Athens Gun Club scoring led by H C Clark
Ten years ago H C Doc Clark led the Athens Gun Club scoring with Emmett Cross and Harvey Cross in second and third. The piece notes a high school play with Marie Jewett Doris Nye Marian Bush Joe Basom Harold Wise and Charles Woodworth among participants. Frank Coe of Albany wrote a patriotism poem. L W Roberts chaired a Knights of Pythias meeting honoring lodge soldiers.
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H. C
Doc) Clark
Athens
Emmett Cross
Harvey Cross
Marie Jewett
Doris Nye
Marian Bush
Joe Basom
Harold Wise
Charles Woodworth
A Thought for Today on Stewardship and Accountability
A serene reflection contrasts Genesis with a warning from Fuller about masters and servants. The verse asks if one is their brother’s keeper while the commentary cautions that neglect leads to waste and lack of audit.
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Fuller
A Time of Inspiration
Bruce Catton urges reading biographies of great men to gain motivation. He cites Dawes Hoover Smith and Shaw as examples of upward mobility from humble starts. The essay notes many feel stuck but stresses self-will and effort open future prospects.
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Dawes
Hoover
Smith
New York
George Bernard Shaw
London
al Smith
Henry Ford
Plowing Returns to the Hill Country
Farmers resume fieldwork as plows turn red clay soil on hill slopes and low grounds east of Athens. A frosty sun rises over a valley steeped in history as horses strain and collie dogs watch the season begin.
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Highlands
Athens
du Bois
Red Man
Corn Cakes and Corn Revelations from the Hills
The piece extols corn cakes as superior fare with brown sugar syrup and creamery butter. It mentions corn cakes made by a Hocking miller, grown in the Hocking hills, and uses poetic imagery of corn rising from fields to distant seas and nights in the hills.
Corn Cakes and Butter Dip Delight
A nostalgic note highlights serving corn cakes with a thick brown sugar dip to accompany creamery butter. The text leans into cozy kitchen comfort and traditional flavors. No events or dates are detailed.
Thinking campaigns and clitics in quieter times
The piece notes campaigns are calmer now with less spectacle like torchlight processions and brass bands. It argues voters benefit from clear thinking, criticizing past emotional appeals centered on excitement rather than reason.
Land value grows with progress in Los Angeles area
San Simeon, Calif., reports that land tends to rise with development. Mrs. C. McLeod bought the Bender lot on Ventura boulevard for 35000, a sharp increase from 6500 eight years prior and 50 an acre sixteen years ago, with 37 1/2 cents an acre in 1867.
Real estate advice on evaluating land investments
The speaker urges buyers to inspect land before investing and cautions that value varies by location. He claims every American community has bargains and possibilities and notes that poor local investments may lead to worse choices elsewhere.
Center of world power now in United States says Kaiser
The former Kaiser states to Sylvester Viereck that the gravity center of world power has shifted to the United States and that America is master of the world.
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Sylvester Viereck
United States
America
Masters of Ourselves: A Call for National Self‑Rule
A historical reflection argues that America should avoid global domination and instead focus on self-mastery. It urges developing the country and improving the well being of the average citizen as the total task.
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America
Warning to a Wealthy Nation on Gold and Iron
The passage compares the nation to a fat worm in danger from better iron, echoing Solon to Croesus. It warns that pride in riches invites others with superior weaponry to dominate all wealth.
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Solon
Croesus
Warning on Nations With Flying Machines
A historical remark notes the fear of any nation with flying machines becoming dominant over gold reserves, followed by a quip thanking the ex-Kaiser for the compliment, likened to a colored gentleman's reply about changing a fifty-dollar bill.
Hearst Plans Observatory on 250000 Acre Ranch
W. R. Hearst intends to build an astronomical observatory on a mountain top near the Pacific, expanding his vast ranch. The remark notes how few wealthy individuals tour beyond their own lands to observe the heavens.
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W. R. Hearst
Pacific
Termites and men compared to living underground
A writer notes termites, misnamed white ants, spend life underground while fighting ants drive them below. The piece argues that a majority of men resemble them, content to remain hidden and unseen.
Wonders Beyond the Ocean of Air
Dr. W. S. Adams of the Mount Wilson Observatory notes astronomy measures billions of stars in the galaxy. Many stars exceed the sun by vast magnitudes, with our sun dwarfing the Earth in comparison.
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W. S. Adams
Great Observatory
Mount Wilson
Earth
Ptolemy and the early limits of star counting
The piece notes Ptolemy counted 1022 stars without modern aids. It contrasts ancient Greece with a vast universe possibly containing around thirty billion solar systems. Observers now find about one million spiral nebulae, each a stellar universe akin to our own.
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Ptolemy
Greece
Doctor Adams Hints At Life In Vast Cosmic Spaces
Doctor Adams suggests that large spaces may be inhabited by thinking beings and implies a hidden power behind physical creation, a notion he finds reasonable.
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Doctor Adams
Beetle by Tracks Debates Train’s Inhabitation
Fragmentary notes discuss a beetle by a railroad track and argue about whether the express train is inhabited. The text hints at a theory of a thinking engineer guiding the road and a self-reliant, agnostic view of the train’s operation.
Health and Diet Advice From Dr Frank McCoy
Practical health guidance from Dr Frank McCoy author of The Newest Way to Health. Questions cover weight control diet pruning, avoiding excess food, and timing exercises to prevent sleeplessness. The column urges cutting food intake and managing stress and offers a diet article on request.
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Frank McCoy
McCoy W Ho
Birds Attracting Feeders And Safety Tips From Readers
A reader explains how birds visit yards in cold weather when food is provided. Suggestions include bread crumbs, scraps, grain, corn, chicken feed, and suet on tree limbs. Place food high or well away from cats and on the ground if needed. Other notes share cardinals fed with corn, and a column on the National Safety Council and a sketch of Aaron Burr’s daughter Theodosia.
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W. A. Matheny
National Safety Council
Aaron Burr
Theodosia
New York City
Old Broadway Hoaxes Fade As Legends Rise In New York
Gilbert Swan notes publicity hoaxes lost their bite as modern drama fame shifted. Acts like milk baths and exotic stunts faded, while real stars such as Molly Picton and the Schildkrauts gained lasting Broadway fame from Yiddish theaters and neighborhood venues.
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Gilbert Swan Messenger
New York
Anna Held
Gaby Deslys
America
Peggy Joyce
Broadway
Molly Picton
East Side
Molly
Bronx
Manhattan Bridge
Bowery Belt
Greenwich Village
Provincetown
Lindbergh Paris flight and Cheerio broadcast questions
Questions cover Charles Lindbergh taking off from Roosevelt Field Long Island for Paris and the Cheerio broadcast backed by NBC explaining its purpose and anonymous volunteers. Also notes DC residents voting elsewhere and an unclear query about elephant pace.
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Lindbergh
Paris
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Cheerio
National Broadcasting Company
Broadcasting Company
District of Columbia
Washington
Washington president's native-born wife and clues to a puzzle
Historic crossword prompts ask for the name of Washington’s wife and other geo and factual hints. It lists clues like the bird call hoot, a seed part, and a home place, with references to Washington and related terms amid scattered letters and abbreviations.
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Washin
Washington
Arabia
Noah
Yatastened
Boemelate
Logan shoe marbles and OSU men hold 250 guest banquet
Twenty years ago a notable event at Logan shoe marbles featured pairs of shoes as a big attraction. Non fratern ity men from Ohio University gathered for a banquet with about 250 attendees.
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Logan Shoe Marbles
Ohio University
Delta Tau Delta Dance Chaperoned by Lash and Bean
Mrs Ray Lash Jr and Mrs FR Bean acted as chaperones for a Delta Tau Delta dance, ensuring orderly conduct and supervision throughout the event.
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Ray Lash Jr
FR. E. Bean
Delta Tau Delta
Hoover Willis fight roils Ohio primary in 193? politics
Washington dispatch outlines the Hoover Willis primary battle in Ohio as a high stakes clash over control of the party. Hoover backers seek a win to boost national momentum while the Willis machine fights to stave off defections and preserve influence, with voters set to determine which faction remains dominant.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Ohio
Madison Square Garden
Hoover
Willis
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
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