Argentina Sports Craze Spreads From Soccer to Racing
Rodney Dutcher reports from Washington on the Argentine sports boom led by soccer with huge crowds at River Plate, provincial leagues, and rising boxing fame of Luis Angel Firpo. Tennis, polo, swimming, fencing and basketball grow as horse racing draws 60,000 spectators and parimutuel bets exceed 500000 pesos.
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Uruguay
River Plate
Alvear
Irigoyen
Buenos Aires
Senor
Luis Angel Firpo
Pampas
Firpo
Purc
Luis Angel
Red School House Passes The Old One Room School
A Bureau of Education report shows one room schools declined from 189,000 in 1920 to 161,000 in 1926 as consolidated rural schools rise. The modern school bus enables wider farm student access, and officials say consolidation improves education and health, expediting the switch away from the old system.
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Bureau of Education
Department of the Interior
United States
Modia
Gypsy Longing and the Call of the Open Road in Spring
A reflective piece on the impulse to travel and leave home during warmer spells in Southeastern Ohio. It contrasts gypsy freedom with civic duties and home ties, noting how seasons, moods, and life events spur desires to roam, sleep under stars, and explore new places.
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Ohio
Sharps
Highlands
The Gypsy Wanderer Within Us All
A reflective piece describes the pull of roaming life and the secret appeal of gypsy blood in many families. It notes missing relatives, furtive moves, and the restless spirit that drives some to travel across strange roads while others stay home.
Signal of sympathy from an Ohio engineer warms a sick boy
An 18 year old in an Ohio town near Toledo, bedridden for years, received nightly cheering from a train engineer who blew four whistles as the big limited passed his house. The boy replied by flashing his light. On Christmas the engineer sent a gift and later visited, promising others will join the whistle greeting. The article urges kindness to combat loneliness.
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Ohio
Toledo
New York Central
Homegrown artists shape New York’s art world voice
In January commentary on Manhattan as a cultural hub, the piece highlights how metropolises attract talent from small towns via prominent figures and gatherings. It notes artists like Tony the marionette king, Rock Kent, and writers such as William White and Amy Lowell, and recounts the Byrd Pole radio story with a Woodside connection.
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Don Dickerman
Tony
Rock- Kent
Etcher
New York Cognoscenti
New York
Amy Lowell
New England
Sherwood Anderson
Zona Gale
Portage
Wis
Gertrude Atherton
San Francisco
Byrd
Woodside
N. Y
Fred Meinholtz
Pole
Meinholtz
Melinholtz
Stock Exchange Seats Lift Investors Toward Quiet Life
Some investors, weary of the market grind, used seat gains to retire and seek rural calm as stock exchange seats recently rose to high values, trading excitement for views of green fields.
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Stock Exchange
Geats to Boost Membership and Payouts
275 GEATS will join a 1 100 member group with $125 000 paid to each member from proceeds. The description calls the sum a mere chicken feed even in Wall Street, implying it remains modest relative to expectations.
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Wall Street
Whiting Addresses Secretarial Report Year
Fragmentary note mentions MR Whiting as secretary, with unclear year context and location. No further readable specifics on role, organization, or event.
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Whiting
Srt
Or. Ti
Wall Street Bears Trimmed as Prosperity Is Praised
The article notes 1929 figures and quotes James Speyer asserting prosperity is normal for the nation. It says enthusiasm pushed many stock issues to new highs and calls the session the strongest and most active of the year.
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James Speyer
Wall Street
Financial Tip Warns Against Short Selling
The Federal Reserve issues a cautionary statement on broker lending noting only a small rise in loans and advising the public to avoid short sales, citing potential losses for those who bet against market prices.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Health and Diet Advice From Dr Frank McCoy
Dr Frank McCoy answers health questions in this column and urges abdominal exercise to prevent prolapsed organs. He explains adhesions from inflammation and surgery, promotes non invasive separation of adhesions, and offers home and diet tips including orange milk and walking outdoors for better digestion and overall health.
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Frank McCoy
Musk Rats and Global Struggles Pop Up in Curious Column
A scattered newspaper column discusses musk rats as farm livestock, Gandhi resisting a British cloth boycott, Senator Underwood’s death, and Trotsky’s role in Bolshevism. It blends social issues with political figures and odd modern comparisons, in a loose, opinionated tone.
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Gandhi
Mahatma
India
Weiland’s MLB ascent with White Sox in sight
Bob Weiland, who posted 20 wins and 10 losses in the Mississippi Valley League, looks to lock a regular berth with the Chicago White Sox this summer.
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Weiland
Bob Weiland
Chicago White Sox
Mrs K A 8 Writes Question Answers
A brief note by Mrs K A 8 presents a Q and A exchange highlighting personal interests and clarifying common inquiries. The fragment outlines a social or informal exchange without identifying broader context or events.
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K. A
Endings vary by region and export needs
Reading shows a Q and A page discussing why films have different endings for America and Europe, noting happy, unhappy, or logical conclusions. It also covers government inquiries on veterans retirement ratings, moon temperatures, Boulder Dam location, companionate marriage, flag displays, and more.
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America
Europe
CC. W. A
Veterans’ Bureaun
Veterans’ Bureau
Very
Boulder Dam
O. A
Las Vegas
Nevada
Arizona
Lindsey
Today's Crossword Puzzle Errors and Missing Entries
Crossword clues show a string of garbled phrases such as condensation of sorrow fermented water halt and a weather opposite. Entries like donkey and flavor appear incomplete with several letters missing and inconsistent spacing.
Factory system dates in United States history
The text notes that until about 1850 most manufacturing occurred in shops or homes with family labor and apprentices, contrasting with later factory labor paid by wages. It cites the late 18th century as the period when the factory system began, and mentions Samuel Slater establishing the first complete cotton machinery in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1789.
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A. Hissarlik
Troy
Druma
United States
Samuel Slater
Pawtucket
Rhode Island
All Champs Enter Texas Open Golf Meet
All Texas Open champions competed in the recent golf meet with entrants McDonald Hagen Kirkwood Joe Turnesa Mac Smith Cruickshank and Mehthorn.
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McDonald
Hagen
Kirkwood
Joe Turnesa
Mac Smith
Cruickshank
Mehthorn
Aaron Burr Conspiracy Announced to Congress
A historical note records Aaron Burrs conspiracy revealed to Congress. Other entries mark Joseph Crele dying at 141 in Caledonia Wisconsin in 1866 Edison patenting an incandescent lamp in 1880 and US control in Cuba ending in 1909.
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Aaron Burr
Congress
Joseph Crele
Caledonia
Wis
Edison
U. S
Cuba
Regional News Highlights From Athens Area
Frank Matthews hired to draft plans for a new Masonic temple at College and Union Streets. Murphey family travels to Stewart after the death of Mrs Murphey’s father. Lulu Poston visits Mrs Biddle on Park Place. February 11 set for Athens Boy Scout celebration with Day in Camp and performances. Walter Watkins, with family ties to James Watkins, returns from overseas after being gassed in France. George Spitzer comes home from overseas service. Amesville hosts Lucile Lovell wedding with Dr. G O Linscott and others.
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Frank Matthews
Lima T
College and Union Streets
Athens
Walter Watkins
James ‘Watkins
Shade
Watkins
France
George Spitzer
E. R. Lash, Jr
Amesville
Royal Flying Corps
Lucile Lovell
G. O. Linscott
Calais
Ostend
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