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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1925
Page
4
Atlanta reports 287 typhoid cases in August from 58 of 160 Georgia counties in the drought area. Total August cases statewide reach 444, up from 164 in August 1924, with Fulton and DeKalb totaling 41. County figures show increases in Bibb, Carroll, Felton, De Kalb, Jackson, Clarke.
A get rich scheme on a reservation in Griswold Manitoba used wolf ears as proof of killings to claim municipal bounties. Indians supplied ears to officials who accepted them as payments, exposing a fraudulent bounty operation.
New York reports government cotton crop conditions show a yield decline prompting buying in cotton goods. About 200000 pieces of gray cloths were purchased for contract delivery extending to December. Prices rose from 1-8 to 1-4 cent a yard with carded numbers up 1-2 to 1 cent a pound amid southern drought curtailing production. Bag makers bleachers printers and converters expanded cloth buying as wholesalers added business in domestics colored cottons flannels and other lines. Gingham prices for spring varied with openings in July while fast color prints and specialties sold well and rayon cotton mixtures attract fall and spring orders. Merchants anticipate fair trade and expect production curtailment to ease in a few weeks. Current primary market prices include print cloths 28 inch 64 X 64s 7 1-8 cents 64 X 60s 6 7-8 cents 38 1-2 inch 64 X 64s 10 1-8 cents brown sheetings southern standard 4 3-4 denims 4 20s 16.
Three men and a woman pled guilty and were warned with a year long suspended sentence after a late evening incident. The report notes the individuals involved but lacks full details of charges or proceedings.
Atlanta reports light showers bring relief to parched fields across Virginia Carolinas Georgia Tennessee Alabama Kentucky Louisiana as farmers ask for more rain. Georgia officials coordinate with federal funds for road work while Muscle Shoals power aids mills amid drought. Governor Walker faces church protest over official prayer proclamation.
The Southeastern council of Federated Club Women meets in Chattanooga September 16 and 17 to discuss labor laws affecting minors and women. Delegates from Virginia to Kentucky will frame a state driven program opposing a federal child labor amendment and favoring local laws tailored to each state.
Albany visitors Mr. Charles Tyler and Mrs. Larrabee Hand join locals including Miss Lillian Coyne and Mrs. Ella Smith during a day of business and social calls. Notables and students from Savannah, Moultrie, Quitman, Macon, and Jacksonville are listed with venues such as Almy Twitty Music Studios and Busy Bee Co. events and services are advertised.
Campaign notes accuse Tammany of election manipulation while five cent fare remains central. Governors and officials clash over competence in running the city as votes and referendums phase into the debated public transit policy.
A fragmentary early English folklore tale mentions Kalyb who stole Saint George and raised him. Saint George later confined a female figure named The Lady of the Woods in a place where spirits tore her to pieces.
The August permits list numerous applicants including Fair Store Dr W W Jarrell W W Upchurch Dr A D Little Thomasville Lan Mfg Co BE W King P A Lawies Mrs Mallard Jessie Davis Sam Young Mrs K L Wilson J M Edwards Miss Emma Hall T D Dunn Homer Williams W C Reeves and Bank of Thomasville. Total value recorded at $126,925.00 as reported by J B Porter Building Inspector.
Ben F. Blakewood, of Cohen's Bluff South Carolina, drowned while bathing with a party on a sand bar near Cohen's Bluff. He could not swim and stepped into a whirlpool. despite a heroic rescue attempt, he disappeared. Divers were sent from Savannah as crowds gathered.
Help wanted notices seek ten experienced dry goods sales people for permanent positions. Apply to H. A. Harden, Mer, at Westbrook's location.
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