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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1925
Page
4
A playful vignette features Gloria Garner performing with a harmonica and voice, portrayed as a champion infantile musician. The scene notes nervous Geneva examiners, illustrated by a candid photo.
In Richland Ga on November 2 patrons heard Miss Drew and Miss Brinson press for a stronger Parent-Teacher Association as school boosters outlined votes and club leadership. Albany Ga hosts the Southeast pecan pageant for Kiwanis and honors Bobby Jones Watts Gunn with a golf foursome while harness racing, a circus and beauty contest enliven the convention program with leaders John Moss Fred Parker and Governor Walker attending.
The Stewart County Association met in the Supt Halliday office in Richland with a program by H. G. Tolleson and county officials. They adopted a constitution and voted to join the Georgia Education Association, naming Bailey Phillips as president and R. H. Comer as vice president.
In Geneva on November 2, a police examiner tests driving applicants by ordering them to speed toward him and halt only when the car's front rim touches his waistband. The procedure proves whether a candidate can control a vehicle without striking a person, a prerequisite for a license.
Miss Alberta Rogers reports gaining 15 pounds in six weeks after using McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets. The letter cites renewed appetite and healthier appearance, urging readers to try the product for 60 tablets from local pharmacies with a money back offer if no benefit in 30 days.
In Miami on November 2 18 year old Harry J Hearn of Atlanta was found not guilty by a coroner jury of murdering his landlord J D Timberlake by striking him with a rock during a dispute over moving out after Timberlake ordered him to stop playing a saxophone The jury deliberated three minutes and Hearn was released claiming self defense with witnesses supporting him
A book still in existence, Bax ter's Call to the Unconverted, was written in Indian languages and later translated by John Eliot, known as Indian Apostle, in 1664.
Frank Silver directs his renowned international orchestra leading from its Charleston Dance Contest victory at the New York Hippodrome, with a full new program announced and expected to tour widely.
Mercer University in Macon Georgia schedules Dad's Day for November 7. The junior class organized the event to bring fathers to campus and to the Mercer Furman football game and Mercer Oglethorpe track meet at the Macon stadium. Plans include a program for entertaining visiting dads.
On Monday afternoon November 2 a band concert art exhibition and a special theatre party will feature the Greater Mercer Glee and Instrumental Club in its first Macon showing. The event includes a rehearsal and performances by the club announced for early November.
Eureka California November 2 1926 Aunt Fanny a Hoopa Indian aged 106 attributes long life to plug chewing tobacco and California climate. She has chewed tobacco for a century and says it aids digestion. Despite her age she walks several miles daily and recently embraced Christianity.
Reported extensive damage to sprayers in farm tracts due to the first freeze of the year. Authorities advise draining all water from units to prevent further harm.
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