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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1928
Page
9
Reykjavik reports the Icelandic Althing reaches its tenth centenary in 1920. The national celebration recalls the 930 founding on Thingvalla plain with historian Benedict Sveinsson directing commemorations and dignitaries heading to the historic site for Jubilees.
A reflection on Sabbath observance arguing for a weekly rest day amid a modern, busy society. The piece laments loss of reverence for Sunday and defends rest as moral, economic, and elevating, urging personal interpretation of holiness and the benefits of a pause from commerce and labor.
Icelandic Americans known as West-Iclanders are planning a grand joint visit to Iceland. They aim to bring poets and composers to craft a poetic frame for the celebrations and showcase pageantry of Iceland's history, with thousands anticipated to attend from the United States and Canada.
Mexico City saloons renamed in honor of Charles Lindbergh after his December visit. A Lindbergh cocktail, devised during the stay, was popular though potent, described as a shake of a little of everything on the shelves.
Report notes that boys blocked a Palmer Pond drain pipe with scenery to skate last winter. In spring ten feet of water covered the nearby land, affecting the area around Swampscott.
Miccosukee resident H I Blalock died in Tallahassee after his son John fell ill. The funeral was Sunday in Tallahassee with Rev. Watt Smith and Rev. M F Dukes officiating. Survived by widow Anna, son Montgomery in Tallahassee, daughter Mrs Mark Ryan of Apopka. Miss Mary Simpson Yarbrough and Miss Emily Blackburn depart for Blue Ridge North Carolina for YMCA convention. Showers and warm days accelerate crops.
Zone Herbert Cooper is now walking about. The sun appeared as a fiery ball at sunset. Mr. G. F. Walker was on the sick list last week. Frank Walker visited his grandfather’s home last Friday. Miss Allie Pearl Cooper and Hazel Hill visited relatives from Chattahoochee. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hill held a happy family reunion Sunday with children and grandchildren present. Jack Ross from Texas visited Mr. C. Hill. Sunday School reopened as Mr. G. F. Walker and mother spent the day with FE. Walker family. Ethel Green returned home from Pavo Sunday and came back last evening.
The Springhill community notes welcome rain that improves crops. Mrs J F Griffin and son Laverne returned home after visiting in Murphy Georgia. Local attendees enjoyed a Saturday night sing at Rev Oates home with C M McMillan Homer Goolsby and Sophronia Goolsby. Mrs H R Thompson and others visited Mrs Morris who is recovering from a hip injury.
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