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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1913
Page
6
Yesterday afternoon the YMCA prep basketball game featured intense effort and strong training. Van Stratten starred for his team with solid guard play and a late rally nearly securing a win as Pound and Funkenstein led their side, while Fears and Moss impressed in scoring and defense.
An ad touts Rheuma as a remedy for uric acid deposits and rheumatic complications, featuring testimonials from P W Miller and R Palmer & Sons offering money back. A separate sports note describes Cutler, Hodeson, Abe Goodman and Captain Hodgson’s team showing a brilliant move on the Y M C A gym floor.
In a tight match Cutler's captain sacrificed his forward role to shadow Goodman, holding him to limited scoring. Clarence Head starred at center for Cutler's side, as the team posted a 18 to 15 victory over Hodgson's. Next Thursday Quillian and Van Stratten clash on issues while Pound and Cutler resume their rivalry.
Fairfax Harrison, former VP of the Southern Railway and president of the Chicago Indianapolis & Louisville Railway, was elected president of the Southern Railway Company to succeed the late William Wilson Finley. Harrison, a Virginian from Belvoir, holds Yale and Columbia degrees and has long served in legal, financial, and operating roles across the Southern system. He also heads the Alabama Great Southern Mobile & Ohio and the Virginia & Southwestern lines, with a board resolution praising Finley’s work and Harrison pledging loyalty to Finley’s policies and South regional relations.
A reader from Ft. Smith Ark recounts using Chamberlain s Tablets after a father s illness and reports no further sickness. The sister also benefited from the product. For sale by all dealers.
Advert shows Foley Kidnavy Pills claim to ease backache rheumatism and kidney trouble by acting on kidneys and bladder. Sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons with note of low cost and rapid effect.
Admiral Dewey's views, echoed by the navy general board, advocate a fleet of 48 battleships by 1920 and begin building in 1916 with four dreadnoughts, sixteen destroyers, eight submarines, and minor craft to defend open door and Monroe doctrine policies. The board warns naval weakness risks war and calls for a clearly defined nationwide policy and extended publicity.
A New York physician warns that women in thin stockings and shoes would bankrupt doctors, while promoting Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to treat colds early to prevent pneumonia. The ad states the remedy is effective, pleasant, and safe and available from all dealers.
The article celebrates the peg-top silhouette with a narrow footline, loose top, and drop-shoulder lines. It highlights fabrics such as velours and velvet, notes color schemes with leather-colored duvetyn and green suede belts, and provides yardage for pattern No. 7812 and No. 7538 in sizes 24 to 42.
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