Ohio University Elks Banquet Highlights Town and Campus Unity
The Athens lodge of Elks hosted a banquet for Ohio University executives coaches and athletes to celebrate town and gown harmony. Speakers praised mutual respect between campus and town and anticipated expanded athletics with the new stadium. Boxing notes praise Tunney and the sport’s rise to prominence and broader appeal across society.
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Athens Lodge of Elks
Ohio University
E. B. Bryan
Sam M. Johnson
Athens
Lodge
Buckeye Association
Southeastern Ohio
the Elks
Capital Happenings Reflect Postwar Politics and Prohibition Debates
Washington report notes near certainty in reparations talks and hints at prearranged outcomes with Britain and events at Geneva. It covers Hoover Borah debates, drys aims to enforce prohibition, and a door to political discourse at a church meeting that was declined.
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Washington
United States
Esme Howard
Geneva
Britain
State Department
Hoover
Mr. Borah
Boxing Through Ages From Gladiators to Modern Ring
A reflective piece traces boxing from ancient gladiators to contemporary bouts, noting the enduring human attraction to combat. It contrasts brutal historic clashes with modern less ferocious contests, calling fighting an elemental aspect of life.
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Stribling
Sharkey
Tunney
White crosses mark fatal roads in Ohio 1929 drive
An Ohio columnist urges lighting white crosses placed along roads to mark fatal accidents. He notes crosses in McArthur and Athens areas and argues illumination would heighten driver caution amid increasing traffic and bootleg influence. He cautions accidents will occur despite warnings and promotes safer driving.
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Ohio
Rune
McArthur
Athens
Harlem slang and Broadway notes in day by day column
Gilbert Swan surveys Harlem slang terms from highhat to goober dust and tracks celebrity gossip. He notes Joan Lowell preparing a South Sea book, Fred Stone’s recovery, Elsa Shutta’s pregnancy, Paul Whiteman’s weight loss, Mons Chevalier’s visit, and Sylvia Townsend Warner as a guest writer in New York with fashion notes and social chatter.
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New York
Harlem
Broadway
Underworld
Times Square
326Th Street
West Indies
Onie Brice
Filat
Way Pointe
Brooklyn
Joan Lowell
New Orleans
Trader Horn
Fred Stone
Fred
Elsa Shutta
George Olsen
Paul Whiteman
Camden
N. J
Tiegfeld
Longchamps
Paris
Sylvia Townsend Warner
The
Lolly Willows
London
Hoover era canal talk and crime notes stir public debate
The piece discusses whether to fund an all American canal or a St Lawrence route with Canadian sovereignty concerns. It weighs economic costs against strategic control and suggests a sensible, mutually beneficial arrangement. It also reports crime notes including a seventeen year old shot by a plainclothes detective and a driver stopped at gunpoint amid enforcement tensions.
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United States
St. Lawrence
Hoover
Canada
Henry Lagowitz
Health and Diet Advice From Dr Fane McCoy
Dr Fane McCoy offers weekly menus with breakfast lunch and dinner plans for March 3 and the following days. The column includes five minute cabbage and raspberry whip recipes and answers to reader questions on tubercular meningitis acid in red meats and differences between agar agar and gelatin products.
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Fane McCoy
McCoy
W. J
Great marshal at Invalides and fallen Napoleonic lore
A fragmentary column reflects on aging, war, and the enduring tombs of Napoleon and Foch, contrasting reverence for military icons with time’s relentless passage. It notes the Rev Jerome Davis of Yale Divinity School critiquing capitalism’s dominance over Christian values and the exploitation of children in mills.
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the Invalides
Napoleon I
Napoleon
France
Jerome Davis
Yale Divinity School
Lincoln Memorial lighting since February 5 1929
The Bureau of Public Buildings and Grounds says the Lincoln Memorial statue has been lighted daily since February 5, 1929. The Q A section covers questions on cotton, seals pact, instrument vs device, and pump lift heights.
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Bureau of Public Buildings and Grounds
Lincoln Memorial
James Henry Hammond
South Carolina
United States Senate
Russia
Japan
Great Britain
United States
O. A
Bureau of Standards
Public Forum letter corrects misquote on trial remarks
A reader objects to a February issue report claiming he blamed the Lord for his trial. He insists he spoke of being consecrated to Christ and that God would supply needs. He cites biblical phrases and denounces misrepresentation of his statements.
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Christ
Paul
Athens News Briefs Highlight Local Events and Historic Notes
A men's club formed at First Methodist Church Athens with 75 present. Ohio University Quartet performed. Athens Courthouse lights first lit on second and third floors. Metaline Washington claims world’s first exclusive concrete town. A negro burned at stake in Rockwell Texas for attempted assault. crowd over 1,000. Athens High basketball lost to Marietta and Parkersburg. TEN YEARS AGO clock tower dials lit for first time by city workers. Rep Frederick H. Gillett nominated for House speaker in Congress. Weimar Germany isolated. aviation links only outside contact. Athens theaters charged six to ten cents for movies. WWI deaths total 7,354, with Russia and Germany taking heavy shares.
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First Methodist Church
Athens
Ohio University Quartet
T. N. Hoover
F. RR. Speck
H. Lo Ridenour
W. B. Alderman
Saints face non-support charge in Athens court
The docket notes that the case involves a charge of non-support against a named party in Athens on February 27, with the matter tied to a local court proceeding and the necessity of saints referenced in the report.
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Ard
R. Vv
D. M
Athens
Today’s Cross-Word Puzzle Clues Mixed and Muddled
A scrambled set of crossword hints appears with scattered short phrases and misspellings. Items mention minerals for powder, tools, actions, people, and common terms, but many entries are incomplete or garbled making solutions ambiguous.
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Ezekiel
Maliere
Rodney Dutcher Messenger
Clyde Kelly
Ent- France
Lindbergh
Bilbo
Michigan
Ment
New Jersey Anti- Saloon League
Henry H. Curran
Association
Episcopal Church
Arlington
Curran
Venus de Milo
Greater
New York City
Gilbert Swan Messenger
Carnegie
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Incorporated
New Haven
Atlantic
Sam
Uncle Sam
Mr. Hoover
Prohibition Enforcement
Marshal Foch
Dr. McCoy
Foch
Metaline
Rockwell
Texas
Marietta
Parkersburg
Dana, Grones and Goldsberry
Service Department
Frederick H. Gillett
Massachusetts
House of Congress
Weimar
Ihe
Columbia
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Germany
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