Ten Years Ago and Twenty Years Ago News Snippets
Ten years ago Miss Mabel Brown directed Red Cross donations here and Mrs. Lottie Higgins Wood died. Germany hoped for peace by year’s end. Miss Sue Gallagher spoke of an air raid at a hospital in France. Twenty years ago excavations at Woodard Avenue and Congress Street were to be city funded. Miss Louise Price hosted the T A C cooking club at Serlans Jon Linwood Drive. Mr. and Mrs. A C Roach hosted a large party. Pedro was played. Mr. and Mrs. S I Bevere at Athens County infirmary served a turkey dinner to inmates.
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Mabel Brown
Red Cross
Sue Gallagher
Hocking County
France
Woodard Avenu
Congress Street
Louise Price
T. A. C. Cooking Club
Serlans Jon Linwood Drive
S. I. Bevere
Athens County Infirmary
A Thought for Today from Bible and Epictetus
A brief devotional note cites Matthew 10 30 counting hairs on the head and Epictetus urging to act well your part with the choice resting not with you.
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Epictetus
Public health nurse’s epic effort in hill country rescue
An Athens county public health nurse and her assistant braved mud roads and winter to transport a dying girl to hospital. The account highlights their grit, improvised stretcher from saplings, and miles of rough terrain showing the dedication of welfare workers in the Hocking valley.
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Athens County
Hocking Valley
Athens County High School Basketball Reporting Aims Big
The Messenger covers winter basketball across Athens County as eleven teams compete for winter honors. Coaches, patrons, and officials follow standings. the district expects many skilled players to emerge and the sport to thrive year round with strong cooperation from all involved.
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Athens County
Ohio
The
Messenger
The Rural Mail Carrier and His Patrons
A long editorial extols rural carriers in winter conditions from Athens to Pomeroy Bend. It urges townsfolk to ride with carriers, feel the cold mud and long hours, and recognize the unseen acts of kindness carriers perform for their patrons, likening loyalty to that of a family.
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Athens
Nelsonville
Logan
Glouster
Pomeroy Bend
Snow and Sunshine Surprises Mr. Sandino
A brief reads that snow and sunshine create surprise for Mr. Sandino, with a lighthearted note on his reaction and mood. The item highlights a whimsical moment reported in the local segment.
Sunlit Cradles and Icy Peaks Color Mojave Corridor
Eastern visitors note striped awnings on California cars to shade drivers in the Mojave tableland while onions thrive with irrigation and no weeds. Los Angeles residents ski at Big Bear and return with snow on vehicles. The piece also mentions Sandino fleeing with supplies and a dig at Texans restraining Mexican conquest fantasies.
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Los Angeles
Big Bear
Navy plans non-stop airlift to Nicaragua with Marines
The Navy intends a nonstop flight sending a swarm of planes with Marine reinforcements to Nicaragua. The piece argues for a large dispatch and warns Sandino supporters about the trouble such action invites.
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Navy
Nicaragua
Sandino
Gringos to Strike with Air Dropped Explosive Messages
The note argues that a small airstrike using explosive messages would impress Mexicans, criticizing Washington letters as ineffective and noting Gringos retreat when challenged. It frames aerial messaging as more persuasive than written diplomacy.
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Washington
U S urged to honor treaty on Nicaragua canal and curb Mexican schemes
The text calls on the United States to uphold treaty rights over a Nicaragua canal and to take seriously President Coolidge's warnings and accusations from January and April about Mexico's conspiracy and secret warfare against the United States.
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Nicaragua
If you are too fat you treat your heart unjustly
Dr. James McLester argues excess weight strains the heart and consumes energy, claiming 50 to 100 pounds of useless fat create a loafer class within the body. He warns it shortens life and harms overall health and usefulness.
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James McLester
Forbes says Morgan partners admitted around age forty
B C Forbes notes that leading Morgan banking houses admit partners at about forty years old. Davison Lamont Morrow and other Morgan partners were brought in near forty, an age seen as balancing sound judgment with ability to bear heavy responsibility.
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B. C. Forbes
Morgan and Company
Davison, Lamont, Morrow
Morgan
Age limits in careers extend with time
The author notes that forty used to mark middle age and cites greats like Alexander and Napoleon whose careers ended early. It argues age is pushed back and envisions a future where 75-year-olds may be chosen for partnerships for their mental and physical strength.
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Graybeard
Alexander
Napoleon
J. P. Morgan
Idaho
Kansas
New York
New Yorker
Capper pushes freight cuts to aid grain farmers
Senator Capper of Kansas urges railroad freight reductions for grain to help American farmers compete with Canadian producers. He argues U S funds and canal policy favor Canadian and foreign wheat shipments to Europe via the Panama Canal, keeping American prices high.
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Senator Capper
Kansas
Uncle Sam
United States
Northwest
Europe
Panama Canal
Farmers seek cheaper transport by rail or canal subsidy
The writer argues that interior farmers face high railroad freights to coasts, hindering competition with Canadian producers. If grain rates cannot be cut, a government bounty or subsidy is proposed, or alternatively building canals to provide water transport to the Atlantic and Gulf.
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Europe
Atlantic
Gulf
Diet and disease link in digestive and metabolic disorders
The article argues that many illnesses arise from faulty metabolism and diet. It links Bright's disease, diabetes, bronchitis, hay fever, constipation, deafness, and indigestion to mucus forming foods, improper meals, and excessive starch. It promotes diet correction as a cure.
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Bright
Broadway Laughs At Idaho College Professor Claim
In a New York stage review, a veteran actor recalls a line about an Idaho college professor writing a new play, drawing laughter from Broadway audiences. The piece reflects on New York’s view of talent from outside the island and the crossovers of regional writers and performers into Broadway drama and magazines.
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New York
Idaho
Desert
Manhattan
Sticks
Kansas
Edna Ferber
Illinois
America
Maintreet
Broadway
Eczema Psoriasis Epilepsy Linked to Digestive Acidity
The article asserts eczema and psoriasis stem from stomach hyperacidity due to improper food combinations and claims epilepsy results from colon toxemia from decomposing food. It offers to send detailed articles on each disease to readers who request them with a stamped self addressed envelope.
Health Q and A on immunity dips and Junket dessert
A health column notes that diphtheria antibody tests have doubtful value and urge cleanliness for immunity. It discusses Junket as a protein dessert option and advises small portions as a meat substitute. It also links hunger, dizziness to gastritis and over acidity, recommending water fast then a sensible diet.
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CG. W. EF
Answers To Questions By Frederick J Haskin
The piece notes tea cloudiness due to excess tannin if steeped over three minutes. It lists baseball rule changes: balls to base reduced from five to four in 1889, infield fly rule adopted in 1895, and a 1920 amendment allowing advancing on a caught fly to prevent juggle and run-in. It states no origin found for runner advancement on outfielder caught balls prior to 1872.
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J. HU. A
Bureau of Chemistry
Baseball Magazine
Smith Still Shopping for Vice President Running Mate
Al Smith and his allies are weighing Southern options for a running mate. Josephus Daniels is ruled out by North Carolina politics, while Hoover eyes possibilities from New Hampshire to Pennsylvania. Senator Reed faces a delicate delegate situation that could influence Smith’s nomination strategy.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
al Smith
South
Josephus Daniels
Smith
Tammany
Josephus
North Carolina
Uncle Josephus
Simmons
Mr. Hoover
Uncle Hoover
George Higgins Moses
New Hampshire
New York State
Fuller
Massachusetts
Sacco
Vanzetti
Senate
Wisher
Pennsylvania
Hoover
James Adombizek Reed
Missouri
Reed
United States Cavalry
Jim
Rain crow and public buffalo gifts in early Q and A
In a Q and A style excerpt the rain crow is described as a yellow billed Amer ican tree cuckoo foretelling rain. The Biological Survey plans to present one buffalo to parks with sale to individuals and organizations. Other queries note American aircraft manufacturing by state and global car production.
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Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
United States Imports from Latin America Reach One Billion
In the year ending December 31 1926 total imports from twenty Latin American countries were 1 045 900 000 dollars while total U S imports stood at 872 800 000 dollars reflecting strong cross border trade.
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United States
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Mock Grid List
Puzzle text presents numbered horizontal and vertical clues with scattered word fragments and misprints. It reads like a garbled crossword where definitions and letter counts are intermingled and some lines point to distant or altered phrases.
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Lottie Higgins Wood
J. M. Higgins
Germany
Mrs. A. C. Roach
Pedro
Robert
F. W. Bush
Publ
Chas. H. Harrie
Snow
MR. Sandino
Arthur Brisbane
Mojave
Pacific
Gulich
Texas
Seaboard
Frank McCoy
McCoy
By the Way
Gilbert Swan
Yard
Abranovitch and Shulsky
Russia
Confession
Frederick J Haskin
J. G
Michigan
California
Department of Commerce
Latin America
W. FE. Dp
Doan
Foster Milburn Co
Mig Chem
Buffalo
Turkey
Rene
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