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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1925
Page
1
A Thomasville daily page mixes comic quips and social commentary. Items touch on politics, taxes, sugar corn, fruit crops, drunken driving crackdowns, vacation visitors, vacant houses, and a Miami Baptist church plan, with humorous asides about flappers and the World War.
The article argues Y M C A and Y W C A serve communities by guiding youth to clean living and self improvement. It contrasts grand urban Y buildings with small town centers serving both boys and girls, noting value when programs reach those lacking home comforts and push toward wholesome conduct.
The article contrasts Hindu caste oppression in India with calls for uniform laws in the United States. It discusses Gandhi's efforts to abolish caste despite strong resistance, notes legal uniformity debates including divorce and prohibition enforcement, and reflects on the social and constitutional tensions across states. It highlights fraught reform, two-year prison terms, fines, and the broader push for standardization.
The piece extols the Dodge brothers for turning from factory roles to building a bicycle factory, later selling holdings for over a hundred million dollars. It credits their courage faith and determination, noting Henry Ford bought their stock subscriptions for about twenty five million. It also reflects on the brief life of a dollar and urges thoughtful hospitality toward passing wealth. The Savannah Morning News comments on aging marital norms with a peculiar rule about a woman over ninety three not marrying unless she had lived under a previous husband for seventy years.
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