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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1917

Page

6

Personal and Social Swimming at Y W C A

Gyms and social focus mix with news of local trips and visits. The YWCA announces class times with four daily sessions and late evening options, while a long list of residents travel to Gainesville for dances and events. Notable visits include Misses Nina and Susan Scudder and Mr C A Scudder, and others headed to Macon for a state food production meeting.

Mary Holden Susan Nina Scudder Natalie Bocock Gainesville C. A. Scudder Helen Estes Mary Brown John N. Holden Luther Elrod Jefferson Athens Macon Harris Alexander Scudder Nina Susan Scudder Lacy Cobb Girls Mary Lovell McElmurray Mary Pease Halidee Mackron

Athens Red Cross Meets This Afternoon and Morning

ATHENS Red Cross circles schedule meetings with Mrs A L Mitchell’s group meeting at 4 PM this afternoon and Miss Ellen Mell’s group gathering at 11 AM this morning. The Great Divide urges women to prepare for aging with Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, claiming it helps women remain robust into later life.

A. L. Mitchell Ellen Mell Lydia FE. Pinkham

Fifth District A. and M. Beats Athens High at Sanford Field

The Monroe Fifth District A. and M. team defeated Athens High 8 to 3 on Sanford Field. Key players included Kid Cox with two fine catches in left, and Barron of the visitors making a notable foul catch. Tanner led the A. and M. offense as Cowan pitched well through nine innings before giving up three runs in the ninth.

Jones Purcell Georgia Loca Sanford Field Monroe Athens Cowan Kid" Cox Barronfi Tanner Athens High Ab. R. H A. Cox Costa Rawson Wingfield Funkenstein Soule Short Yourgkin Price Bradberry Barron Carroll Lee Wilson Nicholson Dillard

Baseball scores from Associated Press releases

American League results Washington lost to Philadelphia 3 to 4 while Boston defeated New York 6 to 9. National League games had New York at Boston rained out as scheduled. Philadelphia beat Brooklyn 3 to 1, Cincinnati routed Chicago 10 to 4, St. Louis blanked Pittsburgh 2 to 0. Southern Association games saw Atlanta edged by Birmingham 3 to 2 and Nashville down Little Rock 1 to 0. Mobile beat New Orleans 4 to 7, Memphis over Chattanooga 6 to 4. Sally league results Augusta defeated Macon 6 to 0, Columbia crushed Charleston 21 to 11, Columbus beat Jacksonville 5 to 4.

Associated Press American Washington Philadelphia Boston New York National Brooklyn Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Southern Atlanta Birmingham Nashville Little Rock Mobile New Orleans Memphis Chattanooga Sally Augusta Macon Columbia Charleston Columbus Jacksonville

Hand Sundial A Handy Timepiece For Any Latitude

A portable sundial adapted to any latitude is described. It can be held in the hand and adjusted to determine sunrise and sunset for any day. Despite its utility, most people will still prefer a watch for everyday use.

Michael

For Parents to Remember

Excerpted line urges every man who was once a child to recall childhood loves understanding actions and to remember his own child is similarly a child in a different era, echoing on memory and empathy across generations.

Music in the Dry Cleaning Shop Boosts Worker Ease

A Cincinnati dry-cleaning establishment tests the claim that music helps work by installing a high quality phonograph in the work room. Careful selection of records aims to sustain worker morale and efficiency.

Cincinnati

Famous Oratorio Singers to Be Heard Here Soon

Articles discuss upcoming performances by renowned oratorio singers, estimates of fuel from alcohol versus gasoline, aging and youth perspectives, a remark by Robert M. Gay, and a laconic Indian station master story about rapid response in war.

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Drinic Chero-Cola le “Sf Young Women's Christian Association Martha Campbell John P. Campbell Prof Mrs A. H. Davenport Milledgeville Mrs. Callaway Oscar Davison Oscar, Jr R. I. Mealor Will G. Mealor Clarence B. Arnold Bainbridge, Ga John L. Arnold Mary Bray Stephens Elberton C. B. Bryant John R. Northcourt C. L. Upchurch Barnett Shoals Robert Woodruff B. R. Hodgson Hugh Gordon A. F. Anderson Farmington City John Hale Mattie Wilson DuBose Charles Owen J. W. Smith T. J. Wooster Monticello Harvey Jordan Walter Boswell Harriet Benedict Miriam Haselton E. V. Stockon Montgomery Eleanor R. Alexander Dawson C. B. Daniel Henry Lamar J. C. Pitner Barber Street the Historical Circle E. A. Crawford Jennie Arnold Florence Hooper Messrs Farrar Bond Frank Holden Allen Holliday Arnold Athens Red Cross Athens HI A. & M. High School OF Robert M. Gay The Atlantic Reed Miller South Carolina Walter Damrosch New York Symphony Orchestra Philharmonic Club Minneapolis Apollo Club Frederick Wheeler Victor Herbert Myrtle Thornburgh Nevada van der Veer Redpath Betty Wales
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