Athens Ties and Baseball Highlight Week Twenty Years Ago
News Your Dad Read lists events from twenty years past including Mrs F L Preston and Mrs Ida McCarthy in Albany, Beta Phi camping on the Palmer farm, Athens baseball beating Junction City, and Ohio State Teachers’ meeting travels. Court House hosts Red Cross work and local visitors from Miss Reynolds to Amenville attended summer term at Ohio University.
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F. L. Preston
Ida McCarthy
Albany
Mary Connett
Cedar Point
Ohio State Teachers’ Meeting
W. E. Clark
Helen Reynolds
Dayton
Amenville
Athens
Ohio University
Presidential bait becomes an issue with farm relief
The article mocks President Coolidge's fishing gambit as a political ploy amid looming foreign affairs and farm relief debates. Senators Borah and Red denounce the policy while commentators warn it could impact national prestige and Coolidge's third term prospects.
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Nicaragua
Tacna- Arica
Mexico
Coolidge
South Dakota
Borah
Red
When to Quit on Replaying a Smash Hit Character
The author argues for letting creators quit while ahead as long as a beloved character remains fresh. He cites Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle’s decision to kill the character, praising retirement before the franchise overruns the creator’s legacy.
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Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
Baker Street
Holmes
First to swim the channel and other vaudeville feats
The piece muses on “firsts” in swimming the channel from the thirteen year old Zitenfield twins to later generations while lampooning sensational titles. It then shifts to a front door robbery incident in New York, joking about crime and urging practical defense.
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Zitenfield
News York
Fragmented satirical musings and notices in a late 19th century column
A collage of sharp quips and odd anecdotes mentions Jetional Advertising Representatives and Ward Inc in New York, a daring Atlantic flight by Levine, a New Hampshire cow that opens doors, and a joke about clothes for girls. It ends with weather chatter and city mischiefs.
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Jetional
Ward, Inc
A.ven
New York
Ora E South Wabash Avenue
New Hampshire
Rockefeller philanthropy and global health effort praised
The Rockefeller Foundation spent 9,741,474 on worldwide health projects including hospitals in Peking and training centers in London Paris and Strasbourg. It funded disease control in Brazil and led medical ventures across Europe Asia and Australia. The column notes analysts worry over US tax revenue and Mussolini meeting Doctor Butler while markets see Wall Street activity and Guggenheim predicts lasting US prosperity from foreign debt.
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Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller
Peking
China
Brazil
Rockefellers
London
Edinburgh
Hong Kong
Sydney
France
Strassbourgh
Paris
Vital aging views and remedies for midlife vigor
An analysis argues life after forty can be revitalized with balanced nutrition and exercise, urging active lifestyles to extend vitality into later years. It discusses mental shifts, menopause perceptions, and the value of continued education and social activity.
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Sime
Agin
Grim Reaper
Broadway's Electric Cross Drama Draws The City
Reporter describes a Broadway area church turned multi use venue with rehearsals and services coexisting. The piece notes theatrical crowds, jazzy undercurrents, and performers blending with church activity amid bright electric lights and a citywide spectacle. It mentions models in upper rooms near the pulpit and multiple happenings in one day.
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Pherrean
Broadway
Union Church
Brand Church
Rehefr
Ani
Joseph Thompson
Hen Lays Egg in Pew Delays Missionary Collection
A hen laying an egg in a pew disrupts a planned missionary collection on the eve of the event. Local workers captured the bird and secured the area while organizers rescheduled the appeal.
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Aen
Politicians Fight Over Coolidge renomination
Washington reports the Republican Third Term Limited faces a rocky path toward reelection for Calvin Coolidge. While many party leaders back him, insider talk warns a bold challenge could erupt at the convention if the effort to deny renomination gains momentum.
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Rodney Dutcher
Ashington
The
Republican Railroad
Cal
Vin Coolidge
Irun
Cassidge
Coolidge
Kate
Mr. Coolidge
Eli
Harding
Longworth
Dawes
Lowden
Borah
Hoover
New York
Charles Evans Hughes
Alb Smith
Davis
Answers to Questions by Frederick J. Haskin
Frederick J. Haskin’s Information Bureau delivers federal investigations and global facts to the public via newspapers, free to readers, with inquiries sent to the Athens Messenger Bureau in Washington. The article discusses Coolidge, political loyalties, possible candidates, and a Chicago jam theft incident.
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Frederick J. Haskin
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D.C
Inquirers
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Great Information Plant
Hardtack for Monkeys at Lincoln Park Zoo
Doctors at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo prescribe hardtack for several monkeys due to dental issues. The diet change aims to ease tooth discomfort and maintain health.
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Chicago
Tincoln Park Zoo
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Manasing
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Palmer Farm
Junction City
Banks
Louise
Mary Esther
Jacob Sherman
Middleport
Red Cross
Aps
Ron Oharge
Obituary
Car
Psalms Xeviis
Goethe
Levine
Chamberlin
Atlantic
America
Gil
Financing World Health
Mussolini
Arthur Brisbane
Europe
Doctor Butler
Columbia University
Wall Street
Daniel Guggenheim
United States
Frank McCoy
McCoy
Elf
King
Ife
Adele
Uate of ‘Ager
Enelose Slampengelo
By the Way
Manhattan
Gildlee Swanx
Lele
Bessey
Braucher
Sycoeean
Capzright
Groliér Bovaty
Kale
TL. S. A
State Street
England
C.D
Alaska
Cyolidge
Smith
Hughes
Jim Joy
Chillicothe-McArthur
Hebbardsville
Valed Mills
Prattsville
Mcarthur
Aliensviire
Matchisharg
Uondonderry
Jones Cross Roads
Chillicothe
Londonderry
Ratclifsburg
Allensville
Pratesville
Valea Mills
Rebbardsville
Union Bus Terminal
Warner House
Traction Depot
Hamilton & Lanis
Red Star
Hug Station
Waverly
Portsouth
Trenton
Polots
West Virginia
Kentucky
Greenfield
Bainbridge
Hillaboro
Washington
Xenia
Jackson
Woodston
Athena
Lanccaster
Logan
Columbus
Pomeroy
McConnelsville
H. W. Collins
E. 5Th St
Yano
Atheng-Lancaster Division
Lancaster
Newark
Leegan
New Lexington
Zanesville
Centhag Ohio Transit CO
Fred Siar
Arenive
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