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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1925
Page
4
Grange Turns Pro in Bitter Prospect for College Football
The season’s end highlights Red Grange leaving the University of Illinois to play professional football. The move, urged by fame and money, alarms college officials and fans who fear pro ranks will eclipse college sport, with salaries and commercial interests reshaping the game.
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Red Grange
Backfeld
University of Minds
Usu
Grange
Apeich
Red Grannge
America
Toel
Mose
Pne Vent College
Spolt
Uegridivan
Graige
Tint
Turrom
Swede Oberlander and Eddie Trydhy Honored by College Fans
College football fans express tender gratitude for Swede Oberlander of Parmouth and Colgate star Eddie Trydhy, who have declined professional offers to stay true to college pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee
Oberlander
Parmouth
Eddie
Trydhy Colgate
Pluggers Wanted Critics Debate Yale Committee
A Yale University committee examined the transportation field and the qualifications it demands. They heard complaints that college graduates tend to be restless pluggers prone to seek rapid advancement rather than steady work, while less educated workers may endure the grind and stay at jobs longer.
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Yale University
Congressional Rail Consolidation Debate Echoes States Rights
A Philadelphia Inquirer report notes Senator Cummins plans a new railroad consolidation bill removing compulsory buyout provisions. It argues mergers must be voluntary to avoid lawsuits and protect small, large carriers, with Pennsylvania likely opposing schemes concentrating control. A Chattanooga Times item adds crime reduction by carols, while a Louisville CourierJournal piece critiques indirect taxation to enforce prohibition, calling for direct law methods.
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Cummins
Railway
Mercer
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Gummins
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Chicago
Chattanooga Times
House
Ways and Means Committee
Prohibition
Louisville Courier Journal
Quips From Humorous Bits In Vintage Papers
A collage of brief quips from periodicals portrays playful dialogues and social gags. Lines touch on hats, storks, antique furniture, manners, and light commerce, reflecting a bygone newspaper humor page.
European shipbuilding faces slumps and wage push
European shipyards struggle amid Russian concessions and other tensions as union leaders push for higher wages in 1926. National medical figures seek a home for aged and disabled physicians, while Smithsonian appeals for ten million dollars to its endowment. Montana reports a potato crop up by a million bushels. Bryn Mawr bans smoking, creates student rooms. France gifts Sevres vase to St John the Divine Cathedral New York.
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France
St. John the Divine
New York
Fragmented Q&A Snippet From City Paper Dialect
A garbled exchange references a policeman father and a diamond engagement line. Source text is incomplete and unclear, with stray phrases and quotes. No identifiable events, names, or dates emerge for a coherent summary or location.
Paying His War Debt And Other 1920s Snippets
A widow only card club tops Arkansas City circles while Rudolph Roehele sails a 20 foot canoe around the world on a motorized voyage. New York manufacturers face workhouse terms for false credit charges. Rotary Club aims to spread Maryland Eastern Shore fame. Americans contribute 12 cents of every dollar to income. Public interest rises as 3,000 inspect Vanderbilt residence for $1 each. A St Paul sewer yields a tube with radium valued at $800,700. Phosgene production is urged to preserve WWI know how. Six Bronx gunmen kidnap a driver and helper, stealing a truck with valuables.
Short Manchester murder trial ends in four minutes
One of the shortest murder trials occurred in Manchester England where Sam Johnson was sentenced to death after a four minute trial.
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Yan
Manchester
England
Sam Johnson
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