Red Grange Named Outstanding Figure In 1925 Football
Red Grange of Illinois dominates headlines as the outstanding football figure of 1925. He repeatedly faces stacked defenses yet breaks through with long gains and multiple touchdowns, notably against Iowa Michigan and Penn. The piece praises his brains, timing, and versatility, comparing him to Sam White of Princeton.
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Red Grange
Illinois
Grange
Iowa
Michigan
Red
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Yale
Dartmouth
Franklin Field
East
Penn
Zuppke
Middle West
Illinois Memorial Stadium
Avalanche
Stage
Warriors
McCarty
Yeisley
Quakers
Sam White
Princeton
Sanford White
College
New Jersey
Old Nassau
Harvard
Tigers
White
Sammy White
Tigertown
America
Bell Syndicate
Wagger's Jewelry Store Promotes Small Deposit Hold Policy
A store advertises that paying a small deposit now will hold any purchase for later pickup or delivery at Wagger's Jewelry Store, encouraging customers to reserve items.
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Wagger’s
Toyland Opens at Gilmers Store in High Point
Gilmers announces the opening of Toyland in its High Point store with a wide stock of dolls, doll carriages, toy pianos, miniature kitchen sets, electric trains, velocipedes, and more. Management touts six years of toy sales and unusually low prices. Santa Claus invites children to visit Toyland.
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High Point
Gilmers
Toyland
Santa Claus
Jamestown Weed and Traffic Signals in Town
The piece links the Jamestown Weed Datura Stramonium and its nicknames to culture and history, then shifts to city traffic plans testing four signal controllers to improve pedestrian and driver safety. It notes police instruction, light meanings, and public cooperation as critical to evaluating the new system. A red hat incident illustrates misread signals affecting Main Street traffic.
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Sunshine Laundry
Sunshine Service
Jamestown
Balboa
Arabia
Florida
Main Street
Night School Dreams in A M R S Romance
A playful exchange follows with a couple asking where they have been. She replies she attends night school to earn a formal degree. The conversation hints at future plans including family with initials M R S and hopes for three children.
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Purplease
Local officials plan Cuba trip amid Havana races Thanksgiving Day
O Arthur Kirkman general manager of the H P T and D R R and Joseph Pearson Rawley industrial agent lead a party including family members and County Commissioner William Clay Jones aboard the private car to Cuba to attend races in Havana on Thanksgiving and discuss locating a sugar refinery and plants on the line.
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O. Arthur Kirkman
Joseph Pearson Rawley
William Clay Jones
Cuber
Joe
Havana
Metropolis
Harry Raymond
Habana
Cuba
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Edgren
Philippines
Manila
Tos
Samy White
Preceton
Bud
Samay
Ren Grange
iMen
Max Bones
J. Jamestown UK
Emerson
Longfellow
She
George Eliot
Tin
Color of
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