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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1925
Page
3
A scrambled crossword puzzle list featuring horizontal and vertical clues. It includes varied terms from fruit to sea eagle to leather strips and many more, with numbers and partial phrases interspersed. The reader is invited to solve the clues and complete the grid.
The News Telegraph delivers the latest city notes with fresh reports on local events, government actions, and community happenings. Readers find concise briefs, timely updates, and ongoing coverage from credible reporters across beats.
Elliott prepares for its sixth annual field meet on Friday May 8 with preliminaries at 10:30 and field and track events starting at 1:00. More than 300 athletes expected. prizes total 130 for five places per event. Judges include Professor J Simmons Davis and Eloisa Elien Davis. Notable past records cited from Hills to Zach and Brown to Davis across multiple events.
Mike Ballerino leads a strong lightweight slate as Atlantic and Corning decks bring top runners and field specialists to the Elliott track meet. Pilkington and Willison pace sprints while Weidman and Roth headline throws and relays vie for Drake relays style marks. A declamatory contest caps the day with prize awards.
The East Side baseball team won the season opener at Lorah yesterday. They held Lorah scoreless until the fifth inning when five East Side hits and numerous errors produced five runs. East Side pitchers allowed only one more run. Hansen starred with a home run, a triple, and a two bagger. Sly doubled and Hiscock drove in a run. Batteries were Sarah, Thompson and Freeman for East Side. O Neal and O Neal for Lorah.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention clouting by hitters and Ruth, with references to Babe, a catcher, and a ram first week. Context shows scattered sports jargon and incomplete quotes from a rural setting, indicating an early baseball readout with emphasis on power hitting.
Henry L. Farrell writes on baseball's cold business, Casey Stengel trades, and the death of Charles H. Robets, Brooklyn’s Ebbets, noting the sport’s shift toward profit over passion. He contrasts sentiment with payroll realities as fans and players navigate a money driven game.
The fifth annual Blue Grass track and field meet will be held in Creston Iowa on May 16. One hundred schools received invitations with entries closing May 9. Guthrie Center was the first city to enter a full team. Gold medals will go to first place, silver to second, bronze to third and fourth, with cups for winning teams and the high point man. The Chamber of Commerce offers a cup to the meet winner. The meet is being placed in first class condition.
Wichita May 4 Curt ford Gallagher Wichita high school track coach charges Kansas State Agricultural College evaded Missouri Valley anti professional rules by lending him money. Manhattan Chamber of Commerce sues for 698.95 claiming it lent the funds. Gallagher says money was a gift with no repayment. He names William M. Jardine secretary of agriculture Al Schultz and F C Franks as involved in the alleged evasion.
The Washington to Bear Grove diamond contest was halted by a storm in the seventh inning with Washington leading 9 to 7. Batterjes, Jer and Lewis, and Pratt contributed at the plate as a large crowd of fans watched in Bear Grove, Schu-Washington, Kalwoll.
Massena high school defeated Cumberland 19 to 4 in the finals to cap the county baseball title at home. Earlier results show Massena 15 Wiote 6 and Cumberland 8 Atlantic 5 with Massena 29 Cumberland 4. A fair crowd attended all games and the contests were interesting.
Avoca high school nine captured the Oakland baseball tournament begun Friday and finished Saturday afternoon. Minden took second, Underwood third, Walnut fourth, with scores showing Minden 12 to 7 over Madinhated and Avoca defeating Walnut in the final rounds.
In San Francisco at Municipal Stadium Paavo Nurmi defeated fellow Finn Willigh Ritola by sixty five yards in a two mile race. The distance finished in 13 minutes 5 and 2 tenths seconds with handicaps and a slow track amid strong wind.
In a fragmentary Pasadena item a star is noted with a garbled entry suggesting a Venice Regia link. The readable portion highlights a performer and a noted career connection, but the text remains incomplete and unclear about exact roles or events.
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