[January 22nd, 1926] The Fight Against Right and "Ultra-Left" Deviations by Joseph Stalin

[January 22nd, 1926] Billi Mead and Ed Kingsbury in dress up for Rufus Jones's last class

[January 22nd, 1926] The Spanish flight of the Ne Plus Ultra seaplane to the Cape Verde Islands has been postponed until Sunday morning from Las Palmas.

[January 22nd, 1926] Billy Papke (left), a former middleweight champion from 1908 and 1910, was at the station to greet the current middleweight champion, Harry Greb. Greb arrived from the East yesterday to prepare for a fight scheduled next Tuesday in Vernon.

[January 22nd, 1926] The 1926 athletic outlook is promising, the best in years, according to this retrospective. Basketball is strong despite graduations, baseball expects a favorable schedule behind key pitchers, and the track team aims for conference medals.

[January 22nd, 1926] The article argues for observing Negro History Week every February to promote the study of Negro history, combat distorted racial narratives in education, and help people learn the truth about the role of Negro groups in world history

[January 21st, 1926] The Peanut Parcher (The Davidsonian)

[January 21st, 1926] The new Pacific Beach Club was razed by fire early today. A watchman saw two men fleeing in a car, indicating the fire was intentionally set. Promoter Hal R. Clark confirmed the $100,000 loss is insured and vowed to build an even greater resort, much to the public's anger.

[January 21st, 1926] Levon Isayevich Mirzoyan began his tenure as the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan.

[January 21st, 1926] Senator Professor Camillo Golgi, a pioneering Italian biologist and pathologist, died in Pavia, Italy, at the age of 82.

[January 21st, 1926] Some humor from the Muncie Evening Press

[January 21st, 1926] Babe Ruth resumed light training at McGovern's gymnasium after a short rest at his farm, fearing he would gain too much weight. He discovered he was putting on three to five pounds daily while idle.

[January 21st, 1926] Covers of today's magazines

[January 21st, 1926] The Miami Jockey Club's second winter season opened at Hialeah with 20,000 attendees for a major racing spectacle. Jockeys Clarence Turner and Sammy Steele starred, with Turner winning the Biscayne Handicap in what was hailed as Miami's finest sporting event.

[January 21st, 1926] Letter from Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf

[January 20th, 1926] Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra record their single "I Found A New Baby"

[January 20th, 1926] Prison superintendent William Mayfield died after being fatally struck on the head by a brick thrown by convict Geo. McCall, a murderer. The convict was shot twice by a guard and is in critical condition, potentially facing murder charges if he recovers.

[January 20th, 1926] Dick Edmed was signed by Liverpool from Gillingham for a fee of £1800.

[January 20th, 1926] Six Surry County high schools formed a basketball league to promote clean athletics, electing a president and setting a schedule where every team plays each other twice. The winning team receives a cup.

[January 20th, 1926] The Miami Grand Opera Company held its grand opening performance at the bottom of the drained Venetian Pool in Coral Gables.

[January 20th, 1926] Two young women preparing to dive into the water of the Venice Canals. In the background is a complex of rental bungalows on what was known as United States Island. It was accessible only by the foot bridges seen on either side of it.

[January 20th, 1926] Wallie Dodd Ford was arrested for violating Prohibition laws in LA. After a second arrest, he was sentenced to prison, paroled in 1929, and later founded the Nation of Islam in 1930.

[January 20th, 1926] Dr. Adolf Lorenz claims Americans die young due to excessive virtue and lack of fun, criticizing Prohibition as tyranny that leads to drinking bad whiskey.

[November 21st, 1925] A crowd of 15,000 watched a scoreless tie between Purdue and Indiana during the First Old Oaken Bucket game. Both teams struggled with penalties, punts, and field goals, with neither gaining a clear advantage.

[January 19th, 1926] Readers from The Daily Standard in Sikeston, Missouri debate 1926's short skirts, citing sanitation and progress as reasons to favor them over longer styles, though some note the distracting effect on men. Opinions vary widely on modern fashion

[January 19th, 1926] General W. B. Freeman told Confederate veterans that the mutual confidence between General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia made it "the greatest army in the world."

[January 18th, 1926] The Bainbridge Players in scene from the three-act comedy QUARANTINE at the Shubert Theater, Minneapolis.

[January 18th, 1926] The United Theatre in Westerly, Rhode Island, originally opened as a vaudeville venue. The premiere was a vaudeville show featuring several live acts and a film

[January 18th, 1926] Isaac Schiess boarded an ocean liner and brought the first Bernese Mountain Dogs to America. Though the breed would not be officially recognized by the AKC for a decade, Schiess was a farmer who surely found ample jobs for his Berners.

[January 18th, 1926] Nat LeRoy and Leo Evans' musical comedy "Bringing Up Father", based on the popular cartoon by George McManus, premiered at the Helena Grand Opera House

[January 18th, 1926] Hoover's aide, William R. Snyder, dedicated the new WIOD radio station in Miami Beach. Praised as a top U.S. station, it connects directly to several major hotels for continuous broadcasting starting nightly at 8:30 PM. Gloria Swanson attended the elaborate opening.

[January 18th, 1926] Police found the "phantom" burglar's stolen baby shoes and overshoes in a vacant lot after the thief robbed five homes over the weekend. The burglar nearly escaped capture Saturday night at the Stevenson residence by falling over a low wire.

[January 18th, 1926] Religious Bulletin from the University of Notre Dame

[January 18th, 1926] Global weather shows extreme variation: Alaska is experiencing a warm winter causing roses to bloom, while Nebraska struggles with 20-foot snow drifts. Texas enjoys sunshine, but Paris is buried under its worst snow since the war.

[January 18th, 1926] The design by British sculptor Vernon March was selected for Canada's National War Memorial in Ottawa. March's proposal, titled "The Response," was chosen from 127 worldwide entries following a competition launched in 1925.

[January 18th, 1926] The article describes a Russian artist's cartoon in "The Patriot" comparing pre-Bolshevik Holy Russia with the current state under Bolshevism, which is depicted as an occult grave marked by Baphomet, Freemasonry, and the Soviet Hammer and Sickle.

[January 17th, 1926] The notorious Chicago gunman and fugitive, James Durkin, is believed to be in the Pacific Northwest, potentially en route to Portland or Seattle with Irma Conely (under the name E. Conely) and two stolen cars.

[January 17th, 1926] A New York Times article noted the Dolly Twins looked exactly alike, comparing them to Ford cars. A prior writer in 1916 struggled to tell the multi-talented performers apart due to identical features and voices, relying solely on the writer's word since no photos were included.

[January 17th, 1926] Widespread, slow-soaking rain fell across most of Oklahoma, ranging from one to over four inches, which complicated road travel but greatly improved the outlook for spring crops like wheat. Only the regions around Alva and Altus received little to no precipitation.

[January 17th, 1926] Architect Wladyslaw Zawadzki, 79, collapsed and died Sunday from a heart attack moments after starting an address at a Polish union meeting in Buffalo. He designed the Dom Polski and was planning a $500,000 orphanage.

[January 17th, 1926] The National Woman's Party delegation left a petition seeking equal rights in labor laws at the White House, as President Coolidge refused appointments on Sunday. Leaders plan to meet him tomorrow to advance their equal rights amendment campaign.

[January 17th, 1926] S. Balash, captain of the Buffalo Amateurs soccer team, poses with the Meahl international cup. This cup was awarded to the team after they won the Junior League soccer championship.

[January 17th, 1926] "Angna Enters in a Cat Costume" for Cover of a theater program for "A. Enters in her Compositions in Dance Form / Greta Torpadie: Songs of the French Crusades and of Today / Madeline Marshall Simon," at 48th Street Theatre, New York

[January 17th, 1926] 20-year-old Ayn Rand (then known by her birth name, Alisa Zinovievna Rosenbaum) departed from Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) by train, marking the beginning of her permanent move from Soviet Russia to the United States.

[January 17th, 1926] Federal indictments against W. K. Hale and John Ramsey are believed to have checked the "reign of terror" where wealthy Osage Indians were systematically murdered for their oil fortunes in Oklahoma since 1912

[January 17th, 1926] A devastating tornado struck Jugo-Slavia over the weekend, resulting in numerous fatalities and extensive damage. Public utilities and communications are completely disrupted, making it impossible to determine the full scope of the losses yet as the storm continued late Sunday.

[January 16th, 1926] Residents of Govalle saw the start of a small tornado around 5:45 PM Saturday, preceded by a sudden change from hot to cold weather and strong winds. Although trees were twisted, the wind passed southeast, followed by heavy rain, causing no reported damage.

[January 16th, 1926] The theory by Mr. Scriven Bolton suggests floods result from solar activity that favors the hemisphere facing away from Earth, as the globe may quench flares.

[January 16th, 1926] Ginger Rogers, a Fort Worth dancer, is traveling North for booked engagements in St. Louis and Chicago after recently winning a statewide Charleston contest. Following these theater dates, she will fulfill a 14-week contract with the Western Vaudeville Association.

[January 16th, 1926] L’Art et la Mode