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A garbled OCR fragment mentions names and places in a unclear discussion of transportation. No cohesive event or figures emerge to anchor a concrete report or outcome.
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1922
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment mentions names and places in a unclear discussion of transportation. No cohesive event or figures emerge to anchor a concrete report or outcome.
The notice recalls the wedding of Mrs We and relatives, and details of the burial for Mrs Maclean of Thomasville. Funeral was held at her mother Mrs James Watt’s home with Rev Campbell Symonds officiating. Burial followed at Laurel Hill cemetery beside a late relative. Pallbearers include Watt, Hesth, and Baker.
Rebecca Rabin and her grandmother Mrs. ban visit Waycross with Neal Ford and Daisy Neel. Mr and Mrs PB Norton and Mrs Oscar Groover attend a county Officers Association meeting. A.A. Irvin opens B and O quarters in Atlanta for melon shipment business. Alan and Herschel Williams Jr arrive New Orleans to see their mother. Walter Dixon welcomed a baby boy James Thomas yesterday. Ben Kincaid stays in Thomasville with Mrs M A Mallette. Mincaig to Thomasville as headquarters. Will travel statewide. State banking duties noted.
Fragmentary text references Mrs Groover Thomas Mrs Norman Hopkins and daughter travel plans between places including Perry Florida and Sas. Names are garbled. lacks clear date or event.
Fragmentary report describes a Georgia Tech degree ceremony with mentions of graduates and speakers. The legible items reference bachelor degrees in engineering and a June event with Governor Het wickee as a speaker, though many words are garbled.
In Miami the Frady defense argues the fatal February shooting at the Flamingo Hotel was accidental during a struggle over a revolver. Edgar C Frady’s Chicago counsel hopes for acquittal without challenging the wife’s faith. Twenty seven witnesses were subpoenaed, but only local residents attended last night and a possible delay was hinted.
Metcalfe Georgia reports its first watermelons moved out on Saturday led by H C Copeland W A Cone Alton Thomas and Horne Brothers. The Sonega brand will start this week as Miss Lucy Montford returns home from Ideal for vacation. Local social notes mention school and family visits and a new public bulletin board for buying selling and exchanging goods.
The item lists several residents and visitors including Mrs. C. W. Biepleton Stapleton and Mrs. Lula Belle Carlisle as they travel to Ban Aire and attend weddings. It notes Nora Arnold returning home after a stay, a county wedding in progress, and the funeral of Mrs. J K Maclean with attendees from Waycross Albany Boston and Boston present.
Mrs. Martha Josephine Rows, a longtime resident of Thomasville, died Tuesday at 3 26 a.m. after a four year illness. She was born May 7 1847 in Mount DeFla and married Rev Benjamin Howe in 1866. An active church member and missionary, she lived in Thomasville since 1893 and was known for her community work and friendships wherever she lived.
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