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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1925
Page
5
Fire destroyed the Leon Hotel in Tallahassee after a second blaze on Tuesday morning, following an earlier kitchen annex fire. The historic wooden hotel near downtown attracted many medical examiners and visitors, with plans announced for a modern fireproof replacement on the site.
Cincinnati reports a rediscovered Franklin letter and Royal Society notes suggesting his kite experiment aimed to prove atmospheric electrical energy during a thunderstorm. The 1752 document details a silk kite with a sharp wire and key, and instructs the observer to stay sheltered as lightning gusts approach.
Forecast shows tonight showers with clearing by Thursday morning. Observations at 1 pm standard time report 89 yesterday, 85 today, 97 for the month at 1911 high. Humidity 92 at 8 am, 54 at 1 pm, rain 0.00 in past 24 hours. Wind southwest at 18 mph. Extra text on electricity experiments with kite and electric fire appears.
Seven thousand three hundred nine bales counted with half bales for round lots were ginned in Thomas county from the 1925 crop before October 1 1925 versus two thousand eight hundred forty eight bales ginned by October 1 1924.
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