Thomasville letters reflect local humor and politics
In a page of comment and quips from Thomasville readers the column touches on taxes, cost of living, divorce cases, beach fashion, evolution debates, Florida trips, and civic pride. It notes Mercer University’s new stadium and critiques governance while mixing satire with everyday concerns.
John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital Nears Opening
Director Colonel J L Bevans expects to transfer from City Hospital and open next week. The hospital aims to serve the community with businesslike handling of charity cases and maintain high standards, while adjusting plans as experience grows. Thomasville and Thomas County are urged to support the facility’s community mission.
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Revival Services Draw Large Crowds At Local Baptist Church
The revival meetings attract immense crowds despite extreme heat indoors at night. Dr. Sammons speaks plainly and the preaching moves many to confess sins and seek repentance. The era fosters renewed interest in Christianity and community well being, alongside Red Cross life saving training for swimmers teaching safety and restraint.
Parable Based On Queen of Sheba Story
A color man seeks ordination and tells a parable mixing biblical figures with Jezebel. The tale, printed in Every Body's Magazine, shows awkward humor about heat and a suggestion to keep cool to shed weight.
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Bryan says people must be final judges in the evolution case
William Jennings Bryan told the Midis Kiwanis Club in Miami that the people must decide if evolution is taught in schools regardless of court rulings He praised facts over dogma and warned a bad decision would not end the issue He defended the Tennessee act as avoiding teaching evolution in public schools. The piece notes a possible shift to federal court for Scopes case.
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Police pledge to double drive against Tokyo youths on blacklist
Police say they will double the effort to weed out embryonic criminals among Tokyo youths. Between 6 000 and 6 900 young men and women on the special staff's blacklist include college students, schoolchildren, factory workers and the homeless. Police report many complaints of late hours, with students frequenting cases of Tokyo at unreasonable times.
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See Kamikaze Appeal Aims at Juvenile Crime in May
A fragmentary notice discusses a campaign to restrain NT boys and guns. It mentions May and a term furyo seinen used to label Japanese youths with criminal tendencies. The readable text hints at a social effort to address juvenile delinquency.
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