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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1922
Page
6
Muller is regarded as the longest and most accurate passer in the game and can throw 60 yards. He also excels as a baseball pitcher and broad jumper, high jumper, shot putter, and discus thrower. His all around athletic ability marks him as one of the country’s leading multi sport athletes.
Atlanta Ga Members of the Southern Intercollegiate conference will meet for their second annual session to set policy on summer baseball play for collegians and other athletics questions. They will review thresholds for freshman football trips limits and define college designation by scholastic standards rather than enrollment size. The conference aims to shape rules for intra conference play and eligibility with non member teams.
Van Nil offers real whole wheat bread Raisin and Berry mix featuring Bread Butterfly Ro Fresh Dette Indian River grape fruit and orange blends with extra fine cranberries in a colorful packaging. Includes Indian River brand fruit elements and a focus on quality ingredients.
A fragment lists vegetables including cauliflower egg plants string beans celery alongside surnames Arnold Abney and others, suggesting a catalog or market listing segment from a local page.
A harsh cold wave spreads from the northwest toward the Mexican border with subfreezing readings in Montana at 6 and 2 below, while the Pacific slope endures snow and rain. Washington reports snow as Oregon sees mixed precipitation and California endures cloudy, windy weather. auto travel and interurban service face disruption.
Joseph P. Tumulty secretary to President Wilson says in Munich interview that reports of Bavarian discrimination against foreigners are unfounded. He notes friendly treatment and fair demands from the Bavarian business world as he heads back to the United States after three months near his injured daughter.
A stated conclave of Godfrey de Bouillon Commandery No 14 K T will be held at the Masonic Temple this Friday evening December sth at eight o klok. The Order of the Temple will be conferred. C Paine F C anu G Quinn Recorder VAN-NIL Never Disappoints
In Perry Florida a 150 man posse traced a lead toward Lake Park Georgia in the search for Charley Wright, allegedly involved in the Saturday afternoon murder of Miss Ruby Hendry. Tensions rose in the black district after white attacks and the burnings of three public buildings.
A chemically treated bees wax candle five feet base diameter sixteen feet high and weighing one ton was completed at Antonio Angelo and brother studios in New York. Costing 3700 dollars it honors Enrico Caruso for an orphan asylum and will be shipped to the church of Mary Mary of Pompeii in Italy. It is designed to burn eighteen centuries with daily hours on All Saints Day November 2 and bears an Italian inscription offering tribute to Caruso.
Canvass to raise 3352.80 for the Athens Y W C A began Thursday with multiple committees and thirty workers. Campaign planned for three days, extendable if needed, to fund the new year's budget and projects cited as vital to the organization.
Delta Tau Delta crushed Sigma Nu 22 to 0 on Sanford Field in the opening frat football game at the University. The Milledge brothers and Robinson starred in a crackback backfield as Haswell connected with Ryther for a 20 to 30 yard pass and a late touchdown. Old College vs Candler Hall looms as campus title showdown on Saturday.
A club match tournament opens at Cloverhurst country club on Monday December 18 with nearly new repainted golf balls as prizes. The scheme awards one ball per match through the quarterfinals, two balls to semi finalists, and three balls to the final winner, totaling eight for the champion and five for the semi finalists. The usual handicaps apply and interest rises as club players show a fondness for frequent tournaments.
MACON Ga Attorneys for Jack Smiley negro who Wednesday night sentenced to hang on January 19 by Judge H A Matthews in Bibb superior court after being found guilty of the murder of A L All good street car motorman prepared an appeal for a motion for a new trial Smiley was the first of four negroes to be held for the crime to be placed on trial London Owens was tried and convicted several months ago His lawyers sought a change of venue Judge Matthews refused to grant the change and that case will be carried to the supreme court of Georgia
Athens residents are expected to receive about a quarter of a million dollars in redeemed Victory bonds on December 16 and a total near half a million this month. Banks will pay $150000 in dividends and War Savings Stamps add $100000, boosting local cash as savings accounts grow. The influx aims to ease financial worry and spur circulation while improvements like bridges on Oconee progress.
Tuscaloosa veteran quarterback Stumpy Bartlett elected captain for 1923 season. It was announced that Alabama will face Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, LSU, and Sewanee next season.
GREENSBORO North Carolina Luther T Blackwell former Pine Hall postmaster was sentenced to four years in Atlanta for taking funds. An attorney said the money was loot from a securities fund. The arrest occurred last June in Atlanta with details not fully disclosed.
More than 1,000 colored residents of Athens and vicinity attended the first day of the annual fair at the John Jackson Harris school. Exhibits were arranged by the committee and prize winners were announced. A Race Progress pageant featured students from colored schools. A farmers conference followed to discuss issues for colored farmers with speakers Dr. Paul Chapman Prof. E A Williams Juanita Conyers Walter B Hill Mrs. Clinton Bryant and Mrs. Bessie Woods. The evening program included pictures for visitors.
In Washington the Ford Motor Company submitted to the federal power commission an application for a preliminary permit to develop ore at the high dam located between Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The Sylvania hotel in Philadelphia features plate glass across top surfaces to guard furniture from cigarettes and cosmetics, and to shield interiors from smoky or corrosive effects. The 15 story, 400 room, $3 million building aims to host Sesquicentennial visitors in 1926.
A fragmented report notes a gathering titled Some Speed tee Bindas between sunrise at a permissive domary, featuring Mrs L Mt er of Buffalo and a group of 59 members. Details and locations are unclear in the readable text.
Conservation engineers report that U S gasoline savings would equal the Woolworth Building in volume or float several Navy dreadnoughts. The recovered fuel could drive a car at 20 mpg for more than seven Earth–Sun trips, about 1 44 0 000 000 miles, based on a national survey by Johns Manville and a Bureau.
A damaged OCR item discusses gasoline losses at Woolworth’s Lost Building with figures around 8 dollars per unit and a yearly impact exceeding millions. It references storage, capacity concerns, and engineers noting economic strains on motorists and oil markets amid fluctuating prices and supply.
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