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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1922
Page
5
The Athens area reports fair conditions with a colder push arriving Thursday as a new cold wave moves east from Texas. Temperatures are expected to dip to near 25 degrees with strong northwest flow and potential frost, while the system tracks into Georgia over the next 48 hours.
Fragmentary ad mentions price on Apple products and a Prince avenue address with phone 902. A speculative note states women will go with out everything except money, reflecting a dated lifestyle remark.
The University Summer school will divide courses with primary work at the State Normal, focusing on first four grades. Demonstration teaching will be led by expert city and rural school teachers. A four grade town school and a one teacher rural school will be used for demonstrations during the six week session.
The State University Summer School offers a course in Spanish for teachers of the subject in state high schools. It includes pronunciation, grammar, reading, and methodology with a focus on literature. Applicants should observe other Spanish courses and will participate in daily tertulla sessions.
A Spanish language course with illustrated talks and varied media aims to give teachers a true idiomatic command of the language for the coming school year. Plans for a similar course for French and Latin teachers are also under consideration.
In Albany Georgia a theatre auction sold aprons made from shirts of famous figures including Henry Ford Jack Dempsey Thomas Edison Ty Cobb and President Wilson. Johnny Spencer of the Macon Telegraph wore a shirt apron that reached high prices as the event raised funds to educate an orphan girl.
A Boston jury found Jas A Duncan of Columbia DC not guilty of assaulting David K Blair, a police officer, reversing a lower court verdict that had sentenced him to three months in prison. Duncan was a Harvard University graduate student and deliberations lasted about one hour.
Boaz W. Long, American minister to Cuba since 1919, has tendered his resignation to President Harding to take effect at once. The move ends decades of diplomatic service and clears the post for new appointment.
Ad claims lack of vitality and poor appetite improve with Gude's Pepto Mangan taken with meals for weeks. It touts thirty years of physician use and positions the iron tonic as a trusted convalescence aid available in liquid or tablet forms from druggists.
Sheriff Battle of Schley County seeks nine white suspects in the killing of Will Jones, a Black man, last Sunday in Ellaville. John Harvey and Benny Devane already in custody. warrants issued for seven more as coroner rules the death a murder. Local lodge notice adds a Masonic meeting in Mt Vernon for February 16, 1922.
H H McLemore city park superintendent of Montgomery says Tanlac relieved years of indigestion and rheumatism and helped him gain twenty eight pounds. He reports his stomach is in order and he now eats freely enjoying good health. Athens druggists Warren J Smith & Bros. are listed as sellers.
An advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur as a ready to use hair darkener. It claims natural-looking results by applying with a sponge or brush, covering gray hair at low cost. The copy emphasizes quick transformation to a glossy youthful look.
An advertisement claims meat forms uric acid that paralyzes kidney function and causes pain. It promotes Jad-Salts a grape and lemon juice based effervescent drink to neutralize acids, cleanse the kidneys, and ease bladder symptoms, urging daily use before breakfast.
A Mississippi House resolution proposes creating a committee to investigate charges against Governor Lee Khannell. The move follows a $100,000 damage suit filed in federal court by former aide Frances Birkhead alleging misconduct.
The cotton market opened firm with May and July futures up early on strong cables and buying by trade interests. Prices then pulled back 11 to 19 points before recovering. New Orleans demand and weaker New Orleans stock helped a late upturn, closing steady as reports of weather and stock changes weighed. New York spots stayed steady at 18.25 middling while open bids and futures moved around with March near 17.90 and October 16.57.
Wednesday stock opening showed gains in rails and oils with stronger prices for Mexican petroleum and private money loans. United States Steel held steady as the list softened on short selling while Gulf States and Crucible steels slipped. totals indicated about 776000 shares traded.
Chicago grain prices slipped on Wednesday with wheat showing a four month decline amid selling and weak immediate export prospects. Corn and barley followed lower while oats and rye held firmer. pork and lard edged higher in Chicago livestock trading with cattle steady to higher and hog prices near recent levels.
Markets steady for butter eggs and sugar with varied quotes. Potatoes show weakness in Chicago with round whites around 1.65 to 1.90 and rural sacks 2.00 to 2.10. Poultry prices in New York remain steady with live hens 23 to 28 and turkeys near 48.
Four Methodist Episcopal Church leaders and city education officials met in Atlanta to lay the cornerstone of the Stewart Foundation building on the Seminary campus. The event, marking the dedication of Leste Hall and a Clark University chapel, involved a broader party traveling to Central Alabama and Missouri for further ceremonies. The Mt Episcopal church purchased the property for $300,000.
Augusta police hunt a man after a Tuesday night assault. The assailant pressed a chloroform-soaked cloth to the child's face inside her home, stunning her before fleeing.
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