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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
9
Mrs. Ortra Scholz of St. Louis reports monthly cramps and backache relieved by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after family use for nearly fifty years. The ad claims the plant-based remedy corrects female troubles and restores balance with gentle efficacy.
The 1920 commencement lists graduates across many schools including Arts and Sciences, Agriculture, Education, Journalism, and Engineering. Notable names span Georgia institutions such as the University, the Normal and Industrial College, and the Georgia School of Technology, with degrees in BA, BS, MA, and professional fields.
Mr Watson provides impression of the day as a long ceremony unfolds. One male graduate with the AB Social Science degree is escorted by eight singing female classmates while humor lightens the crowd. Twenty two prizes are awarded, ranging from drawing instruments to gold gifts, during a four hour graduation packed with activity and remarks.
B. Grablow sky a local merchant was acquitted by a jury in Superior court. His store was destroyed in April of the current year.
At Cincinnati the American Federation of Labor adopted a resolution urging an investigation into alleged discriminatory actions by Harvard College to bar Jewish students. The resolution criticized any departure from liberal tradition and condemned policies denying education based on religion.
R. Tuedor, a Confederate veteran from Augusta, returned to Richmond and uncovered from three years of debris a probable likeness of Gen. Robert E. Lee he carved with a pocket knife while convalescing from a battlefield wound near Richmond.
A re modeled old opera house will host Wimcoe Overalls on the second floor. County crops show a revised record wheat and corn yield. Dacula mourns J B Freeman a prominent citizen. Barrow County considers a city court through a DIM act. Gainesville Midland to sell one fare round trips to Gainesville for Senator Watson speech. Fire at Social Circle destroys shoe shop and residence. Mrs David Ray dies near Jersey. Orange Holbrook drowns in Chattachdochee River. Mrs Sadie Carthers dies in Covington. Walton farmers launch boll weevil battle. Children praised as best boll weevil hunters. Hon Thus FE Bell passes through Lawrenceville in race. Young Men s Bible Class installs a radio set. Mrs J Mike Martin 72 dies. Nosh Chadwick banker drowns at Woodward Mills. L Bennett 65 attempts suicide with razor. injury not fatal. Mrs M T Massey of Carm e rse dies after fall. Miss Grace Harber and Rev Eric Collins wed. Judge W R Little seeks Senate seat in 31st district. Mrs Ellis Smith dies in Commerce sanatorium. Belted buzzard seen near Mayaville. Hon Logan Perking runs for State Senate. Heavy trucks damage Banks county roads. Mrs Emeline Pruitt Eberhart dies in Banks. Read no bolt weevil reports in Banks papers.
Ex Governor John M Slaton, a University of Georgia alumnus and longtime public servant, was awarded the degree of LL D by his alma mater on Wednesday. He is praised as a leading attorney and a prominent figure among Georgian alumni with strong local ties in Athens.
Frank Barrett class of 1902, leader of Barrett and Company, one of the Souths largest cotton concerns, visited Athens for his reunion and was made an honorary member of the University Club alongside Maj. O R Horton and Chancellor Barrow. Barrett is a noted Georgia sports enthusiast and a Bulldog supporter with cotton interests in Augusta and Athens.
Johnny Kilbane and Johnny Wilson were declared to have forfeited their featherweight and middleweight titles by the New York state athletic commission. Kilbane failed to answer Johnny Dundee's challenge, and Wilson did not agree to terms with Harry Greb before the deadline, resulting in automatic forfeiture.
Prohibition agents seized two trucks and twelve large autos carrying 1200 cases of Canadian whiskey after an armed encounter near Point Lobos. Eight drivers were jailed awaiting arraignment on Volstead Act charges. The whiskey, valued at 150000 dollars, was part of a 2500 case Vancouver Canada shipment reportedly headed for Mexico.
Final session of the University Board of Trustees names ex-officio members from Georgia Tech North Georgia Agricultural College Agricultural College State Normal School and Medical College among others. Appointments include jH Rowe Joseph M Brown W E Simmons Howard Thompson M P McWhorter Harry Hodgson J W Bennett D G Hughes L C Council Clark Howell C M Candler Lloyd Cleveland Bowdre Phinizy Aexander Lawrence and South Georgia Normal School J
Local ads list fresh produce and bakery items from Arnold Abney & Co and King Hodgson Co. Items include iceburg lettuce tomatoes celery cucumbers corn okra butter beans and cantaloupes plus rolls biscuits and sliced sandwich bread. Also stocked are Winesap and cooking apples California oranges and Braised ham ox tongue.
The board adjourned subject to the call of the chairman for the next meeting. Names mentioned include R. Pottle D. G. Hughes H. 2. tchius J. W. Bennett Howdre Phinizy Bowden Normal School J. B. Nevin Judge Geo. Gober H. R. Goetchius.
In Petrograd the Soviet government issues new silver coins to supplant paper money. The mint has produced 5 million rubles in denominations from 10 copecks to 1 ruble, with 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper. Coins bear the Soviet coat of arms and the motto Proletariat of the world unite, and are sent to Moscow for storage.
G F Miller of 285 Cemetery St reports severe backache dizziness and nocturnal kidney pains. After using Doan’s Kidney Pills from Smith & Bro. Drug Store, his kidney trouble cleared and back strength returned. He reaffirmed this in 1921. 60c at dealers. Foaster Millburn Co. Buffalo N Y.
The article describes assembling government reserves to back future paper money, aiming to circulate them and remove the need for ongoing coinage. It notes high-altitude work benefits the system and suggests an average lifespan around 80 years barring accidents.
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