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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1923
Page
7
Virginia Stroman sixteen acts for love with landscape painter Philip Roy after her father bans suitors. A spring romance blooms on hidden windows and garden paths, ends in elopement toward California despite parental opposition and age gap.
A Bucyrus Ohio hotel room clerk recalls Henry Ford traveling with Thomas A Edison and Harvey Firestone on a Michigan vacation. When rooms were assigned the ladies insisted baths, Ford joked that if the room had a bath he would stay. otherwise he would manage without. Ford praised the comfortable room and good night’s sleep.
Los Angeles reports Conway Tearle argues motion picture acting is not worth more than 590 dollars a week, even for top stars. He says drawing power, not acting skill alone, justifies big salaries and notes many high payers earn for box office appeal rather than craft.
Mrs Meville Chater, a European relief worker, recalls five years in Turkey and Armenia caring for 120 Armenian girls released from Arab harems by General Allenby. The task followed the appeal of Armenian parents and was part of wartime child welfare during the Allied occupation.
In a sensational Broxbourne tournament moment two veteran English golfers J. H W. Tavier and Alex Herd challenged tradition by playing in shirts instead of coats. The scene sparked shock and debate about the longheld dress code among UK golfers.
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