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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1923
Page
7
Four prisoners escaped from Greenville jail Sunday night in an attempted breakout. Tom Bradshaw, jailed for wrecking an ABi and AS train over 20 years ago, fled with the others but returned after notifying the Sheriff. One companion was quickly captured, while the trio separated into the open country prompting a posse pursuit.
The 1923 catalog and premium list for the Chatta hoochee Valley Fair Association is being printed and mailed to requests. Premiums total 10 000 dollars for the Oct 15 20 fair with a bigger department lineup and the Souths largest poultry and dairy cattle exhibits expected. Johnny J Jones Shows, the nation’s largest and cleanest carnival, has been contracted for the Exposition with 30 feature shows and rides.
Pope F. Callaway of LaGrange died Tuesday evening at 1 10 at the home of his brother Fuller E. Callaway after an illness begun the prior Saturday Morning He was 58 and long active in LaGrange business and civic life as former head of Fuller E Callaway Co wholesale dry goods and a director in various mills and corporations in the Callaway Organization He also served as a trustee of LaGrange Savings Bank whose president is Ely R Callaway He was a scion of one of LaGrange’s best known families and helped develop the city into a thriving community.
Sycamore Georgia August 4 Plans for the Turner County fair at Ashburn September 20 22 are moving quickly with strong committee work and solid funding. Merchants and bankers donate to prizes and expenses. Poland China Association of America to fund half the pig prize money. Brown Brogan Motor Co aided by J D Weed Co to host a tractor show with Weir assisting.
A historical ad notes catarrhal deafness stems from inflammation of the eustachian tube mucous lining. It claims remedies work only with a constitutional treatment and offers $1000 for a catarrh cure, agency Hall’s Catarrh Medicine, backed by Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
A reverent meditation on Jesus Christ as eternally divine and sovereign over heaven and earth. The sermon affirms Jesus as the preexistent Word, the creator, and the source of all fullness, proclaiming that in His resurrection power all things hold together. It urges believers to trust Him, seek completion in Him, and carry burdens to God in prayer.
The piece explains that "cop" may derive from constabulary of police or be an English term from copper, noting Sir Robert Peel founded the London police and the officers were nicknamed bobbies and peelers. It mentions helmets with a copper band over the brow and the evolution to copper.
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