harry Lauder
New York Sun
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