Golf stars shine as 1925 season yields dramatic battles
The year’s sports page centers on golf with Miss Glenna Collett stunning Europe and dominating U S women’s events while Long Jim Barnes seizes the British Open and MacFarlane topples Bobby Jones in a marathon Open. Hagen and Diegel spark pro and Canadian Open drama as Stirling Frieders returns and Mary Browne shines, rounding a year of high drama in golf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman E. Brown
Glenna Collett
Europe
Joyce Wethered
Cecil Leitsch
U. S
Collett
Long Jim Barnes
Barnes
MacDonald Smith
Smith
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
Willie” MacFarlane
MacFarlane
Jones
Watts Gunn
Bobby
Walter Hagen
Hagen
Leo Diegel
Canada
Diegel
Alexa Stirling Frazier
Atlanta Wizard
London Opera Season Loses Money for Backers
London reports a loss for the Covent Garden eight week season during 1925 with only 78 percent capacity booked on average versus the 94 percent needed. Popular works include Tosca Rosenkavalier Meistersinger Fedora and Tristan among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Londonpera
Covent Garden
Rosenkavalier
Tristan
Lucia
Women’s Turkish Bath Opens in West End
A new women’s Turkish bath, first of its kind in the city, will open in the West End. It will operate on the same model as the existing men’s bath club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
West End
Bath Club
Parisian Learns Why Some Girls Dislike to Wash Dishes
Paris doctors report modern young women dislike of chores stems from latent cervico brachial nerve plexus alterations. Dr Gommes told the Paris Medical Society that the condition can be diagnosed and treated, if the patient agrees to part with the ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Gommes
Paris Medical Society
Police dog’s leading officer praised in critique
Berlin reports Konrad Most of the Union of Shepard Dog Owners of Eisenach argues the German police dog cannot perform without its handler. He cites 48 tests where dogs failed when leaders stood absent, questioning the dog’s independent reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Konrad Most
Union of Shepard Dog Owners of
Eisenach
German Army Bars Use of Dog in War Efforts
Realization of the dog's ultimate inadequacy in this respect led the German army command to interdict its further employment during war.
Tennessee state archaeologist to relocate office
P. E. Cox of Franklin Tennessee, the state archaeologist, will move his office to the state memorial annex and devote full time to state archaeology. He is in Washington conferring with the Smithsonian about sending a representative to Tennessee to address the society, and will return after the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Cox
Franklin Tenn
State Memorial Annex
Washington, D. C
Smithsonian Institution
Tennessee
Cox
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Collett
Ohio
Louise Fordyce
Youngstown
Dizzy Heights
Dorothy Campbell Hurd
Mary Browne
Creomulsion Company
Atlanta, Ga
Dow
Ee. Brown
Adolph
London Opera
Kingsport Restaurant
Main St
the Howdy Store
Market St
Kingsport
Merav
STAAS
The
Kingsport Office Supply Co
Palace of Sweets
Cherokee St
T. H. Bailey
Strand Building
Spirit of the Season
Ment
Kingsport Fruit
Broad Street
Bachelder
J. H. Watkins
First National Bank
Houston
Broad St
Chrysler Cars
Jenney Vo
Bethlehem
J.C. Penney Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!