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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1929
Page
5
A testimonial from a Girard Alabama reader extols the Sargon treatment, praising a two year stomach disorder relief, improved sleep and appetite, and weight gain after two weeks. The ad promotes Porter's Drug Store as an agent and frames Sargon as a breakthrough in modern medicine.
An analysis notes a grim rise in motor vehicle deaths from reckless driving. 1928 tallies reached 27 500 with projections near 30 000, based on Department of Commerce data. Officials urge cautious, law abiding driving to curb fatalities and stress shared road responsibility.
A 1929 letter from Shanghai reports sweeping changes in Chinese women role and dress, noting freedom in work, education, sports, and public life. It highlights shifts from foot binding and arranged marriages to clerks, bankers, lawyers, nurses, and activists, praising mission schools and Christian homes while hoping for gospel-led reform and national peace.
The text reflects a view on assigning motives to enemies and portrays the body as a priceless work of art. It cites Nikola Tesla praising the body as a marvelous creation whose beauty and wealth are beyond human conception and warns that a single word breath or look can injure it.
Mrs An nie S Trussell of Ideal Americus Ga is in a Plains sanitarium with possible recovery after a Thursday morning crash on Ella ville road. Driver R S English attempted a pass and lost control. Mrs Trussell’s arm was mangled and amputated. two other occupants were uninjured.
Toccoa hosts the Georgia Press Association and families for the largest meeting in its history. Local committees plan daily events from arrival through departure including Lavonia and Toccoa Falls picnics, barbecue amid Rotary Club hospitality, and visits to Walhalla Westminster Seneca and Clemson College with possible remarks by Governor Richards.
The B F Goodrich Rubber Company advances a $8.5 million Silvertown plan near Thomaston GA to house 7,000 workers in 750 diverse homes. The city will feature parks, lawns, horticultural beautification, and modern utilities with the Martha Mill as a landmark 1100 foot long red brick and white limestone structure.
Columbus Ga August 6 Forty seven years after George Gin and his wife separated Gin Monday filed application in Muscogee county court for a divorce He was given a temporary decree Gin said in his petition that he was married in 1878 and separated five years later He said the present address of his wife was unknown to him.
Earl Robinson, a railway shipping clerk, attacked workers at the freight warehouse in Spartanburg on August 1. Two men died R. H. Day and J. L. Bussey, both railroad employees, and two others were seriously wounded. Day died while en route to a hospital by ambulance.
Atlanta August 5 three women appear likely to contest the Fifth Georgia District seat left vacant by L J Steele death. Mrs George Brown wife of Fulton county legislator is first avowed candidate. Mrs Norman Sharp civic leader and club president says she will announce soon. Miss Bessie Kempton the only woman Georgia legislator member also plans to enter the race.
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