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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1929
Page
3
A fragment from a column or puzzle page shows a garbled list of clues and scattered words including references to a boat named Columbia and a striking line about fleeing. The legible portions hint at a crossword style puzzle with scattered definitions and partial answers.
Confusing OCR notes describe a dramatic regatta and rivalries among state teams. References mention the Golden Bears, prison, and Dena Depart officials with large sums cited. Readable entities include Milita, Pensic, Georgia, and 1929 era clues, but details remain fragmented.
In a turbulent regatta, Columbia triumphed as crews faced wrecks and capsize risks. Cal and Navy battled for second while Penn, Wisconsin, and Ithaca faded. The dramatic finish saw Columbia edge rivals amid cheering crowds as boats sank and brawny shells plunged to the river.
A petition in Thomas County Georgia asks the Superior Court to create THE GORDON AVENUE COMPANY a twenty year corporation to build and manage apartment houses and real estate in Thomasville with authority to borrow money issue bonds and operate branches. The plan includes paving and utility work and potential property acquisitions and improvements. Attorney H H Merry represents the petitioner.
Mrs. Fannie Bany of Georgia is reported to have been reunited with a life insurance policy that was issued in 1927. The long missing document dates back decades and confirms a prior beneficiary connection, bringing closure to the family.
Los Angeles Calif June 25 Strongheart the canine film star died at his retirement home at age thirteen after a long illness He came to the United States from Germany eight years ago brought by Jane Murfin a playwright and scenarist The first dog actor of the screen Strongheart trained in Berlin served with the German Red Cross in the war and gained fame with The Silent Call
Chicago story reports Mrs. Benjamin Bogeaus formerly Ethlind Terry and her real estate husband held for questioning in the jewelry theft involving a $11,000 to $30,000 loss. Police suspect an inside job and note insurance coverage. Bogolowski and Peter Miller are also under arrest amid financial troubles and prior murder convictions reversed.
Atlanta reports that Coner M Woodward of the State Welfare department urged Gov Hardman for increased appropriation and staff citing a 1928 record. He noted $521,430 was spent for the poor across 100 counties in 1928 with incomplete returns from others.
Sweden expands telecommunication ties enabling direct calls to 23 foreign countries. In Los Angeles a six sided airplane hangar similar to a roundhouse is under construction.
United States district attorney W A Bootle directed a DOJ probe that found John Earl Cooksey in Hammond Indiana. The son reported letters returned and learned his mother, after a later marriage, was dead. She had exhausted all ordinary means of search.
Dr. Clarence Cook Little, retiring University of Michigan president, filed for divorce from Mrs. Katherine Andrews Little in circuit court. Hearing set for August 20 after a court order delayed knowledge of the suit. Allegations are not fully disclosed though sources cite incompatibility of temperament. Little left for Mount Desert, Maine to pursue cancer research. Mrs. Little may be with two sons near Boston. He resigned about two months ago under regents’ pressure.
J J Griffin deputy internal revenue collector from Stone Mountain Ga was hospitalized after a fight with E L Hardegree over a political argument. Griffin said he went to Hardegree's business to cancel revenue stamps and Hardegree tried to discuss the De Priest incident prompting the altercation. Both men were charged with disorderly conduct.
A witness describes an assault where the victim punched with a fist and the assailant rose to strike with a blunt instrument. Specifics such as names, dates, and locations are not provided in the readable text.
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