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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1922
Page
6
New York Giants athletes practice leapfrog at Marlin Texas headquarters. Players line up and continue until exhausted, with only two remaining at the end. The drill builds wind and loosens winter kinks in arms and legs as the squad tires and drops out. A few days of practice may cause doubts, but the exercise proves effective.
Columbus plans a strong 1923 football season, with Fort Benning to visit for an early game against The Bulldogs. The schedule includes 21 games, balanced with home and away, and a potential return series with Benning considered likely.
An forecast notes scattered rain over northern Georgia Tuesday night with limited impact on most highways. Some routes show improvement, while Tallulah Falls remains poor. Traffic toward Augusta is near normal and south toward Macon and Columbus improves. soaking roads stay rough with promise of further improvement over the next several days.
Fragmentary content mentions relief and comfort but lacks clear events, people, or places. The readable parts do not establish a coherent incident, date, organization, or outcome to summarize into a precise news item.
Southern camps report player moves and trial evaluations as teams prepare for the season. Gamer settles salary with St Louis. Pie Traynor drives Pirates infield form. Dillhoefer’s death leaves Cardinals with Ainsmith and Clemons. Benning shaven called for third catcher. Caveney shines at short for Reds. Pat Collins gains catching duties for Browns. Nehf visits Mexican bullfight but won’t pitch there. Athletics train at Eagle Pass after border closure. Mack watches crowd as Texans chase glory. Hendrick earns chance with Red Sox. Schmidt’s holdout worries Pirates. Roush to center for Reds with Burns as backup. Peckinpaugh boosts Washington pennant hopes.
Max Cutler, son of Mr and Mrs Sam Cutler of Atlanta, was elected to the Maryland chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha fraternity at Johns Hopkins. Only ten men are chosen annually from each installed chapter. Cutler, a 1919 University of Georgia graduate with high honors and Phi Beta Kappa, studies surgery at Johns Hopkins and expects to finish in June.
Athens Y boys train daily for the National Hexathlon to be held next week in their hometown environment. The article notes three class divisions and recalls Athens securing third place in 1921 in Class C, highlighting Athens progress among towns of similar size and its rising standing in regional athletics.
Riverside New Jersey prosecutor says circus chef Georgia Lamb Werner is to be questioned in the killing of circus owner John T. Brunen. Werner was not charged. Brunen’s letter to his sister and detective Parker’s statement about a death plot list are cited while attorney Keown denies sharing the culprit identity. Hazel Brunen recalls her father’s dangerous moods and in a voice of fear says he might have been unaware of his own writings.
A massive blaze swept a downtown block including the Burlington building and Mercantile Trust and Savings bank. Fire reached eighth floor with steel visible in white heat. Officials say up to 25,000 people may lose jobs. bank vaults reportedly protected by heavy walls though thousands of employees work shifted to new quarters. Police and crowds evacuated streets as water pressure and tunnel flooding hindered efforts.
Hoboken fire began early Wednesday in the Fisher & Sweeney Bronze company building at Grand and Thirteenth streets. The blaze swept a five story tenement on Clinton street and eight garages before being checked. Early estimates put the loss at $200,000.
New York mine workers presented nineteen demands including a twenty percent wage increase to mine owners on Wednesday. Union representatives finished outlining the list and adjourned until Friday for the operators to respond. Operators argue coal prices are high and that miners should share in deflation if prices fall. The wage agreement expires March 31 and mining suspension is expected. Union leaders have yet to act pending a definite operator reply.
Fire gutted the Riverside hotel in Reno during the early hours of Wednesday. Guests escaped through upper windows in night clothes as flames raced from the engine room to the upper floors. Firemen battled the blaze, preventing spread to nearby structures while rescuing several people, including two children.
Two men Charlie Leird and Tugelo Leird were bound over to city court at a justice of the peace hearing in Athens Wednesday afternoon for alleged receipt of stolen goods from a box car in a local freight yard.
The funeral for Mrs Lucy Vincent Matthews occurred Wednesday afternoon at 4 at the home of her niece on Milledge Avenue. Revivers included Rev Walter Anthony and Rev E L Hill with choir and pallbearers from First Methodist Church. Interment was at Oconee Cemetery with many friends in attendance.
A full grown jackal ran through central Vienna Tuesday evening biting many pedestrians. It charged at people and caused panic before being shot dead. Pathology confirmed rabies.
Former President Wilson endorses the Woodrow Wilson Democracy program to press for the United States entry into the league of nations. Hamilton Holt released the message saying he would be pleased and confident such leadership would yield notable results. Charles C. Bauer announced local groups are forming in several states.
Members of the University of Georgia Sigman Alpha Epsilon fraternity and alumni learned of a Washington DC alumni chapter Founder's Day dinner held March 9. Attendees included Washington alumni and officials, with speakers such as Congressmen Charles H. Brand and Daniel C. Roper and Senators Thomas E. Watson, Pat Harrison, A. Owsley Stanley, and Key Pittman.
Augusta Ga fire gutted the second floor of the S Steinberg department store early Wednesday. Firemen reported losses around 25000 with cause undetermined. Five general alarm calls occurred between midnight and 1 am. A burning building threatened nearby as wind fanned the flames. The blaze was under control after consuming two small houses.
A brief home maintenance note advises simple drain care and improvised cleaning tools. It discusses clearing clogs from an icebox drain using a long flexible wire with a small brush attached, to prevent overflow onto the kitchen or pantry floor.
Gray firm of Winters and Slocum, Bradley, Gray County, dissolves partnership. George Slocum now operates the entire business and has assumed all obligations. In Roberts community locals report killing many dogs after a mad dog bite incident.
Dublin reports Eamonn DeValera issued a manifesto forming a new Irish Republican association seeking international recognition of the Irish Republic. He pledges to uphold Dail Eireann sovereignty and rejects proposed settlements with Great Britain, asking financial and moral support.
Mount Vernon Lodge No. 22 F. and A. M. meets in Masonic Temple this Thursday evening March 16 at 8 o clock. Entered Apprentice degree to be conferred. B y order of A NIX W M John G guide secretary invites qualified brethren to attend.
Fragmentary OCR summary notes a congressional committee report on reductions affecting tributary regions, with figures mentioning 100,000 and 115.09. The text references Representativ Shspp Mississippi and a controversial plan tied to Siberia, but the details are unclear. Entities appear garbled.
Indigestion gas or upset stomach relieved by Diapepsin. Four tablets give quick stomach relief and correct fermentation and sourness. You can eat your favorite foods sooner. A large case costs only a few cents at the drug store. Millions helped annually.
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