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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1925
Page
6
Mrs William Butts of Wellston Ohio reports healing from back and side pain and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits improved strength and energy, plans to continue with Blood Medicine in spring, and offers to answer other women's questions about the remedy.
Listed arrival and departure times scattered across the day including 2:15 a.m. 2:23 a.m. 5:00 p.m. and 10:55 a.m. plus many other 12 hour format entries. No additional context or events are provided in the fragment.
Christy Brothers unveil a grand Won der Show featuring a Noah and The Ark theme with stage scenery lighting and a ballet of over one hundred poised dancers led by European celebrities. The production employs 500 plus staff, costly fabrics, precious stone studded trappings, massive painted sets, and a specially composed score. Two matinee and evening shows arrive in Thomasville Friday October 16, with a noon street parade.
Atlanta officials report the National Safety Council seeks a replacement for "Safety First" arguing the old motto stifles initiative, though its popularity remains. Members favor a slogan with broad appeal that also teaches safety without negativity or limited scope.
Practical tip for households: wrap an elastic band around the alarm clock bell to dampen the sound. Wider bands reduce volume, allowing wakefulness for the user while preventing disturbance to others.
Captain Albert Grove of the fishing schooner returning from Kamchatka reports Petropavlosk to be a thriving city with fine schools, sanitation, paved streets, modern amenities, and strong outdoor sports. He notes improved literacy from 30 to over 90 percent and recalls Seattle student Kenneth Price studying there for a year. The Kamchatkan fisheries are a Japanese concession governed amicably.
Stockholm reports the Nobel Foundation will award about 4 million dollars to 125 winners in its 26th annual prizes, with funds totaling just over 8 million. Each prize averages about 31 thousand dollars, including the five regular 1925 prizes and three carried over from 1924 in physics chemistry and peace.
Blackshear Ga October 15 The Georgia state sanitarium of Milledgeville is recognized among the best in the nation. J T Brantley, a trustee, told a luncheon audience that the facility has 12 brick buildings and 4700 inmates with 5400 to 5500 including staff. The average cost per inmate is 62 cents daily. He cited improvements in care, a nurses training school, daily clinics, and the ban on manual restraints. He urged voluntary admission and expanded facilities to meet demand.
The record shows nine prizes awarded to America and seven to Sweden during 1901 to 1994. Germany leads with 26 prizes, France follows with 21, and England with 14 awards in the dataset.
Raleigh on October 15 reports Upham state highway engineer will seek designation of Good Roads Week across the United States to align with the American Road Builders Association convention in Chicago June 11 to 15. Governor McLean and other governors, plus President Coolidge, may issue proclamations to prompt road improvement focus during the convention.
The noted Pilgrim's Progress author John Bunyan is described as tall and red haired with a stern countenance and quick eye and mild speech. As a boy he was very fond of swearing.
The Georgia Securities Commission warns the public not to buy so called banker shares backed by Ford Motor Company of Canada stock. The promotion claims a $10 stake earns 1 percent of a $509 NYSE stock, with promoters pocketing about $491 per share, triggering cross state action and attorney general concerns.
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