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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1939
Page
10
A humorous exchange notes concerns about toe health and mentions consulting a chiropodist for any toe problem. The dialogue plays on the term ptomaine poisoning and a chiropodist as the go-to specialist, reflecting light medical humor.
A string of witty remarks and banter unfolds featuring remarks about the Newriches literacy, familiarity with car parts, golf weariness, and a joke about guessing a woman’s age. The dialogue shifts through playful jabs and a dog command as a Boston bull is referenced.
A playful dialogue unfolds with warnings about typhoid and consumption from a kiss as Mr Rash boasts of preventive treatment. A waiter questions the cheer while a diner reveals a fly in soup, and a closing quip about a door mat adds humor.
A nostalgic but sweeping chronicle of Augusts shaping history. Mentions Columbus in 1492, World War I era notes, Key’s birth, the Star Spangled Banner, 1846 American flag boast, Klondike gold rush, early aviation, Dawes plan, Hindenburg and Hitler rise, the first steamboat patent, Moody sermon influence, Huey Long, and Savannah earthquake.
Prof Albert Snider, long distance weather forecaster for Spalding County, predicts August will have 8 fair days and 18 days of showers with high winds on two days. The forecast lists daily conditions including showers and thunderstorms across the month.
Rosai Turner filed for twelve months support from the estate of the late Little Mack Turner. The application will be heard before the Ordinary at the September term of the Georgia Taylor County Court, on the first Monday in September 1989. Witnessed and signed August 15, 1989 by Reed, Ordinary.
Athens Aug 5 Approximately 8 000 000 in cotton price adjustment payments will go to Georgia farmers in the 1930 Agricultural Conservation Program. About 1236000 producers will apply via blank forms mailed to county offices. Payments depend on 1 6 cent per pound rate for normal yields and vary by acre allotments.
A meeting at Bethlehem Church on Friday August 18 will arrange church grounds work and an arbor for a September Association event. The previous cemetery effort drew 58 workers and approved another year of improvement with Rufus Kirksey as chair and Victoria Whatley and Floyd Jinks as secretary and treasurer. About $36 was pledged for a new cemetery fence. total cost is about $160 for steel posts gates and wire. Community help is urged with contributions from relatives and neighbors, with a published accounting planned.
In Athens on August 8 a 12-year-old Greek native, Count Brastias Mark Sikelianos, from a YMCA camp near Tallulah Falls, was made an honorary citizen of Athens for life by Mayor A G Dudley. The ceremony included a greeting letter to Athens Greece and noted his notable ancestry including connections to Isadora Duncan and the Delphic tradition.
Congressman Stephen Pace pushes a House bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to cover fats and oils, cottonseed, peanut oil, cottonseed meal, cottonseed, and peanuts. The measure seeks to give farmers more market voice while curbing excessive speculation without hindering legitimate trade.
Peter McLaren the American wood chopping champion will stage a log cutting contest and demonstration in Butler on Tuesday August 22 at 11 30 am. Sponsored by Jarrells Department Store the event invites locals to compete for a 50 dollar prize if McLaren fails to chop through a log within two thirds of the contestant time. Contestants must not use a Plumb Axe. Attendees and prospective contestants are invited to attend and bring axes for the event.
Spalding to offer a pre school session in August for high school juniors and seniors and all freshmen and sophomores. Superintendent A H Schuler announced offset days lost and that new students will be admitted until the regular term begins September 4.
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