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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1917
Page
3
The piece urges Americans to donate one tenth of their money, support the war effort, and questions Congress about funding while noting voter exemptions and public appeals. It mentions enlistments, the Adjutant General, and home guard recognition as Georgia debates tax measures and wartime policy.
The speaker notes the Neill primary bill as among the best laws offered in years and believes it should have been signed by the governor and enacted a year ago, despite current uncertainty about passage.
From the port to the front, American transport service now controls key French railroad lines. Tracks are being laid and sidings enlarged as two manned American regiments oversee operations. Locomotives will be used, and rolling stock imported to support the campaign.
The Georgia Legislature discusses gifting 20 000 gallons of Hand wine to the Georgia Weekly Press Association for medicinal use and appointing a distributing committee. Senators propose salary for solicitor general in the Chattahoochee circuit to save counties. Attorney General expands registration to draft 687 000 men with DA oversight to ensure early examinations.
A short verse editorial from the South West Georgian by E W Wilcox contrasts two kinds of people lifters and learners. It questions readers about their role in easing burdens or letting others carry duties.
A moving wartime appeal frames a mother’s son as the nation’s gamester on the battlefield. The author vows to stake life for bullets and bread, asking the public to back him with gold and supply. It highlights sacrifice, family grief, and national pride in a call for support.
In this editorial from the Atlanta Journal, America must speed its war program and remove obstacles to power. The piece argues the decisive blow for democracy lies with the United States, urges support for allied forces, and calls for unity to crush the Kaiser's war machine and sustain a democratic Russia for a future world league.
Vintage ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a 40 year standard remedy for coughs and colds. It highlights soothing balsam ingredients, antiseptic qualities, and portable use for coughs, colds, croup, grippe, and bronchial affections with a 50 cent bottle at druggists.
Local Board Taylor County notifies 158 registrants to report for military physical examination on August 1917 at 10:00 AM. The mailing dated August 1 1917 lists names and addresses including Napoleon Turner Reynolds Georgia Clyde Wilson Butler Homer Hicks Reynolds among others and cautions penalties for evasion of the Selective Service law.
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