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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1925
Page
8
Berlin May 4 The question of whether meat or vegetable diets suit athletes better remained unresolved after a sport exhibition. Active sportsmen in training insisted they cannot thrive on a purely vegetable diet and require larger meat-based intake. Eggs emerged as the most popular food among athletes in training.
The famous Paisley shawls began in Paisley Scotland in the early nineteenth century and grew in popularity. The article notes historic methods and the enduring craftsmanship behind the shawls’ iconic patterns.
The Waycross baseball squad suffers a losing streak of five to six games while barnstorming the Carolinas. McGraw’s Giants are praised as the best in the National League, while Connie Mack’s Athletics are hot contenders in the American League. Sam Gary of Philadelphia has won seven straight starts, and Charlotte’s Red Barron is boosting the local club. The upcoming World Series shapes as a hot affair with Mack expected to deliver again.
Notice to the public bids due by 6 pm May 25 for a double barbed wire cattle fence along the Georgia Florida line in Thomas County. Project includes 10 to 20 ft spacing, 5 strands high, 12 gauge wire, cross sections every 1-2 per mile. $500 bond. payment on completion minus 15 percent retainage. County reserves right to reject bids. J F Pittman chair and S L Heald clerk.
The Thomasville Georgia Board of Education invites sealed bids for a colored high school building with options for brick walls or hollow tile and stucco. Bids due noon June 1 to Superintendent Broughton. Each bid must include a 2 percent certified check. Specifications available at East Side School office. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Georgia notary records show Times Enterprise Co Inc ownership and stockholders led by E R Jerger and W D Hargrave. Known security holder Bank of Thomasville. Average weekly circulation 1 400 with statements dated May 18 1926. The note also mentions alleged illegal alcohol disposal from government warehouses for lotion manufacture.
Baltimore May 19 Jesse E Baker president of the Maryland Drug Company and William Cohn pleaded guilty in U S District Court to indictments charging conspiracy to violate the prohibition act and bribery of an enforcement agent. Sentence withheld until after trial of ten others in the case and Baker and Cohn were released on reduced bail of 1000 each. Raid on the drug company offices led to twelve arrests across Baltimore Washington and Atlante.
A 15 year old, William Cavalier, was sentenced in Pottsville to die in the electric chair for murdering his grandmother during a robbery attempt. The judge stated no mercy could be granted though an appeal was announced.
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