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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1928

Page

6

Canary case deepens as detective plot thickens

District Attorney Markham pushes Doctor Lindquist under questioning while Vance and Heath weigh suspects Skeel Cleaver Mannix and Lindquist amid tangled alibis. The team plans to tighten pressure, seek missing links, and expose motive in the Odell murder investigation.

District Attorney’s Office Heath Markham Phipps Cleaver Skeel Doctor Lindquist Mannix Boonton Fance Odell Lindquist Vance

Color These Juncos Address Age Name of Your Teacher

A reader prompts guidance on the age of a teacher and the name of the school, requesting color and identification for the juncos in a classroom setting. The note blends age inquiry with a request for teaching context.

Around the Dial Monday Program Highlights and Air Dates

Radio listings document a Monday program lineup with T Burleigh’s concert, The Mu Album, orchestras from WPG Atlantic City and Chicago stations, dance orchestras at WLW and WTAM, and WEAF studio features. Notable acts include Bergere Orchestra, Castle Farm Orchestra, Riversiders, and the Carlson Hour with sopranos, dance numbers, and talk segments across WEAF WGN WLW WTAM and more.

WPG Atlantic City Tall Cedars Band Bergere Orchestra WLW Cincinnati Castle Farm Orchestra KIO Minstrels Riverside Hour

Outstanding Features Orchestral Concert Takedown

Eveready Orchestra presents a concert with soloists Emma Hosoprane and Hubert Raidisch on WEAF network. Herbert Hoover airs on Metalia WIZ network. Barbizon Recital listing notes artists in WOR.

Eveready Orchestra Emma Hosoprane Hubert Raidisch WEAF Herbert Hoover Metalia Wiz Barbizon

Yale Football Profits Net 545000 From 1927 Schedule

The 1927 Yale football team earned about 545 thousand dollars from its scheduled games in the last fall season. This figure reflects total receipts and is noted as a heavy financial gain for the year.

Yale

Letter Golf and the Horn Honk Challenge

A quick note on letter golf, counting five strokes to a solution per the editor. Readers are invited to try and beat the solution printed tomorrow.

Word Golf Puzzle Rules From a Historic Note

A dated note describes letter golf rules: change one letter at a time to reach a target word in par strokes. Each intermediate must be a valid common word, letters stay in order, and slang or abbreviations are not allowed. Yesterday’s solution sequence is style to shark to shock.

Stark Shark Shack

Hands Softened by Joint Elase and Base Ad

An advertisement touts Joint Elase and Joint Base for smooth hands. It promises silky texture after rubbing for two to three minutes and offers a 60 cent tube with a free sample by mail from Pope Laboratories in Hallowell, Maine.

Nawe Pope Laboratories Hallowell

Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Claim Boost in Energy

An advertisement argues constipation drains energy and proposes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle, vegetable-based laxative. It claims improved vigor, clearer eyes, and better complexion, noting a 20 year track record and olive-colored pills sold at 15c 30c 6c.

Women Find New Life With Lydia E Pinkham's Compound

A Milwaukee woman writes that after becoming weak she started Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and feels much better. A Brewton Alabama resident reports a friend recommended the remedy and she now feels like a different woman. Thousands of women past fifty credit the product for regained health and vitality.

Annie Ee Avenue Milwaukee Wis Lydia E. Pinkham Mattie Adams Lydia

Coloring instructions for winter juncos scene

The guide describes coloring a winter scene with soft sky tones of light warm gray, yellow, and blue. Distant trees are blue gray, middle trees opal gray, a left large tree nearly white with purple blue shading, yellow pink grass shadows, and foreground snow reflecting the sky. Juncos appear warm slate gray with pink beaks and feet, brown eyes, pale throats, with dark brown wing spots and white-edged tails.

Junco

The Junco A Reader's Sketch of the Snowbird

Miss Carrie Jacobs describes the junco known as the snowbird, its slate color, white underparts and white tail feathers. It visits in winter from the north, sings little until spring, forms small flocks with tree sparrows, and depends on seeds, often eating snow for moisture. The piece encourages feeding juncos and observing tracks in the snow, noting their happiness and shy nature.

Carrie Jacobs

Gargle Etiquette for Sore Throat and Tonsillitis

A vintage health tip advises gargling aspirin for throat relief. Dissolve two aspirin tablets in four tablespoonfuls of water and gargle thoroughly. Repeat every two hours if needed. Use only Bayer aspirin with the Bayer cross, sold in twelve-tablet boxes.

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