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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1902
Page
5
Postmaster Dismake urges careful handling of holiday mail and packages. He calls for registering valuable items and weighing parcels accurately to avoid fines and misrouted mail, with emphasis on securing contents and properly sealing packages.
Miss Bessie and Mr J Hy Drake wed in Valdosta with a Baptist pastor officiating. Both are well known in Thomasville and nearby towns and plan to establish a Hardware Company in Cairo after their honeymoon.
Washington report notes unity in House pro and con on anti trust legislation. Democrats back any bill curbing trusts and fund enforcement. Republicans doubt enforcement due to funds, while Hanna's influence looms over 1904 nomination prospects. Senator Morgan drafts plan sending new recruits to the Philippines, attracting attention.
The excerpt presents an editor name AMENRY WATTERSON and a weekly publication note. It lists various sections and awards such as Best Vourrican Aw and Best Hows News. The text resembles a promotional masthead for a broad coverage newspaper.
The Louisville Courier-Journal switches to a once weekly edition starting January 1 1903 with a 10 to 12 page weekly issue priced at 1 year in advance. A special offer with the Weekly Time Enterprise is also noted. The change aims to broaden reach and uphold its stated principle of the greatest good to the greatest number.
City council met December 15 1922 with Mayor Culpour presiding. A water main petition from Kirby Planing Mill Co was referred to the water committee and city officials approved various administrative actions including tax book scheduling and registrar elections.
The letter claims rural school libraries in nine Southern states lack funding while northern and western schools spend about 2,000,000 on books. It notes states Alabama Arkansas Georgia Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina Tennessee West Virginia Virginia Arizona Washington Nevada fall behind and urges action. It mentions debts with Britain and Germany and ends with a motto about keeping off the grass.
City council met in special and regular sessions in Thomasville Georgia with Mayor Culpepper presiding. Trustees of Young Female College offered selling rear property for park use at five thousand dollars to fund building, and tax assessment reductions were referred to finance. sexton report noted November burials and lots sold. various accounts and boiler insurance discussed. December 8 meeting adjourned with sewer-petition recommendation conditioned on Dr Miller’s adjacent work.
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