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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
6
A veteran offers guidance on mastering baseball positions and plays. He argues the game demands time and individual style, but great players share core requirements. The guide compiles insights from legends and early star mentors to help ambitious players improve from youth onward.
Mrs Margaret Maguire of 164 State Street Athens says kidney distress and backache hampered her housework. After using Dean's Kidney Pills bought at Palmer's Drug, she reports relief within a few days and now notices a strong improvement in health. Foster Milling Co Buffalo N Y promotes the remedy.
Advertisement urges cutting out a slip and mailing it to Foley & Co in Chicago for a home remedy. Mentions Foley cathartic products and claims to relieve fever, cold symptoms, croup, kidney issues, headaches, and sluggishness. Includes address and trial note.
Billy Evans recalls remarkable infield plays from his 17 major league seasons. He cites a freak double play by Derrill Pratt of New York, then a rare pitcher's pivot double play from a Philadelphia game featuring Cobb, Blue, and Moore. Evans notes it as the first time he saw a pitcher act as the pivot on a double play, with Cobb and Blue as the baserunners.
Ruth hits his second homer as New York and Philadelphia clubs mash 16 doubles and 24 runs amid a day of long games. Giants pound 43 hits in two games but split, while Detroit battles St Louis in a marathon 16-inning set. Bodied by mud and misplays, teams chase early-season bragging rights in chaotic league action.
The Green Temptation comes to the Palace Thursday starring Betty Com as the shy Paris dancer and later as Joan Parker a Red Cross nurse. The cast includes Hamilton Burna Moy Thurman Yon Harden-I Vers Betty Brice and Arthur Hall in a dazzling pageant of dance and drama.
A society journal item misprinted details of a family birthday celebration. The paragraph praised a huge cake described as a work of art, noting thirty nine candies were lit for Thea beri a a' traffic blow to her nineteenth birthday.
The United States Golf Association eligibility list shows nearly half of the nation’s amateur golfers live east of Ohio and north of Virginia. New York leads with 31 players, Illinois 30, Pennsylvania 29, Massachusetts 19, and California 10. Other states range from 8 to 1 players, with the rest scattered nationwide.
Republican senators backed a plan to amend Senate rules to limit debate on appropriations and revenue bills by a majority vote. A conference appointed to draft the proposal aims to present the amendment timing at a future conference and decide on pursuing cloture while the tariff bill remains undecided.
Col D W Ryther and Major B W Burch departed for Camp McClelland Alabama to open the ROTC camp for RB CT and later civilian training. The Georgia ROTC will join for training as ASA Captain C A McCarrigie from the University of Georgia corps will attach to the ROTC work there. Officers assigned from the War Department will spend the summer at Georgia Tech.
Regular weekly luncheon of the Athens Kiwanis Club will be held today at the YMCA at two o'clock. An interesting program is planned and members are reminded of the barbecue in Washington next Wednesday.
Little Rock beat Birmingham 10 to 6 and Memphis defeated New Orleans 18 to 4 while other games were rained out. In the National League Philadelphia won 3 to 1 over New York. Miscellaneous lines mention Brest Rouen and Siasienatt with unclear context.
Governor Thomas W. Hardwick arrived in Athens after a 300 mile ride from Bullmore and delivered the bag ca laureate address at the State Normal School. He toured northern Georgia next, plans the main speech at Milledgeville, and will return to Atlanta to prep for the legislature opening. No remarks on the gubernatorial race were offered.
The article notes Henry Ford’s final word on leasing and operating Muscled Shoals dam site as Ford's offer reaches Washington. Details remain unofficial, but sources indicate Ford’s plan to lease and operate the project, with a modification to keep the government steam plant on Alabama Power Company land.
The gathering drew a large turnout from the club as members enjoyed the occasion. Attendance reflected strong interest and community support for the group's activities.
Laredo Texas report says the Mexican situation was quiet on Wednesday and claims that American troops were stationed at the International Bridge to counter a rebel attack on Nuevolordo were incorrect.
New York reports Liberty bonds sold at par for the first time since issue. Heavy trading and transactions total about $1,000,000, highlighting the day’s activity and market interest in the bonds.
The fragment notes a famous statement about wealth per year of life and mentions Garvin, who reportedly left a fortune of about $40,000. The garbled text hints at historic context and large sums tied to personal wealth.
Ath ens party members Mousra Horace M Holden Frank A Holden W K Meadow and Dr Sylvanus Morris left Wednesday for Tybee to attend the Georgia Bar Association meeting. The article notes their travel to the event and mentions Dr Morris will speak before the bar.
The Rotary Club met at the Pierce Hotel with Vice President Cuylett in the chair in Morton Hofgson’s absence. Sexton delivered the Scout Executive Sprouse report on Boy Scout work in Athens, described as unusually interesting to members. The meeting was noted as splendid.
Communication of Vernon Lodge No. 22 F and M will be held at the Masonic Temple Thursday evening June 1 at eight thirty. Fraternally invited to attend. Signed A Nix W M and Quinn Secretary.
The Federal Reserve lowered the interest rate charged farmers and banks from six and one half percent to a new lower level. The move aimed to stimulate farm loan bonds and improve lending availability for agricultural needs.
In probate court Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick seeks to block her daughter Mathilde’s marriage by defeating a motion to appoint Harold McCormick as her legal guardian. The guardian would have consent rights under Swiss law, and the hearing was continued to Saturday.
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