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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1925
Page
8
The Bagdad Times reports former King Hussein of the Hedjaz may live in Basrah as a private citizen, not a monarch, with Feisal the king. Ministers discussed the idea and reportedly no objection would block his residence in Iraq if he comes privately.
Henry Mead a 25 year old Columbia University graduate student studying dramatic literature leapt from Hartley Hall sixth floor after years of fear of death. He held a Brown University Ph B earned in 1922 and had addresses in Fall River Massachusetts and Brooklyn. Police found three bottles of poison in his room and a note to Dr G Alfred Lawrence saying you have failed. Mead left a note to his mother indicating his act would please him and be his happiness.
Jack Kearns Dempsey’s manager said he is not reacting to New York Boxing Commission comments unless a New York fight is planned. He expects a summer bout in California and reaffirmed that Dempsey has accepted Harry Wills’ challenge. Kearns heads to New York to testify in a federal case involving Teddy Hayes and fight films.
Nome, Alaska recounts early Nome coal era where saloons held coal scarce stores. A prospector hid coal in a sack at North Star Wine Palace, was caught by Pat Cleary who forced him to disgorge the coal, sparking a joke that framed the camp’s mining humor.
At Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah rests Brigadier General Henry Rootes Jackson. He served as Colonel in the First Georgia Regiment in the Mexican War and as Judge of the Chatham Superior Court from 1849 to 1852. He was born June 24, 1820 and died May 23, 1898. He also held posts as United States Minister to Australia 1853 1856 United States Minister to Mexico 1885 1887 and was a Confederate Army brigadier general 1861 1865 and 24 years president of the Georgia Historical Society.
A skin specialist promotes Mentho Sulphur as a germ destroying preparation that soothes irritation and heals eczema. The ad suggests applying a small amount of Rowles Sulphur to the skin to clear and smooth the surface.
The U S Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the Echols County cattle dipping case. Six Georgia defendants Oscar Thornton Shabie Thornton Inman Thornton Wesley McDonald Waverly McDonald and Tinker Carroll were convicted of conspiracy to deter federal inspectors by deadly force during cattle tick eradication and fever containment efforts. The case centers on interstate commerce and federal authority over state cattle supervision amid Florida quarantine and eradication work.
In Atlanta on March 10 11, eight southeastern states convene the first southern conference of the Associated Retail Credit Men. More than 200 delegates, led by Mayor Walter A. Lima, will discuss credit conditions and risk standards with speakers from national groups.
Atlanta dispatch reports Secretary of State S G McLendon argues in a World letter that the proposed amendment ignores protecting children and would enslave youth, detailing estimates of child labor and criticizing states for not embracing the change. He cites fourteen to twenty million affected youths and urges constitutional safeguards.
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