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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1925
Page
4
Market roundup from multiple cities shows turpentine at 96 c in Savannah. Chicago reports wheat firm and corn weaker while cattle and hogs move unevenly. New York stocks and commodities show strength and irregular exchanges with Christmas holiday note on sugar and coffee. Cotton markets in New York and New Orleans list various futures and spot levels for August and future months.
Savannah Georgia resident Marion O. Dunning was named today by the Associated Press to serve as collector of customs at Savannah Georgia. The appointment was announced from Swampscott Massachusetts. Dunning is identified as the Savannah native and brings regional ties to the post.
A historical note quotes Thomas Fuller discussing recreation and sleep as essential. It reflects how rest is seen as a form of daily refreshment and how one should not complicate simple pleasures with excessive embellishment. The reflection links sleep to leisure and personal renewal.
Chicago leaders advocate replacing incarceration with hospital care for criminals. Chief Justice Harry Olson and Dr. William Hickson argue mental debility drives crime and that early psychological care could wipe out delinquency in one generation. The Municipal Court laboratory houses vast crime mental health data and aids police and courts worldwide.
Pensacola reports a possible escape by George Dutch Anderson on the schooner Ida G. from Gulfport, Miss. Police suspect Anderson and companions seized the 55 foot two masted yacht owned by Dr. W. R. Gaston of New Orleans, with navigational skill evident in the voyage through a network of small boats. Boat carried little water or supplies and Gulfport Biloxi residents recall no sales to travelers Tuesday night.
Coroner Frank Kilgore finished the inquest into Ben Hance and his wife’s deaths in Muncie Indiana but did not issue an immediate verdict. In a dying statement Hance identified suspects George Dutch Anderson and Charles One Arm Wolfe as his killers. The coroner withheld information gathered during the proceedings.
Atlanta reports more than 1200 bills and resolutions introduced this session, with 916 in the House and 272 plus 37 in the Senate. Secretaries note this surge reflects a biennial legislature, not immediate new laws, as many measures die in committees or remain local in scope.
Stockholm August 15 two Swedish engineers receive the Polhem medal for inventing a low cost strong easy to use domestic ice box. The device uses three communicating metal cylinders with gases and chemicals driven by a small flame to provide cooling. It can replace 50 pounds of ice per furnace like heat input and requires six hours of operation in a day.
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