British Inaugurate Movement to Save Village Blacksmith
In Hertford and other English farming districts a campaign seeks to preserve the village blacksmith from extinction caused by mass production. The Herefordshire council and the Ministry of Agriculture back plans to keep smiths viable, arguing craft skill matters beyond price. A special exhibit is planned for the Hertfordshire agriculture show in early June to showcase these artisans.
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Oblion
England
Longfellow
Herefordshire
Ministry of Agriculture
Nations unite to simplify work of postal experts
Fourteen leading postal administrations will meet at Cortina d Ampezza in July as a special committee studies methods to shorten future Universal Postal Congresses. Joseph Stewart will represent the United States, sailing June 13, as talks aim to speed proceedings and adjust international rates and penalties.
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Washington
Universal Postal Union
Cortina d’Ampezza
Italy
Jess
Universal Postage Congresses
Joseph Stewart
Posmaster General New
United States Post Office Department
New York
Leviathan
Universal Postal Congress
Stockholm
Sweden
London
England
Coolidge
New
United States
Local Visitors, Trips and Notices Highlight Summer Start
A string of visitors and short trips fills the day with Savannah and Valdosta figures among the regulars. Mrs. Wilkinson sails for the British Isles while others head to New York, Scotland, and Washington from Georgia. Girl Scouts hear a sermon on opportunities and uplift at the Presbyterian church.
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Edna Martin
Madison, Fla
Frank Wilkinson
Frank Jr
Catherine
New York
British Isles
Lucy Lester
Atlanta
Washington, D. C
Columbia University
Campbell Symonds
Presbyterian Church
Norman Institute thanks donors for library books
Norman Institute in Norman Park Georgia thanks Thomasville readers for contributing over three hundred books for its library and reports Mr Spears will return next week to collect more donations. Miss Marjorie L’Hommedieu at the Y M C A will accept names and addresses of those who wish to assist. The American Legion Auxiliary meeting for Thomasville women is set at the Public Library at 5 o clock tomorrow with important Legion matters to discuss.
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Spears
Thomasville
Marjorie L’hommedieu
Mr. Spears
L. H. Browning
Auxiliary of the American Legion
Legion
Tosco Hotel to undergo extensive improvements
Plans for major upgrades at the Tosco Hotel are underway. Renovations include a rebuilt marquise, larger lobby, redesigned dining room with a new coffee room and kitchen electric systems, reworked bedrooms with draperies, more rooms with private baths, and twenty five additional baths. Completion targeted for fall season.
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Tosco
Speaight Proposes Fair Prizes To Save Blacksmith Shop
F W Speaight, exhibit director, plans awards for agricultural tools, wrought iron gates, scroll work and general utility wares. He proposes schemes to keep the garage from replacing the blacksmith shop and silencing the ring of the anvil forever.
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F. W. Speaight
Astronomy Progress Improves Predictive Precision
Astronomy advances with each observation, increasing accuracy of predictions. The field progresses step by step, though certainty remains cautious.
Weather Report for Thomasville Georgia June 22 1925
Thomasville forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Tuesday. Observations show a high yesterday of 94 and a today high of 94 with a 86 mean today. Rainfall this month totals 14.67 inches with 2.04 inches in the last 24 hours. Wind from the southwest at 7 miles per hour. Carpenters and laborers needed for tobacco warehouse work at Hansell street A B and A crossing. Furnished room for rent near N Broad and Clay streets.
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United States Weather Bureau
Thomasville
Vobiopgay
Apply
Hansell Street
A. B. & A. Crossing
T. E. Amason
Inventor claims chroma sleep machine ends insomnia
London May 27 The inventor of a new machine claims to cure insomnia by flashing 12 colors in sequence from a wireless like device placed near the bed. He says it relieves sleeplessness in 10 to 15 minutes and can induce daytime sleep with no ill effects on eyesight.
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Cheshire
Lady Astor Draws Crowded House in Edinburgh Speech
Lady Astor MP for Plymouth spoke at Ushers Hall drawing a crowded audience during the Women's Christian Temperance Union gathering. She urged temperance, warned about peers tied to drink, and noted postwar alcohol education costs. A delegate service was held at St. Giles Cathedral.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Great Britain
Lady Astor
St. Giles
John Knox
Mary Queen of Scots
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R. Turner
Valdosta
J. O. Baxley
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F. E. Turner
J. A. Varnedee
Whigham, Ga
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W. F. Cobb
M. B. Harrison
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J. F. Bowman
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Victor Victrolas
Cecroft Music Co
Hattie Gribben
St. Augustine
A. P. Evans
Will McLean
Raeford
N. C
A. F. Lowther
Mildred Lowther
C. H. Ferguson
Henry Rice
Perry, Fla
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Lucile McBrayer
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Fay Mayo
Lawheard & Rackiey
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Plunkett’s School For Boys
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Miss Crosby
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Norman Institute
Norman Park
the Times-Enterprise
American Legion Auxiliary
Jacksonville All Stars
Jacksonville
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Thomasville, GA
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