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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1941
Page
7
Advert announces 8.8.8 Tonic as a two step method to restore stomach digestive juice flow and boost red blood cells. Claims improved appetite energy and complexion by toning digestion and supplying soluble minerals. Used widely with testimonials and strong health claims.
Restaurateur L. L. Coats, a county commissioner hopeful, handed out vote solicitation cards during the morning, then returned to his cafe where pasteboard cards reading free meal were found in the cash register debit section. Diners reportedly paid up to a dollar as a result, according to clerks.
In a Pullman car en route to New York, Henry Pell and Luella May Brown celebrate a new marriage. Luella recalls Marie Mason, the ambitious rival, while Henry hints at a rising radio career for Marie and a combined honeymoon and business trip awaits them. Readers see a hopeful future for both couples amid lingering insecurities.
Regular June 23 1941 council session presided by Mayor White Aldermen discussed placing a blinker at South Broad Street crossing and restricting trains to four mph at Hansell and South Broad. motion failed. A committee was formed to pursue results with the City Attorney. Budget and licensing items were reviewed and adjournment followed.
Washington officials react with laughter to The Bank Street Journal annual competitive bidding edition. The piece riffs on Morgenthau taxes and Broadway gags, notes SEC scrutiny of NYSE trading, and features playful digs from ad writers and curb broker tales.
A New York World Telegram piece notes Manhattan sparrows trace to 1863 Central Park imports from England and recalls Caruso’s satire sketches with Xavier Cugat. A caricature of Daniel Frohman is shown at the Museum of the City of New York, with a humorous aviation tale about H Allen Smith and a Rhode Island senator briefcase mix-up ending in a courthouse bustle.
In Clay Center Kansas a customer asks for a buck roast a roast for around a dollar. The butcher, puzzled, searches his stock of pork beef and mutton and replies he may not have such a roast. The exchange ends with the humorous misunderstanding and a quiet chuckle.
Ingeborg Hubert aged 16 wed by proxy to German soldier Corpal Kurt Berg in a ceremony at Berli with a sun helmet sign. Berg’s captain held a parallel ceremony in Africa at the same hour.
Washington reports that Senator Harrisons death could reorder Senate banking and currency leadership. Bankhead would likely chair the banking committee with implications for the finance and foreign relations posts, depending on George and Wagner. The seniority and current chairs of Glass Barkley influence the expected outcomes.
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