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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1922
Page
8
The Southern Conference outlines new rules to curb athletics driven motives, lengthen eligibility, regulate summer baseball expenses, and appoint authority to faculty chairmen of athletics, with member schools and leaders named, including Virginia, Washington and Lee, Georgia Tech, and Clemson.
Jewish residents of Chicago raised a record sum of 1.81 million dollars for European destitute relief. The fund, aimed at war torn areas, surpassed the quota set by the Jewish Relief Committee amid a citywide mobilization led by Joseph and Julius Rosenwald. Chicago contributed a key share to the campaign, with notable philanthropy from Mr Rosenwald and others.
The article argues golf improves health especially after age forty and cites 110 year old George Duncan Sr. as living proof since he still walks the golf course daily. It notes his grandson George and Alex Duncan as prominent golfers and mentions the Duncan Mitchell U S tour with updates shared weekly.
A nostalgic verse where an aging player speaks to winter, asking for patience and rest. He laments his bent arm and aching legs yet hints at a hopeful return to baseball with spring. The poem blends weather and longing, framing sport as comfort.
Asheville North Carolina Miss Dorothy Parker 24 a society figure and J er 30 of Waycross Georgia are dead from bullets fired Wednesday morning as they walked in the citys fashionable residential district. Parker a French instructor at Grove Park school was en route to work when the shooting occurred. The tragedy ends with the killer no apparent motive linked to a marriage proposal. Paris charwomen have formed a union adopted a wage scale and new working conditions. Women are said to pass through mental changes at ages 28 35 and 45.
Athens merchants unveil a plan to sell the Gainesville Midland line to the Georgia Railway and Power Company as an electric interurban linking Athens Gainesville Helen and Clarkesville or Cornelia. The Chamber of Commerce is favorable and a Tallulah branch may be included with Athens citizens backing a turnkey takeover by Georgia Power.
The report states a German schooner named Pirete entered Dominican waters with cement bees and toys from Hamburg. It claims a fleet of seven vessels will depart Hamburg for Latin America soon, led by a German president named Lutz previously interned in the United States.
Yale students form The Play Craftsmen to develop latent talent among under-classmen. The group, tied to the University Dramatic association, will recruit members from casts of plays produced during the year and provide instruction in playwriting scene construction and costuming.
Arnold Abney & Co advertises fresh daily potato chips and Indian River grapefruit. The copy claims daily production and low prices with fine quality, thin skin, sweet and juicy fruit.
Birmingham police hunted an axe-wielder who killed Mrs. Clem 8. Crawford, wife of a grocer, and wounded her husband in their Crawford shop. Authorities say robbery likely motive. the attack occurred in the shop adjoining their home. husband in critical condition.
Scattered reports indicate resignations of Herbert W. Busta and Mare vey were accepted by Judge Crowley. The Supreme Court today announced the question of appointing new trustees would be considered. Japan’s mulberry worman program and land expansion are noted amid social class context.
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