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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1912
Page
5
The entry lists assets totaling 50,000.00 and 189,977.22 with liabilities at 95,000.00 and 379,463.06, yielding a combined figure of 714,440.28. This indicates a snapshot of financial positions with major components labeled as resources and liabilities.
A long list outlines players changing teams after the prior season. It notes traders moving between Boston, Pittsburgh, New York, Washington, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleveland, St. Louis, Detroit, and other clubs, with many sent to minor leagues or back to majors, plus returns to activity in 1900s style phrasing.
The National Commission may permit the Blue Grass league to play teams in Louisville and Covington Kentucky. Youngstown, now in the Central league, claims to drew 112 000 in the Ohio Pennsylvania league last season. Buck O'Brien of the Boston Red Sox reportedly got a $1000 raise but won’t sign. Boston Nationals boast a strong hitting outfield with Campbell .312 Miller .333 and Jackson .347. Fidilie Hivers, Johnny Evers' brother, has joined professional baseball.
Manager Bill Dahlen takes full charge of the Brooklyn team with Ebbetts assuring no official interference this season. John J. McGraw at the Polo Grounds introduces lawn tennis among National League delegates in New York. International league camps are set in Providence Savannah Baltimore Rochester Aniston Macon Jersey City Bermuda Newark Petersburg Charlottesville Montreal and other sites.
Chicagoans from business, farming, and fruit growing enroll in a horticulture course at Michigan Agricultural College. The class includes a chemist, a civil engineer, a merchant, and a teacher among others. They pursue high value varieties like Delicious and King David, aiming to raise profits, while old types remain widely planted as drainage and land reclamation issues gain attention in national politics and industry talks.
Brown McMillin recalls the Civil War capture of Macon by General Wilson and Cobb’s surrender actions. He notes Bibb county’s heavy Civil War troop contribution and previews the May 7-9 Macon reunion with Queen contest votes and local efforts to host the largest reunion in Southern history.
Medical ad argues piles arise from stagnation of blood flow not skin disorder. It promotes Dr Leonhardt's Hemroid sugar coated tablets taken inwardly to restore circulation and cure piles. Sold by Palmer & Sons and druggists for $1 with a 24 day supply.
President Charles W. Murphy of the Chicago Cubs threatens a book titled The Life of Poet Schulte. Schulte, famed Cubs fence chanter, is praised as a poet and gardener. April 18 features Hank O Day leading the Cincinnati Regs against Chicago with fans expected in force.
Margaret Anglin contemplates producing Egypt as her next season project, following Edward Sheldon author of Nell. The heroine is described as a Gypsy girl in the theater study.
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