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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1925
Page
3
A long list of cryptic style crossword clues is presented with numerous wordplay prompts. Entries reference actions, objects, occupations, and identities across varied themes, including historical figures and everyday terms, in a playful mixed puzzle format.
The Huguenot Society of South Carolina held its fortieth annual meeting in Charleston appointing officers including President William C. Miller and secretary treasurer Daniel Ravenel. Resolutions honored outgoing president Thomas W. Bacot and announced a memorial project for Jean Ribault’s 1562 landing at Parris Island.
Bohemian life and fashion chatter from The Pink Un as reissued in Old Pink On Days. Kennedy Jones and other famed Fleet Street figures are recalled alongside notes on clothes, buttons, skirts, hats, and the enduring appeal of silk and suraly weaves in spring fashion.
An automatic loom built by Brandon Mill operatives in Greenville is described as the first home made loom in the state. Erected by the Brandon loom fixing class, the device is praised as excellent by Superintendent Davis, with manager C E Hatch noting pride in the loom and the class.
Walter G. Jackson president of the South Carolina Bottlers Association asks all bottlers in the state to cooperate with the Tax Commission in collecting the soft drink tax adopted in the free conference report. In a Spartanburg statement he urges continued business and hopes the legislature may remove the tax next year.
In a train home from a race meeting a tipster chats with John Corlett about Carlyle and luck. At Drury Lane the autumn melodrama rehearsals begin as Hall Caine offers ideas to lead actress Mrs Pat Campbell who asks about his prior writings.
An election bribery trial features a witness claiming 25 pounds to vote Conservative and 25 pounds to vote Liberal. Questioned which side he finally chose, the witness declares he voted according to his conscience, eliciting the astonished judge's near collapse on the bench.
Under the current plan Germany saves large sums by ending the Kaiser era. The German republic pays its president $25 000 a year, whereas the Kaiser once drew millions in salary and allowances, with the change yielding about 8 570 000 dollars annually in reduced expenditures.
A geography teacher asks what is the capital of Russia and a bright pupil inquires how many letters the city name has. The exchange highlights classroom curiosity and basic geography facts.
An Anderson organizer leads a local expedition to probe mounds along Tugala and Seneca rivers, aiming to uncover relics of a pre red man culture. Past finds include two intact water jars and a hollow interior theory, with authorities and archaeologists possible to join.
Mrs Smack reports her husband is a bit better this morning as the family navigates a period of illness and daily routine returns.
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