12 Aug 1939
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1939
Page
1
The Thomasville paper runs a column of humorous and opinionated quips on politics, economy, and social life. It notes topics from tax policy to beer hours and civic pride, with snappy comments attributed to readers and editors.
The Thomasville canning plant now operates with advanced equipment aiming to process many fruits and vegetables quickly and cleanly. Local youths who showed talent in early work could have benefited from education to expand their skills and future opportunities.
The Bartow county grand jury, noted for its stance on inspecting WPA rolls, finished its recommendations. It urges full public records for government tax receipts and expenditures and notes irregularities sent to WIA authorities. The group promotes orderly canning and prearranged processing to maximize profits and reduce waste.
The Bartow grand jury urges tighter WPA oversight and job targeting while a broader public mood questions relief spending. The piece also highlights Billie Robinson’s Harlem philanthropy and career anecdotes, plus brief notes on politics, a Georgia music camp opening, and youth employment efforts.
Harlem heat waves push a local columnist to seek relief. He trims daily ice cream intake and recalls a tram ride toward cooling sea breezes in California, hinting at a humorous escape from the city’s heat.
A dense OCR puzzle page lists numbered clues across and down on a cryptic style grid. It includes definitions for people, places, materials, animals, and elements with scattered partial answers and thematic hints.
A quirky piece critiques congressmen seeking home time for honest fishing. It imagines backwater and riverbank trout fishing with flies and light rods to ease minds before votes, warning of distractions like toadfish and political temptations.
A Jackson Mississippi pastor and writer, Rev E K Means, known for darky stories, recalls a Louisiana village newspaper portrait incident. In a post office tale a farmer, sans spectacles, misreads the image and declares the man in the photo guilty.
A promotional description urges visitors to take a sightseers bus tour of Manhattan. It outlines stops from Baribasn Plaza to Fifth Avenue, Central Park, Harlem, and landmarks like St John the Divine, Riverside Church, Grant's Tomb, and views of the Hudson and New Jersey Palisades.
A fragmented travelogue traces a southern loop through Manhattan linking landmarks from the Brooklyn Bridge to Times Square. It mentions St. Luke's Hospital, St. John the Divine, Central Park West, the American Museum of Natural History, Fifth Avenue stores, and large holiday shipments totaling 84 006 000 dollars, highlighting a busy commerce and transit hub.
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