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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1925
Page
8
London fashion notes reveal decorative ideas at the 700 a season, with fur and animal motifs dominating. Jewelled animals, fish, birds and pins appear on hats while stags, dogs, frogs and lizards top trends. A squirrel embroidery appears on a pocket handkerchief and a gold thread snake decorates stockings.
Kansas City ushers at Union Station form a vigilant group nicknamed red caps to protect young women on trains. They ask for tickets to verify travel plans and intervene when a man directs a woman in a strange city. Station masters back their protective role.
Morgantown and Butler County natives John W. Moore and Everett B. Howard join Oklahoma colleagues Maurice Thatcher and John W. Harreld as the nation’s lawmakers. Moore and Howard are Democrats in a region once called the Free State of Butler for its abolitionist legacy, while Harreld and Thatcher are Republicans. Moore succeeds the late R. Y. Thomas Jr. in Kentucky’s Third District.
Cal-WP Chief of Police Tom B. Johnson padlocked the door of the mountain Yesort single cell jail after announcing business indefinitely suspended. No arrests in a year left the jail unpaid and villagers in debt. offenders would be kept in the blacksmith shop for safekeeping.
Tokyo reports that sun spot activity has led to a sharp drop in fertilizer sales in Japan. Dealers expected a boom earlier, but superstition linked to sun spots spooked farmers who fear famine and wasteful purchases next year. The investigation notes widespread cautious buying and weak demand across districts.
Observers describe a recent fire walking ritual on Ratatea Island with outsiders allowed to witness each stage. Witnesses report no fear during the rite, but contact with the white stones caused burns. Attempts to explain the phenomenon differ, with no conclusive scientific proof.
fragmentary OCR text mentions a relation between Miss Sloparion and Christians among the Ratives with unclear origin.
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