10 Sep 1926
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1926
Page
1
The article outlines the Thomasville community charity coordination drive with a goal of twenty five hundred dollars, noting five to six hundred still needed. It describes local reactions, the need to fund medical, clothing and food support, and the aim to relieve indiscriminate charity through organized effort.
A terse report notes theBrown machine defeat with the commissioner of agriculture asserting control and the holder coming down under pressure. The language conveys a tense public scene and official action to quell further unrest or joy.
Georgia editors praise Judge W E Thomas victory and note his clean campaign in the southern circuit races. The piece discusses machine politics, Governor contenders, and remarks on Holder Hardman and local political dynamics in Thomas Lowndes Echols and surrounding counties.
In Wetumpka Alabama Judge Lamar C Smith is slain in a double murder plot. Clyde Reese Bachelor and Haya Leonard, a farm hand, are tried in circuit court. Leonard confessed and Bachelor pleads not guilty by reason of insanity. The motive centers on an estate.
Hungry and penniless two distressed sisters and their eight children were found in a local street car barn by city police. They had been stranded en route from Portedale, Ga to Talladega, Ala, hoping to join husbands and fathers. A collection at the police station sent them on with railway fare to continue.
Washington reports the Maharajah of Rajpipla, who recently reached London with a royal white elephant, is expected to visit India. A 1922 New York and Washington tour saw him hosted at the White House by President Harding.
A profile of Rajpipla in north western India detailing Maharajah’s imperial title and limited local power under British suzerainty. It describes tribal Bhils and Kolis, their fierce bow skills, historic uprisings, and the Bhil marked oaths. It notes religious practices including Hanuman worship and offerings to smallpox goddess.
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