Operator's Resolve in Farewell Exchange
A shy smile and cheerful reply reveal the operator's grit as she declares she must go on. The moment captures a personal pledge amid ordinary duty, underscoring a quiet strength in service.
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1925
Page
3
A shy smile and cheerful reply reveal the operator's grit as she declares she must go on. The moment captures a personal pledge amid ordinary duty, underscoring a quiet strength in service.
Third number of the American Legion entertainment course comes Friday evening with the Shannon Maly Quartet billed for a lively program. Local audiences invited to attend the event during the annual series.
Eddie Noir terlian of Brooklyn, world bantamweight champion, and opponent Augie Fisano were suspended by the state athletic commission after a noteful bout at Ridgewood Grove on Jan te Tuesday. Referee stoppage in the third round showed neither combatant trying, prompting the suspension and club actions. Tex O Rourke and others sought licenses for heavyweights as part of ongoing promotion efforts amid the commission inquiry.
Chester Wynne, Creighton football coach, conferred with University of Nebraska officials in Lincoln for a second time about the coachship left vacant by Fred Dawson. It is understood Wynne has applied for the position.
Tiger Flowers, a Black middleweight from Atlanta, entered as a 21 to 1 favorite against Jack Delaney of Bridgewater Conn in a 12 round match at Madison Square Garden. Referee kept Greb still seeking the decision over Flowers after the bout ended Friday night.
San Antonio District Attorney C. M. Chambers announced that Battling Siki will not be allowed to appear in San Antonio for the January 20 fight with Don Goodrich due to a misdemeanor Jeracy charge. Promoter Jack Shelton canceled the bout immediately.
United Press dispatch reports the nineteenth annual NCAA gathering endorses keeping football rules stable for 1925. Debate centers on whether scouting should use film or photos, with a Dartmouth professor urging a ban on photography though some schools already use stills. Officials warn against commercialism and emphasize preserving football as a pure contest.
Los Angeles January 14 Emet Henderson football coach at the University of Southern California has tendered his resignation and it has been adopted. Athletics authorities are said to be pursuing Knute Rockne of Notre Dame who is en route east and aware of no hire attempt.
Paris report states Roger Conti the French cue star plans to stay in Europe through winter and will not participate in the world 18.2 balk line billiard championship matches in the United States next month.
The first big inter city indoor polo tournament in the United States opened today at the Chicago Riding Club arena. Matches featured Philadelphia versus Cincinnati and Brooklyn versus Detroit, with all teams fielding experienced players.
New York date shows William Tilden the world tennis champion plans retirement and will not defend his title this year. The Amateur Rule changes approved by the Legislative Committee are to be discussed at the next annual meeting, with Tilden reportedly opposing and questioning the rule’s scope.
Los Angeles January 14 Hart McNeely Washington outfielder who sparked the Senators to a world title says he is not satisfied with the 1925 contract offer from the club He returned the contract sent by Clark Griffith and asserts he deserves more money McNeely was bought from Sacramento of the Pacific coast league last year Washington paid 50000 for him
Avo ca high school basketball teams and fans motored to Carson for a doubleheader across the Botna river ice. The Carson boys won 17 to 4 and the Avoca girls 16 to 9 in a brisk return trip of about twenty miles, completed in thirty minutes.
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Weeks announced Major Charles D. Daly will be assigned to duty at Harvard University in June to take charge of the reserve corps and assist the professor of military science. The request by Harvard’s athletic committee could not be fully granted due to residence and related restrictions, with Daly ordered to Cambridge for final work there next June.
A man pleaded guilty in a federal case tied to bootlegging activities. He was tried and sentenced to eighteen years at the federal penitentiary in Florida.
At Madison Square Garden on Thursday night Paavo G e attempts to erase three more of Joie Ray's world indoor records as top middle distance and distance runners gather for the Municipal AA A and national junior championships. Key entrants include Pant Healthy from Georgetown, F A Merady of Philadelphia, Cecil Cook of Syracuse, N Doettcher of Newark A C, and John Holden of Georgetown with 33 runners in the 1000 yard event and a strong field in the two mile race.
Des Moines reports the Wester league baseball team will begin spring training on March 7 with president EB Keyser and manager Joe Mathes coordinating in St Louis on the best report time for players.
Heinie Engel of Dubuque middleweight and champion Jon Talaber plan a third bout for January 22 after each fighter won one of the prior two meetings. The clash is slated for Dubuque, with both boxers aiming to claim the series lead.
Bantamweight champion Kailie Cannonball Martin was awarded the referee’s decision after a ten round Philadelphia bout against Tommy Murray. Judges disagreed and fans did not embrace the result as Martin weighed 118 3/4 pounds to Murray’s 121.
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