08 Apr 1937
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1937
Page
1
A collage of commentary. references to baseball seasons and April rain. discussions on taxes, newspapers, Lindberghs, sit-down strikes, and Georgia politics mix with fragmented anecdotes about a town store routine and employee conduct rules.
A column laments politicization of Grady Hospital and city power shifts. It argues non party boards yield better service, cites looming costs of twelve million dollars for state highways, and notes broad political infighting and oddly phrased philatelic humor amid reform talk.
Excerpt from Employees' Rules of a Chicago department store in the 1880s noted in Rotarian Magazine. It recalls a long wait for the good old days when work was a pleasure and states hours from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. for the year.
Washington author Preston Grover argues for reorganizing government to improve stamp cover coordination amid a philatelic crisis. He says the state and post offices failed to consult each other, prompting renewed demand for rare stamps shipped from distant locales and anticipation of first China Clipper letters.
A Cleveland street corner anecdote features a whiskered stranger asking for directions to a street fair. The man claims the mystery visitor worked in a sideshow concession and offered a sly, teasing remark before moving on.
New York notes the reopening of the King Cole bar at the St. Regis revives the legend of Maxfield Parrish’s Knickerbocker mural once hung at 42nd Street and Broadway. John Jacob Astor paid $50,000 for the canvas, and its sale proved impossible due to its sentimental value to the Astor estate.
In 1905 the mural of the monarch created by Parrish drew praise as New York’s crowd gathered around the bar built to house it. Prohibition later shifted scenes though the King remained a cherished, evolving icon cited by artists like Flagg Cornwell Barclay LaGatta Grandell and Mueller who toasted the mural.
The Boston Baptist Church calls all members to attend both morning and evening services next Sunday as preparations begin for revival meetings starting the first Sunday in June. Morning schedule includes Bible School at 10 30 with J B Manley, praise service at 11 30 and sermon titled The Interceding Christ at 11 50 followed by the Lord s observance.
An advertorial piece outlines common tuberculosis signals and warns that some patients show no obvious symptoms. It cites fatigue weight loss appetite changes and persistent cough as potential signs, urging medical testing with tuberculin tests and X rays for early detection. It notes that blood in sputum is a grave danger sign and stresses consulting a doctor for diagnosis.
The order lists supper after church, then at 7 00 p m B T U and at 8 00 p m hymn singing followed by a sermon titled The Appearance of Christ to Simon Peter. The items indicate a church program for Sunday evening with religious activities.
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