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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1925
Page
7
Sir George Greenwood chaired a London Society for the Prevention of Premature Burial meeting. He discussed delaying heart removal, citing a former schoolmate who became a renowned surgeon who urged cautious stabbing prevention. Greenwood voiced skepticism about current practices.
In De Soto parish near Mansfield Louisiana Cam and Mary Carey freed slaves buried a tin box with nearly six thousand dollars in silver coins. Cam, sick with likely death, revealed the site to a friend and the box was unearthed by a neighbor before he recovered. He later buried the money again and trusted it to a bank.
An English household name was reportedly placed in a coffin and marked for burial but was found alive before interment. The incident recalls a time when the individual is said to have survived for about twenty years in the public’s memory amid disbelief and wonder.
Washington clinched its second straight American League pennant by beating Cleveland in two games as St. Louis edged Philadelphia in an 11 inning affair. Manager Bucky Harris faced St. Louis in the first World Series game starting October 7 in Washington.
American League results include Washington 4 Cleveland 6 and Detroit 0 Boston 5 St Louis 6 Philadelphia 4 Chicago 5 New York 6. National League games show Brooklyn 2 Cincinnati 3 New York 4 Pittsburg 0 with only two games on the schedule.
Today’s games include St. Louis at Washington Detroit at Boston Cleveland at Philadelphia Brooklyn at Cincinnati New York at Pittsburg Boston at St. Louis.
Twenty white pelicans from the breeding grounds on Anaho Islands in Pyda arrive for display at the National Zoo. The shipment marks a notable addition to the facility’s avian collection and program.
Georgia cooperative report shows production slightly above two weeks prior with 1,019,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight and 53 percent of normal. Higher yield per acre driven by southern counties and increased acreage. drought hurts thirty counties in northeast and north central Georgia while the south basks in best crop in years. Pickers scarce in South Georgia and labor from drought areas borrowed to ease shortages.
Federal Reserve data show 902 banks report savings deposits at August 1 totaling 7.903 billion dollars, up over 1924 but down from July, with vacation withdrawals blamed for the dip. New York led with 2.098 billion, Boston 1.324 billion, and San Francisco 1.116 billion. The report also notes a drop in July commercial failures and bank suspensions, with 25 bank closures nationwide and Minneapolis hardest hit.
A brief note observes young pelicans recently graduating to stand near the National Zoological Park in Washington D C. The scene notes their arrival and a budding display of natural behavior.
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